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The reality is not like the glossy brochures.
You will most likely not see the same doctor twice.
You will see a string of registrars and sometimes they will contradict one another.
Every doctor will interpret your blood results differently.
None of the young doctors will have developed any "bedside" manner so expect to be treated like a piece of meat.
If you do manage to see the same doctor twice, they will not remember your name - they will look at your file and refer to you as your disease. "Ahh, you're the mastectomy case with the clear nodes."
You will be ridiculed if you dare to look up something on the internet and ask your doctor to explain.
You will wait for hours and hours for every appointment. You will be lucky to get 10 mins face to face with someone who will be more interested in reading your file than looking you in the eye.
You will be booked in for procedures that you have no clue about. You will dutifully turn up, line up, shut up and check your dignity at the door.
You will most likely not see the same doctor twice.
You will see a string of registrars and sometimes they will contradict one another.
Every doctor will interpret your blood results differently.
None of the young doctors will have developed any "bedside" manner so expect to be treated like a piece of meat.
If you do manage to see the same doctor twice, they will not remember your name - they will look at your file and refer to you as your disease. "Ahh, you're the mastectomy case with the clear nodes."
You will be ridiculed if you dare to look up something on the internet and ask your doctor to explain.
You will wait for hours and hours for every appointment. You will be lucky to get 10 mins face to face with someone who will be more interested in reading your file than looking you in the eye.
You will be booked in for procedures that you have no clue about. You will dutifully turn up, line up, shut up and check your dignity at the door.