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Why dont doctors keep up with things on the computer..we do.

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lee12629
lee12629

Hi I went to my doctor today,again got a few answers but not many.This is about my sixth trip about vaginal atrophy.I would ask her questions,got a few..i have never heard that..vitamin e,costs of HRT treatment,I mentioned the Mona Lisas Smile treatment.She has not heard of that either.She wrote it down and I believe she was quite anxious to look it up.I wonder why some doctors dont like us looking up things on the net,they should be doing the same.I would think they could learn many new things from the computer.

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  • nancyo
    nancyo lee12629

    Posted

    sounds like you need a new doctor... not versed in what you are going through,, I learn more from allof you than I do from doctors...
    • lee12629
      lee12629 nancyo

      Posted

      Shes a sweet doctor,but not pro active enough..thinking i will get a second opinion on hrt as she doesnt use vagifem much.
  • lee12629
    lee12629

    Posted

    I meant mona lisas touch..gad i hope i didnt tell her mona lisas smile lol
  • nancyo
    nancyo lee12629

    Posted

    that is funny....  mona lisa smile... it is works we will all be smiling
  • chris00938
    chris00938 lee12629

    Posted

    I think Lee, and this does frustrate me as much as it does you, that it's because they a GENERAL practitioners and they just dont have enough time to really go into options of problems and this is why we get sent to specialists.  I don't think their training, or their time for research allows for anything but general.   But the pressure on them not to refer now, is wrong.  If they don't have an answer, they should refer, in my view.  Six trips about a problem would be OK if it was dealing with it, but six trips not to achieve anything - I'd be pushing for a referral.  BUT, with a bit of luck you'll find some answers that will work for you on this group!  Then you get tell your doctor, on the next trip, so she can suggest that for someone else.  What I found really refreshing was that she doesn't use vagifem much, because so many GPs don't seem to see beyond that.  BUT, having said that, if she's using a cream instead, she needs to make sure it can't be overdosed and is in an applicator because of that.    But how's it going with you now? 
  • Sus28
    Sus28 lee12629

    Posted

    This forum is the most helpful friend we have.
    • nancyo
      nancyo Sus28

      Posted

      I agree sus, learned more things here than any doctor ever told me
  • pat24235
    pat24235 lee12629

    Posted

    Totally agree ... We have to do all we can to be informed and tell them.
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