Okay, beginning rant.
My fiance works management for Walmart (yes, he and I both know they're evil and he's looking for something else, but what can you do?). Due to the constant level of stress over the past 6 years and the fact that they work him 60-70 hours (overnights! joy!) and pay him for 40, he's developed stress-related conditions. They include: migraines (every freakin day), back spasms (every other freakin day) and ulcers (whenever he eats anything he likes).
Right now, he's been seeing a massage therapist and the migraines have slowed down and no back spasms since. Woot. Unfortunately, his massage therapist is currently on a two-week trip to Florida to donate her time massaging soldiers wounded in combat (she's just awesome). So, we've been talking to his doctor to find out if there's some way to medically help the healing process.
The doctor's an ass. He's close-minded and thinks that massage therapy does nothing. We were basically chided for wasting our money and time. So the doctor, in his infinite wisdom, prescribed some pills (because pills fix everything). The pills don't even blunt the pain of his migraines, which are still happening every freakin day. He also wants my fiance to see a shrink. Now, I agree that shrinks can be great, but IMO this is not a case where he needs a shrink. Stress management councelor, maybe. Therapy is refused. Oh, and evil doctor-man will not sign a Leave of Absence for Walmart, which means that there is no money from Walmart while he takes this time off. The doctor seems to think one can function at a high-stress job with a blinding migraine.
So a week after the pills aren't doing shit, we go back to see the doctor. The old pills are thrown away and the new pills are prescribed. The new pills are for depression. Major depression. I guess he forgot to tell us that. And we got new pain meds for tension headaches. Um, doesn't my fiance have migraines? You know, the things that aren't tension headaches? The good: we finally got the LOA signed, giving him 2 weeks. The bad: the meds are supposed to take 2 weeks to work. And the doctor will not give us a referral for a second opinion until he sees if the drugs work.
I hate this man. I hate him with his stupid white coat and "I know best" smile. I hate him. Grar!!!!



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