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[quote=Anonymous]Wow, op. Just wow.

You sound like the jerky dr we had to deal with in the ER at suburban a decade ago. He basically accused my husband of being a wimpy faker and then accused me of enabling him. Here's the thing: the ER Doctor simply didn't know enough to dig deeper. Good thing I persisted. I'm a lawyer and I knew the magic words to get my husband admitted for tests which proved we were right and led to surgery.

After the dust settled, I went back to the ER to leave a message for the jerky doctor who basically wrote off my husband as a wimp with a tummy ache.

Literally every ER Doctor I've ever encountered in my nearly 50 years has been arrogant and condescending...and oftentimes very wrong. I vividly the recall the ER Doctor who said he couldn't diagnose my "rash" and told me to follow up with a dermatologist. Turned out I had MRSA related cellulitis from a MRSA infection I picked up in the same hospital during surgery. My primary dr diagnosed it and basically told me that any dr should have been able to diagnose it...he asked me if the ER dr seemed young or just clueless, then he told me never to go back to that ER.

The reality is that the best and brightest aren't drawn to the medical profession anymore. So many bad doctors are out there. We are all so screwed.

Tip: don't blindly trust any doctor. Get multiple opinions, and do your own research. I basically diagnosed my husband's illness which required surgery. The ER Doctor and attending missed it because he didn't fit the classic profile when you google the symptoms (it's more prevalent in older fat women, and my husband was young, fit and male...but the symptoms were spot on). [/quote]

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