Fucking doctors.
So about two weeks ago I go to the doctors because I had something in my eye for a few days and it really sucked. She does all sorts of tests and finds nothing in my eye and decides "you've got conjunctivitis" aka pink eye. Based I might add on nothing more than me telling her I had been around several 3-5 yr old kids a couple days before (and the fact that she couldn't find anything lodged in my eye)...
She gives me a script for a "strong sulfur based antibiotic", with no instructions other than "two drops every four hours", and sends me on my way.
Its now two weeks and two days later, my eyes are still fucked up so I go see a specialist. He does all sorts of tests and says "well, I'm not surprised you've been having problems... you've been using the medicine she gave you for more than twice as long as you should have. The reason your eyes are bothering you so much, is you are clearly allergic to the medicine she prescribed. This medicine is quote powerful and often does more harm than good. As far as I can tell, you were just suffering from seasonal allergies and she misdiagnosed it as conjunctivitis."
Although not nearly as dangerous, this reminds me of the time I told the doctor I was allergic to percosets, and he prescribed me Oxycontin instead (which is percoset on crack, basically). I didn't sleep for 3 days. I think the mental images my wife has of me sitting, exhausted, scratching myself like a lunatic 24 hours a day for about 4 days, are enough to land us a million dollar lawsuit...
The scary part is both of these medical woopsies are from the same practice.
She gives me a script for a "strong sulfur based antibiotic", with no instructions other than "two drops every four hours", and sends me on my way.
Its now two weeks and two days later, my eyes are still fucked up so I go see a specialist. He does all sorts of tests and says "well, I'm not surprised you've been having problems... you've been using the medicine she gave you for more than twice as long as you should have. The reason your eyes are bothering you so much, is you are clearly allergic to the medicine she prescribed. This medicine is quote powerful and often does more harm than good. As far as I can tell, you were just suffering from seasonal allergies and she misdiagnosed it as conjunctivitis."
Although not nearly as dangerous, this reminds me of the time I told the doctor I was allergic to percosets, and he prescribed me Oxycontin instead (which is percoset on crack, basically). I didn't sleep for 3 days. I think the mental images my wife has of me sitting, exhausted, scratching myself like a lunatic 24 hours a day for about 4 days, are enough to land us a million dollar lawsuit...
The scary part is both of these medical woopsies are from the same practice.
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