With doctors you have to pick and choose.
They can do some good things and some very bad things.
For instance, a window once fell on my middle finger (yes, that one) just
above the top knuckle. The pain was so intense it almost wasn't pain any
more. My left hand was pinned by the window so I had quite a struggle
getting the window to open with my right hand so I could get out from under
it. The finger was gashed clear across and the bone in the tip of the
finger was broken in two. Made a fast trip to the emergency room, and the
doctor on call did an absolutely great job of sewing the finger back
together again (with appropriate local anesthetic). However, weeks went by
and the bone refused to knit. The hand specialist I was referred to
recommended that I have a pin inserted. He very reasonably explained that I
would not be able to bend the knuckle any more. I said no thanks, went
home, and started to type on my computer keyboard and play the piano again.
Hurt at first, but four months later the finger was as strong as ever - just
needed to start using it.
The point is, you can consult doctors but make your own determination about
whether or not to go ahead with their recommendations - and, based on my
experiences, most of the time you do not need to do what they recommend.
Another example: many years ago (about twenty?) after a ten mile run, I
noticed blood in my urine. Went to the HMO and the docs there insisted on
shooting me up with a dye and taking x-rays. I said no thanks, and have
been fine ever since. No recurrence. If there had been more than one such
event, maybe I would have done as they said, but I wanted confirmation that
there was a problem serious enough to warrant such action.
Another example: my mother had heart problems in her early eighties.
Doctors told her to have bypass surgery. I said nothing because I didn't
know anything about that stuff, and a lot of people seemed to do ok with it.
She was dead within three months after the surgery due to multiple strokes
that left her a vegetable before she died. Turns out many people get
strokes after such surgery, but I did not know that then. She would have
lived several more years, I believe, if she had ignored the doctors. You
need to research what the doctor is telling you before you do it, find out
the odds of success or failure so you can make your own judgment. Sometimes
they are right, many times they are dead wrong!
There is no substitute for information.
That's why I read every message that appears on this list.
Del
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ode Coyote" <odecoy...@alltel.net>
To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Doctors...
Of course, doctors know everything possible under the sun and every
single one of millions of human variations and combinations.
Fat chance.
Your belief in doctors is infallible and when it's unrealistic, that's
their fault.
Yea, that'll work...and you aren't evil.
Mental illness never made a body sick.
Ode
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