Diagnosing . . Trusting Doctors . .

Well I am fortunate that I have had the same doctor for a long time and do trust him.

Doctors are human and can make mistakes. Hopefully very few though....

The problem arises that if you can't trust your doctor then who can you turn to?

@zandaar: Yes true, doctors are human and to err is human .. The misdiagnosing thing is the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone .. And it seems to me that (at least what I see in kuwait) it is getting worse and worse inspite of the fact that kuwait is a very rich country and the hospitals along with the equipments are new ..

Bad joke - Doctor's can bury their mistakes.

@ru4eva: excatly! it is all now about guessing!! .. Why not they ask to do some examination then they decide?!

in middle east, they got the super sofisticated hospitals and instrumennt...they have good service...but no good doctors...i am always scared to go to hospital when i was there...

@sabusha: finally someone has an experience of what I was saying ..

@ru4eva: I have been saying the same thing to myself, unless I feel something really serious then I don't want to take risk

I have been very lucky during my life having been ill very few times that needed a hospital visit,but i was diagnosed wrongly when 11 years old,which nearly cost me my life,diagnosed MYGRAIN,in fact PERITONITUS, SIMILAR ILLNESS???

thing is that cancer can be pretty concealed and symptoms can easily be mistaken/misregarded/underestimated.


I did read countless articles regarding the hazards of self-medication and indeed it's not advisible to self-medicate; however, being informed yourself can indeeed save u life.

A trivial example, if i had a growing lump in me leg, I wouldn't settle for a couple of pinches and a 'u are alright' by a doc meself ... Would only settle for a biopsy ....

Yeah perhaps it's a tad paranoid but better safe then sorry me pa says ...

(<-- that causes cancer amongst other problems ... :/)

@lordarun: sorry to hear about what happened when you were younger , it is great that now you don't need to go to the hospital .. hope it will always be this way ..

@10kOhms: I don't know much about cancer, but I guess at the hospital they have equipment to tell whether you have cancer or not >> so why the misdiagnosing thing is happening over and over again ..

If we all trusted our gut feeling a little more, we could realize the doctor's diagnosis is right or maybe wrong( and therefor go and see another doctor). We were taught that all doctors are Gods in white, but still they are just human!
Beside the many mistakes they make there are so many people they are helping.
I for myself check out first if I can work with alternative treatments. If they don't work, then I go and see a doctor.

@EyesWideOpen67: I pretty much do the same .. I always try to find a treatment myself .. And I highly respect all doctors, some of them are really brilliant people .. Being a doctor is the most difficult job since many lives are within their hands ..

African

very tough topic for Sunday morning.... but each of us sonner or later has had experience with "cancer matter" personaly or at our close friends or family relatives. African, what you need to do is to see several docs regularly a year and trust a bit preventive medicine.

Have a great Sunday all

@Aswina: I will try doing that, still I am bit scared I don't want to hear bad news ..

Have a great Sunday too

African, believe me , nobody wants ... take your time to live your life and get stronger don´t bother yourself with fears now! You are young, you are strong! And I hope, you will be for long time so!

@Aswina: so you think that there is no need to go for a medical check? I really don't want that, the thought of the possibility of having cancer scares me so much ..

Thanks for the nice words, you are so sweet

you are just as my 19 - year - old daughter!!! Girls listen to me a bit! Must go for medical checks regularly !!
Only preventive medicine is the best way to avoid or stop all in the beginning!

@Aswina: I am apologize for that .. Yeah I guess that would be a lot better than having to worry all the time >> will need to prepare myself soon (not sure when though ) I will try to be strong enough to do that ..

Thanks for the great advice

When I was first diagnosed with cancer I knew something wasnt right even though the doctor would just give me antibiotics and say its nothing. I pushed and pushed till I was sent to a specialist.
After a six year remission I knew again something wasnt right and went straight to my oncologist.

I would be a bit like you Africa,regarding Doctors.Only that i changed my Doctors in 2007 i would have being dead.
The First doctor was sending me to have an operation on a Brain Tumour that was very small.
I decided to change Doctors because i have a very good sixth sence.The second Doctor told me that it is very small and not cancerous because of the M.R,I x-ray.I am lucky i am here.The second Doctor told me i would be mad to go for the operation.Glad i took his advise.
Sometimes you are your own best Doctor,you know that if your body is giving you pain that it is sending out a warning signal.
I am my own best Doctor and i am free.
Just don't and try not to worry too much as worring only causes the situation to feel worse than it is.
You don't drink,you don't smoke,you live a healthy lifestyle so you will be ok.
Most of your Doctors are very good but they leave to come to the west because of more money and more opportunities.Correct me if i am wrong.Our Hospitals are full of Doctors from the Middle East.May you have good health for a long time to come.

@Bindy75: I hope you fully get over it this time


@BlueOcean2011: I am glad to hear that you followed your feelings and you are fine now .. I think the doctors go to the west so they can develop themselves, as for the ones in kuwait I believe they are being well paid, but what chances that he/she could offer even more? I would say very little, as there is not enough encourgement, and those people are often ambitious and want to give more ..

I am taking care of myself, but one never knows .. I pray that you will have good health for a long time as well

Hi African! In my life I have lost both my best friend, and some family in canser... It seams like going to the docktor, is something that`s safe as long as you don`t need a doctor...
Have a great day(ore night ore whatever)

@ african... plz,,do not think of this matter,,and be strong.
and not all the doctors Bad...there are some very good.


@ aswina; good advise from you to all of the girls.

miss you too...you said:

yes, not all doctors are bad, it is getting misdiagnosed what scares me more .. but I think the best thing is seeing more than one doctor as every body here suggested ..

That's right and the best suggestion.

wish you be in a good health.

@zahra450: wish you good health too sweet zahra

if it's an important determination, get a second opinion from another doctor who is not connected to the first one. If their opinions are different, go to a third one.