Re:md killing the brother

[Guest guest]

Yeah, but think of all they have saved. I have had a similar situation this

week, except that some of it was my fault. What happens when you put a

severely habitually dehydrated (because of chronic diarrhea from diabetes

drug) on a drug that affects the kidneys that dehydrates you further (ARB

and diuretic)? Well, I can tell you and it is not pretty. I have been

thinking to myself all week that this cardiologist is making it so much

worse, not better, and now he wants to do an angiogram--is he trying to kill

me? lol Well, the whole situation was my fault for not thinking to mention

the diarrhea; he didn't ask, because chronic diarrhea is not a common

feature in his patients. I had told the doctor who first prescribed the drug

over a year ago that that was happening and she said it will go away. Then I

ended up changing doctors and just got used to the situation and didn't

think to tell that doctor either. Now I owe the cardiologist an apology for

being so resistant to treatment and sceptical of him. There is nothing wrong

with that doctor, but the patient was severely lacking.

 

The way I see it is that the allopaths and the ayurveds have in common the

fact that they are trying to take a rational intelligent evidence based

approach to medicine--the focus is somewhat different. Many allopaths

concentrate on the disease; most ayurvedic doctors, the patient. This has

been changing back and forth over the years. Both approaches have their

different advantages--the ayurvedic emphasis on diet is unsurpassed and

modern science is just starting to catch up and in an emergency with trauma

and loss of blood (or other fluids) the state of the art emergency room is

the place I want to be.

lethe