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January 2012 Moms
Apparently my co-worker knows more than my doc....
Just a little vent:
I have this co-worker who is about 60ish. Everyday she asks me how I am or how I'm feeling. I learned pretty quickly to just say fine (or lie) b/c my answer is never quite good enough. Well now she's developed a sort of "doctor complex" and so she asks me after each appt what the doctor said...and then she proceeds to tell me what I should have told them to do differently.
Today's Example: My BP was a little high (both the nurse and then the doc checked it, 10 minutes apart) so they sent me up for a NST - everything was good. Well, after telling her that she tells me that I should have asked them to check it twice, 10 minutes apart, in the office before sending me up for testing (I hadn't mentioned yet that both the nurse and doc checked it). I tell her that they did check it twice and that they did space it out. So then she says that I should have requested that I sit down as they checked it...which I was, and I tell her that...to which she says, "oh well then you should have told them to check it while you stood for the second one!"
You know, my doc has been a doc for as long as I could walk so I am pretty sure he knows what he is doing...so I just tell her that the nurse and doc checked it and were concerned enough to want to monitor me and after everything turned out fine that we are all comfortable with where I am in this pregnancy and I don't see any need to make any suggestions to my doctor b/c I'm pretty sure he's already on top of things. I don't think she liked that answer very much. But really, she does NOT have a medical degree, nor been to nursing or medical school...but I'm supposed to rely on her advice? I think I'll pass!
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Re: Apparently my co-worker knows more than my doc....
Stop engaging her. She can't comment on what your doctor said if you don't tell her what happened.
Ditto... She sould like one of those ladies who starts the "old wives tales."
"I'm good, baby's good" that's all people hear from me. It might seem a little cold-especially if you have been giving more info in the past, but that is all that I feel is anyone's business.