Quote Originally Posted by lady_zana View Post
You are 100% right there, RICHARD. Too often people (myself included) think to ourselves, 'They are the doctor; they've been to medical school; they must know more than I do.' We fear to question our doctors, sometimes because we think they will be insulted, other times because we simply assume them to be right.

Doctors are only human; they will make mistakes and we as paitents need to understand that and not worry about hurting feelings if we ask for a recommendation for a second opinion (don't be down-right rude though!). Our health is important and we deserve the best care we can find.

I'm one who has learned to question the dr. and I paid dearly for it. I've been on pain meds for quite some time for neuropathy; my regular dr. was out of town and her associate was filling in at the time I needed a followup visit. She wanted to start me on a strong anti-depressant for pain and, never having heard of that for treatment before, naturally I asked questions. I told her that I really was hesitant to start on heavy duty meds like that and asked her what the side effects were. She

When my regular dr. returned, I spoke w/her on the phone and told her that I had done research on the med and that I didn't want to take it. That wasn't my real sin, I guess, because I told her how her assoc. didn't look at me while we were talking. Two days later I received a certified letter stating that she was giving me 30 days to find another dr. She wouldn't even refill my Rx for pain meds and I was only taking one a day, so it isn't as though I was abusing them. I called her and asked why she was being so harsh and she said "I don't consider this a harsh move". I said "Really? Telling someone that you will no longer be her dr. because she asked questions? Or is it because I said something about your assoc?" Silence on her end. So I said "Surely I'm not the first person to comment on this" and she said "No, actually you aren't. But that's just the way it is." She referred me to another dr. who just happened to be a friend of my ex-husband's and mine before our divorce, so I was hesitant to go to him, too, but it's turned out to be a good relationship.

We're always hearing that we must get involved in our own health care. Yeah, as long as we don't dare question our dr's. course of action or state that it would be nice to be looked in the eye and treated as a person and not an income. If I was treated this shabbily, it comes as no surprise that this poor woman was treated so badly. The video made me furious!