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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to go annually, do all the checkups, jump through all the hoops, but several years of terrible care and blatantly incompetent clinicians (e.g. diagnosed me with "tonsillitis" in the tonsils I had removed when I was 8), and I just can't trust them anymore. I've also been abused by doctors who had a poor sense of boundaries, including being stalked by a doctor. I now get horribly nervous even thinking about going to the doctor, and my general health is suffering.

How am I supposed to get over this? I still have a body, and it's still going to need care![/quote]

Consider that "doctors" are not a homogenous group in which everyone thinks the same way and makes the same choices. It sounds like you need a solo practitioner who will sit down and talk with you - about your medical problems but also your medical anxiety. [/quote]

Well, they all think they know your body better than you do (after a 10 min convo) and can never admit when they eff up.[/quote]

Yes, sometimes doctors make mistakes. Sometimes it's out of actual incompetence, sometimes it is due to lack of time, and sometimes it is simply the fact that you've got to play the odds on diagnoses rather than jumping to order every test under the sun.

But the patients that try to play the "I know my body" card are worse than all of them. No you don't. [/quote]
You are what is wrong with healthcare, doc.  Most often, though not always, it is paternalistic, know-it-all, white male physicians who gaslight and dismiss you as crazy.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/medical-gaslighting-warning-signs-and-how-to-advocate-for-yourself.html
https://www.vox.com/even-better/23880457/advocate-for-yourself-doctors-office-health

Literally both of these articles say "You know your body" so it is up to you to advocate for yourself.

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And surprise, surprise, they're both written by women.

No, you don't know what's going on in your body. You might know how you feel, but even that is suspect in a lot of cases.[/quote]

And you, an outsider, can magically diagnose in 8-15 minutes?  :roll:  You're a liability, and I hope you learn that before you cause real harm with your ignorant arrogance.

I also hope you get the opportunity to realize, viscerally, just how quickly you can lose your able-bodied privilege. Doctors make the worst patients, yeah?[/quote]

No, but I can come up with a plan better than you can with your "research" on Google.

But by all means, treat yourself. Please.[/quote]

Not if you don't actually listen to what your patients are reporting, because you think they can't evaluate their own bodies for themselves, or know what they feel, or come up with a single idea without your majesty's royal guidance. You took an oath to first do no harm, and you're breaking it with your arrogance. Good luck.[/quote]

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