When they get it right and stop practicing, I will put more faith into doctors. I change doctors every two years because I do not treat them as gods. I refuse test for things that I have no symptoms of. They always seem to want to test you for the in test of the year. I have a family history of heart attacks and yet no one suggested any tests for my heart. Instead they want the colonoscopy and other test that they make a fortune from, even though no one in my family has had cancer and they all have lived into their late 90's, without going to the doctor regularly. I have not been sick in 15 years, not even a cold and yet they keep pushing their test and when I refuse, they engage me in debate and basically try to bully me into doing what they say.
The doctors in TV are so used to compliant patients who will do whatever they say that they expect all their patients to be like that. The other issue I have is that I am not on Medicare and yet they try to push tests that they know Medicare pays for but I have a big deductible on my private policy that must be satisfied before my insurance kicks in. It is amazing how they push something and once you tell them that it is not covered by insurance, it is not important anymore.
I do not like to be bullied by doctors. They are not gods and their egos often prevent them from sending you to someone more qualified. I have high blood pressure that previous doctors told me is drug resistant. When I told my doctor that, he dismissed it as he did my suggestion that I see a specialist. He pooh poohed that idea stating that he knows more. Then he proceeded to prescribe the same exact drugs that I had been put on before with no success and lots of side effects with the same negative results. I left him and will try doctor number 5 in the last 4 years here.
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