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Old Dec 02, 2006, 05:13 PM
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Doctors are just like anyone else, just with a slightly different background/"education." They're not all-knowing, all-good, all-helpful, all-caring but have the usual mix of personality, skills, interests, abilities, etc. that we all have.

I was never ill until 3 years ago and then my appendix burst. A simple 3-day operation/situation costing a total of around $5,000 took 5-1/2 months and cost $35,000-$40,000. I was seriously jeopardized (could have died) by doctors, hospital and emergency room over that period several times and finally it was uneducated, ignorant, didn't-have-a-primary-physician ME who finally figured out what the ongoing problem was and kept myself out of the operating room. Heck of a crash, medical education! So now I'm "starting over" having moved last summer to this location, got my husband and myself a primary care physician (did learn I needed to choose and get to know doctors before I got sick :-) but I still have troubles with my current, chronic (from the 2003 mess) problems. I see my health practitioner next Wednesday and I'm still trying to figure out how to point out a serious mistake I discovered without making them feel defensive or like I'm being difficult.

No one cares about your health more than yourself. It's not possible. Take care of yourself, wisewoman but please don't do it in a way that is just to spite the doctor. She's not going to see it that way as it can only injure yourself. It's very hard forging and maintaining any kind of relationship and a doctor/patient relationship is a very intimate one and one of the most difficult kinds. If you do or don't want meds that's okay, your choice as it is your life, your health, but do go off them in a healthy way! Don't damage yourself because someone else didn't see they had to make themselves clearer after a potentially thoughtless comment.
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