下午在恢複室一醒來, 護士就告訴我手術非常成功,我的主任醫師已經來看過我了。沒多久“權威”醫生就又來了,親切地問候,細致的解釋,末了還和我道別說他明天就要離開回國,他在我的出院函上留了那位“助理”的電話,如果我有任何問題,可以打那個電話。誠惶誠恐下我私下裏暗想,這位天人般的“權威”應該是我此生能見到的唯一的醫學“權威”了。而Brigham and Women's Hospital 也至此成了我心中最好的醫院。
事隔快十年,上周五在領導的陪伴下,我第二次踏進了Brigham and Women's Hospital 的大門。不知是幸還是不幸,我那天又是去見“權威”的。
這次的過程也可謂一波三折,從開始約門診到見到醫生,花了我五個多月的時間。去年十月我就開始打電話約診,總機的自動選項裏有一個選擇是對新病人的,說是留言會被24小時裏回複,在我被忽略了無數次後,我終於忍無可忍留了一通投訴。 這下子倒是在24小時裏接到了回電,結果在我根據他們的指示將我所有的medical record 傳真過去後,又如石沉大海,被打入了冷宮。我這相癡癡傻傻的等著他們保證的回電,他們那邊牛逼烘烘的擺架子。一周後我又是一個接一個電話, 連辦公室的喬安都看不過去了,勸我換到麻省總院。可我這人就是抱著葫蘆不開瓢——死腦筋,認準了Brigham and Women's Hospital 就是不回頭。
我有兩個朋友和我的情況差不多,幾年前都是在地區醫院做了手術,很成功但是創麵大。我的專科醫生建議我可以再等一陣,如果需要,他也是一個有十多年經驗的手術醫生。 我自己研究了一下,針對我的情況,隻有城裏幾家大醫院提供目前最先進的微創手術。 而我在周邊另兩位醫生處得到的second opinion 基本沒聽到任何新的信息。而城裏,我的第一選擇,毫無疑問的就是見到那位“天人醫生”的Brigham and Women's Hospital。
波城冬日2017-03-21 20:12:53回複悄悄話
回複 'rty' 的評論 : Thanks for sharing!
rty2017-03-21 19:18:31回複悄悄話
Doctor is very important. An example:a friend has neck ache for awhile but he did not do anything for a long time until he had trouble even to look back when tried to back out the car. He went to the hospital ( a famous one) and did all the tests and was referred to other specialists but no one can diagnose anhthing for almost half a year. In the meantime, the symptoms were getting worse and he no longer can drive. Even a slight turn of the neck made him extremely painful. Luckily, he was introduced to a Chinese doctor. Just one look at his neck, the doctor ordered an X ray and found a benign tumor in the back of head and decided to operate right away. Two days later, he was back on the job. All symptoms were gone.
多多保重!