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Actually, most physicians I know feel that way! (That surgery (or procedures that use more skill) are the fun part... not c-sections, in general.) I think the routine care for most is seen as boring. Although, my OB always says that she'd much rather see a vaginal birth than a c-section... because the potential risks are just too great with c-sections. She's delivered a few babies that didn't survive... had one Mom that died.. etc. She says you never ever forget those and that's why she's so pro-vaginal birth.
Originally Posted by gethane  I was particularly impacted by the OBGYN's comments about how the "fun" stuff is surgery (after having 3 csections) |
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| Dr. Lung: Research is a real problem. Doctors just make up the data. They don't report negative side effects, no question about it. I used to write the results on my reports that were negative and nobody printed them. Only if it's positive does it get published in a journal. A doctor I know used to publish papers like nobody's business, and all the doctors who came and left told me he made up data to satisfy NIH grants and pharmaceutical grants. He was and still is very popular. |
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| If I were to give patients a very critical piece of advice-if you're coming to the hospital, bring a family member. You know you gotta bring someone who will sit with you and go get your Demerol for you and help if you fall in the bathroom, because that nurse is giving out meds and she's got ten patients and she's got IV lines. |
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Nothing against a gift for "the girls"...but why hell does the doctor or his staff get a gift because a mom grew a "beautiful baby"???
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| I think if you had a great experience-if you really have a beautiful baby, say-you can send fruit baskets to the office for the girls. |
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To be fair, though, Gethane, s/he also said "the delivery room," and those two places were contrasted with "humdrum" office hours. This sounds reasonable to me. S/he also said, "I hesitate to use the word 'fun,'" clearly aware that it wasn't the best choice of words, or at least not the most politically correct.
Originally Posted by gethane I was particularly impacted by the OBGYN's comments about how the "fun" stuff is surgery (after having 3 csections) |
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Interesting and frightening!
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What's the most common mistake doctors make?
Dr. Heart2: One of the issues that I see frequently is overtesting. Someone I know was complaining of arm numbness, so he went to the emergency room and a neurologist there ordered a series of tests: a CAT scan, a carotid ultrasound, an MRI, a transcranial Doppler study, and then a transthoracic echocardiogram. Thousands and thousands of dollars later, there was nothing. He was put on medication, and he was told he was at an impending risk for another stroke. So he went home, and about three days later, the tingling returned and he thought he was having a stroke. So he went back to the emergency room, and the neurologist ordered more tests. It turned out a nurse diagnosed him with a slipped disk, which didn't require any workup-just Motrin and rest.
This is funny. I actually did this working as a RN in ICU four years ago.......... WHY M.D.s do not believe in Chiropractors??? I'll never understand. $50 Chiro visit vs. Thousands of dollars in tests and medical prosecures..... DUH!
Dr. Heart2: One of the issues that I see frequently is overtesting. Someone I know was complaining of arm numbness, so he went to the emergency room and a neurologist there ordered a series of tests: a CAT scan, a carotid ultrasound, an MRI, a transcranial Doppler study, and then a transthoracic echocardiogram. Thousands and thousands of dollars later, there was nothing. He was put on medication, and he was told he was at an impending risk for another stroke. So he went home, and about three days later, the tingling returned and he thought he was having a stroke. So he went back to the emergency room, and the neurologist ordered more tests. It turned out a nurse diagnosed him with a slipped disk, which didn't require any workup-just Motrin and rest.
This is funny. I actually did this working as a RN in ICU four years ago.......... WHY M.D.s do not believe in Chiropractors??? I'll never understand. $50 Chiro visit vs. Thousands of dollars in tests and medical prosecures..... DUH!
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I think it comes from the rivalry that use to exist between MDs and DOs. (Still does, but not as bad.) DOs practice normal allopathic medicine but are also taught osteopathic manipulation--which is quite similar to chiropractic. Part of the fued goes back to WWII, when the AMA lobbied that DOs should not be allowed to serve in the armed forces as physicians. So the DOs stayed at home... and took care of most of the people who were not drafted. When the MDs came back from the war, they found that many of their patients did not return. :LOL Anyways... the MDs did not make the same mistake during the Korean war. MDs and DOs both served.
Back in the late 1800s when Osteopathy came into being, it was probably an even crap-shoot as to who would heal you.
Originally Posted by fourgrtkidos WHY M.D.s do not believe in Chiropractors??? I'll never understand. $50 Chiro visit vs. Thousands of dollars in tests and medical prosecures..... DUH! |
Back in the late 1800s when Osteopathy came into being, it was probably an even crap-shoot as to who would heal you.
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That's funny that you mentioned that. I know that most doctors (non-ob/gyn) think it's pretty scary that ob/gyn's do surgery at all. They feel that they are not qualified enough to do any surgery to begin with and often consider them second rate when it comes to surgery.
As for, "fun," my ob/gyn told me my med free, vaginal childbirth was, "a really fun birth to be a part of." I thought he was being weird (he's actually one of the best docs I've ever dealt with), but all the L&D nurses thought it was, "fun" too. This is at a hospital where there are very few women a yr who give birth without meds (by choice) vaginally. I mean, I actually had nurses on the ob unit who were NOT my assigned nurses stop by my room to say how great it was for me to have a med-free, natural birth. To them, it was like I was an anomoly since they are so used to epidurals and c-sections births. I swear, they were ready to give me a trophy. It was kind of weird, but I guess in a good way, b/c it goes to show that the staff actually feel it is better for mom and baby to go with a more, "natural" type of birth w/o all of the medical intervention. I had another friend who also chose to give a med-free, vaginal birth at the same hospital and they treated her with the same enthusiasm as they did to me (same doc too).
Originally Posted by umsami Actually, most physicians I know feel that way! (That surgery (or procedures that use more skill) are the fun part... not c-sections, in general.) I think the routine care for most is seen as boring. Although, my OB always says that she'd much rather see a vaginal birth than a c-section... because the potential risks are just too great with c-sections. She's delivered a few babies that didn't survive... had one Mom that died.. etc. She says you never ever forget those and that's why she's so pro-vaginal birth. |
As for, "fun," my ob/gyn told me my med free, vaginal childbirth was, "a really fun birth to be a part of." I thought he was being weird (he's actually one of the best docs I've ever dealt with), but all the L&D nurses thought it was, "fun" too. This is at a hospital where there are very few women a yr who give birth without meds (by choice) vaginally. I mean, I actually had nurses on the ob unit who were NOT my assigned nurses stop by my room to say how great it was for me to have a med-free, natural birth. To them, it was like I was an anomoly since they are so used to epidurals and c-sections births. I swear, they were ready to give me a trophy. It was kind of weird, but I guess in a good way, b/c it goes to show that the staff actually feel it is better for mom and baby to go with a more, "natural" type of birth w/o all of the medical intervention. I had another friend who also chose to give a med-free, vaginal birth at the same hospital and they treated her with the same enthusiasm as they did to me (same doc too).
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