Against Doctor's Orders

darkrose20

Allow me to vent:

Why, oh why do people go to the ER, get advise from a doctor then go home and search the internet for a better answer then do what the internet says only to wind up in a different ER the next day for the same thing and the making worse of the original thing that took them to the first ER in the first place? GRRR :mad: :explode:

That is all. Cary on.

walleyclan1

I hear you. I can spend 20 minutes discussing the importance of a certain vaccine or nutrition for pets but my clients will 80% of the time listen to what the breeder or staff at the pet store told them instead....

Firefighter4ever

Because,....everything on the Internet is true.

RN514

Because,....everything on the Internet is true.

That means this is a true statement.

Chieflrg

Google is terrible thing at times.

Although so are some ER doctors. My family Dr. has lit up a few of them after a couple visits I've had over the past years.

thatsillyshana

I hear you. I can spend 20 minutes discussing the importance of a certain vaccine or nutrition for pets but my clients will 80% of the time listen to what the breeder or staff at the pet store told them instead....

My boyfriend is one of those idiots that works at a pet store and now thinks that he knows everything about pets. Of course, he did bring home a sugar glider and knew nothing about them. It's so annoying!

feelin_gr_8

Well it's hard to say without knowing specifics. Ordinarily Drs are right.....but I can't say my last dr appt went well. I've had the same problem for years and asked a couple different drs. They all go for the obvious, easy answer....which just so happens to NOT be the problem. Of course I now have a fresh $200 bill for labs that show that it wasn't the obvious, easy answer

darkrose20

True, true...no one can know exactly what goes through a person's head, but seriously...don't even try what the doctor says and believe you with your 5th grade education are smarter than the doctor since you pay for internet and can sort of read?!? Then to come back again with chemical burns since you put yourself in a bath of bleach water to cure your "bugs".

Yeah...I love my job.

feelin_gr_8

ok, wow. Well, bleach bath isn't in any of my self-heal thoughts lol:laugh:

TheRoadDog

Doctors ar not infallible. In fact, most large Medical facilities follow a protocol. It starts by recommending the most common and least expensive treatment; whether it be therapy and/or prescritions.

If that doesn't work, they move to the next treatment. And so on and so on.

Someone that has some self-awareness and a little education can, in fact, narrow the possiblities by doing a little research via internet or literature.

To blanketly condemn or malign someone for doing this research is an obvious over-reaction.

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Some_Watery_Tart

Probably because the first ER doctor was a woman. I'll take the interwebs' advice over a woman doctor's every time.

Womenz shouldn't be havin' no fancy edjumacation.

Cranquistador

Probably because the first ER doctor was a woman. I'll take the interwebs' advice over a woman doctor's every time.

left, left left right left...

bcattoes

Probably the same reason people get advice from medical professionals on other things, like weight loss, and then ignore it when they hear of something else on the internet.

Alex_is_Hawks

I don't ask a Doctor!

I just call my mommy....she's always right.

rml_16

Allow me to vent:

Why, oh why do people go to the ER, get advise from a doctor then go home and search the internet for a better answer then do what the internet says only to wind up in a different ER the next day for the same thing and the making worse of the original thing that took them to the first ER in the first place? GRRR :mad: :explode:

That is all. Cary on.

The same reason people will come here, ask for advice, get good, solid advice and then start taking rasberry ketones and HCG.

_chiaroscuro

True, true...no one can know exactly what goes through a person's head, but seriously...don't even try what the doctor says and believe you with your 5th grade education are smarter than the doctor since you pay for internet and can sort of read?!? Then to come back again with chemical burns since you put yourself in a bath of bleach water to cure your "bugs".

Yeah...I love my job.

Oops! I just want to caution you, this information could be used to identify a patient. You may be wading into HIPAA violation territory here.

InForBacon

I don't ask a Doctor!

I just call my mommy....she's always right.

I do this, my mommy is a nurse too.

bloominheck

Probably because the first ER doctor was a woman. I'll take the interwebs' advice over a woman doctor's every time.

Bend over... now cough...oops did I squeeze to hard?:devil: my bad

stellakhenizy

ha ha - squeeze HARDER !!!!!!!!!!

:devil:

:laugh:

darkrose20

True, true...no one can know exactly what goes through a person's head, but seriously...don't even try what the doctor says and believe you with your 5th grade education are smarter than the doctor since you pay for internet and can sort of read?!? Then to come back again with chemical burns since you put yourself in a bath of bleach water to cure your "bugs".

Yeah...I love my job.

Oops! I just want to caution you, this information could be used to identify a patient. You may be wading into HIPAA violation territory here.

nah. i'm cool.

icimani

I hear you!

I get aggravated at the people who will go to the Dr, get their Rx filled but then not take it as prescribed, or not go to physical therapy, not do the exercise, etc - and then complain that the Dr doesn't know what they're talking about. Sheesh!


My next favorite are the people who don't want to take Rx medications because they don't want all those chemicals in their bodies, and then in the next sentence talk about all the 'recreational' drugs they take. :noway: