My grandmother died at age 84. She saw a doctor less than 10 times her ENTIRE life. I don’t think she ever took an antibiotic. She did have a hysterectomy due to a significant cystocele. Her parents saw a doctor prob even less. They also lived to 80 plus. The people who died in her village died of smoking, drinking too much, accident…
My grandmother died at age 84. She saw a doctor less than 10 times her ENTIRE life. I don’t think she ever took an antibiotic. She did have a hysterectomy due to a significant cystocele. Her parents saw a doctor prob even less. They also lived to 80 plus. The people who died in her village died of smoking, drinking too much, accidents and suicide and cancer. Here and there a stroke but not that many and an occasional MI. Both of those groups generally smoked.
“Modern US”: an asymptomatic 21 y/o wants his testosterone checked because he “wants to know his body and follow the trend”. 😵💫. If I object too vehemently then I risk being “judgemental” or some other nonsense. Because it’s no longer acceptable for an MD with thirty years of experience to tell a young person that they are “misguided” or refuse.
I see people for fu 24 hours after they have been diagnosed with COVID because they were told to see their PCP?! (Healthy young person). We have no triage, our call center is tragic and mostly : ZERO common sense. That the ER now tells EVERYONE to fu with their PCP which is absurd especially with for a viral illness in an otherwise healthy person during a pandemic/epidemic etc. Usually they need work notes but what the ER cannot generate that? They were well compensated for something that should not have gone to the ER in the first place.
My grandfather passed away in ‘79 at the age of 88, and other than the last week of his life which he spent in hospital with “multi system organ failure”, he had not seen a doctor since his foot was run over by a tank in WWI. I learned a lot about what was considered life threatening and what wasn’t by listening to him and my grandmother, who birthed all of her children at home in her bed. Including an 11 pounder. Suffice it to say, I’m not one to overreact, either with my own health, or my patient’s. (They also like hearing about my grandparent’s stories, and sharing their own with me.)
My grandmother died at age 84. She saw a doctor less than 10 times her ENTIRE life. I don’t think she ever took an antibiotic. She did have a hysterectomy due to a significant cystocele. Her parents saw a doctor prob even less. They also lived to 80 plus. The people who died in her village died of smoking, drinking too much, accidents and suicide and cancer. Here and there a stroke but not that many and an occasional MI. Both of those groups generally smoked.
“Modern US”: an asymptomatic 21 y/o wants his testosterone checked because he “wants to know his body and follow the trend”. 😵💫. If I object too vehemently then I risk being “judgemental” or some other nonsense. Because it’s no longer acceptable for an MD with thirty years of experience to tell a young person that they are “misguided” or refuse.
I see people for fu 24 hours after they have been diagnosed with COVID because they were told to see their PCP?! (Healthy young person). We have no triage, our call center is tragic and mostly : ZERO common sense. That the ER now tells EVERYONE to fu with their PCP which is absurd especially with for a viral illness in an otherwise healthy person during a pandemic/epidemic etc. Usually they need work notes but what the ER cannot generate that? They were well compensated for something that should not have gone to the ER in the first place.
My grandfather passed away in ‘79 at the age of 88, and other than the last week of his life which he spent in hospital with “multi system organ failure”, he had not seen a doctor since his foot was run over by a tank in WWI. I learned a lot about what was considered life threatening and what wasn’t by listening to him and my grandmother, who birthed all of her children at home in her bed. Including an 11 pounder. Suffice it to say, I’m not one to overreact, either with my own health, or my patient’s. (They also like hearing about my grandparent’s stories, and sharing their own with me.)
Just read this to my Mom Who was born in 1936 via midwife on the Austrian and Hungarian border.