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Sadly that sort of advice would never apply nor work with the doctors within Canada as they are not so easy to find to begin with here and being the case matter as there is such a shortage of doctors and in fact all the doctors who as simply having know this for one which the point is why they take prime advantage over us paitents and our need of time for them to greater listen to out actual health related problems we try to present them with !! Dotors minsets here in Canada are conditioned by such high egos they seek nothing but the money to be had as why they are always so damn quick as to shuffle us in and out the damn doors so fast however less the patient is of a higher class as then they offer up whats is known as preferencial teatment of course and provide such all the more time to mind their health matters this is common place and its a damn obvious disheartening disgrace all setup as its been overtime based upon how selfish they truly are far to damn many rich people simply kissing each one anothers azzes nowadays and its all about money as so happens as to be what in fact of the entire matter become the driving force that has overtime become of their postions held to be as careless minded as they could careless anymore of our health so long as they get payed the big bucks !! And its based simply as by seeing as many patients through the door on any given day of course as we got Canadian health care coverage which means they are comfortably seated in position of power as to control the time and be its the money by which they can calculate and by all means count upon recieving at the end of each and every weeks big paydays So of course its all gotten to become so corrupt these days and as far from the old days when their money concerns were placed second inline of a doctors compassion towords the patients !! as same goes on within most bussinesses and all such government public services their all so selfish minded narssisist and who seek to do far less and some how get paid all the more money and far more so then the time of day they care as to mind afford to most people specially if they no what our finnacial statis is As point on point being the poorest among all who are so ill recieved by the upper classes of the weathly peopl;e such as the doctors who look down upon us like we are to their kinds just a meaningless waist of their own damn precious time !!! As they who are so selfish held to their worth far above moral human values within themselvers as well as towords all others less of corse they meet their own own level of worth as they among the rich sreve the rich and the poor are left aside as being neglected and overtime decade after decade its shown the overall decline in their hearts its a serious sickness that the richest above all others who never being willing to diagnose about themselves as being so conditioned and dishonesty driven by their own selfish monies worth !! and yet some how on earth they suggestivly mind us poorer class as if we are not of the equal or ever far greater the level of intelligance to actually notice it so directly in them and if we were ever to raise this directly to them they most certainly would all quickly dismiss it and turn to their egos to sheild themselves from the very actual point of the truths by which they so fear to face up to about the problem within themselves !! and they as well they always provide the time to support one another simply through their own group think tanks mentalities for to ease their conscienses of course this is the point of such simple mindless fools who could careless and basically turn a blind eye while looking the other thoughtless way from the truth And its all so obvious what the hell their mental problem is based upon what been systematicly setup as by design and thats the bottom line be it their all out to get rich while not willing to provide the time of day to actually mind helping the poorest people with their personal health matters of whats concerning among the poorest people as who simply get ignored and if say one among the poor should happen to be so lucky to win a lottery LOL as some of you would be suprized just how differently you would be recieved by them among the ego tripping rich upper classes as but however this would never even personally ever surprize me in the very least !!! if fact you would most likly be invited out to say play a round of golf or to having a fine exspensive dinner as by the very likes of such doctors and such all those among all the rich upper classes who as I would personally literally simply tell them all to go f themselves !!!!!! TRUTH FROM CANADA !!!!
@@joannaquinlan-v2u Blame the YT censor bots. You have to try several times to change the wording in your comment to thwart the censors. The Dr. has nothing to do with it. All he can do is outright ban someone from posting on the channel.
I went to my second appointment a neurologist to what I thought would be to overgrow the MRIs and and geographies of my brain which I saw because the x-ray technician sent them to me a link to look at the pictures. The neurologist acknowledged that I had had tias but he wanted to do another MRI of my lumbar cuz I told him that my lower back always acts up when I have shingles which I have internal shingles all the time. Discussing the migraine auras with him I have severe ocular auras after The strokes. He told his assistant to prescribe this pill I don't never heard of it and he walked out of the room. His assistant came back in and about the pill and I said I'm not taking any more pills. I left when I got home I called and said cancel my appointment I will no longer be coming to see him. March 2020 and April 2020 I had two strokes back-to-back Tia's maybe but I suffered for 3 years and a half but I did all natural realize my own therapy that I have to learn how to do things a lot slower blah blah blah. I've seen my primary next week and we'll see what she has to say because I am in line to receive a mobilized wheelchair. No more specialist for me even the cardiologist was the same way. It's been less than a minute maybe a minute and a half and they're gone. It's like they're scared to hear what you have to say.
In the UK, patients are objects to be used to help staff meet their targets, so that they can hang a 'we are a good provider' banner on the PFI building.
@@antinatalist9995 Well, the corporations that have commoditized and wrecked healthcare here are working overtime to do the same in the UK and then the rest of the EU.
Here in the UK the doctor insists on a telephone consultation. He keeps you waiting 4 1/2 hours on the home phone (some retired people do not use a mobile phone). You need to go to the bathroom, then he phones quickly leaving a cryptic message. That’s it! Consultation accomplished, he ticks his box. DONE! Does not phone again.
Once when my husband was in the ER with a never ending infection during his cancer battle his doctor, Dr. YORK! was so busy, very obviously lusting over the cute, very fit nurse he couldn't even concentrate on my husband or what we were asking. My husband was too ill to notice. I was so taken aback because that's how obvious it was I was stunned into silence. I had no clue how to dress him and his very bad disgusting behavior. Now 7 yrs later, my husband long deceased it still bothers me. What bothers me the most is how I did nothing. I'll never forget Dr. York of all the 84 doctors my husband saw. But out of the 84 I will say I can easily and only count on my hands how many were decent, kind and treated us both with respect. Less than 10 out of 84...I no longer have much respect for doctors anymore and I certainly don't trust them.
Similar situation here. We (patients & care givers) are not trained to be advocates for ourselves or our loved ones. We need to learn how to get the best response/treatment from our doctors/nurses. When the doctors fail we often beat ourselves up thinking we could have done more, even though we are not trained medical professionals.
I agree. I drive three hours away to see my pain medicine doctor for treatment when my local pain doctor can do the same procedures. Why? Because his entire staff is so unprofessional and rude. I like my local doctor fine but his PA, nurses, and office staff are horrible.
Over the past 30 years my dad suffered as a doctor fighting to keep working the standard of care he wanted to. He did house calls. He listened. He cared. He was so angry at the system that was robbing his freedoms to practice the way he wanted to. He fought tirelessly with the politics of the hospital . It’s such a sad story. He was in practice for 40 plus years
This is so true. It's not health care, it's no care. Now we have millions more people in the USA due to the border crossings. We are so screwed. Best of luck to us all.
@@ssmouse77I don’t think it has so much to do with the number of people as much as it has to do with good doctors retiring out of a broken system. Our country desperately needs Universal Healthcare as the majority of the rest of the world has. Our healthcare system is for profit and not for the care of people. If doctors were able to spend their time caring for their patients and not dealing with red tape, we might see an increase in good doctors who not only can give patients the time and care they need but who actually want to do the job!
Same in Canada. There are no family doctor's offices anymore, just factory walk-in clinics and doctors treat us like annoying irritants, and don't have time to talk for five minutes. There's little we can do.
@@JL-ze5qm The choice is clear - go Private (so pay twice) or die. What a kind compassionate "State" we have. All the while illegals coming into the country get free access whenever they need to a Doctor, Dentist, and whatever else. Absolutely disgusting.
Oh? Yet to people outside the U.K., many English people still brag and beat their chests about their NHS and that they don't have those problems, when we talk about our (also bad) experiences with doctors and hopitals in other countries. I find that so arrogant!
@@bioold8925 " many English people still brag and beat their chests about their NHS " That'd be the Left Wingers, Libdems, and those working for the NHS !!! Rest of us sick of ever increasing costs but longer & longer waiting lists, botched or cancelled surgeries and general waste/political tosh they peddle. The LEFT are arrogant!
I was treated for sciatia for weeks. When the unbearable pain didn't subside, I had to do a MRI. The radiologist didn't talk to me, but sent a report to my doctor. When I saw her in order to discuss the result of the MRI, she simply handed me the report and said, I should seek advice at the local hospital, but added that it was nothing serious. When I read the radiologist's report, it said that I probably had an ependymom, a tumor of the central nervous system. Can you imagine how I felt?
It works - my son who has ASD , and ADHD, but at the time undiagnosed, was asking a gp for (desperate) help and she wasn't even looking at him; he politely said, 'I'm sorry, am I wasting your time?' It made me turn away as I was smiling, but she immediately look shocked and stuttered a bit, but looked and listened to him after that!
It doesn't matter. They are all trained up in a system of lies. Even the most well-meaning ones don't know how to heal you, only to alleviate symptoms. They give you a treatment for one thing, you end up suffering down the road with something else.
I noticed that while working as a nurse in a medical ICU. If I listened to the patient and the patient’s family, they often gave varying valuable clues as to the patient’s condition. One example is changes in the patient that we could not observe from just the current condition.
An old joke: Someone said to a psychiatrist, " what a difficult job you have, listening to those terrible stories every day". He replied, "who listens?"
About 8 years ago, I was convinced despite my gut feeling otherwise to undergo an invasive and non necessary test. It was not a good experience. When I went back to the GP, I told him that the first rule of homeopathy is: First, do no harm. He looked me in the eye and said " Good thing I'm a GP and not a homeopath." Then and there, I left the mainstream health care system and never went back. Many doctors hear but don't listen.
