Let's not be too tough on the good doctors -most of them do try their best! The patient must try and maintain a good, positive attitude and so increase the chances of a successful treatment, I believe...Just remember, Medicine is not Mathematics...Some diagnoses are simply educated guess work...So, it's really one day at a time - make the most of the present! Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a present -it's THE PRESENCE!!! Enjoy each precious minute! Love, MOM
Agreed. The quote is more aimed at the realization that doctors indeed do not know all about what they are doing. And as such, the patient must be an active participant in that health-care decision-tree.
Why, for example, if 90-some-odd percent of estrogen production is eliminated with removal of ovaries, do women fighting cancer have to be subjected to the further anguish of Hormone-Therapy to shut down the remaining 3 or 5 percent coming from the adrenal glands?
Isn't the loss of the ovary estrogen painfully difficult enough?
"They" (common practice) say that studies show the HT helps reduce long-term recurences. Perhaps they're right. But sometimes they are wrong, and as a patient, that potential should be heavily pondered. Afterall, we're not talking about taking a couple aspirins.
And we're not talking about eliminating 95% of estrogen where the misery that brings on is (barring a more intelligent solution) almost unquestionably worth it. We're talking about getting rid of a tiny amount that could possibly take a little of the edge off of the 95% impact.
I personally question if it is worth it. But not too loudly - it is not my body.
Let's not be too tough on the good doctors -most of them do try their best! The patient must try and maintain a good, positive attitude and so increase the chances of a successful treatment, I believe...Just remember, Medicine is not Mathematics...Some diagnoses are simply educated guess work...So, it's really one day at a time - make the most of the present! Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a present -it's THE PRESENCE!!! Enjoy each precious minute!
ReplyDeleteLove, MOM
Agreed. The quote is more aimed at the realization that doctors indeed do not know all about what they are doing. And as such, the patient must be an active participant in that health-care decision-tree.
ReplyDeleteWhy, for example, if 90-some-odd percent of estrogen production is eliminated with removal of ovaries, do women fighting cancer have to be subjected to the further anguish of Hormone-Therapy to shut down the remaining 3 or 5 percent coming from the adrenal glands?
ReplyDeleteIsn't the loss of the ovary estrogen painfully difficult enough?
"They" (common practice) say that studies show the HT helps reduce long-term recurences. Perhaps they're right. But sometimes they are wrong, and as a patient, that potential should be heavily pondered. Afterall, we're not talking about taking a couple aspirins.
And we're not talking about eliminating 95% of estrogen where the misery that brings on is (barring a more intelligent solution) almost unquestionably worth it. We're talking about getting rid of a tiny amount that could possibly take a little of the edge off of the 95% impact.
I personally question if it is worth it.
But not too loudly - it is not my body.