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Originally Posted by Boomer
Hey, ge, how predictable. I knew. I just knew you would come after me with that attitude. Oh my! How dare I try to help someone by providing a little info on a wide variety of treatments that might require a specialist. (You can’t see my knowing smile, but it’s on.)
You have let us all know that you are a doctor. I am not, nor have I ever been anything in the medical field.
BUT you have no idea who I am, what I know, who I know, what I have faced, what I have been close to, and/or what I have been successful in navigating through to help find the right doctor for serious medical issues — and yet you dismiss me as being stupid. Gee, ge, I guess I just don’t know my place. 
Sincerely,
Sassy Boomer |
Please don't tell me THAT was your take home message from my post. I don't think of you as stupid, and the problem with internet medicine is usually the content and the way it is presented, not with the person trying to research a topic. Heck, I've had University professors in a variety of fields with PhD's, engineers and lawyers as patients who did their own internet research and have come away with horrendous conclusions, and none of them are "stupid" I have submitted content to Web MD several times, and the way in which it has been edited resulted in loss of accuracy and meaning.
Why would you take the post personally? You know that my advice for years has been to skip the internet and see a qualified health care professional. No matter how many hours a person spends on the internet, it is hard to compare with years of education and experience. It's also extremely difficult to diagnose anything remotely
So bottom line, I was not criticizing you, but making the general warning about internet medical sites. If that offended you, I apologize.