(07-04-2024, 09:19 PM)Infolurker Wrote: I gave up on our Medical System years ago and started to self diagnose and tell my doctor what tests I needed to confirm.
Long story, but I have a rare endocrine disease which I ended up self diagnosing and confirming via tests I conned my doctor into ordering.
I think the first time he just did it to shut me up as his comments were like "that is so rare" and "you don't have ALL the symptoms of that".
Well, I was right and have been able to control it with medication for 15 years.
When your doctor is plugging everything into an Ipad to get your diagnosis options, you can do the same thing with better results....
You are absolutely right. Doctors today do not listen or focus on their patients. They are totally focused on the computer and plugging in the data that pleases the insurance.
You are no more than a money generating algorithm.