What In the World Is Going On With Days of Our Lives’ Chanel?

If I had to guess, I’m going to say quite a few folks are asking that question in the headline about Chanel on Days of Our Lives. Actually, I don’t need to guess, because folks are voicing their opinions pretty strongly! She just spent virtually the whole episode on Friday arguing with and yelling at Johnny, then pushing back against Paulina when it came to her cancer treatment. She doesn’t want to do anything to hurt the baby, even if it’s more dangerous than her.

Thankfully, by the end of the episode, Paulina seemed to convince Chanel that getting a second opinion might be worth it. (Besides, you’re all rich, fly in the best doctor in the world, already!) Of course, that feels like something Sarah and Marlena should have probably suggested when they first saw how upset Chanel was. It would have been better than, “Well, Dr. George may not have a good personality, but he’s fine!” Heck, Marlena’s a therapist — shouldn’t she have understood Chanel’s reaction a bit better? *Ahem* But I digress.

It would be nice if she and Johnny could talk through this calmly, but chances are, more people have these types of arguments over patient care than we’d like to admit. And that’s heightened even more when you throw in healthy doses of fear, feeling like no one’s listening to you and being pregnant.

Then there’s that doctor visit. Can we all agree Dr. George was a jerk? I can’t imagine how I would have reacted had my own cancer care team had treated me like that. Whatever Dr. George’s feelings were, he started off horribly and it went downhill from there. This is his job, and he should be prepared for how to handle frightened, upset patients without being dismissive. If you go into something scared out of your mind and things start off wrong, it’s really hard to get them back on track.