Mary, you are SOOO right!!! My friend Wayne is a Physician's Assistant (PA) who can't get a job!!! A few years ago it looked like the way to go and Wayne, a 25 year EMT/Paramedic went to college and got his degree......In the meantime, the interest on the part of Doctors and hospitals slowed down and many of the PA's are either working in some other lower paying capacity, working only parttime, or doing something else entirely! The jobs are getting harder and harder to come by. That's really a shame because they can offer so much to a Doctor. Makes you wonder what the Doc is really after doesn't it?

On that same medical history note, I get really frustrated everytime I go in the hospital because it seems that about 20 people come in and ask the same things!!! Doesn't anyone share the info???? It was also obvious that if they would listen to me, there would be a lot fewer problems. There seems to be a belief among some Docs and nurses that the patient doesn't know jackshit. My GP is simply the greatest because she does listen and treats me with respect, believing that I do know what I'm talking about.

When I was in for the damn Diverticulitis attack that went toxic, the surgeons were worried about the aneurysm and rightly so to some degree. But when I began to explain in detail that it was a dissection that had stabilized and giving them the details of all the tests I've had, including pressures, etc.......They looked at me as if I couldn't possibly know the stuff!!!!

I guess one needs a medical degree from somewhere legitimate instead of the one I am getting from "U-got-it University."

Spaw