Re: frustration/WOMEN & the medical community.

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--- cbstopsmom@... wrote:

> Hi Gals,

>

> I for one...DEFINITELY have lost ALL confidence in

> the medical community.

> Here's a few reasons why...

>

Carla, I really understand your frustration. I have it

too, and have stories like yours of my own health and

that of my family's.

Part of the problem, I beleive, is that we as a

society have thought about doctors as something other

than regular people. They are the savers of life, they

have incredible power over us, they are supposed to be

the best, the smartest of us all. Yet, they are just

plain people. If you lined up all accountants, there

would be the smart ones, the stars, and most would be

your average guy, some would be idiots. Why, (and I am

asking MYSELF this question as I ask it) Why do we

think of them as so extra special? THat we expect most

or all of them to be completely competant at all times

when the rest of society is certainly not?

I have lost the reverancy and respect I once had for

doctors. They are just plain people who I go to for

help, but do not trust them implicitly anymore. I know

now I can research right here at home, and become

aware of the knowledge and information that once

helped make these people so special, and now I trust

MYSELF, and I don't say " whatever you think is best,

doctor " (By the way, my exact words for accepting to

do the LEEP procedure which started ALL of this for

me)

I am counting on myself now. Ofcourse YOU will need to

trust a surgeon for your knee, you cannot do that

yourself. Good luck. Find a star.

Candace

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