34 sats \ 2 replies \ @Nuttall 8 Oct \ parent \ on: How I saved my son from a horrible medical experience (DIY medical research) DIY
Especially when you sign a whole lot of documents that you will never read in the hospital regarding your acceptance and liability. Ultimately it is your, mine and our own decision what happens and we can be grateful that we have a good doctor to facilitate this.
Before the Affordable Healthcare Act I trusted medical doctors, but then things went very south and in 2020 I just gave up and I haven't been to a doctor since. I have spent time with a couple of doctors but they had nothing to do with with treatment. I helped one with a jet ski dock and I have another that is a friend who we do things with.
Some doctor perception is that doing your own research is insulting, but if you are honest about your health and you give a physician exact information diagnosis is possible without blind guessing.
But I circle back to the fact that I haven't been to a doctor since 2020 and I don't intend on ever seeing one again for medical treatment unless I need a medicine that I know will help me and even then I'm skeptical.
But if my son or daughter or grandson had a similar experience I would probably do the same thing. And hopefully I would have arrived at a similar conclusion but it stinks that later research on the subject has changed the organic solution to the convoluted.
Likewise, on the not seeing a doctor in the past...maybe 4 years.
Actually I did go direct to an eye doctor once recently, because I had a piece of sand in my eye that just wouldn't come out on its own. The doc did his thing, I was out in 15 minutes without that piece of sand in my eye.
That was a very well spent chunk of money.
But other than that, nothing. No regular checks, I don't take any medications. Zero trust in doctors.