Does anyone else find going to the doctor discouraging?

Question

I always go in like "I'm going to the doctor, I'm going to get some medicine and get all better" and I always leave feeling like "Okay, I'm screwed. Once again there is something horribly wrong with my body". Does anyone else have that happen or is it just my misfortune? I'm glad I don't have cancer or some other fatal illness but it seems like I have everything else wrong with me.

Answer 1

I rarely leave the doctor's office for myself or my children feeling 100% satisfied that they have the answers.  For some reason, I feel like because we're in the year 2008 that most medical problems have been resolved and the fact is that just isn't true. In fact, it couldn't be further from the truth.  Medicine to me still seems very much like a guessing game.  We seem to have mastered some areas, like child birth, but others we are kind of like blind men groping.

I still love my family doctor to death but I guess there's only so much one human can know and only so much research can tell us to this point.

Answer 2

um...maybe you're a hypochondriac

Answer 3

I completely understand. I have this thing where I feel nauseous from time to time so i went to the doctor to see whats wrong and they gave me some crappy answer which involves giving me no medicine or any treatment. i think that doctors dont know what they are talking about. i feel like its probably just my family because we always go and get no treatment or answer on how to feel better. i always leave thinking if they dont know its something really bad. now i just dont go to the doctor unless it something obvious for them to treat like a broken leg

Answer 4

yeah this is a sign of a poor doctor. ive always felt this way. it stems from doctors who dont seem to listen or spend enough time, or doctors who stigmatize me or make me feel like i am at fault or a hypochondriac.

i used to think this was the norm until i moved out of the US. many doctors in other countries see thier job as more of a service. they are less condescending, more comforting psychologically as well as physically, and seldom judgmental.

there has been a lot written on this in the feminist literature--it is relevant for both men and women. there is a whole field of research on this problem. the book 'our bodies ourselves' addresses this in some ways.

Answer 5

yeah me to u r not the only one  

Answer 6

i feel this way also, i go in for a diabetes checkup and come out with other things i didn't know i had...higher BP , now have to take an extra HBP med....have to get other tests also...really hate this....  

Answer 7

truth hurts. a fact of life in every human. you know how to get better?

by having people feel godd by you

how to do that?

first off...start tending to the old and needy. theyre the most grateful of all people. their prayers or praise will help you loads. mark my words. start giving to charity aswell. its hard and feels laborous, but the good things in life dont come for free.

give good to receive good.

Answer 8

hmm i never had that feeling