The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Medical Centre => Topic started by: Nick on September 21, 2022, 01:32:42 PM
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When I was first diagnosed with cancer in 2017 the doctor I saw said, "Not to worry, we will just take you bladder out".
Just?
At Nod's meeting yesterday the doctor was discussing treatment options and said that surgery carried a 10% risk of dying on the operating table, adding "But that is the least bad option as you won't know anything about it".
Worse still, there was a medical student in the room, there to learn how to talk to terminally ill patients!
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Of course you can also get doctors so tactful that you're not sure if you've received bad news or not.
It happened to me, luckily my then wife, being a nurse, put me straight. It was something to worry about and take seriously.
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Yes, we saw a nurse afterwards. She closed her door and kind of agreed with us.
My nurses have been fantastic and honest
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Agree with both, I guess it is a difficult balance and nobody likes giving bad news...
Nurses have to deal with the consequences at the end of the day.