Doctors are idiots

[Dis]

how bad is your knee?

can you walk okay?

I injured my knee last May. It's pretty much all better, but occasionally it hurts when I do a lot of hiking, or turn it strangely.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid
I would probably have ended up giving half of my patients thallium

Is that the sustance that's tasteless, odorless, accumulates in the body, and has no treatment or cure?

[Combat Ingrid]

Yes
Check out Young Poisoner's Handbook if you like dark humor

[Brundlefly]

I don't believe doctors are idiots. I do believe that in USA, the emergence of managed health care and skyrocketing malpractice insurance costs have increasingly made doctors think of themselves as businessmen before medical practitioners. It's conceivable that their quality of service provided has suffered. It's been my experience that it has. From hasty diagnoses to assembly-line office visits, it appears that the patient is almost an afterthought. I've done the same thing as TCO as far as doing my own due diligence on doctors and on occasion it has lead me to get second opinions that were worth the effort.

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Feephi
skyrocketing malpractice insurance costs

I keep hearing that things like this has led to US doctors prescribing antibiotics without valid medical reason "just to be safe", thus contributing to the increasing numbers of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Is it really that bad?

[Dis]

that's why I never go to doctors. I'm far healthier that way.

that, and I never get sick

*knocks on wood*

[Sarxis]

I agree that we are still living in the dark ages of medicine.

I think Bones summed it up pretty well in ST IV.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
If you were a model patient you'd stop whining and obsessing and go ahead and get well!

This was just a joke you know. I'm an Internist, not an Orthopedist so knees aren't my forte. Also I'm sorta kinda hampered by the fact that I can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell your knee.

[TCO]

My sister is an Internest also. There is a broader issue, though. It has to do with diagnosis and treatment methods. I'm just not seeing the science. And I'm definitely not having it communicated to me. From now on, I'm typing up notes of whatever the doc tells me, getting copies of all my records, etc. A passive approach of figuring that the doc will take care of things is not working well for me.

[SlowwHand]

So Internist's smell, taste, and hear their areas of expertise?

[Dr Strangelove]

Yep, we're very sensual.

[TCO]

1. This is pretty funny. I was told to see the Redskins physian by a doctor in the family. I finally tracked him down and it turns out that the guy lives in my home town! 3 miles from my Mom's house. (Raymond Thal is his name.)

2. One thing that worries me a little is that this guy works on knees, shoulders and elbows. (I was told one should get a specialist by JOINT. Not even shoulder and hand, but just shoulder.

3. This guy seems to be into "scoping" the shoulder and I was told by the Steadman Hawkins doc (and independently by a PT that I really respect who has seen patients recovering) that scoping the shoulder is not good. It is better "open".

4. Any clues on how to make the interaction most useful? I will prepare by reading the damn anatomy books. And will make sure I have my records in order. and such. But are there things to watch out for?

5. More broadly, I can see very differnt skills in a diagnostician and in a "cutter". Which should I be looking for? Should they be the same person? And if so, what is more important? Hmmm. Any help, Doc? Am I asking this question clearly?

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Anyway, I will check the dude out. See if he can help with various synovial joint problems.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Combat Ingrid


I keep hearing that things like this has led to US doctors prescribing antibiotics without valid medical reason "just to be safe", thus contributing to the increasing numbers of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Is it really that bad?

The overperscription of antibiotics has more to do with the impatience of the American people and the need for health care providers to seem like they are doing something than about "defensive" (from lawsuits) medicine. The problem has been known for many years, and is getting somewhat better as people (ie patients) are beginning to understand the potential for resistant strains to destroy the effectiveness of large numbers of antibiotic agents.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove


This was just a joke you know. I'm an Internist, not an Orthopedist so knees aren't my forte. Also I'm sorta kinda hampered by the fact that I can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell your knee.

Go to the mirror boy!

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by TCO
1. This is pretty funny. I was told to see the Redskins physian by a doctor in the family. I finally tracked him down and it turns out that the guy lives in my home town! 3 miles from my Mom's house. (Raymond Thal is his name.)

2. One thing that worries me a little is that this guy works on knees, shoulders and elbows. (I was told one should get a specialist by JOINT. Not even shoulder and hand, but just shoulder.

3. This guy seems to be into "scoping" the shoulder and I was told by the Steadman Hawkins doc (and independently by a PT that I really respect who has seen patients recovering) that scoping the shoulder is not good. It is better "open".

4. Any clues on how to make the interaction most useful? I will prepare by reading the damn anatomy books. And will make sure I have my records in order. and such. But are there things to watch out for?

5. More broadly, I can see very differnt skills in a diagnostician and in a "cutter". Which should I be looking for? Should they be the same person? And if so, what is more important? Hmmm. Any help, Doc? Am I asking this question clearly?

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Anyway, I will check the dude out. See if he can help with various synovial joint problems.

bahhhhh

Football players have to have quick recovery times, because they have to make their living that way. You don't.

So no need to go to a "cutter."