Doctors

I haven't used a doctor in years...don't like 'em much.

 

I almost always trust doctors, well there is one screwup i can remember. I broke my wrist in 7th grade, and was supposd to meet an othopedic doctor that night at like 9, except the doctor that was talking to him misunderstood him, and told us 9 in the morning the next day. Well he actually left a dinner, came, and waited for us only to have us show up the next morning. Since it was now the weekend, they weren't open, so instead of having it checked Friday night, i had to wait till monday. He got pretty pissed off at the one he talked to on the phone.
Most of the doctors ive met have been pretty nice, and i mean they're only trying to help.

 

contradictory: I trust my doctor, I have no reason not to trust her, but I am afraid of going though...

 

I've learned to trust doctors.

Peace and love

 

they're okay...........some of them
i hate the really really quiet ones. to me that makes them uber creepy.

 

i trust Dr.Who

doctors in canada aren't getting paid that much, most of them do it to actually help people...i've had plenty of experiences with doctors and i wouldnt trust them completely but i do value what they do tremendously ...

 

I think that eastern medicine should be exausted before resorting to western practices. That's just my opinion. Take an herb, or lose a limb? hm

 

Both of my parents are doctors, if you're not going to intrust your life to a doctor you might as well shoot yourself when you get a desease.

 

Nothing wrong in pursuing eastern medicines first though. Its' mostly about herbal stuff, western medicine is a bit more harsh.

 

Oh sure, the Asians are very helpfull, that's why the Japanese average age of death is so high.

 

lol. Japanese use western practices [Thanks to US occupation after WW2]. The Chinese are pretty much entirely herbal ...

 

Um..this is actually due to diet and lifestyle, not helpful doctors.

 

Recently I have been really unimpressed and almost angered by my GP surgery. They just seem to be in a rush and not interested in actually treating you. For example, I had to go to the doctors to get some more medication and there was a ntoe from the hospital to my GP saying that he needed to check my BP due to it rising whilst I was in surgery. My GP read the letter and gave me my prescription and then said that my BP was not important at that moment in time and that I should make another appointment to get it checked out. This was AFTER I'd spent 3 days trying to actually make an appointment to be seen!

 

I dont like how if something is wrong with you, usually all they do is put you on medicines. They dont really try to help you plan a diet and change your lifestyle, ya know? Its like prescribing medicine is the fastest way to deal with you...

 

OOOOOOHH!!!!



I could could go on for DAYS about this subject. I had acute liver failure a year and a half ago and had to get a liver transplant. So yes, I definately support western medicine. However, in my experience I also saw the downsides of it, I've had all the bad doctors, etc. (The first doc I went to told me I had Hep A, even after I showed the idiot I was vaccinated against it. He told me there was no treatment and I should just go home and rest. Had I listened to him, I'd be dead) The trick is to take their advice, but with a grain of salt. You do have to trust your instincts, ESPECIALLY when it comes to your own body.

Since my experience, I have decided to become an osteopathic physician and open up my own "Bartering Hospital"--the same idea as a free clinic, but instead of being totally free, the patients or their families trade various services (volunteer work, donations) to keep the place going, thus preventing the problem of dependency and the patient feeling like a burden. Western medicine is wonderful, but nothing is without room for improvement.

 

The 'take the advice with a grain of salt' is definitely the right attitude. I think osteopathic medicine, in its original form, is a very good medical philosophy. I've had a couple of osteopaths that treated me for the arthritis in my neck, (half the time for free, no less, including making house calls). They used manipulative therapy, acupuncture, and other holistic treatments.

However, most osteopaths today are getting away from that approach, and going straight into practicing the same type of medicine that most MD's practice, and aren't even using manipulative therapy in their practices. I think that's real sad. I believe that a resurrection of traditonal osteopathy is a much needed thing. It's too bad that most of the osteopathic graduates today have sold out for the sake of a quick dollar.

 

I've never really had a problem with a doctor before, so I can't say that I don't trust them. I don't particularly like going to see a doctor, but I don't have problems with doctors overall.

 

they are okay. had a few bad experiences where they gave me the wrong meds or were jerks in general.

 

It depends on the doctor. I think really the question/poll should be whether or not we trust the medical field.

I trust most of it... but I think that people in general have fallen too far away from old cures.. and natural cures...

 

I trust them about as much as I trust nurses or plumbers or secrataries or window cleaners or drug dealers. In other words it completely depends on the person, you shouldn't judge someone by how they earn a few quid.