Stand Up For Yourself! You Are So Worth It!

 As some of you are aware, I have health issues that put me in hospital without much warning. This has been happening to me since I was 12-13 years old. There have been 100's of hospital admissions, and it's not something I am  able to control. I do everything I can, at home, and take all the right medications etc, but once I reach  a certain point, and know I have done all I can, at home, I 'know' I need extra medical help and need to get to hospital. Like I said, this has happened 100's and 100's of times during my life.  So, going back to October last year (2024) and once again I was in hospital. I had been in the ED overnight, while they got things sorted out, and had then been admitted to a ward around 4 am the next morning. Later that day, and while I was still feeling unwell and unable to process things properly, I was visited by a General Purpose Doctors (Who knew nothing about my health issues.) and an intern. Long story short, I was verbally abused and bullied by both these people. I spoke to my nurse afterwards, and she was shocked when I told he what they and said and how they had acted, and she advised me to put in a formal complaint. I did that, and today, five months later, I have received a 2 page apology from the GP. I feel very proud of myself for standing up for my rights. It hasn't been an easy journey getting to here. The place I sent my complaint to in the beginning, took for ever to respond, then told me to send my complaint to another company, which I did. Then I got another reply saying it needed to be sent to the actual Hospital where it happened. That was about three weeks ago, and once again, I had been admitted to hopital...so I never got around to forwarding my complaint to the Hospital. However, they did get it, and today I got a 2 page apology from the Doctor involved! I am  not the sort of person who likes to create an issue, but I felt so strongly about the way I was treated, and I was concerned that if these 2 got away with how they treated me,  how were they treating other patients? So I am pleased that I persevered and got the apology I  deserved. Don't ever let anyone bully or verbally abuse you. You do not deserve that. You're worth so much more than that, and deserve to be treated with kindness and respect.   Ok, I apologize there is no art work with this post! Thanks for dropping by! Have a SUNSHINE day! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!