MEDS! Finally, my husband read his doctor the riot act.

[HockeyMom]

52. I got screamed at by a PA for just that

I was at a health screening place for a work physical. Sitting next to me was a 19 year old young woman with her Mom. They gave us a SEVEN PAGE questionnaire to fill out which had a 3 page list of meds you take. She was getting very upset reading all those meds, of which she took nothing. Both her Mom and I told her to just put a line through all the pages with N/A at the top. I showed her what I had done.

A PA looked at my form first and gave me a dirty look. Then she took the girl's form, looked at those N/A's, and started screaming at both of us. "What is WRONG with you people?, she yelled at us. Ok, I was 58 years old at the time and maybe she had never seen someone my age who didn't take any meds. But a TEENAGER? A teen not being on any meds should be the NORM.

The young woman started crying. Her Mom and I both got very, very mad at this PA, and we both lashed out at her for her total stupidity and un-professionalism towards this young woman.

She walked off in a huff after this. I went up to the receptionist and said that I did not want to be examined by this woman. The teen said the same thing. We both were examined by a doctor instead who apologized to us for the PA's behavior. Good.