Man Discovers Shocking Secret - Doctors Hate Him

[Xant]

Then why did you tell him to go to a new doctor, you monster?

[Bronto]

For real though Xant, you copy and pasted that wikipedia shit like it was some revolutionary vision that you had into doctor's and medicine. When really, once you wade through the bullshit, it's basically just go get a second opinion if it's that fucking serious, if not deal with it. We didn't need a pseudo-intellectual argument to understand common sense. Yeah doctor's make mistakes but so does everyone else. It's just when a doctor does it, it typically has a more devastating outcome. But whatever. I don't want to ruin your whole pretendtobesmartbyusingtonsofwordstrollbullshit; so yeah, it's common sense m8.

[Xant]

It's not from Wikipedia, and I never pretended the statistics are "revolutionary."

If all you got from all the statistics was "go get a second opinion," and "doctors make mistakes but so does everyone else" then I'm sorry for you, but again: you're not the target audience. For people like you, it is indeed just best to go with whatever the doctor says -- it's elegant like that. For those who are able to fully understand and internalize the statistics and what I wrote, it's useful because they'll know what to do with it. For those who can't it isn't useful, by definition, because they don't know what they're seeing. A litmus test of sorts.

[Bronto]

oh fuck m8! you're right it was all totally over my head! here you go again with the "I'm so smart" bullshit. Ye, go visit this website about your diagnosis, then google that shit because YOU AREN'T A FUCKING DOCTOR WHOSE JOB IT IS TO TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG! No doctor, that is not a cancerous lump, I've gone to this website and found my full comprehensive list your hospital and you have generated. After a rigorous 5 minute google search I regret to inform you but you're wrong, it's clearly a twin I've absorbed in utero. Get fucked ye.

But hey man, what do I know, I'm the idiot remember. Let's all use a website to self diagnose eachother, just to keep our doctor's on their toes............

Also, I'd be questioning the "statistics" and methods used to obtain said numbers. Statistics are only as good as the control group you've used them on. Fact, 90% of people won't believe we share over 50% of our DNA with a banana.

[Xant]

Your reply demonstrates rather conclusively that you've managed to completely misunderstand almost everything that's been said, yes.

As for the statistics, each one of them references the source.

[Bronto]

LOL sorry missed the last page! Just slogged through some of the bullshit of the first one.

I agree it is good to be prepared especially when it comes to some sort of serious illness/disease and can see how the website would be beneficial if that were the scenario. I've lost a couple people in my life due to cancer but at that point, it wasn't a misdiagnosis it was just they tried as hard as they could with new treatments and exploratory medicine. At which point though, it was too little too late. In one instance though, it was a total misdiagnosis from a doctor who had a pretty impressive background in regards to breast cancer and breast cancer treatment. He missed a spot on a mammogram, and that was his fault but even on a second opinion it was hard to identify.

Anyhow, I'll show myself out....Carry on....

[Xant]

Here's a good case-in-point:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/09/pinky.regeneration.surgery/index.html

[Bronto]

Gross dude. She kept her old fingertip....

[Xant]

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[WITCHCRAFT]

you should put as much trust in your physician as your mechanic or plumber.

I have a coworker who likes their dentist because they are calm and strong; they reason that it's very important to have those qualities when you're yanking out molars.

You can't always get a family/friend's opinion for a doctor, especially if you're seeing some kind of specialist and not a general practitioner. You also don't want to doctor-hop with certain illnesses because seeking the treatment you think you need can look like drug-seeking behavior and fuck you over in the long run. Even if you get what you want, it may change the doc's perception next time you come in for something else.

Doctors is just people. They've spent years studying illness and treatment but nobody is perfect. Medicine is a field that is always progressing to something newer and better. It never hurts to look into the diagnosis yourself and bring that up with the doctor. At the very least, you will be able to go into greater detail of your symptoms. Just don't go overboard self-diagnosing and second-guessing the doctor. they don't always get it right, but they have better odds than a random stranger off the street (it's you, you are the stranger).

[Paul]

Then why did you tell him to go to a new doctor, you monster?

Because I don't want him to walk around with a fucked up knee, duh.

[Xant]

Because I don't want him to walk around with a fucked up knee, duh.

If your dad wants to walk around with a fucked up knee, who are you to deny him?

[Paul]

A loving son.

[Xant]

Yes, well, too bad for you that acupuncture works and you denied him his only chance to have a working knee.

[Paul]

As far as I can judge this, it only works on those who believe in it He doesn't.