tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post3008865876669289296..comments2023-10-26T06:36:28.388-06:00Comments on Make This Look Awesome...: Have I earned treatment?.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00695167212487592726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post-24452910198047964462011-10-06T09:16:31.786-06:002011-10-06T09:16:31.786-06:00One word: liability. It's self-preservation fo...One word: liability. It's self-preservation for them to cover their ass. The dirty secret is that the doctor always comes first before the patient. Oh, they like to *think* they put the patient first. But when was the last time a doctor stuck their neck out? When that happens, they make a movie out of it.<br /><br />I don't mind them re-doing the tests. That totally makes sense to me. Just because someone hung a sign that says "horse" doesn't mean the sign is *actually* hanging on a real horse.<br /><br />What I *DON'T* like is contempt prior to investigation. The idea that something must not be true just because someone else said it. Um... so the sky can't be blue because other people have said it's blue? How does that work??<br /><br />The endocrinologist I was with in Seattle did it right. She said, "Okay, I see you have these diagnoses. I just want to make sure this is what's going on and that we haven't missed anything. So I'm going to re-order these tests, and while we're at it, let's check your thyroid, prolactin..." etc. Hell, that's how we *caught* my thyroid problem, and that it wasn't just all adrenal.<br /><br />This new doc might turn around. I've had that happen too. And *sometimes* when they turn around, they then become some of the best health partners I've had. I can only dream...<br /><br />Heh... finding a good DOCTOR is like blind-throwing darts at a board. Where, oh where is a doctor with good customer service skills? lol<br /><br />Thanks for cheering me on. I know you know how difficult and frustrating this is..https://www.blogger.com/profile/00695167212487592726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902504831906503458.post-77536950235510267972011-10-06T06:43:42.884-06:002011-10-06T06:43:42.884-06:00This post just raised my blood pressure! My heart ...This post just raised my blood pressure! My heart goes out to you because I have been there and done that! Mine was with thyroid cancer(s). Yes, two types for that matter. Why in the world, as patients, do we need to prove we have a certain illness when a doctor has already diagnosed us? All of this just proves to me that the medical profession might as well be using darts to make a diagnoses. We the dart board get ready. They..the doctors...close their eyes, pick up the dart and throw. Where oh where does the diagnoses come out...depends on their dart throwing skills. But because one patient can get so many different opinions of what it is...it just goes to show you that medicine is in fact part art of diagnosing. Run if you have to and run fast! The clock is ticking and my heart is beating...waiting right there with you and waiting to see what happens. (((HUGS))). Stay strong. Go with what YOU know is right for YOUR body!Deb aka AbcsOfrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619087592028571941noreply@blogger.com