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Offline Nick

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Tactless doctors
« on: September 21, 2022, 01:32:42 PM »
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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Re: Tactless doctors
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2022, 02:17:27 PM »
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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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2022, 02:28:18 PM »
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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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2022, 02:38:13 PM »
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.
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