On 5/1/2014 10:41 AM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 01 May 2014 10:29:05 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Some people think because a person has a medical degree they're not to
>> be questioned. If I hadn't questioned the gastric surgeon who wanted to
>> remove half my colon I'd have had completely unnecessary surgery. When
>> I told him I didn't have health insurance he sure changed his tune. I
>> guess it's okay to bilk the insurance company but you can't count on a
>> private payer. Heh.
>>
> Vets do it all the time to pet owners. Got cancer? Treatments in the
> thousands of dollars. They actually make you feel guilty when you
> tell them to make the pet comfortable. They wanted me to give my dog
> chemo with no guarantee she'd get better, just expensive treatments
> closer and closer together. I balked, so they gave her prednisone
> which allowed her to have another really good/healthy year and gave me
> time to wrap my mind around it. It happened just like the vet said it
> would. She was fine one day and the next day I knew it was her time
> to go.
>
IMHO, you have to question medical pronouncements when they are
presented as a certainty. Doctors and vets aren't gods. I'm glad you
balked and got another good year with her.

Jill