I hate going to the doctors. It makes me very nervous that I'm going to be told something is wrong. I swear my blood pressure increases the moment I sit down. I believe I'm 99% fine after my surgery a year ago, but what if I'm not? 😬😬😬
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I’m a full 180 on this position. I love going to the doctor because who knows if something could be wrong, and if I don’t go to the doctor it might never get spotted or fixed.
This is why I go. I go to make sure I'm good, but I'm nervous the entire time there.
The problem is that (like modern economists) a huge % of what they believe is backwards. They are just as likely to say something needs to be done that will fuck you up as fix you.
Never accept their first diagnosis, always spend time reading yourself.
After doctor recommendations made all of my problems worse. Eating red meat + salt, solved my gut issues, made me leaner, lowered my blood pressure, & just generally improved my health. If they don't know something so basic, they basically know nothing.
In any discipline the basics are the key to everything else.
I've always been a fan of knowing what's best for my body and taking care of myself, however that mentality has changed a bit with my open heart surgery last year when I had a valve replaced (birth defect). Now it's hard to know what my normal is to gauge anything. If I have a heart palpitation or a high heart rate, or just feel off, I freak out.
Finding the right doctor and building a relationship with them is also very important. Mine has been taking care of everyone in my family for a few decades now, starting with my maternal grandparents. He doesn’t push “solutions” on us for problems that don’t exist. When I told him I was trying out carnivore last year, he was 100% ok with it since all my markers were perfectly normal. If something is ever off, he works with us to find something that will work for us individually, instead of prescribing a one-size fits all solution to everyone.
Unfortunately most doctors today don’t care to spend the time working with individuals like that. They find a problem, prescribe a quick fix usually in pill form, and send you on your merry way hoping it works for you, with little input on what the patient actually wants or doesn’t want.
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First take your own BP before going to Dr. Hope prior Sx was effective/successful 🙏💜
I'm the opposite, I want to know.
I never go to the doctor. Fear creates dis-ease. I know by feeling into my body if something is needed.
I sometimes have similar feelings… and then sometimes I am able to create/maintain a detached perspective and calm. I wish I understood what chemicals were flowing in the latter situation…
I worked 30 years in health care, and I gotta tell you, the erosion in my belief that doctors have intelligence and integrity slowly ebbed until the Covid Caper obliterated it like a Ukrainian dam! Trust mostly gone now. See a specialist when you need to.
If you remain positive your body chemistry will be your ally. Even if someone says something bad ever, don't ever believe them on first take (RFK, John Hopkins, med.errors 3rd leading cause). Not trying to be a smart asss again, I use this to keep myself positive when dealing with them docs tell myself..... nahhhhh gotta check with opposition and 2nd 3rd opinions.... You'll be fine man, plus mind over matter and other ppl in comment section you're gonna be always good 💜