He actually said that! The Hippocratic oath states: "I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgment, and I will do no harm or injustice to them."
@@clareellis4906 Clare, I really think they don't see many aspects of Western medicine as harmful. They are fed a lot of propaganda and are slow to respond to change unfortunately.
@@july77773Sadly, I find that a fighting metaphor is actually most salient. I make sure to get a doctor's "respect" early in any interaction. It means letting them know that you know how to think and are not simply taking behavioral dictation. In fighting, it means hitting your opponent hard enough to hurt them, to keep them from just doing whatever they want. I hope this makes sense.
What if you do all that but still get sick? Especially if you are getting old, for example? How do you avoid interacting with mainstream medicine then?
@@oceancablue5030you are right! I was incredibly active and healthy most of my life until five years ago when my body became completely arthritic. My spine has some of the worst arthritis and has forced me into the healthcare system. I have suffered with debilitating pain for so many years (at no fault of my own.) I’m in constant search of doctors who will listen and can help me.
After struggling thru 2 MD changes in the last 3 years, I found a Family Nurse Practitioner who actually listens to me. Her practice is not owned by a conglomerate and she did NOT bring a laptop into the exam room. How absolutely refreshing! She has been able to help me continue to receive the O2 I need for hypoxia. Sometimes an MD is not the better choice.
I also left my primary physician and use a nurse practitioner who listens to me when I tell her I want natural remedies before a prescription. She spends thirty minutes and remembers our conversations over time.
I've had several nurse practitioners and found them more competitent *than the gp. One able to give joint inj cort without any pain whatsoever, better than the rheumatologist who was awesome and the surgeon was so painful I came off the bed!! 3 cheers, nurse practitioners!!!!
@@ricknelson4793 Mine was in my insurance network. Check your insurance website or call them and ask for Nurse Practitioners in Network. OR, google NPs near you and then call their offices and ask if they are in your network, OR call your insurance and ask them.
I don't want medications just to stop or cover-up my symptoms, I want to know what is causing my symptoms. Sometimes I think doctor's just want to get you out of the exam room so can move on to the next person.
I saw a couple of GF’s in Canada where I live who shamed me for not taking anti-depressants which I was not interested in taking. No discussion, questions, etc. They thought I should so that was the end of the story. I am so glad I stuck to my guns. Also, many years ago, a doctor almost literally killed me because he did not listen to me: I went to see him not once but twice and it turned out I had a very serious ectopic pregnancy that had borrowed into my abdomen; I fainted, and almost bled too death.
I gave up on doctors years back. I found that fasting has allowed me to mostly avoid them, otherwise you would wind up on 10 medications then ultimately one of them eventually kills you.
I have a GP that actually listens to me and doesn’t spend any time on his laptop while examining and talking to me. I complement him on this and he told me he would stop “doctoring” if he had to start doing that. He said the day his boss tells him he has to start being a slave to his laptop during an appointment is the day he retires. I hope that never happens but the way things are going I’m not confident.
Absolutely spot on. They're being paid enough, they should listen to their patients. Only care about dishing out medication and the money they make on it.
If I have any health issues I go to the doctor to get an idea of what might be going on and the possible treatments. Before actually doing anything I exhaustively research the medical literature until I know more about the issue than the doctor. Then I go back to the doctor and tell them what treatment I want. If I had followed this approach a few years back I would not have agreed to a procedure that has left me impotent and incontinent. The so-called "specialist" I was seeing back then didn't know a well tested & proven alternative treatment had been developed that had no side effects. I've had it with doctors, most are a menace to their patients, they are not to be trusted. When it comes to medical services you have to be an educated consumer.
Rushed, I understand. Wanting to talk about, say, breast cancer screening with no regard to my shoulder blade sticking out of my back, not so much. And continuing to push screenings after I admittedly, sarcastically asked if a mammogram would fix my shoulder. 😁
OMG!! I hate how they do that! Just keep talking about all of the different screenings and vaccines they are supposed to mention and push with your very limited appointment time but not addressing WHY you are there to begin with.
Thank you Dr, Dhand. Somehow I can't picture you idling on a million dollar yacht in the short run, but you certainly deserve it when you decide it is time to look back on a career of helping people live a heathier life.
Practical and helpful .. thank you. My GP recently dropped my husband and I off his list because we didn't see him for 1-1/2 years. I just found an old-time British-trained doctor in his 70's who works 1 day weekly in a walk-in clinic. Rather than refer me to a dermatologist for a mole check and removal, as was the case with my former GP, he simply did it all in his office. If there were more old-fashioned, skilled doctors, our health services would not be in the mess they are in at the moment. I remember when the school nurse would "put a stitch in it" if you injured yourself .. followed by letting you sleep it off on her sofa. With all the new imaging and testing we should be enjoying the best healthcare ever. Things really went wrong.
Good video Dr. It’s hard to look them in the eye when their backs are to you staring at the computer looking to see how many screenings they can send you out with. That is the sad thing that most don’t ask questions any more or communicate. We only wish there were more like you.
Recently had a specialist in hospital in the UK, telling me that I have no understanding of my condition, if I want to be treated, I have to stop asking questions and become compliant, told him to do one and walked out of the consultation. I’ve lived with the same issue for over 5 yrs, and it’s not over yet. It’s a simple issue, went back to my regular doctor and have been seen within 1 month by a really conscious specialist, the NHS is in tatters.
You've explained my interactions with my Neurologist exactly. On a diet note, I read a book by MD and nutritionist years ago for a recipe I've used for some 30 years. Yogurt, blueberries, bananas, almonds and cinnamon. Quite tasty actually. Never forgot remark that cinnamon slows down, regulates Adrenal gland production of adrenaline. Fascinating read for a technical guy. Might have been one of my better habits that's stayed with me. As always thank you. FJB
My thoughts are that this is another phenomenal video that helps equip patients with practical tools to use during clinic visits that are all to often unproductive, and even sometimes traumatic encounters. Thank you!
I was having a regular walk once and my foot gave way, I felt and heard a cracking, went to hospital they wouldn't even xray it, they said I had planter fasciitis sent me away, I was in agony working every day, in tears they sent me to a physio which I had for 2 months, eventually was sent to the hospital again and the rude doctor said I was Iver weight and need to lose weight but said he would give me an mri but said "If it is broken you would kick me in the face" after examining me, I told him I was in agony, anyway after mri 24 hours later I was diagnosed with a broken heal and a bone marrow bleed (8 months later this was) it took 13 weeks to heal in a boot.
OMG! That is horrible! I’m so sorry you had to suffer. It’s situations like this that make us so angry that we want to report the doctor and then sue the hell out of them for the suffering they caused! Geez! The bleeding could have caused a blood clot and killed you! 😡
I wish it were as simple as that. Unfortunately in many places around Australia, especially in rural areas where I am, we don't have a choice of being able to go somewhere else 😔. But you're spot on about a lot of doctors not listening and when you find someone who does listen, I feel so good and positive when I walk out of the appointment.
Fellow Aussie here, even in metro we don’t automatically have stacks of choice. Our system is not set up for patient centered care at all! If you break a bone usually you’re okay. But much else? Very tricky. Rural and remote is that much harder!!!
OMG...you read my mind ! SA rural town here...our Drs sent us a TXT (!) to tell us they were closing the practice ( followed by a letter 2 weeks later). The trouble was, the only other practice had a 70 patient waiting list..holy moly. We found a Dr 40 minutes away...not good !
People really don't understand rural until you live it, and the consequences of not having choice. You either do or go without, and in cases beyond emergency medical care? It's better to save up to go to the city or just tough it out, though even then it's a craps shoot if the person you're wasting a weekend visiting and paying is able to help.
I had a doctor not listen to me one time I was so upset, so on my way out I told the secretary that he treats all his patients like a herd of cattle and I didn’t appreciate it. Well, she went back there and told him, then he immediately put me back in a room and told me he was so sorry and asked me if I had any questions and I told him you need to start taking time with your patients and I said I do feel like you treat us like cattle. He said he was so sorry. When I left, he called me five minutes later on my cell phone and apologize some more lol.. I never went back to him!!! he was one of these pretty boy doctors!! he thought he was all that and a bag of chips… hmmm not impressed!🤔
The problem is, where I live at least - in rural PA, that many doctors are not taking new patients. I was not happy with my prior provider and it took me 6 months and discussions with nearly half a dozen doctors to find someone who would take me as a new patient. So, firing your current doctor isn’t all that easy in many parts of the country.
In rural Canada, there is such a shortage of doctors that many people have no doc. I'm 74 and disabled. I have no doc. I haven't interacted with the medical system for 4.5 years.
If you interact now the doctors will try to push you into assisted suicide. To save on the pension you get from the Canadian government. Mike Martins was talking about this on his channel.
You are so right. Health care system in Germany used to be good, but now... Not enough doctors, nurses, therapists and no time for their patients. I am working as a physiotherapist in a rehabilitation center. When I begun, every patient had physiotherapie once a day. Now its only twice a week and we are 20 instead of thirty physiotherapists. On top we have to do a lot of digital work in this small timespan. We don't get time to do all this writing between therapys, but we have to do it IN therapie, what means even less time for therapy. Same with nurses and doctors. And of course... I have less time to listen, because I an not that good at listening and writing at the same time. And next patient is allready waiting... Really bad. 😥
This is neoliberalism at work. I’m a university professor and we have the same rapid decline in our work environment- students and teachers and parents all get squeezed down on- they want your money but do not support the learning . Teachers want to teach and give but earning peanuts and expected to do tons of admin on their own time without pay.
