Getting hard to trust some doctors

I have been feeling really lucky since I moved here. Back in PA, I had had the same doctors for over a decade. I trusted them completely.

Here, I've got amazing doctors, just like I did in PA. So far I've got 2 surgeons, a PCP, and an interventional cardiologist. Soon I will be meeting an oncologist, a gastroenterologist. And a new dentist (my first one was dumb).

I told my PCP that if he must refer me to specialists, please leave out the veterinarians and obstetricians.
 
VaughanJB said:
Personally, I think some people over-cook things. Not all medical professionals are shills, and they go through a rigorous education process to get their doctorate. Facts don't sit on their own, and the human body is a complex web of interactions, consequences, and probabilities. No amount of Google and Social Media is going to turn the layman into a Doctor, and doctors aren't measured on the worse among them. If you have a bad doctor, you don't ditch medicine, you change the doctor.

I'm on medications, several actually. Life got better with some of them, others are about things that aren't based on feel, and is more chasing numbers - such as blood pressure numbers. Personally, I think not taking the medications would be irresponsible. I want to be around as long as possible, and in the best health possible. That's the goals of of managing blood pressure.

I'm reminded of those who smoke for all of their adult life, but never get cancer of breathing issues. Yes, they exist, but they don't represent every smoker.

It's fashionable in 2025 to undermine authority at every turn. Experts are belittled and ridiculed. We should remember, facts are facts, without facts you can't have truth, without truth you can't have trust. It's the systematic destruction of our societies from within. Social Media has been co-opted by polarized and dis-informed.

Yes, medicine is a business, and that affects all. On the other hand, medicine and diet is the reason we have an average lifespan for humans is now 73 years. But in the UK, for males it's 79, and for women 83. The average lie expectancy in 1950 (globally) was just 48 years old.

So yeah, there are horror stories, but we shouldn't go too far with it. Doctor's do a lot of good work, and medications can work magic. It's a far from perfect system, but it's sure better than Google alone.
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This is the smartest answer I read so far
 
George1959 said:
Another example that trusting doctors is not always a good idea:

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That story totally horrified me. I don't think that kind of behavior by medical professionals is widespread. In fact, the doctor who was to remove the organs refused to do it. There are long articles about this somewhere online because I read about this case at least a year ago.

I am not an organ donor because of reading about that case. It sounds like something out of a thriller.
 
RambleTamble said:
My wife is on blood pressure medication that appears to be making her susceptible to bruising. Any little bump causes a bruise.

I need to get her to see the doctor. Maybe she can switch medications.
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I used to get bruises easily before I took any prescription medications. Now I take 3 prescriptions, including a blood pressure mediction, but no blood thinners. I still bruise once in awhile, but only half as bad as I used to, and the bruises clear up faster. I don't know if any of my medications are responsible for helping my bruising, or if it's just coincidental. Still, it's a good question to ask the doctor, as you suggested.
 
From what I understand Trumprx pricing won’t apply to folks on Medicare or Medicaid.

It will be interesting to see how it works or if it has a significant benefit.
 
Aunt Bea said:
From what I understand Trumprx pricing won’t apply to folks on Medicare or Medicaid.

It will be interesting to see how it works or if it has a significant benefit.
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Re: your first statement- well, that figures.. people who need it most won't benefit.. 😒
 
squatting dog said:
Had my 6 month blood work done and got the results yesterday. Good news was most all results were on the good side. Then came the frown and showing me the LDEL cholesterol result. Hmmm, 139 he says. That's in the borderline high range. We better get you on statins. No chance dude. I've studied this thoroughly and found that they keep changing the number. (lowering it of course).

I remembered the article from Dr Joseph Pizzorno a credible source of info... The Vilification of Cholesterol (for Profit?) - PMC

Here's what he said...
The recommended cholesterol levels changed from 300 mg/dL to 200 mg/dL in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Those who have read my editorials over the years will know that I am not a wild-eyed, far-left anticapitalist. Nonetheless, the only justification I can see for the new cholesterol practice management guidelines (discussed below) is to print money for drug companies. Truly, how can anyone think we need to prescribe statins to 50% of the population older than 40?! In order to justify this extreme position, data had to be distorted and cholesterol vilified.
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I have to agree and feel even more strongly about it generally speaking. I went for years without a primary as each I found were obviously there for the group/corporate mandates to prescribe a medication and find something so they could refer you to a specialist. The first question they ask is "What type of insurance do you have" not tell me why you are here.

I have multiple stories that a movie could be made from them, and you can't make this stuff up. That being said, I have found there are a few select doctors that have their own practice that actually practice what they learned in medical school and life experiences to do what they can to make their patients healthy once again.
 
A have an internet friend who lives in Florida whose wife is seriously ill so he asked to transfer her to a nonaffiliated hospital, which they claimed they were unable to do. My local hospital is less than professional so I chose to go to another hospital for a TAVR. As expected, they attempted to sabotage my choice and now will not see me. Sadly, they play childish games at patient expense because they don't want to lose a penny of insurance money.
 
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