Why Patients Treat Themselves

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After I picked myself up from off the floor, becaue I fell off of my

chair from laughing so hard, I went back and looked at the things I

had written, that would have encouraged you to write the statement

that I am a part of the problem, and for the life of me I could not

find anything. I would certainly love to know why you in fact state

those things. Perhaps to save you alot of typing ,let me give you a

little information, so you perhaps can properly analyze the

situation. The last thing I wrote was " seek advice from a

professional. not necessarily a doctor " and I put about 5 or 6

exclammation points after the word doctor. I find your arguments

specious and so far out in left field that again they are laughable,

nad I apologize for offending, but you make it too easy. I have not

been to a doctor in OH 30 years. The last time I went was to have

surgery for a football injury to my knee( I played in college),

which I probably could have cured myself had I taken the time. Here

is why I find your opinion laughable. While I applaud the fact that

you want to think for yourself, becuase I too find the medical

profession laughable,and I in fact got to this place because I did

in fact think for myself, you and most people do not have the

education necessary not the skills to understand and diagnose the

disease process in the human body. A mistake can cost someone

dearly.I find most of the solutions here laughable at best. IT is

obvious that people are well intentioned but their skill level in

this area is minimal, and for someone such as myself who is in fact

very damn good at what I do. I find it reprehensible. OFfering

advice as to cures when you do not in fact understand enough about

the human body nor the disease process to be offering such. You

probably went to the internet and read something and offered it as

advice. IF you are a free thinker as you say, and I applaud you for

that, at least take the time to educate yourself as to the body and

how to heal it, then let's talk. For example an uneducated person

might offer licorice root to someone as a cure for bronchitis, or

some other disease, and am educated person would know that there are

certain risks associated with taking licorice root, and the person

should be well aware of those prior to taking it, and if they have

high blood pressure, it could in fact kill them. Just an example for

you. Oh by the way licorice root increases the T-cell count in the

body better than any medicine known to man.

 

I used to go to anatomy and physiology classes at college as a

14 year old. I have an IQ of over 168.My mother was a professor in

college teaching the subject. I know more about the human body than

any doctor. I also know more about food, how it works in the body

and herbs than perhaps most individuals alive. I could probably

recite grays anatomy for you cover to cover!!!!I have dedicated 20

years of my life to this subject. For you to compare me to a doctor

or say that I am part of the problem is highly insulting. That

having been said, if I shattered my leg, I would certainly want a

good orthopedic surgeon in my corner. Knowledge is power in case you

were not aware. To get more powerful EDUCATE YOURSELF!!! Then you

will not be a pawn on the chessboard of life!!! , continue to be a

free thinker. It is what makes people great. By the way I do have a

called becomingyounger, you are welcome to join and see

if in fact I am part of the problem as you say!!! Have a great day,

and I would suggest that next time before you spout off, you ask

questions as you see me do here rather than just offer your

opinion!!!

 

 

 

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> Mark,

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> I don't know what kind of medical care you have, but

> many of us don't have any or have given up on doctors

> due to the poor care we have received over the years.

> If you think doctors do some kind of serious analysis

> for most of their patients, I think you must be

> dreaming.

> Last time I went to doctor, I had a skin rash from

> ankle to neck which itched like chicken pox. It would

> flare up at night especially and almost looked like

> bug bites. I was told I would have to wait a month to

> be seen. When I finally got into the office, he

> insisted it was a soap allergy even though I explained

> that I had already ruled that out and I had wanted to

> have him take a look. He didn't even take a look. I

> was dismissed with a prescription for a little tube of

> hydrocortisone creme. I could have figured that much

> out on my own!

> He also gave me a referral to a specialist, which I

> found out would be another wait of at least a month

> and a half.

> What is funny, about a month later, a family member

> discovered tiny, tiny little bugs crawling in the

> static on the computer screen. I don't know if that

> was the source of my rash, but I took a cloth with

> some rubbing alcohol and water on it and wiped all of

> the surfaces in my home. Eventually the problem slowly

> cleared up with time.

> The bill, which was paid for by my insurance, came to

> $200 for this worthless visit.

> Looking back over the course of the past 20 years, I

> now see that almost every visit to the doctor was this

> worthless.

> I hope my comments can save others their time and

> money.

> When doctors get paid regardless of the quality of the

> job they do, they have little incentive to strive to

> do their best. Then, of course, they are

> " gatekeepers " , which means they can arbitrarily decide

> who gets the expensive tests and drugs (they even

> sometimes get to split the money they save by not

> prescribing antibiotics, for example), and then we

> have the almost cult-like views on medicine, and they

> have different levels of care depending on your

> insurance plan, and I could go on and on...the

> problems are too numerous to mention. For the example

> of a skin rash, often hydrocortisone is prescribed as

> the first method of treatment with little or no

> thought given to the " minor " problem.

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> It's obvious you are part of the system, and I find

> your fear mongering distasteful:

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> " Oh, don't think for yourself. Let a real doctor

> analyze this. Only your doctor has the vast knowledge

> to understand these complex issues. "

> The truth is, a doctor would never take the time to

> get to the root of these complex problems, and that is

> why we are all doing it for ourselves.

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