I've lived my last 40 years without any recourse to seeing a doctor, and it's my intention to finish off my last few years the same way. My only health issues are ones caused by a certain recent more or less mandatory medical intervention, and I certainly won't get any help in dealing with those issues from the very medical system that went along with the plandemic.
I can't do that in the UK, because I have to go to the nearest surgery to My place. On top of that, My surgery has several doctors, and I never remember the name of the who saw me the last time. I can be sur, that the next time it will be someone else. Saying this line will only leave me without any doctor at all.
Super pleased to announce that because I had not seen another medical practitioner before my "Medicare Wellness check-in" because an EKG had never been done, the office "got credit for my visit". Additionally, that Almighty, super-duper EKG? Well there was a 'blip' on the reading due to a faulty lead. What a scam.
Thanks Doctor for the good advice. You are spot on! I have worked in the medical field over many years. There were occasions where I found I had to help doctors come back down to earth. Patients need to remember doctors are NOT gods! RESPECT should go both ways between doctors and patients.
I have actually used this tactic in the past, and it indeed works. In one case, the Dr stopped & listened, & in another I asked the Dr if they had someone to recommend if their schedule was too hectic or my problem was out of their area - and they did. It turned out to be a better situation. I was very fortunate with my most recent Dr as she always took the time to listen & thought outside of the box, but the facility she worked for made her put a limit on time she could spend with patients & she ultimately left b/c she couldn't properly give patients the time they needed or deserved. I asked if she was going independent, she chose her words carefully, so I'm being watchful about when she does. We all deserve Dr's who truly care about our health.
Well Doc, I appreciate your message. I am in Canada so I have been a victim of the health care system for several decades now. The thing with TH-cam and other sites is that you are generally preaching to the choir. Unfortunately social media has made this dynamic pretty prevalent, no tolerance for debate or looking at another point of view. People don't want to hear me say the jab killed my friend. They don't want to hear about the 5 or 6 papers that I have detailing the danger. They don't want to hear that if they want to be well the need to change their life style there is no pill to save them from themselves. I have tried and it is not worth the cost to me putting myself out there. best of luck to you though.
Unfortunately many believe that they are taking responsibility for their health by going to their doctor and following their advice which usually means taking whatever meds are prescribed and getting all of your annual screenings & vaccines. @@ib9511
My wife went to anENT…For an ongoing inner ear E blockage problem…..she couldn’t hear our of that ear. He gave her hearing test and then proceeded to try and sell her on hearing aids…doctor didn’t even listen to her complaints……needless to another trip th another different ENT. This doctor was entirely different , listened , examined, prescribed some medication…..explained ,asked her if she didn’t understand or wanted to ask questions…..get this he had her hearing checked out and stated it was fine……no need for $6000 hearing aid……
Your best advice ever...stay away from mainstream medicine. I go to my PCP only because I need blood pressure meds. I humor the usual questions, advice, and politely decline. Always in my thoughts are that I pay them for a service, not the other way around. Thanks for all you caring and excellent advice!
Same here. I had been going to my doctor for years just to get my BP meds. I also humored them by politely declining all of the screenings and annual vaccines. I stopped going to my primary a few years ago when they insisted that I get The Vaccine. I never got it or got sick. I no longer visit a mainstream doctor and have found a local alternative. She's a great doctor but doesn't take insurance. However if I have an issue she actually looks at me and listens to what I have to say. She's made some great suggestions when I had a problem which worked for me and didn't include taking more meds.
Is your high blood pressure primary or secondary? Mine was secondary, Dr. Refused to listen, was very concerned with blood pressure, couldn't care less about primary pain. I eventually helped the primary cause of extreme pain enough to lower my blood pressure and wean myself of meds. Maybe I'll tell the Dr. Some day, if I ever see her again.
I mostly agree with my doctor. Last time she said that perhaps she was stupid. I believe in the golden rule and if the person in question isn't civilised I see no reason to be so either. I find sometimes doctors to be quite arrogant and again the golden rule seems to work better than most other approaches. Also make them write in the journal if they don't agree with you or won't take the tests or won't refer you according to your wishes. This sometimes ensures their compliance. The journal is the documentation of your consultation. In other words : get it in writing. Well , that's just me and apparently I am somewhat disappointed in the medical profession as a whole- present company and a handful other doctors NOT included. Thx Dr Dhand
Great rant Dr S. I just had this type of experience with a nurse practitioner, since my GP is always too busy to see me. If I want to see him, I would need to wait for an appointment at least 1 month away. Seeing this male nurse prac was horrible. His bedside manner bad. He actually asked me “what do you want to do?” Duh. I was there for some expert advice, but he had none. He also made me try to do an exercise that could have made my tendon injury worse. Fortunately I stopped in the middle of it because of pain. Anyway, your rant is validated in my experience. I certainly will not see this fellow again. I’ll wait for my GP next time. Appreciate how you are trying to call out the problems with our medical system. Hope they don’t censor you.
As Cardiologist in my busy day I get few chances to quickly go into a store to buy food and essentials for home. Sometimes I have my ID Badge on ..I get people who stop me in the isles and ask me if I'm a doctor? I tell them Yes ..at least I was when I woke up this morning.....lol but the sad part is they begin to ask me about their medical condition or problems in the middle of the frozen food Isle. I listen to them explain what they are going through to be polite many of them I can tell dont have the money to actually go to the doctor...It breaks my heart afterwards....
@@daisydot5441 My uniform is a sport jacket or suit. I'm a Post Op Cardiologist for a major Cardiology center in NY State. I travel to multiple hospitals to visit patient's. I dont wear a lab coat in the store...Grow up and get a job hero.
People need to challenge their doctors. They aren’t always right. I recently moved cities and went to a new GP for my annual blood work. My cholesterol has always been a bit high (hereditary) and the doctor immediately wanted to prescribe statins. I asked to look at my test (fully lipid density) and pointed out that my triglycerides were low, my LDL was of the light fluffy variety. I have no family history of heart disease or hypertension and strokes. My BMI is 21. Blood pressure 128/78. I run 8kms most mornings and gym 4 times a week. Okay, I’m 64, but what risk was she trying to mitigate? I asked to be referred for a CAC scan (out of an abundance of caution). Predictably, it came back with a zero score. She agreed we didn’t need to talk about my cholesterol again. But my point is, how many other people would have taken her statin prescription advice? Challenge your doctor. Get second opinions.
It has been my experience that doctors do not like to be challenged, even in a mild way. I told one doctor that I thought I had (whatever it was) and he said, "Oh, so your the doctor now?" The doctor I have now tells me that they didn't order what I said they ordered me to take. It should have been in her notes. She told me to get D3 in 50,000 iu. and take it once a week. I went to the drug store, got it, and take it once a week. When I saw her for my yearly, she brought up the D3 level in my blood, and asked me how much I was taking, and I told her. She waved her hand at me and said, "They don't even make it in that dose. I couldn't have said that." I just wish I had brough my bottle with me, but I thought all this was in her records. The healthcare field scares me, even though I worked in it as a social worker for over 30 years. Doctors are human, even if they are very smart and know a lot of things. They make mistakes, and I have had my unfortunate share of their major mistakes and it almost killed me more than once. I've seen patients who also have suffered terribly from doctor's mistakes. I believe that we need to communicate clearly with the doctor, and that if we are not trusting him/her, we should find another doctor if we can. Negative emotions about your doctor is not good for your health.
I concur that it really should have been documented in the doctor's notes or at least with the medications. Gosh, I hate it when the practitioner is a scanty note taker! 🙄 It's like half the symptoms discussed are not recorded or go unacknowledged, and I don't think it's always for the sake of brevity... 😑 I do have a feeling this doctor was being a sarcastic a$$ with you, though, when they ought to have been straightforward about a simple matter. They probably started you on a course of D2 50,000 IU and meant to ask you to take some daily dose of OTC D3 thereafter upon completion, yet failed to responsibly document it in their notes or follow up, then acted like a pedantic smarta$% pretending there is no form of prescribable vitamin D at a strength of 50,000 IU! So to recap, your doctor prescribed D2 of that strength then later feigned amnesia and ignorance. As a sidenote, I've never heard a mainstream MD suggest taking anything beyond 4,000 IU of D3.
I have learned never to tell a doctor what you think is wrong with you. Just tell them your symptoms and it is their job to figure out what is wrong. If you are concerned about something very serious, you could say you were worried you might have "xyz" disease. I am a nurse and for years walked into doctor offices telling them what was wrong with me, and then they didn't bother checking me out. My diagnosis was blindly accepted and guess what? Sometimes I was wrong (but not often).
I went to my GP surgery for a routine blood test . The 7th time she inserted the needle I felt a sharp pain up my arm. That evening the area began to swell. The following day I had bruising, pain & swelling . I called the surgery & was told , that's normal , put an ice pack on. 3 weeks later the swelling was still there & the pain was so bad I could only sleep on one side with my arm raised. I then called the Dr & asked to see the Dr , my appointment was with a health care assistant who said that's normal. I left the surgery & wrote a complaint to the practice manager. I was called the next day & an appointment was made for the afternoon. My Dr has now referred me for a scan .
when my elderly parents were alive and had a doctor appointment, we always made sure they never went alone - we ensured that everyone understood what was the issue.
Whenever a patient tells me about their lack of help at their PCP office I tell them to find another doctor...yes it takes time and also you need to remind them that you chose them for help. I work with doctors that don't listen and just do what is standard practice...makes me crazy and I will say something. Thanks Dr Dhand for having this video.
I neither like, that doctors get angry, when you do not follow their advice- even without explaining to you the risks of following or not following them. And as an engineer, I also expect them to have numbers for those risks...
I always start my appointment with my doctor with "I know you're in a hurry and running behind schedule" and she always does pause and say that this is my time with her and not worry.
I worked 47 years of my life , I worked 40 to 60 hours a week, weekend & Hollidays, med. People get off, so much paper work I had to take it home to do it I never got payed for, I damaged my body, to produce products for the world, Now a false diagnose and not diagnosed I have 2 years, later civercal mylothopy. Surgery now, they said I had anxiety issues, They missed a C. T. scan that showed C spine damage, 2 years ago.
When I detect that a member of the medical collective is ignoring my concerns, I immediately call it out with them. I verbally inform that I feel that my medical issues aren't being addressed, which means that my medical insurance can be better spent elsewhere. I have already done this with 2 different ones, and immediately found a medical collective member who takes their job seriously. Competition does exist within this particular market, they just don't want you to think it does.
I wish I could find a real doctor like you. Now in my late 60’s I have given up on finding one. They all want to send me to this or that specialist when I am there for a common infection and they do not look at me at all. Glued to their laptops and definitely don’t listen. I am now terrified to even go because hospitals kill and thats their next step. God is the Divine Healer and I am so thankful he is because the doctors here seem to be puppets to the insurance companies and not devoted to their oath. Its so sad. There are none like you where I live.
You just described the family doctor of my mother. I have been analysing her situation and do not blame the doctor for everything. My mother is 95 years old with multiple conditions, ears, eyes,mouth, lungs, ect., similar to the condition of the people living in her senior residence. I told her that she and they need a geriatric doctor who can look and treat multiple severe conditions at the same time or at least try. She require enormous amount of care that our society is unable to do, due to economic factors, lack of technology, lack of extensive training, expertise, etc. The health care system need a restructuring that will take many years and very serious work and commitment to achieve a certain level of success.
I have an elderly family member who was a nurse back in the day when as she puts it "Stat meant STAT", and she has several doctors she visits regularly...she has one specialist who pays attention and is very considerate, and another who is invariably brusk and often completely ignores the patient or any questions the patient asks. Same patient, different doctors with very different attitudes 🤔
I would love to be able to say this to the doctor, if we could ever get a face to face appointment here in Greater London. It's still telephone callbacks only. We wait four weeks for a follow-up telephone appointment after a blood test as well. All by design of course - so we say the NHS is not fit for purpose - pushing it towards an American style system.
I just go somewhere else. I've had enough awkward interactions with doctors (because I ask questions--the horror!), so I just doctor shop until I find someone I can at least tolerate.
I agree with you thoughts and attitudes on the current medical establishment but want to point out that patients often wait weeks or months just to see a doctor (that is covered by their health insurance) so I think that plays a role in what the patient is willing to tolerate with regards to the doctors demeanor and many people are so medically naive that they assume all doctors (whether friendly or not) know everything that's best for them.
1:10 Funny thing is this is how I grew up (in the then-communist(!) Poland. The very first time in my life that I had to _physically go_ to see a doctor _while having a fever_ was, you guessed it, in the US. I was in my early 20s at the time. Before that, I'd be _in bed_ and the doctor would come to _me_ at home. Yes, with a little bag 🙂I have no idea why this cannot work in America, supposedly the richest country on the planet.
Not time efficient for them. What's worse is when kids are out of school 3 days they need a doctor note when if a kid is sick it is good, imo, to keep them out a week and not expose them to a doctor. Lots of parents send the kid in on the third day and just have them go to the nurse and then go pick them up, bring them home and put them back in bed to avoid and expense doctor trip and a long wait in the waiting room.
I wish I knew this before, I went to my go for several months complaining of pain in my side and back, and she would feel and even push a little but when she didn’t get a pain response she just said I was fine. I was telling her how tired I was all the time and she just in my mind didn’t believe me. I in April I finally went to the ER as it as not getting any better. At the ER I was admitted for observation, after X rays And some blood tests. Then spent 9 days in hospital, it turned out I had non Hodgkin’s lymphoma DCBL stage 4 I started chemo in hospital, needless to say fired my GP, had great doctors at oncology had 6 rounds of chemotherapy R CHOP and now am in complete Remission. So always seek a second opinion if you’re doctor is dismissive of your pain.
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Sadly that sort of advice would never apply nor work with the doctors within Canada
as they are not so easy to find to begin with here and being the case matter as there is such a shortage of doctors
and in fact all the doctors who as simply having know this for one which the point is why they take prime advantage over us paitents and our need of time for them to greater listen to out actual health related problems we try to present them with !!
Dotors minsets here in Canada are conditioned by such high egos they seek nothing but the money to be had
as why they are always so damn quick as to shuffle us in and out the damn doors so fast
however less the patient is of a higher class as then they offer up whats is known as preferencial teatment of course and provide such all the more time to mind their health matters
this is common place and its a damn obvious disheartening disgrace all setup as its been overtime based upon how selfish they truly are far to damn many rich people simply kissing each one anothers azzes nowadays and its all about money as so happens as to be what in fact of the entire matter become the driving force that has overtime become of their postions held to be as careless minded as they could careless anymore of our health
so long as they get payed the big bucks !!
And its based simply as by seeing as many patients through the door on any given day of course as we got Canadian health care coverage which means they are comfortably seated in position of power as to control the time and be its the money by which they can calculate and by all means count upon recieving at the end of each and every weeks big paydays
So of course its all gotten to become so corrupt these days and as far from the old days when their money concerns were placed second inline of a doctors compassion towords the patients !!
as same goes on within most bussinesses and all such government public services their all so selfish minded narssisist and who seek to do far less and some how get paid all the more money and far more so then the time of day they care as to mind afford to most people specially if they no what our finnacial statis is
As point on point being the poorest among all who are so ill recieved by the upper classes of the weathly peopl;e such as the doctors who look down upon us like we are to their kinds just a meaningless waist of their own damn precious time !!!
As they who are so selfish held to their worth far above moral human values within themselvers as well as towords all others less of corse they meet their own own level of worth as they among the rich sreve the rich and the poor are left aside as being neglected and overtime decade after decade its shown the overall decline in their hearts its a serious sickness that the richest above all others who never being willing to diagnose about themselves as being so conditioned and dishonesty driven by their own selfish monies worth !!
and yet some how on earth they suggestivly mind us poorer class as if we are not of the equal or ever far greater the level of intelligance to actually notice it so directly in them and if we were ever to raise this directly to them they most certainly would all quickly dismiss it and turn to their egos to sheild themselves from the very actual point of the truths by which they so fear to face up to about the problem within themselves !!
and they as well they always provide the time to support one another simply through their own group think tanks mentalities for to ease their conscienses
of course this is the point of such simple mindless fools who could careless and basically turn a blind eye while looking the other thoughtless way from the truth
And its all so obvious what the hell their mental problem is based upon what been systematicly setup as by design
and thats the bottom line be it their all out to get rich while not willing to provide the time of day to actually mind helping the poorest people with their personal health matters of whats concerning among the poorest people as who simply get ignored
and if say one among the poor should happen to be so lucky to win a lottery LOL as some of you would be suprized just how differently you would be recieved by them among the ego tripping rich upper classes as but however this would never even personally ever surprize me in the very least !!!
if fact you would most likly be invited out to say play a round of golf or to having a fine exspensive dinner as by the very likes of such doctors and such all those among all the rich upper classes who as I would personally literally simply tell them all to go f themselves !!!!!! TRUTH FROM CANADA !!!!
@@joannaquinlan-v2u Blame the YT censor bots. You have to try several times to change the wording in your comment to thwart the censors. The Dr. has nothing to do with it. All he can do is outright ban someone from posting on the channel.
I went to my second appointment a neurologist to what I thought would be to overgrow the MRIs and and geographies of my brain which I saw because the x-ray technician sent them to me a link to look at the pictures.
The neurologist acknowledged that I had had tias but he wanted to do another MRI of my lumbar cuz I told him that my lower back always acts up when I have shingles which I have internal shingles all the time.
Discussing the migraine auras with him I have severe ocular auras after The strokes.
He told his assistant to prescribe this pill I don't never heard of it and he walked out of the room.
His assistant came back in and about the pill and I said I'm not taking any more pills. I left when I got home I called and said cancel my appointment I will no longer be coming to see him.
March 2020 and April 2020 I had two strokes back-to-back Tia's maybe but I suffered for 3 years and a half but I did all natural realize my own therapy that I have to learn how to do things a lot slower blah blah blah.
I've seen my primary next week and we'll see what she has to say because I am in line to receive a mobilized wheelchair.
No more specialist for me even the cardiologist was the same way.
It's been less than a minute maybe a minute and a half and they're gone.
It's like they're scared to hear what you have to say.
Remember, in the USA, you are not a patient, but rather, a "billable event."
