People go through their lives blind. Ignorance is blindness. We all suffer from this affliction. Society has, in it's infinite wisdom, has become a small place, but all of us are actually further apart than ever before.
We have become a society of selfish, self centered and single minded individuals who can't see past the front door of our own homes, which we keep locked up tight and barred when we leave. We are afraid of everyone we see, who may be a potential for disaster. Crime and punishment. But the punishment is being fed, watered, housed and clothed at everyone else's expense.
Strangely enough, not everyone is out to take. A lot of us just want to live without the stress, worry and worrying about what the other person will DO to us.
The point I am trying desperately to make is; when did we, as the human society stop caring about our neighbors. When did we start being so utterly consumed with ourselves that we take offense when someone suggested we think about someone other than ourselves?
I have spent the last TWO WEEKS making phone calls and desperately trying to find a Primary Care Physician. I spent 8 days in hospital for an acute attack of Colitis, but for those of you who have never heard of that affliction, it is a completely different story to be departed at a later time and an experience I wouldn't wish on anyone. As you can imagine, I don't have a primary care because I have not been able to walk into a doctor's office since the MCS became so severe. I think the last time was 2004?? Maybe 2005? Needless to say, I don't get sick. I have been to specialists, which was, each time, an excruciating experience. Allergists, you would think should have a fragrance/scent free business place. I haven't found one.
I have called all of the Physician offices from my Health Insurance website that weren't listed as specialty or pediatric. I have left messages, left my name and left my number. I have asked and pleaded for the doctor to take a few minutes to call me; that I needed to talk to them before I made the decision to become a new patient at their facility. Not one has bothered to call me back. Not one has taken just a few minutes of their time to find out what my concerns are and why I would insist speaking with them out of office. It figures that none of these so called, Health CARE professionals could be bothered. After all, I have health care questions which directly relate to my being able to enter their office environment.
For each of the telephone calls I made, it was impossible to get past the person answering the phones. Good for you, girls. Screen those calls, after all... there might be a sick person trying to get something FREE! Perhaps if I offered my Visa card number first the doctor would call me the first change they got.
Two offices for the specialists I had during my hospital experience last month that I had to enter for follow ups. Neither were available to me without my N100 mask and even then, within minutes my eyes were watering and stinging. By the time I got out of either place, my head was starting to pound. Isn't it great to go to the doctors' office?
Why is it that the one place you feel you should be able to go to get better is one of the worst places, other than a hospital, that makes you feel worse after you get out of it.
You know, each of the people who screened my calls at the doctors' office, when told of my MCS and how severe it was... didn't even know WHAT MCS was, let alone care. Each and EVERY one of them said to me... "we can't do anything about what the people wear or do coming into the office."
You ARE kidding me, right?? RIGHT??
EVERY business has POLICIES. They want to have some sort of control over how you act, how you dress and how many personal phone calls you make on their time, right??
Then WHY IS IT SO ALL FIRED difficult for a doctor's office, that is basically PUBLIC where people come and go all day, put into POLICY that they are SCENT FREE, FRAGRANCE FREE AND CHEMICAL FREE. Isn’t that what the policies have become about SMOKING????!!! Do you WANT someone puffing away in the doctor’s office when you are there for your monthly check up for your CANCER??!!
Aren't there actually manufacturers out there that actually produce FREE and CLEAR PRODUCTS??? They are becoming more popular because there are a lot of us out there who NEED them!
How about taking the time to ADOPT A POLICY that your office; your HEALTH CARE environment is COMPLETELY free of scents/fragrance/chemicals. Take a bit of your overblown income and send out flyers or some kind of letter – how about included IN the invoicing or reminders or billing cycles that you advise them to use UNSCENTED, FRAGRANCE FREE products before coming for their appointments. Why don’t you explain that you are adopting this POLICY not only for the benefit of other clients in your office & office staff but for what could be THEIR OWN benefit in the long run. Why couldn’t you make your reminder cards have the same warning sign that I have posted here, below.
Why is it SO DIFFICULT to become a HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT as a HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL??
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