tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post113363106698690418..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: It's Better to Be Safe Than Sorry — Isn't It?DoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-56820620601347075292013-10-09T03:33:01.270-04:002013-10-09T03:33:01.270-04:00It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I’m...It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I’m satisfied that you simply shared this useful information with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharingPhilippine Prudential Lifehttp://opinion.inquirer.net/61475/philippine-prudential-life-no-relation-to-ppinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-21723856951887708952007-03-14T15:52:00.000-04:002007-03-14T15:52:00.000-04:00really? NO risk if you're monogomos and had healt...really? NO risk if you're monogomos and had healthy paps most of your life? Then why did my in-laws good friend get cervical cancer? (type 1, wealthy, 4 kids, monogomos, Christian-didn't have sex before marriage-kind of person) Is HPV the ONLY way to get abnormal cells resulting in cervical cancer?<BR/><BR/>love your blog by the way, and I know you posted this ages ago, but I still wanted to Kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17830379498369815670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1138457140111624282006-01-28T09:05:00.000-05:002006-01-28T09:05:00.000-05:00Your blog is interesting and well written. I am en...Your blog is interesting and well written. I am enjoying it and felt the need to comment. <BR/>I am the worse kind of type one because no one in my family dies of natural causes or makes it to age 60. I am not forty and I have had cervical cancer, two lumps removed from my breasts, meningitis, a tumor removed from a sinus, gall bladder removal, and part of my jaw removed because of an infection Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1136428151426252632006-01-04T21:29:00.000-05:002006-01-04T21:29:00.000-05:00Yeah, the support staff. It's definitely an issue....Yeah, the support staff. It's definitely an issue. It takes a really good receptionist/MA to be able to remain polite and cheerful at all times in a type 2 office.DoctorMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1136314676243041562006-01-03T13:57:00.000-05:002006-01-03T13:57:00.000-05:00I'm mostly a type 1 but I've taken my daughter to ...I'm mostly a type 1 but I've taken my daughter to a doctor's office that mostly treats type 2's. (They were the only dermatologists that didn't have at least a month-long waiting list.) It wasn't the other patients that bothered me, it was the fact that the receptionist talked to everybody like they were dogs, me included, and the nurse I had to deal with assumed I didn't have any sense. Type Laura(southernxyl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02880277733341078157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1134164393088612902005-12-09T16:39:00.000-05:002005-12-09T16:39:00.000-05:00as a med student I'm learning patterns such type 1...as a med student I'm learning patterns such type 1 and 2, and it's a bit dis-illusioning. I've only been in the hospital for a few months, but that's long enough for me to look at how I treat people of varying backgrounds. I've tried to step back and look objectively at what advice the attendings are passing on to me (is it "real" and valid or simply their opinion?) but it's hard when I'm tired Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10833063383293630952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1133925664654213022005-12-06T22:21:00.000-05:002005-12-06T22:21:00.000-05:00This can all get even more confusing when someone ...This can all get even more confusing when someone crosses boundaries. I have bipolar disorder, which makes practioners assume I'm in the type II group. However, I have a master's degree in a healthcare field and am well informed about my own health issues as well as any testing someone asks me to get. In addition I live in rural Appalachia, so you see whatever doctor you can see. However, to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1133816976313726522005-12-05T16:09:00.000-05:002005-12-05T16:09:00.000-05:00nancy, how awful. I'm so sorry about your sister.I...nancy, how awful. I'm so sorry about your sister.<BR/>I don't of course know what happened with your sister, but the recommendations for screening apply only for asymptomatic people; when symptoms arise, it becomes an issue of diagnosis. We certainly do colonoscopies on 39 year olds with symptoms. But if we routinely screened young people with no risk factors for or symptoms of colon cancer, we DoctorMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1133810325443632402005-12-05T14:18:00.000-05:002005-12-05T14:18:00.000-05:00That is such a hard issue, isn’t it? On a purely i...That is such a hard issue, isn’t it? On a purely intellectual level, I agree with you 100%. On a person and selfish level, I don’t. At 39 my sister presented with all the classic symptoms for colon cancer, but due to her gender and age she was not tested. At 40 she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer, and was dead by 41. Maybe if they routinely screened people for colon cancer she would be nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600746939405301574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1133729917543996882005-12-04T15:58:00.001-05:002005-12-04T15:58:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-1133729894117736212005-12-04T15:58:00.000-05:002005-12-04T15:58:00.000-05:00As a hospital social worker, I have had plenty of ...As a hospital social worker, I have had plenty of cause to consider this topic. I totally agree with you. <BR/><BR/>I don't know what you think, but I'm guessing that a lot of doctors are afraid of the "liability" if they miss something -- i.e. if they only do a PAP once every three years. In my experience, so many patients have the victim mentality (contributed to by the power dynamic betweencharissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770842574675438419noreply@blogger.com