In the UK, patients are objects to be used to help staff meet their targets, so that they can hang a 'we are a good provider' banner on the PFI building.
@@antinatalist9995 Well, the corporations that have commoditized and wrecked healthcare here are working overtime to do the same in the UK and then the rest of the EU.
A big pharma without care customer
Here in the UK the doctor insists on a telephone consultation. He keeps you waiting 4 1/2 hours on the home phone (some retired people do not use a mobile phone). You need to go to the bathroom, then he phones quickly leaving a cryptic message. That’s it! Consultation accomplished, he ticks his box. DONE! Does not phone again.
You are 100% correct. My mom died because of an incompetent doctor and didn’t listen to my mother at all. CRIMINAL!!!!!
My condolences. 😓
Once when my husband was in the ER with a never ending infection during his cancer battle his doctor, Dr. YORK! was so busy, very obviously lusting over the cute, very fit nurse he couldn't even concentrate on my husband or what we were asking. My husband was too ill to notice. I was so taken aback because that's how obvious it was I was stunned into silence. I had no clue how to dress him and his very bad disgusting behavior. Now 7 yrs later, my husband long deceased it still bothers me. What bothers me the most is how I did nothing. I'll never forget Dr. York of all the 84 doctors my husband saw. But out of the 84 I will say I can easily and only count on my hands how many were decent, kind and treated us both with respect. Less than 10 out of 84...I no longer have much respect for doctors anymore and I certainly don't trust them.
My Father used to say. Give a doctor half the chance and they will kill you! He wasn’t wrong.
I am SO sorry you had this experience & may I offer my most sincere condolences on the death of your dear husband.
Similar situation here. We (patients & care givers) are not trained to be advocates for ourselves or our loved ones. We need to learn how to get the best response/treatment from our doctors/nurses. When the doctors fail we often beat ourselves up thinking we could have done more, even though we are not trained medical professionals.
I've had more trouble with office staff than with doctors. They can be just as bad if not worse.
Definitely a lot of power mad secretariat out there.
I agree. I drive three hours away to see my pain medicine doctor for treatment when my local pain doctor can do the same procedures. Why? Because his entire staff is so unprofessional and rude. I like my local doctor fine but his PA, nurses, and office staff are horrible.
Over the past 30 years my dad suffered as a doctor fighting to keep working the standard of care he wanted to. He did house calls. He listened. He cared. He was so angry at the system that was robbing his freedoms to practice the way he wanted to. He fought tirelessly with the politics of the hospital . It’s such a sad story. He was in practice for 40 plus years
There is not enough Doctors out there, so we cannot say ‘’should I go somewhere else’’ there is simply nowhere else to go…😊
This is so true. It's not health care, it's no care. Now we have millions more people in the USA due to the border crossings. We are so screwed. Best of luck to us all.
@@ssmouse77I don’t think it has so much to do with the number of people as much as it has to do with good doctors retiring out of a broken system. Our country desperately needs Universal Healthcare as the majority of the rest of the world has. Our healthcare system is for profit and not for the care of people. If doctors were able to spend their time caring for their patients and not dealing with red tape, we might see an increase in good doctors who not only can give patients the time and care they need but who actually want to do the job!
Sadly that line doesnt work for NHS doctors!
And boy is the NHS over bloated, inefficient, and, sometimes, heartless.
#LiverpoolPathway
Since patients became customers of the medical industry.
Same in Canada. There are no family doctor's offices anymore, just factory walk-in clinics and doctors treat us like annoying irritants, and don't have time to talk for five minutes. There's little we can do.
@@JL-ze5qm The choice is clear - go Private (so pay twice) or die. What a kind compassionate "State" we have.
All the while illegals coming into the country get free access whenever they need to a Doctor, Dentist, and whatever else.
Absolutely disgusting.
Oh? Yet to people outside the U.K., many English people still brag and beat their chests about their NHS and that they don't have those problems, when we talk about our (also bad) experiences with doctors and hopitals in other countries. I find that so arrogant!
@@bioold8925 " many English people still brag and beat their chests about their NHS "
That'd be the Left Wingers, Libdems, and those working for the NHS !!!
Rest of us sick of ever increasing costs but longer & longer waiting lists, botched or cancelled surgeries and general waste/political tosh they peddle.
The LEFT are arrogant!
It’s also acceptable to tell a doctor they are fired.
I have done that
What's worse is a Dr. that dismisses what you tell them.
Anything medical I’m staying home and dying. Never again to a doctor.
Oof i feel this. ❤
I am at home and inches from dying. I've never been so scared. I do a lot of praying like never before.
@@ssmouse77 I will pray for a peace. Anyone that gets out of this wicked world is a blessed person.
@@TheBeachkitten I have said the ones that are gone are the lucky ones.
@@ssmouse77are you still alive?
I was treated for sciatia for weeks. When the unbearable pain didn't subside, I had to do a MRI. The radiologist didn't talk to me, but sent a report to my doctor. When I saw her in order to discuss the result of the MRI, she simply handed me the report and said, I should seek advice at the local hospital, but added that it was nothing serious. When I read the radiologist's report, it said that I probably had an ependymom, a tumor of the central nervous system. Can you imagine how I felt?
Yep, I call it "NO CARE" not health care. Best of health to you.
It works - my son who has ASD , and ADHD, but at the time undiagnosed, was asking a gp for (desperate) help and she wasn't even looking at him; he politely said, 'I'm sorry, am I wasting your time?' It made me turn away as I was smiling, but she immediately look shocked and stuttered a bit, but looked and listened to him after that!
OMGSH
Had a urologist like that. I just didn't go back.
It doesn't matter. They are all trained up in a system of lies. Even the most well-meaning ones don't know how to heal you, only to alleviate symptoms. They give you a treatment for one thing, you end up suffering down the road with something else.
@@sufyb6432Good for you,that you did that for yourself.Sincerely,N.Sanders.
Brilliant young man!❤
‘Listen to your patients- they’re trying to tell you the diagnosis’ - Osler
I noticed that while working as a nurse in a medical ICU. If I listened to the patient and the patient’s family, they often gave varying valuable clues as to the patient’s condition. One example is changes in the patient that we could not observe from just the current condition.
An old joke: Someone said to a psychiatrist, " what a difficult job you have, listening to those terrible stories every day". He replied, "who listens?"
About 8 years ago, I was convinced despite my gut feeling otherwise to undergo an invasive and non necessary test. It was not a good experience. When I went back to the GP, I told him that the first rule of homeopathy is: First, do no harm. He looked me in the eye and said " Good thing I'm a GP and not a homeopath."
Then and there, I left the mainstream health care system and never went back.
Many doctors hear but don't listen.
He actually said that! The Hippocratic oath states: "I will use those dietary regimens which will benefit my patients according to my greatest ability and judgment, and I will do no harm or injustice to them."
@@littleone31917 That's not the Hippocratic oath!
This is the real deal:
ὄμνυμι Ἀπόλλωνα ἰητρὸν καὶ Ἀσκληπιὸν καὶ Ὑγείαν καὶ Πανάκειαν καὶ θεοὺς πάντας τε καὶ πάσας, ἵστορας ποιεύμενος, ἐπιτελέα ποιήσειν κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ κρίσιν ἐμὴν ὅρκον τόνδε καὶ συγγραφὴν τήνδε:
ἡγήσεσθαι μὲν τὸν διδάξαντά με τὴν τέχνην ταύτην ἴσα γενέτῃσιν ἐμοῖς, καὶ βίου κοινώσεσθαι, καὶ χρεῶν χρηΐζοντι μετάδοσιν ποιήσεσθαι, καὶ γένος τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἀδελφοῖς ἴσον ἐπικρινεῖν ἄρρεσι, καὶ διδάξειν τὴν τέχνην ταύτην, ἢν χρηΐζωσι μανθάνειν, ἄνευ μισθοῦ καὶ συγγραφῆς, παραγγελίης τε καὶ ἀκροήσιος καὶ τῆς λοίπης ἁπάσης μαθήσιος μετάδοσιν ποιήσεσθαι υἱοῖς τε ἐμοῖς καὶ τοῖς τοῦ ἐμὲ διδάξαντος, καὶ μαθητῇσι συγγεγραμμένοις τε καὶ ὡρκισμένοις νόμῳ ἰητρικῷ, ἄλλῳ δὲ οὐδενί.
διαιτήμασί τε χρήσομαι ἐπ᾽ ὠφελείῃ καμνόντων κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ κρίσιν ἐμήν, ἐπὶ δηλήσει δὲ καὶ ἀδικίῃ εἴρξειν.
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Good on you, wise decision!
Doesn't a doctor have to under go an oath of " first do no harm"?
@@clareellis4906 Clare, I really think they don't see many aspects of Western medicine as harmful. They are fed a lot of propaganda and are slow to respond to change unfortunately.
Don't ever tell a narcissist doctor what to do. You may not survive.
Don't remain a patient of such a doctor. I understand emergency situations do arise in which it might be best to hold your tongue.
There are MANY narcissist doctors. I truly think they all are. I was married to one.
@@july77773Sadly, I find that a fighting metaphor is actually most salient. I make sure to get a doctor's "respect" early in any interaction. It means letting them know that you know how to think and are not simply taking behavioral dictation. In fighting, it means hitting your opponent hard enough to hurt them, to keep them from just doing whatever they want. I hope this makes sense.
Thank you so much! I just look after myself by getting enough exercise and eating real food. Avoid mainstream medicine.
It's getting real hard to find real food .😢
What if you do all that but still get sick? Especially if you are getting old, for example? How do you avoid interacting with mainstream medicine then?
@@oceancablue5030you are right! I was incredibly active and healthy most of my life until five years ago when my body became completely arthritic. My spine has some of the worst arthritis and has forced me into the healthcare system. I have suffered with debilitating pain for so many years (at no fault of my own.) I’m in constant search of doctors who will listen and can help me.
After struggling thru 2 MD changes in the last 3 years, I found a Family Nurse Practitioner who actually listens to me. Her practice is not owned by a conglomerate and she did NOT bring a laptop into the exam room. How absolutely refreshing! She has been able to help me continue to receive the O2 I need for hypoxia. Sometimes an MD is not the better choice.
I also left my primary physician and use a nurse practitioner who listens to me when I tell her I want natural remedies before a prescription. She spends thirty minutes and remembers our conversations over time.
I've had several nurse practitioners and found them more competitent *than the gp. One able to give joint inj cort without any pain whatsoever, better than the rheumatologist who was awesome and the surgeon was so painful I came off the bed!! 3 cheers, nurse practitioners!!!!
My wife and I agree we get better treatment and there more knowledgeable!
How do you find a nurse practitioner and do they except insurance? About fed up with doctors who push prescription medication!
@@ricknelson4793 Mine was in my insurance network. Check your insurance website or call them and ask for Nurse Practitioners in Network. OR, google NPs near you and then call their offices and ask if they are in your network, OR call your insurance and ask them.
I don't want medications just to stop or cover-up my symptoms, I want to know what is causing my symptoms. Sometimes I think doctor's just want to get you out of the exam room so can move on to the next person.
They do. Higher rate of turnover = more money for them
I believe there motto is "treat the symptoms" .there is no desire to find the root cause
I saw a couple of GF’s in Canada where I live who shamed me for not taking anti-depressants which I was not interested in taking. No discussion, questions, etc. They thought I should so that was the end of the story. I am so glad I stuck to my guns. Also, many years ago, a doctor almost literally killed me because he did not listen to me: I went to see him not once but twice and it turned out I had a very serious ectopic pregnancy that had borrowed into my abdomen; I fainted, and almost bled too death.
I gave up on doctors years back. I found that fasting has allowed me to mostly avoid them, otherwise you would wind up on 10 medications then ultimately one of them eventually kills you.
Not to mention the pain you went through! A friend of mine ended up with a hysterectomy after the ectopic went badly...
@@marilyncourteau8951 It was pretty horrible; I was rushed to hospital and in agonizing pain.
@@marilyncourteau8951 How devastating!
They just say see someone else, they dont care.
I have a GP that actually listens to me and doesn’t spend any time on his laptop while examining and talking to me. I complement him on this and he told me he would stop “doctoring” if he had to start doing that. He said the day his boss tells him he has to start being a slave to his laptop during an appointment is the day he retires. I hope that never happens but the way things are going I’m not confident.
Absolutely spot on. They're being paid enough, they should listen to their patients. Only care about dishing out medication and the money they make on it.
👍🙏good ones out there
Its true they have to do a lot of paper work
My sister is a nurse and has a hard time with them with my mom
Thank u yes I pray for favor
They just love giving in,jections and scripts... that's. their bread and butter.
If I have any health issues I go to the doctor to get an idea of what might be going on and the possible treatments. Before actually doing anything I exhaustively research the medical literature until I know more about the issue than the doctor. Then I go back to the doctor and tell them what treatment I want. If I had followed this approach a few years back I would not have agreed to a procedure that has left me impotent and incontinent. The so-called "specialist" I was seeing back then didn't know a well tested & proven alternative treatment had been developed that had no side effects. I've had it with doctors, most are a menace to their patients, they are not to be trusted. When it comes to medical services you have to be an educated consumer.
What terrible outcomes. So sorry!
Bad thing is, some can't go "elsewhere". The government has people locked in to certain areas.
Well, unfortunately, you are correct. Mine loves his computer. I feel like I want to tell his to stop for a few minutes! Like I tell my grandson!
I have walked out of visits. One dr in particular was in complete shock. If they won’t listen, we’re done.
Unfortunately a lot of us don't have the confidence to be that outspoken to a doctor. I wish I did because, I have a problem that I can't get sorted.
Rushed, I understand. Wanting to talk about, say, breast cancer screening with no regard to my shoulder blade sticking out of my back, not so much.
And continuing to push screenings after I admittedly, sarcastically asked if a mammogram would fix my shoulder. 😁
I had the same thing happen . Didn’t want to hear my problems, but started in on the mammogram screening.
I LOVE you!
OMG!! I hate how they do that! Just keep talking about all of the different screenings and vaccines they are supposed to mention and push with your very limited appointment time but not addressing WHY you are there to begin with.
Yes! I went for a tick bite and left with a pile of screenings forms that I threw in the garbage plus a strong push for “totally safe” antidepressants
It's all about screening for cancer research.
Dr. Dhand is a great doctor!
I agree with you Dave. I enjoy his videos a lot.
Thank you Dr, Dhand. Somehow I can't picture you idling on a million dollar yacht in the short run, but you certainly deserve it when you decide it is time to look back on a career of helping people live a heathier life.
Practical and helpful .. thank you. My GP recently dropped my husband and I off his list because we didn't see him for 1-1/2 years. I just found an old-time British-trained doctor in his 70's who works 1 day weekly in a walk-in clinic. Rather than refer me to a dermatologist for a mole check and removal, as was the case with my former GP, he simply did it all in his office. If there were more old-fashioned, skilled doctors, our health services would not be in the mess they are in at the moment. I remember when the school nurse would "put a stitch in it" if you injured yourself .. followed by letting you sleep it off on her sofa. With all the new imaging and testing we should be enjoying the best healthcare ever. Things really went wrong.
Good video Dr. It’s hard to look them in the eye when their backs are to you staring at the computer looking to see how many screenings they can send you out with. That is the sad thing that most don’t ask questions any more or communicate. We only wish there were more like you.
or their hand is already on the door ready ro leave. that gets me riled.
Recently had a specialist in hospital in the UK, telling me that I have no understanding of my condition, if I want to be treated, I have to stop asking questions and become compliant, told him to do one and walked out of the consultation. I’ve lived with the same issue for over 5 yrs, and it’s not over yet. It’s a simple issue, went back to my regular doctor and have been seen within 1 month by a really conscious specialist, the NHS is in tatters.
You've explained my interactions with my Neurologist exactly. On a diet note, I read a book by MD and nutritionist years ago for a recipe I've used for some 30 years. Yogurt, blueberries, bananas, almonds and cinnamon. Quite tasty actually. Never forgot remark that cinnamon slows down, regulates Adrenal gland production of adrenaline. Fascinating read for a technical guy. Might have been one of my better habits that's stayed with me. As always thank you. FJB
My thoughts are that this is another phenomenal video that helps equip patients with practical tools to use during clinic visits that are all to often unproductive, and even sometimes traumatic encounters. Thank you!
Happy to help in any way I can! Thank you
I was having a regular walk once and my foot gave way, I felt and heard a cracking, went to hospital they wouldn't even xray it, they said I had planter fasciitis sent me away, I was in agony working every day, in tears they sent me to a physio which I had for 2 months, eventually was sent to the hospital again and the rude doctor said I was Iver weight and need to lose weight but said he would give me an mri but said "If it is broken you would kick me in the face" after examining me, I told him I was in agony, anyway after mri 24 hours later I was diagnosed with a broken heal and a bone marrow bleed (8 months later this was) it took 13 weeks to heal in a boot.
OMG! That is horrible! I’m so sorry you had to suffer. It’s situations like this that make us so angry that we want to report the doctor and then sue the hell out of them for the suffering they caused! Geez! The bleeding could have caused a blood clot and killed you! 😡
@@kakim4956 I know 8 months of suffering then 9ver a year to heal fully
I wish it were as simple as that. Unfortunately in many places around Australia, especially in rural areas where I am, we don't have a choice of being able to go somewhere else 😔. But you're spot on about a lot of doctors not listening and when you find someone who does listen, I feel so good and positive when I walk out of the appointment.
Fellow Aussie here, even in metro we don’t automatically have stacks of choice. Our system is not set up for patient centered care at all! If you break a bone usually you’re okay. But much else? Very tricky. Rural and remote is that much harder!!!
@@tellem372 Yip, try rural Tasmania 😏.
@@tellem372same in Canada
OMG...you read my mind ! SA rural town here...our Drs sent us a TXT (!) to tell us they were closing the practice ( followed by a letter 2 weeks later). The trouble was, the only other practice had a 70 patient waiting list..holy moly.
We found a Dr 40 minutes away...not good !
People really don't understand rural until you live it, and the consequences of not having choice. You either do or go without, and in cases beyond emergency medical care? It's better to save up to go to the city or just tough it out, though even then it's a craps shoot if the person you're wasting a weekend visiting and paying is able to help.
