“Her friend was forced into taking it because her spine pain doctor refused to see her without it. SMH. I’d find another doctor, pronto.”
++++++++++++++++++
I feel bad for your mom’s friend. You get to refuse anything you want. Don’t want a bandaid, you don’t have to have one. Sometimes, I say.. “not getting on that scale today.”
I have a stupid thyroid disease and I have been dismissed by so many doctors, I won’t take their s#*t anymore. I will get up and walk out and on my way out, ask for my money back. I pay a copay. I don’t get it, but it feels good. I know more about my disease than most doctors.
I know my dad wasn’t being truthful when he said he was pressured by his VA doc. I’ve been thrown under the bus by him a few times in my life.. so I can just tell by his voice. He was more than likely pressured by my sister or his wife.
Oh, I’m still a little bitter lol! Working on it...
Petey
My trust in the medical community has become nonexistent over a decade + of dealing with autoimmune issues. (BTW, thyroid problems are, ultimately, an autoimmune issue also. You most likely know this.) When stuff is legitimately broken, our doctors are amazing. But when it comes to preventing things from getting broken, they are the worst. And autoimmune is a cascading issue... as a naturopath told me, “Your thyroid is gone, next your adrenals will go and then on to the pancreas, etc., and then ‘suddenly’ you have developed diabetes and they can put you on meds.”