farther on the other side

FARTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE

thats me looking for my prescriptions

thats what has happened to me
i have gone farther on the other side than i
use to be

no i didnt become some radical opposite viewed
person
but
i tell you with all the stuff thats going on in the us
from politics to race to football
i sometimes want to

this is about being on your side now
the patients side
now
ive complained about this before

its been a gradual change to the patient side

now
i still like to sit in the waiting room
waiting
waiting
waiting
thats why its called that
a waiting room

i do like to sit out there
though
to watch and listen to folks

sometimes
i just want to speak up
you know if you would take this for that
it would clear things up
and
you wouldnt have to sit and wait and spend money
to know what i know and will tell you for free

i also just like to watch folks
listen to the receptionists or nurses on the phone
huh
excuse me
we are sitting over here
i can hear you talking about ms smith
and
about her periods
about her depression
about her lab results
about her next appointments

privacy is a word that seems to be getting lost here

then
my oh my
try to get a prescription refill
now thats an ordeal

all i got to say is
cant anyone get your prescriptions right

yes
i have experienced this first hand
as
has my wife she

now
i know how the system works
i worked in it for years
i know how to go back through the system
to get it correct
but
my of my how do folks take care of this
who dont have my insight

i see a lot of frustration
aboiling

the doctors office says
no you call your pharmacists
they will send a request
we will then ok it
and
send it back
eventually
ok
so it may not be right
but
well at least you got some medicine
maybe
the dose will be wrong
or
the brand is ordered
or
the amount will be wrong
but
you will eventually get your medicine

so
you get your medicine
thats not the right dose
thats not the right amount
thats the brand and i use the generic

well
either we will send another request
or
you can just call back the doctor
or
worse
you will have to call back the doctor

so it starts all over again

somewhere in the system things arent written down right
once eg its in a computer wrong
well
it must be true since its written down
forever

im sure most of you have had this happen before

we sometimes buy our prescriptions at costco
and get a 6 months supply
since its cheaper to just pay cash for them
but
somehow the system cant understand that
it seems to only know 1 month or 3 months

now
i have the back door numbers to my doctors
i can circumvent the above inefficient system
to get things fixed

i have done that before
after i played the part of the typical patient

now i know the people involved all along the path
i realize they are doing their job as best as they can
but
somewhere this is written down wrong

it can cause a $10 prescription to become a $200 one

now multiple this by all yall who are patients
thats all of you

well
thats a lot of money and a lot of errors

i am slowly being driven farther to the other side
the patients side

this should be a requirement for all providers
to be on the other side

i dont like it much

the organicgreen doctor

@$$&)^*, take this prescription until its all gone

@$$&)^*

yowzers.com

its the most shameful chapter i have seen in the years ive spent
in congress
no it wasnt harry reid
it was john mccain

i think most of us would agree with him
to the brink they took us for no real reason
it cost us 15+billions of dollars
it cost them the politicians a lot
and the republican party probably the most

i say throw all the bums out and let just start all over again

TAKE THIS PRESCRIPTION UNTIL ITS ALL GONE

when i was in practice i knew that most people didnt take the meds
i prescribed
heck some didnt even get the prescription filled
now
that im a patient im really not better than you guys were
well im one of you now

i went into my medicine cabinet and looked and oh my goodness
there is all those half empty pill bottles or should i say
half full
they are not my wife shes either

but
for my alzheimers meds blood pressure meds cholesterol meds and
my aspirin i dont ever ever miss those
well usually i dont

recently i ran across this new prescription that was being handed out
in new york
its called the fruit and vegetable prescription program

in this program obese and overweight patients are given a prescription
for veggies and fruits and given health bucks which are redeemable at
local farmers markets

the patients come in and get weighed and their body mass index
is measured
and they are given nutritional counseling
the results have been good

one family has seen a 40 lb weight loss in their son and other kids have
lost weight also

its interesting eg when i helped plant those gardens at the school
that the kids ate samples of kale spinach cilantro swiss chard etc things
many had never had before
they plant it and theyll eat it

one of the problems the poor have sometimes is the lack of good
access to fresh fruits and vegetables especially in the inner cities

maybe more doctors should write these prescriptions for their patients
and as i know more about alzheimers hypertension diabetes
high cholesterol heart disease etc
these are as important as the prescription meds

rx     fresh fruits and vegetables-organic if available
#      1 month supply
sig    take once or twice a day until the prescription is all gone

refills unlimited

the organicgreen doctor