Yesterday wasn’t what I’d call a great day. It was rather unproductive, and it makes me wonder, if I get this whole new society at all. I mean I was raised a certain way, always told to reach for the stars, to never settle for second best, but to accept that sometimes, my best just wasn’t going to get me the Golden Ring.
Practicle and yet idealistic too. Kind of like that, but it sure does tend to get a guy down, when you realize, that many simply meander through, doing not their best, just the least possible that they can get away with.
Like I got a bit of a lecture, because I stopped Mom’s cumadin, given that the reading was high, and I hadn’t heard any instructions. IT WAS WRONG TO DO THAT. Yet, in my defense, I was going on past experiences with other Doctors. Should have known better, because the one we have now, KNOWS HIS STUFF. THE OTHER DOCTORS MERELY MEANDERED THROUGH.
Take the way not one, but four different Doctors, over the last THIRTY YEARS PLUS, treated Mom’s blood pressure. Rarely did they change the medication, instead they simply UPPED THE DOSAGE.
In all that time, Mom’s average blood pressure readings where in the 140 to 160 range. Within a year of being with our current Physician, Mom’s readings are now in the 120 range. He simply kept changing the medication, until he found one that actually worked for her.
SO WHY COULDN’T THE OTHERS DO THAT?