? New class for Med School

[FTB4]

I would bet 100% agree that this Forum should be a mandatory class for all students of the Medical Profession.
Maybe we could create a petition to the AMA?

[FTB4]

I agree HMO's are the worst. You would be half dead by the time you were done with the referral process they put you through, they are more like health care watchdogs than health care providers, the prime purpose of HMO's are to keep down costs, not help the patient. I had one for a year once and good riddance.

[LazyMoose]

Funny, but true.

Some Drs are receiving pressure from patients now days though more than before. The more health insurance lest you chose your Dr the more this will benefit us. I had HMO's in the past - what a joke, there were no choices of Drs, set in stone. Two Docs I know say they have patients that specifically remind them not to treat per TSH now.

There are in the last few years, countless new articles in health magazines with good thyroid testing info, so certain people are relaying the message. Unfortunately, that alone will not get though some of their thick heads.

One Dr I like straight out admitted on my first visit that i new more about Hashimoto than he did (I kind of non-directly tested him). The best thing about him is his openmindness and listening skills and not afraid of T3.

Just because someone is a Dr does not mean they are smarter than you. It also doesn't mean they are in it to heal people. Its just a job to many of them, just like most people. Not like years ago.

Any Dr that is in the profession just for the life style is not a good Dr either (I always chat about cars, spendy car = bigger ego, worse Dr, most of the time).

[FTB4]

Thanks for the response, it is appreciated, I just don't understand why so many Doctors do not test for the actual level of T3? It does not make any sense, in other cases you would find an MD with a so called "Poor Bedside Manner" and seem cold and uncaring towards patients be the cause, but this issue of not testing and diagnosing, and not even recognizing the symptoms of thyroid disease is happening so frequently, you think some one in the AMA would wake up to the fact that and do something about it. Even if we just started a letter writing campaign. It just aggravates me since I went through the same thing with 3 GP's, I know the majority of MD's treat thyroid patients the same way. They don't have a clue.It does not make the medical profession look to good when the patients know more than the MD. They should hide their heads in shame.     Just my Opinion  FTB4

[yankeeRN]

I think you are so right about that.  This Forum has been invaluable to me as a thyroid  patient and also in caring for my patients.  I have talked with other nurses and many do not know the true impact the thyroid has on a person and their wellbeing. I also know that many doctors don't know how badly a thyroid imbalance can affect a person.