3 trips to the emergency room for heart palpitations & nothing done. I go for a 4th time in 18 months, a doc took it seriously & referred me to a cardiologist, a few tests later & they found the simple root cause. Same issue my former family doc looked right at in tests and said meh, who cares.
Then there was the time my old family doc missed a 5 lb tumor for 2 years, I had to get pushy & complain to get a damn test of any kind. She'd push RIGHT on it every appt, make a face & say huh, then do nothing. I am grateful for the docs that give a shit but I wish they could slap the others.
Many. Too many of us feel that way. Medicine changed in the 80's. I felt like I got good care, was listened to by my Drs before that. What happened? I'll tell you what happened. HMO's Happened!