was sunflower seeds, now my soapbox

[Guest guest]

Donna,

 

I would say no she isn't fine, but the doctor's thought is " why bother,

she's 80, I'm not going to change her lifestyle now " . Much easier to give

her pills.

 

Before my grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, her first doctor

kept saying nothing was wrong with her. For reasons that escape me now, I

understood him to mean " she's 70, smokes, overweight " , why bother.

 

Her first surgeon (surgery was required before they figured out what it

was) just closed her back up and said " sorry, nothing I can do " , gave us

the impression she wasn't going to leave the hospital.

 

Her third doctor and our family worked hard to keep her with us for another

18 months. I made her eat what I told her to and for a while she wasn't

smoking. That experience taught me (if I didn't already know) that YOU

and YOU alone are responsible for your health. A doctor is another tool at

your disposal, but you have to be responsible.

 

Are the doctors lazy? I don't know. Like many of us, many of them take

the path of least resistance. I say this because my aunt and I have

learned from the experience with my grandmother but other members of our

family haven't.

 

Lori

 

 

At 08:54 AM 01/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>There is a doctor in my town who is treating a women who is 60 pounds over

>weight -she has diabetes and a thyroid disorder he has no interest in

>treating the obesity and has actualy told her that if she feels good at 5'3

>190 pounds she is probaby healthy. Is this insanity ??

>the health insurance guidelines are far less than this

>Are these doctors lazy ? why isnt obesity an issue? He has her taking 5

>prescriptions for HBP, diabetes thyroid , depression and cholestoral

>When her blood tests came back he said she had the blood work of a young

>person ( She is 80) so she believe s she is fine.. Keep eating those cakes

>and cookies and fried foods because your bloowork is excellent...

>she can barely walk because of neuropathy but she is fine.?????

>Ugh!!

>donna

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>In a message dated 1/24/02 6:50:02 AM, wayne writes:

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> Still, I think doctors, like all of us, get hung up on certain

>ideas. No matter what ails you, the doctors say,

>Exercise and they say loose weight.

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[Guest guest]

Lori I agree with you We all have a fre will and no one can change this.. I

just feel very strongly that if a doctor aged 45 has a quadruple bipass and

is overweight I think I would look for a new doctor He isnt taking care of

himself much less his patients.Actually what has happened is that this

doctor has had to give up his patients an d do research

 

In a message dated 1/24/02 2:22:31 PM, llclj writes:

 

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kept saying nothing was wrong with her. For reasons that escape me now, I

understood him to mean " she's 70, smokes, overweight " , why bother.

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