Doctors, what would you like to tell your patients, but can't.

[Anonymous]

This is a spinoff from a Consumer Reports that I read. It was more like things your doctor would like you to now.

[Anonymous]

Stop getting medical diagnosis from the internet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop getting medical diagnosis from the internet?

So I was wondering about this. I've been having a strange symptom - decreased sense of taste and a tingling, prickly tongue for over a week. I asked a couple people and checked with Dr. Google and there's a rare unexplained syndrome called Burning Mouth Syndrome. So I finally saw my Dr today and mentioned it, I feel like she blew me off a little. I dont want to diagnose myself but I thought it would be helpful to give some idea of what I thought was wrong with me. Do doctors not want this?

[Anonymous]

My friend's husband is a chiropractor (not an MD, but a doctor, nonetheless) ...so he is in close physical contact with his patients when he does chiropractic manipulations.....a number of the women he works on have what he calls BPS (bad-pussy-smell)....this out of the mouth of an otherwise, very nice guy. Sso the takeaway point is that doctors are human and are as equally as put-off by bad-smelling people as the rest of us. .....Now I'm paranoid about washing myself several times over before my annual with my gyno.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend's husband is a chiropractor (not an MD, but a doctor, nonetheless) ...so he is in close physical contact with his patients when he does chiropractic manipulations.....a number of the women he works on have what he calls BPS (bad-pussy-smell)....this out of the mouth of an otherwise, very nice guy. Sso the takeaway point is that doctors are human and are as equally as put-off by bad-smelling people as the rest of us. .....Now I'm paranoid about washing myself several times over before my annual with my gyno.

Yuck

[Anonymous]

I always write "difficult" in the file when cranky women ask too many questions.

I hate the fat ones and resent that I have to touch them.

I want only affluent, clean, fit patients with good insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend's husband is a chiropractor (not an MD, but a doctor, nonetheless) ...so he is in close physical contact with his patients when he does chiropractic manipulations.....a number of the women he works on have what he calls BPS (bad-pussy-smell)....this out of the mouth of an otherwise, very nice guy. Sso the takeaway point is that doctors are human and are as equally as put-off by bad-smelling people as the rest of us. .....Now I'm paranoid about washing myself several times over before my annual with my gyno.

Somehow I doubt that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always write "difficult" in the file when cranky women ask too many questions.

Wasn't that a Seinfeld episode?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always write "difficult" in the file when cranky women ask too many questions.

I hate the fat ones and resent that I have to touch them.

I want only affluent, clean, fit patients with good insurance.

I love this kind of doctor. I just found out I have thyroid issues (finally found out why I'm getting bigger and anemic) so I'm ugly and fat.

Just got back from the Optometrist and I had the best experience ever. I left that place LOL. I'm having a very bad day so I left the house in flipflops, yoga pants and DH's sweatshirt. People would almost offer me change on the street. I waited to see the doc and the receptionist was so rude to me. I didn't have DH's social so she could not find out my insurance info. When I came out of the office visit (the Doc pretended very well to like me) receptionist never looked up to talk to me and asked if I wanted to go ahead and order my lenses and advised me that she didn't know about my insurance yet so I should be careful ordering because (oh the horror!) it could be very expensive and costs would ad up to almost ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WOOOOOOOOW....

I pulled my iPhone and showed her DH's info (he sent me an email while I was in with the doc) so she pulled out the info. She lost her breath for a moment when she read the information and gave me the biggest smile ever. She asked me to take a seat and informed me that I had a FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS allowance to spend in contact lenses and a few more hundred dollars to spend in frames, lenses and blah blah blah.

I wanted to vomit! I had to laugh when I noticed the change in her behavior. Poor young lady.

[Anonymous]

I've heard from doctors that when a patient comes in with well-tracked symptoms and ideas of possible diagnoses, that they automatically assume she (usually she) is a hysteric, a borderline, or a hypochondriac. So much for being well-informed and advocating for our health.

This, by the way, is why I look for medical advice on the internet. I've had decades of terrible experiences with doctors who only have 10 possible diagnoses to work with (have had my thyroid tested four times... seriously, people, there ARE other systems in the human body that can go haywire!), and if your symptoms don't fit one of those, *shrug*. And they do NOT want to hear the patient's theories.

[Anonymous]

If I was a doctor and any of the PP were my patients, I would be writing "nutty" in the file.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard from doctors that when a patient comes in with well-tracked symptoms and ideas of possible diagnoses, that they automatically assume she (usually she) is a hysteric, a borderline, or a hypochondriac. So much for being well-informed and advocating for our health.

This, by the way, is why I look for medical advice on the internet. I've had decades of terrible experiences with doctors who only have 10 possible diagnoses to work with (have had my thyroid tested four times... seriously, people, there ARE other systems in the human body that can go haywire!), and if your symptoms don't fit one of those, *shrug*. And they do NOT want to hear the patient's theories.

And how had your Internet MD worked out for you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've heard from doctors that when a patient comes in with well-tracked symptoms and ideas of possible diagnoses, that they automatically assume she (usually she) is a hysteric, a borderline, or a hypochondriac. So much for being well-informed and advocating for our health.

This, by the way, is why I look for medical advice on the internet. I've had decades of terrible experiences with doctors who only have 10 possible diagnoses to work with (have had my thyroid tested four times... seriously, people, there ARE other systems in the human body that can go haywire!), and if your symptoms don't fit one of those, *shrug*. And they do NOT want to hear the patient's theories.

And how had your Internet MD worked out for you?

Part of the problem is that when the majority of doctors hear hoofbeats, they are looking for horses, not zebras. If you have something that is outside the realm of "normal" illnesses, they don't know what to do next. I have a rare genetic condition that when undiagnosed for years because no one could put all my symptoms together. I more or less diagnosed myself, then brought an article from a medical journal to my PCP that detailed the conditioner and tests used to rule other things out. She agreed that it was a possibility and ran the tests. Subsequently, I went to a geneticist who confirmed the diagnosis. My case is certainly more extreme than most, but a good physician won't mind you bringing up something you read or saw. Part of their job is education. There's so much research going on now, with new diseases and treatments emerging, it can be hard to stay on top of everything, especially for PCPs since they need to know something about everything in terms of the body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop getting medical diagnosis from the internet?

It's really unfortunate that some doctors have this attitude.

When we experienced infertility, I spent hours and hours on the internet researching my symptoms and possible explanations. When I came to my doctor with a theory he blew me off and told me I needed IVF. I went to a second doctor with the same theory and was brushed off yet again. The third doctor finally agreed to run the tests I requested and, lo and behold, they came back positive. Had I listened to doctors 1 and 2, we would have wasted thousands of dollars on IVF at a time when my condition (an implantation disorder) precluded success.

Thanks for the advice, but I'll continue to consult the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop getting medical diagnosis from the internet?

I wish we would know what kind of MDs think like this so we could avoid them.