Re: Part 2: HOW MODERN MEDICINE KILLED MY BROTHER

November 29, 2004

Thanks, Janie. Not surprising, but shocking all the same. I can

honestly say that the last couple of doctors I've seen (2 in 10yrs

due to lack of insurance and money to pay dr bills) have both been

incredibly arrogant---like the ones mentioned.

The last one took one look at my TSH and stated " Your TSH isn't high

enough to cause all those symptoms. We're going to address then one

by one. " I swear I saw dollar signs in his eyes that day, while I

was in that room for an hour and having only seen him maybe 3min at

the most during that time.

This doctor ignored my vital signs that day, or I wouldn't have had

to TELL him that the nurse said my temperature was 65.5. The nurse

wasn't any better. She asked me if I'd drank ice-water before coming

into the office! I told her no, then added that even if I had by the

time my temperature was taken (20 or so minutes after I arrived at

the clinic) it wouldn't have mattered. I also reminded her that it

was July in Florida.

Even she didn't take any note that I was shivering so much that I

couldn't talk right... and I was wearing a flannel shirt over another

shirt (it was over 90 outside with nearly 100% humidity). For that

matter, neither did the doctor.

That day I decided I was going to have to take matters into my own

hands. The visit cost me nearly $200, $200 that I couldn't afford,

and I certainly couldn't afford nearly $200/wk to keep coming back so

this fool could 'investigate' ALL of the symptoms I was having.

This doctor barely looked at me while I talked, and I left wondering

a bit if he could even describe what I looked like had someone asked

him within a few minutes of my leaving. I never rescheduled to come

back as he'd told me. No one ever called to find out why.

Scary article, Janie. But no truer words spoken.

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