Angry as #$%# tonight.
It seems that the medical profession likes to swing with the trends as much as any other business. The Rivetess was plucked from the gurney by an anesthetist today because she had a lung infection. Just a post-cold bug, and I think the specialist doctor was right to do this. But...
Days ago, she went to a hospital clinic in North London, they said no lung infection, just wait to get better. She went back with all the symptoms of a secondary infection, but not at the gurgling stage by any means. Following strong counciling by me, she explained that she was soon to have a general anesthetic, and really wanted to be well for this procedure (that was costing us a fortune)
It was refused.
My argument is, that GPs have for decades, given antibiotics by the lorry-load based on nothing more than the high probability of a secondary infection. The conscientious GPs seem to bias towards the elderly, and households with young children. This seems about right, but now, perhaps because of MRSA or perhaps because of cost, they are in a knee jerk reaction phase.
Here we have a grandmother that is about to undergo surgery, albeit, minor. She has been caring for children that are generating snot by the bucketful. A usual scenario with kids either side of two. Wasn't this a case for giving that drug on a basis of probability, where the consequences of not doing so would be extremely upsetting?