"graham" > wrote in message
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> The trouble is that so many quacks call themselves "Dr" that unless you
> see "MD" or "Ph.D" after their names, you must question any of their
> statements/assertions. Obviously this doesn't apply to august groups such
> as the Heart Foundation or any other well-established medical charity.
> Graham

That and also many of us have tangled with Drs. who haven't got a clue.
Like the one I saw as kid. I had a sprained ankle. He told me to hop on
down and come for an X Ray. When I didn't get right up, he said, "Oh yeah!
You can't hop. Can you?" So as I hobbled down to the X Ray room in my bare
feet, a nurse shrieked. Seems that a test tube had just been broken on the
floor where I was walking. Luckily, no glass got into my feet.

Then after the sprain was confirmed, he told me that I needed to get one of
those... And then with a dumb look on his face, he made motions with his
hands. For a very long time! Finally, my mom said, "An Ace bandage?" Yep.

I could see him forgetting the word for it. People do that but... Couldn't
he at least have said something like... One of those flesh colored stretchy
bandages with clips to wrap the ankle in?

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Can't tell you how many times I was
told that my labs came back fine, or my daughter's labs were fine when
clearly they were not. So I would point out the anemia or whatever it was
and the Dr. would say, "Oh yeah! You need to take some Ferro Sequels..."
Or whatever supplement was needed. Or prescription.

Then there were all of the Drs. I saw in the Bay area and there were many,
who told me that my stasis dermatitis (blood leaked under the skin due to
venous insufficiency) was just plain dermatitis, eczema or even psoriasis.
Kept prescribing steroid creams and diuretics instead of compression hose!

Thankfully the first Dr. I saw in NY knew exactly what it was as did all of
the others and I was sent to a vascular surgeon.

Oh and then there was my diabetes that was not diagnosed because the tests I
was given were a 24 hour urine collection and a fasting finger stick. I was
eating the Exchange Plan (which used to be a diabetic diet) so was
unwittingly controlling my blood sugar with that.

I could go on and on. Drs. are not perfect. Only House is and he's not
real.