Re: 'Dr.' Moore's proctological opinions
From: Sally Grigg (LostCst@mcn.org)
Sat Jan 18 19:06:53 2003
At Thu, 16 Jan 2003, cathy:- wrote:
>
>Well here is my proof that "Dr" Moore is a fake. His horror at the
>instructions for disimpacting yourself. I mean, c'mon... If he were a
>REAL ob then he would have done lots of c-sections. (A few of them
>would probably even been necessary.) And the odds being what they are,
>if he did lots of c-sections then he would have some infected incisions,
>since infected incisions are a pretty common complication of c-sections.
>And so he would have already perfected the following very important
>"medical" procedure. (Very important when it comes to not getting sued,
>that is.) The one where the doc stands there and with an absolutely
>casual manner explains to the new father that he will be pulling 50 feet
>of putrid pus-soaked gauze out of his wife's open, draining wound. And
>then using a stick to shove a fresh 50 feet of gauze in to her open,
>draining wound. Twice a day. For the next couple of months. All the
>while the doc maintains an utterly blase, casual manner that this is so
>utterly TRIVIAL a thing (and of course so trivial that it did not
>deserve the slightest whiff of a mention when the doc acquired
>"informed" consent from the patient for her c-section.)
>
>Disimpacting somebody is fairly routine nursing care. Just like packing
>a wound. Or figuring out how a 2-month-old in a body cast would not
>have her skin eaten away by poop and pee. (But that last one is
>entirely another story...) The one thing that REAL doctors have in
>common is their absolute belief that anything which falls under the
>domain of nursing care is utterly trivial and beneath their contempt and
>can be done by ANYBODY at all with an IQ larger than a box of rocks...
>
>No, you can divide the REAL doctors into 2 groups: the ones who would
>give you instructions on disimpacting yourself (or even better, have
>their nurse explain it to you) and the group that tells you to do it but
>expects you to figure out how on your own!
>
>--
>cathy :-)
>
--
Cathy, That was hilarious. You must work in a hospital.
I didn't have "50 feet" of gauze in my drain site, but it
felt like it. Then we did it at home for a long time. I
heal fast, part of my problem, I overheal, so it wasn't that
lengthy a problem. LOL Love, Sally