People Still Trust Their Doctors Rather Than the Internet

I find this obvservation quite humurous, considering a very traumatic medical scare I had. I actually do NOT trust doctors quite so readily after researching a condition I had that doctors so readily dismissed until I begged for more tests. The one test I was given after begging for more, was the one that actually showed that my hemorrhaging was due to an infection instead of a hormonal problem, following a miscarriage. I was even put on yet a 4th hormone medication for an entire week AFTER I was told my diagnoses, to stop the bleeding until I was able to see my GYN. Not ONE of the many doctors I saw during an entire month of out of control bleeding, would tell me what the problem was. I didn't even get a phone call once the test result came in. I was in triage again for another really scarey episode of bleeding the night that I found out the true diagnoses. The doctor ordered NO follow-up except to see miy OB/GYN! 2 days later, I was back in triage for another episode. and that's when I was prescribed Aygestin instead of an antibiotic! I did some research during that following week, on-line. What I found out infuriated me! Not ONE of the doctors told me that antibiotics is what treats the infection, which happened to be a very common infection after miscarriage. Not ONE of them told me that if it's not treated soon, I could have devastating problems, including septicemia or septic shock! In fact, when I brought this up to an intake nurse at another triage visit her reaction was to warn me in a very cold and nasty tone, not to trust everything you read on the internet! Ummmm...what about when every single website I linked to said pretty much the same thing, and my doctors told me NOTHING, and they even had me on the WRONG medication for an entire week after I found out the diagnosis? There is more to this story, including the fact that the GYN who gave me the biopsy that showed my problem, lied on her medical records about what happened in her office that day. So, if I took it to court, it would've been her word on paper, against my mine. I now have a primary doctor and a GYN I trust, but it took a good year after my treatment, to find doctors that could prove that they actually care about my health and do what they can to help me get better. Oh, and my condition is now considered chronic because of how long it went undiagnosed and untreated. I will also add that the hemorrhaging finally stopped almost as soon as I was finally given the antibiotic (the CORRECT medication)! Go figure! Having the diagnoses as a chronic condition instead of accute means that while the infection is gone, I still have inflammation flare-ups which affect me hormonally. The bottom line? At least in my case, the internet has been a great source of information for me, which possibly saved my life. But I can honestly say, it has made me more skeptical of doctors because of my experience.

Anonymous of DE 12:42PM November 09, 2011