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lighter:
I'm glad you feel good about your experienc with the doctor, Amber.  It's a shame Western docs aren't trained to listen to their patients, ime.

I don't have any lady bugs this year.  Only a few stink bugs.  It's those darned wasps....still not sure where they're coming from.

Lighter

Hopalong:
((((Amber)))).
You sounded so incredibly triggered and defensive about these medical behaviors/attitudes, and it made me worry that this all is really fear. More fear about (maybe The Vice?) than about their inadequacies.

I agree with you wholeheartedly about the frustrations of dealing with short-sightedness and shortcuts in medicine.

But...I am worrying about you, hon.

love to you,
Hops

sKePTiKal:
Hops, thanks - but I really AM fine. Control over my own body, is simply something that I am NOT delegating to anyone, because of what happened to me in the past. I completely resent the "doctor knows best" attitudes. Worse: the idea that any patient who shows up for wellness checks MUST be found to have a "problem" that requires a Rx... is always the first reaction. If I permit it, they'll keep looking... running up the insurance costs (for everyone)... until the "aha!" moment.

Maybe it's old-fashioned, but I don't tend to seek medical assistance unless I'm incapacitated, need an antibiotic (like for a sinus infection or the like), bleeding, or in great pain. MOST minor ailments - cold, flu, sore muscles - can and probably should be treated at home.

There was no acknowledgement whatsover of the first office visit's conversation, that I was simply getting a baseline set of tests... to assure everyone that nothing major was beginning, that could be caught before it was past treatment. (Which wasn't MY fear; it was Holly's.) They definitely WANT to recruit people into their "system"... because it makes money. Corporate medicine is an oxymoron and borders on being evil, as far as I'm concerned. Especially, when I have no chronic problems that need to be "managed".

As far as my vices, there's always a trade-off between things that keep me sane - and letting them get out of control. Which doesn't happen with me; I have too much work to do and too many obligations.

Hopalong:
So you went for a sensible screening visit and it got parlayed into more, along with not being listened to. And, the issue of nobody else claiming your body autonomy.

I understand a lot better now why it was so triggering. Thanks, hon, sorry to dredge deeper.

Good on you. You are your own best advocate and ain't nobody going to take that away. Period.

Hugs and cheers,
Hops

sKePTiKal:
Hops, my stream of consiousness ranting really wasn't all that clear... so I can see why you came to that conclusion. Insult to injury: I also picked up a disgusting, annoying cold bug.

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