I find it interesting that doctors seldom ask patients about their eating habits --- how often they drink soft drinks, eat junk foods and all. If the patient has high cholesterol it's just a new prescription. I know a man who had emboli from a hypercoagulation disorder 10 years ago who was told he had to take coumadin -- he said that is rat poison so he told the doctor no thanks --- instead he just takes one aspirin a day and doesn't need expensive lab tests monthly and he said he's had no problems in 10 years doing this. He doesn't have to worry about what he eats--- he can eat salads which he couldn't if on coumadin, he doesn't have to worry about bleeding to death because he watches himself for bruising and bleeding from minor cuts.
Sorry, but I have no faith in traditional medicine any longer. Doctors scare me to death. I wouldn't hestitate to see a doctor for an injury but for chronic illness, they're dangerous.