Originally posted by Magnus:
You took too lightly about the needling in HD. It is very painful.
The first few sessions you are can take pain killers. After that
you have to bear with it and accept it as part & parcel of your
treatment.
As a doctor. Besides being medically competent in your profession,
you need to have compassion too. Sometimes 'try your
best' is not enough.
Cheers.
Indeed, I have to agree with you on the pain issue, but that is
variable amongst patients, as so far most patients that I have
talked to told me that the pain is bearable, hence it made me to
come to such a conclusion.
And yes, I do agree with the statement of trying your best is not
enough, but the patient indeed left us with no choice, just to
imagine you being in our situation, where we have arranged a place
for him in the private dialysis unit (btw, I am based in Malaysia)
and rush for his applications to get him an urgent location for
HD.
Though everything has been set up, he still complained and wanted
to get a place in the govt hospital even though the ones in the
private clinic (more like social care welfare) offered for free
dialysis.
The patient to us, is being unreasonable in this aspect, and not to
even mention going to the hospital director and throwing threats at
them.
I do understand that the above statement that you have mentioned
most of the time involves patients who are cooperative and have a
certain amount of denial in the first place, but such a condition I
faced that I have just described is totally a difficulty.
