There seems to have been an outbreak of sensibleness at my gp surgery, prescribing me more painkillers over the phone, and when I said I was going to swim as rehab for my current injury, it was a question " what stroke were you thinking of?"
When I replied, "well, not breast stroke obviously"
The response was "good idea, just be careful and manage the pain".
So there are good ones out there, in my experience anyway.
There are some good ones out there. Finding them can be hard tho. I had to get a new GP (Huisarts in local), and I went in needing a refill of a drug I've been taking for 10 years, I know works for me, but I also know is not the standard one given for the same condition in .NL. I took an empty box with me, making sure not to take any actual medication in the box. I was expecting to have a whole exchange where they question what it is, why, etc... And maybe try to suggest an alternative. But she simply said "whats it for?" *Brief history* "it works for you?" "Yup" "here's 90 days worth."
I did have to ask her on the next refill to request a specific brand. As the default brand in .NL comes in blisters of 10, where as the brand I've used for years comes in packs of 28. This makes it much easier to keep track of if I've taken a days dose or not. Huisarts was fine prescribing it. Pharmacist was a bit grumpy about dispensing it. Tho i got it in the end. And they now know not to argue with the Brit with the weird drugs...
Said same Huisarts also gave me Tamazapan straight of for sleep issues, which surprised me.
There are good doctors out there. I've been lucky with the ones I've had. I guess that's why I was so surprised by this guy being an arse. Esp as I don't have a choice in seeing them, it's occupational health, I have to see them. I am going to ask if I can have a different human tho. Coming out feeling worse than I went in, isn't really part of the deal.
J