New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

re: New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

Knitted_in_the_womb — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:45:03 GMT

Hmmmm...was Dr. Groopman's child misdiagnosed with the same condition that my child was? My first daughter...who had been a very healthy baby (all my kids are disgustingly healthy), started running a fever and vomitting everything one day when she was 10 months old. My family practice doc sent us to the ER with instructions to get IV fluids and an x-ray to look for a fold in the bowels--intussuseption (sp?). After 4 attempts to put in the IV, I inisted they bring someone in from pediatrics--who did it on her first try. Then the x-ray...."nope, nothing wrong there." The fluids did seem to cheer her up.

So we went home--we were in the ER for over 8 hours for that. The next day I was at the grocery store when my doc called the house very concerned because a different doc had reviewed the x-ray, and sure enough, there was a fold in our daughter's bowel. Back to the hospital we went....

I was misdiagnosed for over 3 years by at least 4 different docs when I'd told at least 2 Dr's the CORRECT diagnosis! Right from the start I told them that I thought the tailbone pain and bleeding I'd had was from a pilonital cyst--an uncle had had one. But no, they told me I had a "low grade infection" and one even shamed me by saying that I didn't maintain proper hygeine. It was the first (and only) time that HMO doc had ever seen me, and I was freshly showered. Not sure what she based that comment on--but I was young and lacked self confidence, so it effectively shut me up. It wasn't until I was out of college, no longer on my parents' health insurance (read-"uninsured") and I wound up in an ER in excruciating pain that it was correctly diagnosed. And because I lacked insurance, I had to wait over 7 months until the insurance from my job kicked in to get it properly treated.

re: New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

Josh Rubin — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:42:59 GMT

It is quite amazing at times the amount of mistakes that are made. I just read a quote from Julie Ross's book by an MD stating that there are over 100K deaths per year from even correctly Rx meds! I am sure there are more and more quotes where that came from. At the same time, there are many upsides to western medicine as well: trauma, emergency care, needed surgeries. Do we blame the MD's or do we put more pressure on the system?

I feel that yes some MD's need to think a little more and not be so quick to diagnose or Rx meds. But, this is what they are taught and thrown into. They are products of their programming and at times I feel the schools, government, insurance companies, hospitals and so on have more to do with it than the MD's.

re: New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

ThedySue — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:35:33 GMT

The article directly states the major problem with the medical field and big pharma. They treat symptoms with drugs, and most of the time are not treating or curing the cause. Sure we have lots of drugs that help alleviate symptoms. And in return we are getting hurt by the side effects of those drugs, and they are causing new symptoms so new drugs can be ordered.
We all need to be pro active in our own health, learn all we can, and try natural relief for symptoms first.
Thedy
Recipes for a Healthy Home LLC

re: New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

mmc88121 — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:57:13 GMT

This book is sure to ruffle some feathers in the medical community. However, it is very true. Very often parents have to fight to have their children tested for something they want them to be tested for, just based on their gut feeling that something is wrong. Then the Dr. is suprised that the child has the problem the parents wanted to be tested for to start with. Usually the Dr. assumes the parent does not know what they are talking about and tries to pacify the parent and frequently treats them like they have no idea what they are talking about. I have had this problem with a few doctors my son has seen, if they don't change their attitude I ask for a different doctor.

when you assume something it makes an ass of "u" and "me".

mmc88121

re: New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

Russ Bianchi — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:23:41 GMT

Let's remember folks, the vast majority of MD's in America are trained to treat, and NOT prevent.

Virtually NONE of theses MD's have any reasonable clue about good nutrition, and accept chapter and verse, whatever Big Pharma shovels them in treatment protocols of drugs; some good, and many very BAD, as we have seen with a long and continuing stream of drug recalls.

Just today, 1/29/07, following on the heels of 10,000 being laid off at Pfizer last week, Cardinal Health announced it was selling off it's pharmaceutical manufacturing holdings...the rats are leave the sinking ship.

The consumer is just beginning to be informed on how to protect themselves from Big Pharma, through sites like www.mercola.com, and it can only improve long term quality health for us all.

re: New Book Exposes the Mistaken Medical Assumptions Doctors Often Make

labrat — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:57:21 GMT

I worked with Jerry years ago, always knew he was one of the rare few "good guys". Great doc. He also writes great books. I say that even though I disagree with him on some major issues.