{"id":469,"date":"2019-10-11T16:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T21:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/?p=469"},"modified":"2019-10-11T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T21:13:38","slug":"day-47-public-aid-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dashiellbarkhuss.com\/discomfortblog\/day-47-public-aid-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 47: Public Aid Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For day 47, I went to a free doctors visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the US, if you want health insurance, but you don’t have an income, your only option is free health care. Even a billionaire who wasn’t working would be forced to go on public aid. At least, this is what the insurance agencies told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, by force of the government, that’s the insurance I’m on right now. For a free service if you need it, it’s great! But in all honesty, a huge mess that’s caused me a lot of problems, often worse problems than if I didn’t have insurance at all. So this is a system I try to avoid. But after my stevia challenge<\/a>, I realized I needed to get blood work to see if stevia is responsible for symptoms I’ve experiencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday’s, doctor’s visit was rife with issues. Recounting the experience back to my spouse, we realized it could be a comedy bit. I won’t go into it everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, the doctor was extremely uncommunicative and dismissive of me. I tried to talk about my concerns and what I’d tried. But it was like talking to a brick wall. That’s the gist of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I learned:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People who have authority often don\u2019t listen to others. As my neighbor said, if you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest lesson here is not to criticize the doctor. Instead, recognize that the doctor\u2019s poor behavior was a demonstration. It was a visceral lesson that taught me how foolish it is to dismiss people. Now I know not to do this to others. So thank you doctor for teaching me this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Am I Like The Doctor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have to ask, in what way do I commit this behavior? Where can I correct this behavior in myself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth is I\u2019m no better than this doctor. I find myself assuming I know better than others. And I\u2019m often wrong! I\u2019m an ass! But that\u2019s ok! And it\u2019s ok that the doctor was an ass. Maybe she\u2019ll change one day. If I can change, so can she.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to remember that I can learn from people who \u201cknow less\u201d than me. As a coder, I\u2019ve learned often baby newbies will know something I don\u2019t.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s endless information. Therefore, most people don\u2019t have the same knowledge set. That means we can learn from everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always clarify, listen, ask questions. And most important, communicate!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not belittle people and think behind their backs! Talk, even if you disagree. Absorb the full story of the other person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Part Did I PLay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I wonder what could I have done differently? Maybe, I could have been more assertive. I could have asked the doctor what she was thinking when she made a judgmental face at me. Or when she ordered tests, I could have clarified if she ordered the tests I wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hindsight these are obvious, but in the moment the experience was new and caught me off guard. If I kept better track of my principles, I would be faster to act on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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