The reason why I’m talking about this is because I feel like it explains dominate Social practices.
So I went to the doctor Thursday, and I don’t like going to the doctor because of the long waits ( 4hrs) just to see a doctor for about 20 mins. So I finally got to see my "doctor" in April, when I made an appointment in October. So I go to the hospital ( Bellevue hospital) I have to go to 2 B. That’s what my mother told me. This will be the first time me going to the adult clinic, because I’m 18 yrs. So I’m thinking maybe this will go faster (I guess wrong). I go to 2B wait on line for about 5 mins (okay not that bad.) I go to the lady at the desk, she told me I need to go to 2 A (roll my eyes and go). I walk to 2A another 10 mins on line, (appointment was at 12) its 12:20. I go to 2 A, the lady with a big bun in her hair, told me I have to go to 2C (I got angry). I'm finally here 2C. She asked if I had my Metro plus card, I said No I left it home. Usually when I go, if i do not have my metro plus card, they just find in the system. Now this lady, she got long fake nails did not want to find in the system, so she told me I have to go to the 3rd floor. At this point I was really mad.
The whole time I had to be at 2A.
Alright, now I ‘m waiting for the doctor (1:30). The nurse called me; she asked if this is my first time being there I said ‘yes’, Took height and weight. So here comes the doctor Dr. Tanner, Some tall white dude, looks about 48. Me: Hi. He replays back “Do you speak English"? (I’m thinking in my head, I said Hi, in an English accident, loud enough for him to here). Me: Yes I do, Dr. Tanner: "I will be your doctor today. I’m like alright cool, a male doctor for the first time...let’s see how today goes. While Doctor Tanner is talking to me, there this Asian dude with him name Kevin. Dr. Tanner than said, Kevin will take me to the room. After that I did not see Dr. Tanner, he left somewhere else (wtf). Alright, I thought maybe doctor Tanner had something to do real quick (I guess wrong). Kevin (not my doctor) said he will be asking me questions, to have an idea about my health. Me: where’s doctor Tanner, I thought he is my doctor?.. Kevin: Dr. Tanner is in the other room doing paper work. By this time I’m confused.... I asked again, Where’s Doctor Tanner... Kevin: I will be actually taking care of you today. (What! this dam Asian dude is not touching me, he just a dam intern, I thought Dr. Tanner is my doctor. I was mad). The first time I was being in this clinic and my "doctor" not even taking care of me. After, he was done asking me a lot of question. Kevin: I will let Doctor Tanner, What I did. By this point I just wanted to leave. Kevin: I will be checking you today. Me: Where’s Doctor Tanner? Kevin: he is dealing with someone else. Kevin leaves the room. Comes back, with some lady, I don’t even know. Kevin: she will help me guide to check you. Me: but I though Dr. Tanner will be doing this. Lady: No, sorry...Is everything okay? Me: Well, you guys told me that Dr. Tanner will be my doctor; he is not present at all. Lady: I am a doctor too, I will help you. By this time I’m quiet and annoyed, so I go with the routine, but I’m not very nice. I did not let her do, what she wanted, and I told her I felt uncomfortable with Kevin being in the room. When she was done, I told her prefer a female doctor, the lady said: Sure, we can do that, sorry that you were not able to see Dr. Tanner today. It was nice meeting you. When she said," it was nice meeting you", shows there is no connection between doctor and patient. I will never see her again, When Dr. Tanner told me he will be my doctor, and he was not ever present in the room. Asian dude, I will never see again, asking me personal question. Ugh. I waited 6months, to not see my doctor. By this time it’s already 3:00, he sends me to get blood work done. I go back at 2C, another 20 mins, saw nurse; she is some angry Jamaican lady lecturing me, talking about her son. Leave there at 4:15... What a long Fin day at the dam hospital
My doctor visit: I waited 6mths to not see my doctor, I was supposed to my see “doctor at 12" saw him at 2:30... Do not see him at all!!!!!!. left hospital at 4:15. O yeah to make another appointment. I have to wait 6mths.
I connect this with the birth unit, because with my experience at the hospital and the doctor, just saying hi and walking away does not create a bond. This is why, when I read Ina May, and the women talking about their experience giving birth in the hospital. The women spoke about how they didn’t feel connected with their doctor Autumn Apple Windseeds's birth- November 11,1970 by Kim Trainor: The birth of my first child in manhattan was standard-procedure hospital birth. I was frist put in room by myself,left to my own fears, and had my amniotic sac ruptured by an attendant. Then I was stuffed in a ward of screaming and yelling women in labor"(pg19) The fact that this women was left alone, and it was her frist time giving birth she had no doctor or nurse support. It should not matter, if I was switched to the adult side. I don’t know if it was because he was a male doctor, or that’s how the system works in the adult side. But I just saw him and he left.. there was no piont him saying he was my doctor, if he was not even going to be in the same room with me. My other doctor (female), I can say I had for 16yrs, she knows me well. She spoke Spanish too; I and my mother enjoyed her. From reading the book, the mothers explain, their experience at the farm and with the midwives, each once explained they had a good relationship with the midwives. This also made think about what my sister in-law told me; in the Dominican Republic she would have had the same doctor through the whole thing. When she came here, she had different doctors even when she had to give birth. My personal experience visiting the doctors, I feel like it’s part of dominate social practices because everything is rushed, it can’t get personal. This also happens in public hospitals, they can’t provide the personal experience, with the patient I have to wait another 6mths to another doctor. What made, me angry is that It was not my doctor who saw or spoke to me. When Was I supposed to see him? When I make another appointment? What if this kept happing? In the end, the visit to the doctor I was not happy. It would have been nice if Dr. Tanner actually took care of his patient.
Allwyn says:
ReplyDeleteLeticia,
Your project was quite intersting, it was a unique porject (i thought), the main focus of your project was to show how there is a misunderstanding bond or no bond between doctors and their patience.
I liked how your project was in the form of a story/narrative, and how you added your own feeling into it, I also enjoyed how you made the project personal to you, and you didnt leave out any feeling, this made the project feel more real, and shows more of your own persoanlity coming out.I liked how at the end, you added some stories or a little something about the stories in the class book you read for the birth unit. I thought that this enhance your project more, and gave a another perspective on the same issue, which was nice, You really focused on your topic and it seems like you were really into this topic, and really showed interest in it.
Something i think that could have enhance this project more for you would have been to discuss some facts like hospital waiting rates, or talked about some contrasting perspectives, or how if it would have gone differently for you how that would have affected you and your hospital views or thoughts at that time,
Overall i thought it was interesting how you formatted your project and how you presented it, and the way you went about describing your day at the hospital, it was unique and interesting to know about, thank you
Leticia,
ReplyDeleteYour project gave an extremely emotional personal narrative. You showed a parallel between your experience with the United States medical care and the standard prenatal storeys.
You used your personal voice which made it entertaining. You balanced the use of informal language and formal language to create a persuasive argument.
"(What!...he just a dam intern, I thought Dr. Tanner is my doctor. I was mad)."
This was later used as a connection to how the system goes about prenatal care. You used this project not only to critique the standard practices of birth care in our countries but to critique the standard practises of health care in general.
Although your personal narrative was persuasive and apt, it leaves me curious about finding personal narratives from pregnant women receiving prenatal care.