| First, if you are in pain, SOMETHING IS WRONG. The | | | | you, and then you have to make the decision. You |
| challenge with most doctors is that they are to | | | | do not have to take the drugs, have the surgery or |
| arrogant to say, " I cannot find the reason for your | | | | get your spine adjusted, IF you are not in |
| pain (or symptoms)!" This would be an honest | | | | agreement. |
| answer, but would also point out the limitations of | | | | If the doctor says there is nothing wrong and you |
| the doctors. | | | | know you are in pain or something is going on where |
| Did you know that at least 40 percent of the | | | | you are experiencing symptoms, then you and not |
| diagnosis are incorrect. What is a diagnosis? It is a | | | | the doctor are going to have to seek addition |
| "guess" at what a "person" "thinks" might be" wrong | | | | assistance and not expect the doctor to |
| with you. Listen to each of these words and grasp | | | | automatically tell you to go to the herbalist, or the |
| the reality of what they mean. It is not the doctors | | | | therapist, or even a chiropractor. You are going to |
| fault, it is just the reality of medicine. The same | | | | have to make that choice. |
| symptoms can point to a dozen different condition, | | | | This keeps being said and will have to be said again |
| or more. Is it a cold or bronchitis, is it a chest pain | | | | and again. You are responsible for your health and |
| from indigestion or a hear attack, is it a headache or | | | | you are responsible for a lot of the outcome. If you |
| a brain tumor? This are the differences that a | | | | go to a medical doctor and take the medication and |
| complaint or symptoms might be concluded as being. | | | | get symptoms of some side effect or the |
| It has sadly been shown that there are still patients | | | | medications do not work, you have a responsibility to |
| who take the word of the doctor as infallible, no | | | | let the doctor know. Most doctors do not know the |
| matter how many other explanations. Elderly women | | | | amount of failure in their treatment because the |
| have been told that their joint is "bone on bone" and | | | | patient does not tell them. This is sad, for the patient |
| therefore MUST HAVE surgery or a knee | | | | and for the doctor. It is also sad for other people |
| replacement. In reality there is still space and it is not | | | | who will continue the treatment you have taken as if |
| bone on bone and the joint can be in many cases | | | | it really worked because the doctor assume that |
| "rehabilitated" and not require a replacement which is | | | | your silence means you are doing better and you |
| dangerous, many times unsuccessful and | | | | have gotten well. |
| PERMANENT! Once you have had the knee replaced | | | | Do you realize that most patients do not tell their |
| you cannot go back to dealing with the arthritic | | | | doctor about outside treatment? And example, many |
| condition which might have been helped with other | | | | patients will go to their doctor with back pain and will |
| procedures. | | | | be prescribed a muscle relaxant, and maybe an |
| Isn't it amazing that a doctor can say there is nothing | | | | anti-inflammatory medication. They may even take it, |
| wrong and then pick up there pen and paper and | | | | or they may not even have the prescription filled |
| prescribe a drug which will do harm to the stomach, | | | | because they were looking for something other than |
| kidneys and liver? If there is truly nothing wrong, | | | | drugs from their medical doctor (this is the un-real |
| why the symptoms and why not admit to the | | | | concept that many patients have mentioned before), |
| limitation of your profession and seek other directions | | | | but even if they take the medication and it does not |
| that might have other answers like nutritional | | | | work or only gives temporary relief, they may go to |
| supplements that in the long term may improve the | | | | an acupuncturist or better yet, a chiropractor. |
| healing of the condition by "helping" the body and not | | | | There they will have greater success with the |
| doing more damage just covering the symptoms? | | | | treatment and their condition is improved or resolved. |
| Why not have a second opinion, not of someone in | | | | The shame is that the medical doctor assumes you |
| the same profession but from someone in a different | | | | are taking the medication, that your are doing well |
| field? | | | | because of the medication, and that HE has cured |
| But that would be like going to a Ford dealer and | | | | you! |
| when the customer was not totally sold on the | | | | This is again unfair to the doctor and his other |
| product to suggest they go look at a Chevy. We are | | | | patients. Most doctor do not know that their patient |
| always thinking that doctors are gods, or at the least | | | | is seeing other services because they are not told. |
| philanthropists who would always be looking out for | | | | Some are not told because of their own attitude or |
| your best interest. That is not the case and the only | | | | egos. Patient would like to confide in their doctors, |
| one who can look out for you is YOU! | | | | but some have told the doctor that they have been |
| YOU need to know that doctors are "limited" about | | | | to another professional and the doctor gets upset or |
| their knowledge. They went to college for their 8-12 | | | | belittles the other profession placing the patient's |
| years but they learned about only their field, not the | | | | judgment in question and to the embarrassment of |
| field of their competition. | | | | the patient, they will say nothing the next time. |
| It is always amazing when a patient will complain | | | | It is a wise doctor who seeks out the answers to |
| about going to a medical doctor and all he wanted to | | | | the benefit of their patients and works for that |
| do was give them drugs! Yes? And you were | | | | purpose. It is a good doctor who works with other |
| expecting? Of course they were going to | | | | professionals and seeks the best for their patients, |
| recommend drugs... what is their title? M... medical | | | | but, back to reality. You have so much care being |
| (drugs)...D... doctor, that is what they know and what | | | | offered by HMOs and they generally do not have |
| they will recommend. A surgeon will recommend | | | | alternative health care services or if they do, it is |
| surgery, a nutritionist will recommend nutrition, and a | | | | very restricted and/or limited. |
| chiropractor will talk about adjusting you. This is what | | | | Until the professions become more professional, it is |
| they have their knowledge, in their field. And the | | | | going to have to be the patients who make the |
| patient seems to always be surprised. | | | | choices. It is going to have to be the patients who |
| Patients want to believe that the doctor will | | | | educate themselves. In truth, this is a very good |
| recommend other fields as if he/she knew | | | | thing. The more educated you become about what is |
| everything about every profession and what might | | | | available to you the better you will be to make |
| help the individual patient. That is not reality. The | | | | choices for your best results. These choices may |
| patient, you, have to educate yourself about your | | | | save you a lot of pain, a lot of many, and could even |
| body, what it might need and then HIRE a doctor to | | | | save... your life! |
| "teach" you about what they do, how it "might" help | | | | |