46zilzal
03-13-2008, 01:36 AM
Having distanced myself from many practitioners I met initially in my school days, I am disgusted the way medical care is going. Big pharma is running the show and no one steps up to change it because they LIKE the big bucks too much. I run into many of these swelled heads from time to time and it is funny how many of these clowns begin to become just like many a prima donna athlete degenerates into, reading their own press clippings: they think they walk on water and their crap doesn't stink. They forget the real reason their occupation exists: to heal.
Sadly, as more and more focus of their lives become centered around investments, "big business" ventures, supporting ex-wives and keeping the new trophy wife happy while she fights with the kids from the last marriage, less and less time is spent keeping up with the ever changing science, practicing the basics (like LISTENING TO THEIR PATIENTS), and doing what they started out to do in the first place.
People always ask me all the time about who they should go to as a doctor and I usually tell them the same thing. If you have something odd and you are getting the runaround, find a medical school hospital. You have sharp young minds there who are STILL interested in looking for scientifically substantiated changes in your health profile and they are overseen by the best around with usually cutting edge technology. They are not concerned about how many hysterectomies they will need to sell to prospective patients in order to pay for that new boat, they are not running to the internet twice a day to see the Dow Jones averages, and not having to deal with lawyers representing the angry former wife. They are there to find out and help to cure whatever it is that is ailing you. That is still a challenge to them.
Find someone who keeps YOU in the equation and offers you OPTIONS to your health care, teaches you something about your condition(s), and understands that it is the REACTION TO DISEASE that causes the most anxiety and not the disease itself.
Find someone who understands what medicines COST and is always concerned with finding cheaper, though equivalent alternatives. Someone who will understand and explain how newer drugs on the market MAY have hidden side effects that don't show up for many years and is more than willing to prescribe (if necessary) medications that have been on the market for 15-20 years so that all the side effects are known. Locate a doctor who reviews your prescriptions on a regular basis (both HIS/HERS and the meds prescribed by other practitioners) to make sure there are no surprise interactions. We were NEVER instructed in what a CBC costs, an x-ray etc.,and not wanting to look bad when presenting a case, we used to write ETKTM (Every Test Known to Man) in the margin of a chart to discover everything possible about cases that were odd, never knowing what costs that would entail.
Hook up with a practitioner who admits that there is NO one answer to any health problem and who is open to rational alternative therapies. Find an individual who WELCOMES, even promotes second opinions particularly on something as radical as a surgical procedure.
Find someone who listens with BOTH ears and an open mind....IF YOU CAN.
Sadly, as more and more focus of their lives become centered around investments, "big business" ventures, supporting ex-wives and keeping the new trophy wife happy while she fights with the kids from the last marriage, less and less time is spent keeping up with the ever changing science, practicing the basics (like LISTENING TO THEIR PATIENTS), and doing what they started out to do in the first place.
People always ask me all the time about who they should go to as a doctor and I usually tell them the same thing. If you have something odd and you are getting the runaround, find a medical school hospital. You have sharp young minds there who are STILL interested in looking for scientifically substantiated changes in your health profile and they are overseen by the best around with usually cutting edge technology. They are not concerned about how many hysterectomies they will need to sell to prospective patients in order to pay for that new boat, they are not running to the internet twice a day to see the Dow Jones averages, and not having to deal with lawyers representing the angry former wife. They are there to find out and help to cure whatever it is that is ailing you. That is still a challenge to them.
Find someone who keeps YOU in the equation and offers you OPTIONS to your health care, teaches you something about your condition(s), and understands that it is the REACTION TO DISEASE that causes the most anxiety and not the disease itself.
Find someone who understands what medicines COST and is always concerned with finding cheaper, though equivalent alternatives. Someone who will understand and explain how newer drugs on the market MAY have hidden side effects that don't show up for many years and is more than willing to prescribe (if necessary) medications that have been on the market for 15-20 years so that all the side effects are known. Locate a doctor who reviews your prescriptions on a regular basis (both HIS/HERS and the meds prescribed by other practitioners) to make sure there are no surprise interactions. We were NEVER instructed in what a CBC costs, an x-ray etc.,and not wanting to look bad when presenting a case, we used to write ETKTM (Every Test Known to Man) in the margin of a chart to discover everything possible about cases that were odd, never knowing what costs that would entail.
Hook up with a practitioner who admits that there is NO one answer to any health problem and who is open to rational alternative therapies. Find an individual who WELCOMES, even promotes second opinions particularly on something as radical as a surgical procedure.
Find someone who listens with BOTH ears and an open mind....IF YOU CAN.