Always enjoy your videos, Dr. Dhand and today is no exception...thanks for all you do for us. 👍🇺🇲
I had a doctor not listen to me one time I was so upset, so on my way out I told the secretary that he treats all his patients like a herd of cattle and I didn’t appreciate it. Well, she went back there and told him, then he immediately put me back in a room and told me he was so sorry and asked me if I had any questions and I told him you need to start taking time with your patients and I said I do feel like you treat us like cattle. He said he was so sorry. When I left, he called me five minutes later on my cell phone and apologize some more lol.. I never went back to him!!! he was one of these pretty boy doctors!! he thought he was all that and a bag of chips… hmmm not impressed!🤔
Dr. Humanitarian Suneel!
You're the best!
The problem is, where I live at least - in rural PA, that many doctors are not taking new patients. I was not happy with my prior provider and it took me 6 months and discussions with nearly half a dozen doctors to find someone who would take me as a new patient. So, firing your current doctor isn’t all that easy in many parts of the country.
In rural Canada, there is such a shortage of doctors that many people have no doc.
I'm 74 and disabled. I have no doc. I haven't interacted with the medical system for 4.5 years.
If you interact now the doctors will try to push you into assisted suicide. To save on the pension you get from the Canadian government. Mike Martins was talking about this on his channel.
This is why I advocate against socialized medicine in the US. Where would Canadians go when they need a doctor?😱
@@benedem4175Montana
You are so right.
Health care system in Germany used to be good, but now...
Not enough doctors, nurses, therapists and no time for their patients.
I am working as a physiotherapist in a rehabilitation center.
When I begun, every patient had physiotherapie once a day. Now its only twice a week and we are 20 instead of thirty physiotherapists.
On top we have to do a lot of digital work in this small timespan.
We don't get time to do all this writing between therapys, but we have to do it IN therapie, what means even less time for therapy.
Same with nurses and doctors.
And of course... I have less time to listen, because I an not that good at listening and writing at the same time. And next patient is allready waiting...
Really bad. 😥
This is neoliberalism at work. I’m a university professor and we have the same rapid decline in our work environment- students and teachers and parents all get squeezed down on- they want your money but do not support the learning . Teachers want to teach and give but earning peanuts and expected to do tons of admin on their own time without pay.
I've lived my last 40 years without any recourse to seeing a doctor, and it's my intention to finish off my last few years the same way. My only health issues are ones caused by a certain recent more or less mandatory medical intervention, and I certainly won't get any help in dealing with those issues from the very medical system that went along with the plandemic.
No sympathy, shouldn't have rolled your sleeve up like a good little lamb.
I can't do that in the UK, because I have to go to the nearest surgery to My place. On top of that, My surgery has several doctors, and I never remember the name of the who saw me the last time. I can be sur, that the next time it will be someone else. Saying this line will only leave me without any doctor at all.
Super pleased to announce that because I had not seen another medical practitioner before my "Medicare Wellness check-in" because an EKG had never been done, the office "got credit for my visit".
Additionally, that Almighty, super-duper EKG? Well there was a 'blip' on the reading due to a faulty lead.
What a scam.
Thanks Doctor for the good advice. You are spot on! I have worked in the medical field over many years. There were occasions where I found I had to help doctors come back down to earth. Patients need to remember doctors are NOT gods! RESPECT should go both ways between doctors and patients.
They are still not seeing patients face tp face
This is great! But I wish there were some magic words to obtain an actual face to face doctor's appointment to be able to look a doctor in the eye!
I've been searching for a new primary care physician and cannot find one that is accepting new patients. This will come in handy when I do find one.
I have actually used this tactic in the past, and it indeed works. In one case, the Dr stopped & listened, & in another I asked the Dr if they had someone to recommend if their schedule was too hectic or my problem was out of their area - and they did. It turned out to be a better situation. I was very fortunate with my most recent Dr as she always took the time to listen & thought outside of the box, but the facility she worked for made her put a limit on time she could spend with patients & she ultimately left b/c she couldn't properly give patients the time they needed or deserved. I asked if she was going independent, she chose her words carefully, so I'm being watchful about when she does. We all deserve Dr's who truly care about our health.
Well Doc, I appreciate your message. I am in Canada so I have been a victim of the health care system for several decades now. The thing with TH-cam and other sites is that you are generally preaching to the choir. Unfortunately social media has made this dynamic pretty prevalent, no tolerance for debate or looking at another point of view. People don't want to hear me say the jab killed my friend. They don't want to hear about the 5 or 6 papers that I have detailing the danger. They don't want to hear that if they want to be well the need to change their life style there is no pill to save them from themselves. I have tried and it is not worth the cost to me putting myself out there. best of luck to you though.
You are not alone. Those, who continue to refuse to take responsibility for their health, will not be swayed.
Unfortunately many believe that they are taking responsibility for their health by going to their doctor and following their advice which usually means taking whatever meds are prescribed and getting all of your annual screenings & vaccines. @@ib9511
They're too busy typing in their office note
i sad to my doctor that he was ignoring me
He said Next
Terrifying to think you get bad doctors in the medical profession just like with every other profession.
My wife went to anENT…For an ongoing inner ear E blockage problem…..she couldn’t hear our of that ear. He gave her hearing test and then proceeded to try and sell her on hearing aids…doctor didn’t even listen to her complaints……needless to another trip th another different ENT. This doctor was entirely different , listened , examined, prescribed some medication…..explained ,asked her if she didn’t understand or wanted to ask questions…..get this he had her hearing checked out and stated it was fine……no need for $6000 hearing aid……
Your best advice ever...stay away from mainstream medicine. I go to my PCP only because I need blood pressure meds. I humor the usual questions, advice, and politely decline. Always in my thoughts are that I pay them for a service, not the other way around. Thanks for all you caring and excellent advice!
Same here. I had been going to my doctor for years just to get my BP meds. I also humored them by politely declining all of the screenings and annual vaccines. I stopped going to my primary a few years ago when they insisted that I get The Vaccine. I never got it or got sick.
I no longer visit a mainstream doctor and have found a local alternative. She's a great doctor but doesn't take insurance. However if I have an issue she actually looks at me and listens to what I have to say. She's made some great suggestions when I had a problem which worked for me and didn't include taking more meds.
Is your high blood pressure primary or secondary? Mine was secondary, Dr. Refused to listen, was very concerned with blood pressure, couldn't care less about primary pain. I eventually helped the primary cause of extreme pain enough to lower my blood pressure and wean myself of meds. Maybe I'll tell the Dr. Some day, if I ever see her again.
Try being 80 and talking to a doctor. They just stare at their computer.
I mostly agree with my doctor. Last time she said that perhaps she was stupid. I believe in the golden rule and if the person in question isn't civilised I see no reason to be so either. I find sometimes doctors to be quite arrogant and again the golden rule seems to work better than most other approaches. Also make them write in the journal if they don't agree with you or won't take the tests or won't refer you according to your wishes. This sometimes ensures their compliance. The journal is the documentation of your consultation. In other words : get it in writing.
Well , that's just me and apparently I am somewhat disappointed in the medical profession as a whole- present company and a handful other doctors NOT included. Thx Dr Dhand
I have been very lucky with my Doctors. Perth WA. 😊
Great rant Dr S. I just had this type of experience with a nurse practitioner, since my GP is always too busy to see me. If I want to see him, I would need to wait for an appointment at least 1 month away. Seeing this male nurse prac was horrible. His bedside manner bad. He actually asked me “what do you want to do?” Duh. I was there for some expert advice, but he had none. He also made me try to do an exercise that could have made my tendon injury worse. Fortunately I stopped in the middle of it because of pain. Anyway, your rant is validated in my experience. I certainly will not see this fellow again. I’ll wait for my GP next time. Appreciate how you are trying to call out the problems with our medical system. Hope they don’t censor you.
As Cardiologist in my busy day I get few chances to quickly go into a store to buy food and essentials for home. Sometimes I have my ID Badge on ..I get people who stop me in the isles and ask me if I'm a doctor? I tell them Yes ..at least I was when I woke up this morning.....lol but the sad part is they begin to ask me about their medical condition or problems in the middle of the frozen food Isle. I listen to them explain what they are going through to be polite many of them I can tell dont have the money to actually go to the doctor...It breaks my heart afterwards....
Don’t go shopping in uniform wearing your ID.
@@daisydot5441 My uniform is a sport jacket or suit. I'm a Post Op Cardiologist for a major Cardiology center in NY State. I travel to multiple hospitals to visit patient's. I dont wear a lab coat in the store...Grow up and get a job hero.
@@dojocho1894 Touchy and arrogant.
People need to challenge their doctors. They aren’t always right. I recently moved cities and went to a new GP for my annual blood work. My cholesterol has always been a bit high (hereditary) and the doctor immediately wanted to prescribe statins. I asked to look at my test (fully lipid density) and pointed out that my triglycerides were low, my LDL was of the light fluffy variety. I have no family history of heart disease or hypertension and strokes. My BMI is 21. Blood pressure 128/78. I run 8kms most mornings and gym 4 times a week. Okay, I’m 64, but what risk was she trying to mitigate? I asked to be referred for a CAC scan (out of an abundance of caution). Predictably, it came back with a zero score. She agreed we didn’t need to talk about my cholesterol again. But my point is, how many other people would have taken her statin prescription advice? Challenge your doctor. Get second opinions.
Yes, i think doctors really overprescribe statins. Dr. Sten Ekberg has some good info on his channel.
@@layinlow77so does Dr Eric Berg or Dr. Ken Berry!
Thank you Dr your advice is always a breath of fresh air🕊🙏🏻🕊
taking more tests just to prove her wrong may not be financially feasible for some. does she earn some commission out of those tests?
