Do Gods in White Exist?

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I can see that doctors in Australia are tired and burnt out, but I don't know what to do to help them. I have tried to vote for the party that has policies that support the medical system here. Don't know if that made much difference.

Doctors used to have a lot of power and influence (not always a good thing but could be used for good) but now they seem helpless in the face of overwork and underfunding.
 
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kushami said:
I can see that doctors in Australia are tired and burnt out, but I don't know what to do to help them. ... but now they seem helpless in the face of overwork and underfunding.
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That has got to be a difficult spot to be in.
Given that governments are comprised of humans who have human nature, and they are influenced by a human population who have human nature, I'm not sure how the situation gets improved without first having a fundamental improvement in human nature.
 
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Rufous McKinney said:
I find it interesting that the institutionalized lack of sleep and constantly overworked state of Medical Students: slams right into their ability to maintain empathy for the sick. What a set up.
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I knew of this one doctor who worked 18 hours a day and survived on sodas. All. Day. Long. Sodas. Non-stop. Caffeine. Sodas. Every 30 mins a soda. This is an extremely unhealthy lifestyle. Once I saw that, I never again expected a doctor to understand what a healthy lifestyle is.

I'm in the USA. What we have here is what I call drive-by medicine. If your insurance is paying for the visit, the doctor is only allowed between 15 to 30 mins per patient.

I see doctors like contractors. They don't know everything; they specialize and stick to what is familiar and comfortable. If you are shopping for a builder to build you a concrete home, you are not going to go to a standard builder who builds stick (wooden) homes and ask them to build your concrete home. You are going to find a builder who has already built lots of concrete homes. Same with doctors.
 
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SWAlexander said:
"Presumably educated" is the key word.
In an effort to better understand the cause of my periodically recurring cough, and in light of the limited support I had received from my primary care physician, I took the initiative to investigate further on my own. Anticipating that another brief consultation would once again fail to yield any conclusive findings, I arrived prepared with Petri dish results from preliminary testing I had conducted independently.

To my disappointment, my physician could neither identify the presented evidence nor acknowledge or express any interest in having the results verified by a certified laboratory.
https://swaresearch.blogspot.com/2025/06/aspergillus-trichoderma-and-penicillium.html
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PCPs are very "inside the box thinkers" and don't have time to think outside the box. Unfortunately, you'd have to see a doctor who doesn't take insurance, and pay hundreds out of pocket, to find someone who would take interest. And even then, not guaranteed.

I have, so far, seen 2 doctors who don't take insurance in the past 10 years, and wouldn't go back to see them again; they were unhelpful, dismissive, and robotic. Even doctors who don't take insurance usually follow a fixed path and do not want to bother to listen; they have a prescribed one-size-fits-all plan for all their patients and they figure that those patients whom their plan doesn't fit will simply go elsewhere, and they are ok with that.
 
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I'm back from the sonogram.

Today I saw the same urologist I met six years ago — one of the very few truly competent doctors I’ve encountered. And, unlike many others, he can actually read and understand English.

I'm exhausted — not just physically, but emotionally, after years of being dismissed by PCPs who wrote me off as a hypochondriac.

After five long years of chronic pain, blood pressure spikes (Aldosteronism), and recurring infections, the sonogram finally showed real evidence: a kidney infection, a kidney stone, and a urachus infection.

Due to the Aldosteronism and Adrenal insufficiency (low cortisol), he ordered a comprehensive mineral blood panel.

Next up: a low pelvic CT scan, followed by a cystoscopy (not looking forward to this).

I wonder what the same ignorant PCP will say now — the one who confidently told me “there’s no such thing as a urachus infection” and walked out of the room.

It's worth fighting for what you know to be true.
 
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I call the short Dr visits The cow herding mentality !
Get your money, get you in, get you out! NEXT Patient Please!
And most places operate under that protocall , I dont think most Dr's like it but they need a job too!
All the Dr's I see now usually spend a minimum one hour with me , and let me decide on which option they suggest , even though thier suggestions are the same , just worded a different way.
I can normaly reccomend a test or a scan and get it.
When it comes to long covid or me/cfs None of them has any options or advice though!
And I have had a few in the same network that have been Terrible!
I dont see them again !
 
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SWAlexander said:
I'm back from the sonogram.

Today I saw the same urologist I met six years ago — one of the very few truly competent doctors I’ve encountered. And, unlike many others, he can actually read and understand English.

I'm exhausted — not just physically, but emotionally, after years of being dismissed by PCPs who wrote me off as a hypochondriac.

After five long years of chronic pain, blood pressure spikes (Aldosteronism), and recurring infections, the sonogram finally showed real evidence: a kidney infection, a kidney stone, and a urachus infection.

Due to the Aldosteronism and Adrenal insufficiency (low cortisol), he ordered a comprehensive mineral blood panel.

Next up: a low pelvic CT scan, followed by a cystoscopy (not looking forward to this).

I wonder what the same ignorant PCP will say now — the one who confidently told me “there’s no such thing as a urachus infection” and walked out of the room.

It's worth fighting for what you know to be true.
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Hi
I had the kidney stone removal of a 9 mm and a 7mm and quite a few smaller ones using ureteroscopy, laser lithotripsy and ureteral stent placement.
That stent was No fun at all !
It's like 14" long and has a string that is used to remove it that extends outside the body and its always gets tangled up in your clothing and pulls .
If you are having a stone removed , all ways find the string and get it free and hold it before removing any clothes ! It Help a lot!
You will be asleep for the cystoscopy Hopefully .
 
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SWAlexander said:
Hi Rufus,

My main concern is the alarming number of medical professionals who neglect to stay informed, particularly when it comes to upholding the Hippocratic oath: do no harm.

A lack of up-to-date scientific knowledge can lead to irreversible harm. I've personally experienced this, having been prescribed fluoroquinolones multiple times, even in combination with vancomycin. I'm now left dealing with irreversible damage and long-term side effects.

Unfortunately, trying to raise these concerns with doctors often feels pointless - they either dismiss the risks or are unaware of them altogether.
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It is sad to say but most are trying to pay off the minimum college degree around $350K and paying housing rent etc. I have never seen one working at a fast food place to make extra money! Some might , but none have admitted it to me, some lower income people trying to better thiers life and families lives probably has.
And they are probably some of the better Dr's since they know what its like to struggle with Dr bills.
Some of the richer people dont understand the normal struggle to make ends meet!
 
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One of my best friends thought he had pulled a back muscle and after a few weeks went to a Dr and was sent for a scan he was called right away and told to get to a cancer center because he had stage 4 cancer everywhere in his body, he went to Dr's all over the Us and he was told he had 2 months at the most to live, he was contacted by a Dr
And was told thier is an experimental trial that is being done and he cant do it at the hospital but could do it at his home ! Of course he gave it a try
This was four years ago and he is cancer free, it did weaken his bones and he is constantly in pain but alive.
It was a high dose of arsenic and something else unknown through an IV weekly
 
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I'm tired of doctors and so-called experts who exhibit dismissive, even psychopathic behavior—clinging rigidly to the limits of their formal education without considering that others might contribute to knowledge that hasn't yet been discovered.

Jared Younger stands out for his integrity—he actually responds to questions, unlike most of them.
Example:
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