Most people won’t admit this, but doctors are often treated like gods, or least the pope in the respect that they think they are infallible, that is until a mistake happens. Most doctors are very dedicated to their patients and to doing the best they can to keep them healthy, cure them of disease, and extend their lives.
These same people tend to put all their faith and responsibility into their doctors which I believe is a wrong approach to health care. We as the public need to take some responsibility for our own health by learning how our bodies work and how injuries and illnesses are treated.
If you have some doubts about the treatment or diagnosis you are getting from your doctor don’t be afraid to question it or get a second opinion.
A number of years ago I cut my hand and got 8 stitches at the E.R.. That doctor explained to me that he gave me one continuous stitch instead of 8 individual stitches and that when I went to my doctor it was important to let them know that. I didn’t have a regular doctor so one was recommended to me. When it came time to get them out I went to the doctor and told her what the ER doctor had said. She then began to remove the stitches by snipping the first one and pulling on it. She pulled and pulled and the more she did so, the more pain I was in. She then went and got another older doctor to look at it and he did the same thing, even after I repeated what the ER doctor had said. I was in agony and my hand began to bleed. He then told me and the woman doctor that my cut was probably not ready to have the stitiches out yet. They covered it up and told me to come back in a few days. They also billed me for a hundred dollars.
Of course I went home and simple snipped them one by one and gently pulled them out, painlessly and easily. The point is they don’t all know what they are doing, and no, I did not pay that one hundred dollar bill.