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Originally Posted by EPutnam1863
This book may help some of you as it helped me tremendously: Snowball in a Blizzard by Steven Hatch, pub 2016. It helped me gain enough confidence to stop one of my providers from bullying me into getting a biopsy after a mammogram which remained the same year after year for 20 years.
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Thank you for mentioning this. Looks like a good book. I had not heard of it before. In looking it over briefly on-line, it reminds me of something else I often say - that although medicine is based on science and uses scientific methods, it is, of itself, not an exact science. Biggest reason being our bodies are all different. If you take the exact same medicine and put it in different bodies, even though the diagnosis may be the same for each, the results will not necessarily be the same. That's why it's so important that you are in touch with your own body and that you relay any peculiarities to your doctor. And then even so, it is often trial and error to find the right treatment for each patient.
But getting back to your statement above - yes, don't be afraid to ask questions or speak up. It's encouraging to hear about some of your experiences. It goes back to advocacy - if you have a difficult time being your own advocate, find one who will be one for you.