What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

My experience with the TIA and the medical staff is disappointing. I feel scammed! Spent 4 hours in the ER ran a bunch of test and came to no conclusion. Referred me to my family doctor for a followup. He said I had a TIA. ER also referred me to a neurologist. Went there yesterday and all she did was ask question and do some basic things like can you see this, can you feel this. Push out pull in. She said there is really no way to prove a TIA. Take a aspirin everyday. So insurance is billed thousands for tests and 2 referrals to prove it was not something else. When from the start they knew they could never say for sure it was a TIA.

This pisses me off. Because ...

We are, in the end, just a revenue stream for them.

I fear this is true, or becoming true.

 

[Rick589]

This pisses me off. Because ...

I fear this is true, or becoming true.

I tend to see my doctor, which I rarely visit anyway, as an advisor not as a director.

 

[Sally PB]

I tend to see my doctor, which I rarely visit anyway, as an advisor not as a director.

Same here. Hubby and I see him once a year for our annual physical. If he sees something then, we'll discuss it then. If we need to pursue it, we will. If it's just something to keep an eye on, we will.

Thank goodness our doc is NOT a pill pusher. He understands that hubby and I do NOT want to be on pills unless absolutely necessary. Hubby has one that he will need to take the rest of his life. I have no prescription meds, and I plan to keep it that way.

Who is most responsible for my health? ME.

 

[jerryse]

47 when I got up yesterday and 10 today. I got back into rabbits after many years. A bred doe in Early October. Her kits will be 7 weeks. Recently bought a young buck for future breeding. Meat rabbits as I can no longer hunt wild rabbits due to my age.

 

[chickengr]

Sissy generations unwilling to engage with the real world and experience some actual tactile interactions…….internet is commanding attention and allegiance. Or am I just being an old gloomy Gus?

Sissy generations - a perfect description.

 

[akroberts1085]

The way I see doctors are I have lived in my body since birth and I know my body better than the books they read to do nothing more than become a legal drug dealer.

 

[chickengr]

The way I see doctors are I have lived in my body since birth and I know my body better than the books they read to do nothing more than become a legal drug dealer.

a legal drug dealer - that's how I see doctors too.

 

[dirkandlorie]

a legal drug dealer - that's how I see doctors too.

I am old, really old and have never willingly been to the doctor. I would probably go if I was dying of some horrible painful condition just for the drugs. After all, what more harm can they do if I'm already dying? (New England journal of medicine has stated that there are more doctor caused deaths each year than from all major diseases combined. In their own publication. Wow. That alone is reason enough for me not to go)

 

[pennyJo1960]

Had the excuse I was caring for my better half as he was dying.
I am not and I feel better than I had in years.

 

[jerryse]

I am old, really old and have never willingly been to the doctor. I would probably go if I was dying of some horrible painful condition just for the drugs. After all, what more harm can they do if I'm already dying? (New England journal of medicine has stated that there are more doctor caused deaths each year than from all major diseases combined. In their own publication. Wow. That alone is reason enough for me not to go)

Doctors have caused me harm. I do not always believe them. I have to be my own advocate.