My Dr. pushes me every year to get a mammogram. Last year, he really shook his finger in my face because I had turned 46 and had never had one. I stopped him in the middle of this tirade and said, "You know what? This is MY body, MY money and MY decision NOT to have this done." "There is no history of cancer in either side of my family, so there is no reason to be concerned. I do my own checks and know my body. If something changes, you'll be the first to know.....OKAY?" He very put out, but relented with the attitude, "Don't blame me if it happens". SIGH.
This same Dr. nagged me about quitting smoking, for years. I finally caved and let him give me the latest pill, "Zyban". It made me violently ill. When I called to tell him, he said, "Oh, just give it a few more days." I tossed them in the trash. I got the chewing of my life a few weeks later and was TOLD I would try something else. I told him that the smoking didn't bother ME as much as it bothered HIM and if I decided to quit.....I'd do it on my own, thankyouverymuch. He's really a good Doc in every other respect, but totally brain-washed by the drug companies. Needless to say, we argue alot. *chuckle*
I got on the "I want to quit" faze a few years ago. I ask my Doctor about Zyban. He told me "Do it on your own. Don't take none of those drugs." Now, that's an honest Doctor. Don't find many of them around anymore.
LOL, Me too, seems there is a lot of that going on.