Well done, you!
It has been my experience that doctors do not like to be challenged, even in a mild way. I told one doctor that I thought I had (whatever it was) and he said, "Oh, so your the doctor now?" The doctor I have now tells me that they didn't order what I said they ordered me to take. It should have been in her notes. She told me to get D3 in 50,000 iu. and take it once a week. I went to the drug store, got it, and take it once a week. When I saw her for my yearly, she brought up the D3 level in my blood, and asked me how much I was taking, and I told her. She waved her hand at me and said, "They don't even make it in that dose. I couldn't have said that." I just wish I had brough my bottle with me, but I thought all this was in her records. The healthcare field scares me, even though I worked in it as a social worker for over 30 years. Doctors are human, even if they are very smart and know a lot of things. They make mistakes, and I have had my unfortunate share of their major mistakes and it almost killed me more than once. I've seen patients who also have suffered terribly from doctor's mistakes.
I believe that we need to communicate clearly with the doctor, and that if we are not trusting him/her, we should find another doctor if we can. Negative emotions about your doctor is not good for your health.
Third leading cause of death, medical mistakes.
I concur that it really should have been documented in the doctor's notes or at least with the medications. Gosh, I hate it when the practitioner is a scanty note taker! 🙄 It's like half the symptoms discussed are not recorded or go unacknowledged, and I don't think it's always for the sake of brevity... 😑
I do have a feeling this doctor was being a sarcastic a$$ with you, though, when they ought to have been straightforward about a simple matter. They probably started you on a course of D2 50,000 IU and meant to ask you to take some daily dose of OTC D3 thereafter upon completion, yet failed to responsibly document it in their notes or follow up, then acted like a pedantic smarta$% pretending there is no form of prescribable vitamin D at a strength of 50,000 IU! So to recap, your doctor prescribed D2 of that strength then later feigned amnesia and ignorance. As a sidenote, I've never heard a mainstream MD suggest taking anything beyond 4,000 IU of D3.
I have learned never to tell a doctor what you think is wrong with you. Just tell them your symptoms and it is their job to figure out what is wrong. If you are concerned about something very serious, you could say you were worried you might have "xyz" disease. I am a nurse and for years walked into doctor offices telling them what was wrong with me, and then they didn't bother checking me out. My diagnosis was blindly accepted and guess what? Sometimes I was wrong (but not often).
@@sassysandie2865 I think we should reclassify Dr. Mengele as an "Iatrogenic Specialist," so he could have upcharged for his services.
@@cellgrrlThat is serious. I will alert my nurse daughter about this.
Excellent! I do this regularly in a polite tone of voice.
If I don't like the response I find someone else to help me.
Wont work in Canada. Hard enough to find a family doctor at all😢
So grateful for your advice and knowledge .
👍🥰
I went to my GP surgery for a routine blood test . The 7th time she inserted the needle I felt a sharp pain up my arm. That evening the area began to swell. The following day I had bruising, pain & swelling . I called the surgery & was told , that's normal , put an ice pack on. 3 weeks later the swelling was still there & the pain was so bad I could only sleep on one side with my arm raised. I then called the Dr & asked to see the Dr , my appointment was with a health care assistant who said that's normal. I left the surgery & wrote a complaint to the practice manager. I was called the next day & an appointment was made for the afternoon. My Dr has now referred me for a scan .
Good for you for reporting them. Too bad it was necessary!
I really wish this guy was my doctor
That's if you get an appointment!
when my elderly parents were alive and had a doctor appointment, we always made sure they never went alone - we ensured that everyone understood what was the issue.
Whenever a patient tells me about their lack of help at their PCP office I tell them to find another doctor...yes it takes time and also you need to remind them that you chose them for help. I work with doctors that don't listen and just do what is standard practice...makes me crazy and I will say something. Thanks Dr Dhand for having this video.
I neither like, that doctors get angry, when you do not follow their advice- even without explaining to you the risks of following or not following them. And as an engineer, I also expect them to have numbers for those risks...
I always start my appointment with my doctor with "I know you're in a hurry and running behind schedule" and she always does pause and say that this is my time with her and not worry.
Vrlo dobar savjet.
Was told my swollen lymph nodes are allergies. 3 weeks later sicker then a dog and heading to the e.r. to find out what's really going on.
I worked 47 years of my life , I worked 40 to 60 hours a week, weekend & Hollidays, med. People get off, so much paper work I had to take it home to do it I never got payed for, I damaged my body, to produce products for the world, Now a false diagnose and not diagnosed I have 2 years, later civercal mylothopy. Surgery now, they said I had anxiety issues, They missed a C. T. scan that showed C spine damage, 2 years ago.
When I detect that a member of the medical collective is ignoring my concerns, I immediately call it out with them. I verbally inform that I feel that my medical issues aren't being addressed, which means that my medical insurance can be better spent elsewhere. I have already done this with 2 different ones, and immediately found a medical collective member who takes their job seriously. Competition does exist within this particular market, they just don't want you to think it does.
If they do not listen to me and answer my questions, I get a different doctor.
I wish I could find a real doctor like you. Now in my late 60’s I have given up on finding one. They all want to send me to this or that specialist when I am there for a common infection and they do not look at me at all. Glued to their laptops and definitely don’t listen. I am now terrified to even go because hospitals kill and thats their next step. God is the Divine Healer and I am so thankful he is because the doctors here seem to be puppets to the insurance companies and not devoted to their oath. Its so sad. There are none like you where I live.
Pls come back to the UK Suneel.
Such an important topic Doctor- thanks for that great advice…
You just described the family doctor of my mother. I have been analysing her situation and do not blame the doctor for everything. My mother is 95 years old with multiple conditions, ears, eyes,mouth, lungs, ect., similar to the condition of the people living in her senior residence. I told her that she and they need a geriatric doctor who can look and treat multiple severe conditions at the same time or at least try. She require enormous amount of care that our society is unable to do, due to economic factors, lack of technology, lack of extensive training, expertise, etc. The health care system need a restructuring that will take many years and very serious work and commitment to achieve a certain level of success.
I have an elderly family member who was a nurse back in the day when as she puts it "Stat meant STAT", and she has several doctors she visits regularly...she has one specialist who pays attention and is very considerate, and another who is invariably brusk and often completely ignores the patient or any questions the patient asks. Same patient, different doctors with very different attitudes 🤔
I lost it and I wasn't very polite - I got banned from the Doctors
Food and medicine was grown in the yard as well
There's nowhere else to go.
I would love to be able to say this to the doctor, if we could ever get a face to face appointment here in Greater London. It's still telephone callbacks only. We wait four weeks for a follow-up telephone appointment after a blood test as well. All by design of course - so we say the NHS is not fit for purpose - pushing it towards an American style system.
Thanks so much Dr. Dhand! For all you do! You are are the best doctor.
I just go somewhere else. I've had enough awkward interactions with doctors (because I ask questions--the horror!), so I just doctor shop until I find someone I can at least tolerate.
I agree with you thoughts and attitudes on the current medical establishment but want to point out that patients often wait weeks or months just to see a doctor (that is covered by their health insurance) so I think that plays a role in what the patient is willing to tolerate with regards to the doctors demeanor and many people are so medically naive that they assume all doctors (whether friendly or not) know everything that's best for them.
I would love you to be my Doctor! You should be in charge of America's Healthcare! You are the best!
1:10 Funny thing is this is how I grew up (in the then-communist(!) Poland. The very first time in my life that I had to _physically go_ to see a doctor _while having a fever_ was, you guessed it, in the US. I was in my early 20s at the time. Before that, I'd be _in bed_ and the doctor would come to _me_ at home. Yes, with a little bag 🙂I have no idea why this cannot work in America, supposedly the richest country on the planet.
Not time efficient for them.
What's worse is when kids are out of school 3 days they need a doctor note when if a kid is sick it is good, imo, to keep them out a week and not expose them to a doctor. Lots of parents send the kid in on the third day and just have them go to the nurse and then go pick them up, bring them home and put them back in bed to avoid and expense doctor trip and a long wait in the waiting room.
I really appreciate all the information that you give. Your helping many and I thank you.
I wish I knew this before, I went to my go for several months complaining of pain in my side and back, and she would feel and even push a little but when she didn’t get a pain response she just said I was fine. I was telling her how tired I was all the time and she just in my mind didn’t believe me. I in April I finally went to the ER as it as not getting any better. At the ER I was admitted for observation, after X rays And some blood tests. Then spent 9 days in hospital, it turned out I had non Hodgkin’s lymphoma DCBL stage 4 I started chemo in hospital, needless to say fired my GP, had great doctors at oncology had 6 rounds of chemotherapy R CHOP and now am in complete Remission. So always seek a second opinion if you’re doctor is dismissive of your pain.
Huuuuuge shout to you Dr. Suneel !!! You are my FAAAAvorite Doctor in line with Dr. Paul (Carnivore diet MD) in the world !!!!Literally in the World !!! Cannot thank you enough 😍😍🥰🥰👍👍👍
That sounds like it should work! Thanks!
Sounds like a plan to me Doc! Thank you for all you do 💝
Thanks for watching!
@@drsuneeldhand I will always!!❤️
It's easier than you think. Dr. Dhand, Dr. Berry and Dr. Berg are all on the internet and have their own websites. These guys are real drs.