Comments on: Don’t Be Afraid To Question

By: seo

seo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:01:09 +0000

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By: Bethany in mid-MO

Bethany in mid-MO — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:49:17 +0000

I appreciate this post, Kendra! So many moms, especially new moms, are afraid to question the Dr! But, you are exactly right, there are times when (sadly) we are more informed about the latest discoveries than the doc is. The hard thing is being humble when the doctor is somewhat belligerent towards you you for your “ignorance.”

I have too many stories to share in this one blog comment box (after all, I have 5 kids). But, I think the worst in our family has been the way my daughter reacted to vaccinations. She went from 95% to “failure to thrive” in a matter of months. There is more to the story than this. You can read our vaccination stories here -
http://graceinbloom.blogspot.com/2008/10/vaccinations-part-1.html

(That is my old blog. The blog listed in the box above, where you visited earlier today, is my current blog.)

Bethany

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:59:52 +0000

I have become very sceptical of doctors and their quick advice over the years. I research everything and often find that the doctor has given poor advice or prescribed meds that are more dangerous than helpful. I stumbled on a website “mercola.com” and found it refreshing – though most doctors and pharmacutical’s dislike him completely, he hasn’t sold out to Big Pharma – lots of negative on the internet about him. But those of us who do follow his advice find ourselves healthier and have more energy. He doesn’t claim to be an expert on all things medical, does much of his own research at his own expense, and follows his own advice, and he has changed his mind on many things over the years when new information becomes available, and shares the new information quickly after researching it himself or by his medical staff. I don’t use his advice as a final word – but usually as a starting point for further research.

Using his advice almost 4 years ago, I was able to lower my blood pressure to normal and have my son with a midwife instead of a routine C-Section in the hospitlal. Counts for something in my book.

By: Lanna

Lanna — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:34:23 +0000

After blindly following the pack and having an OB during my pregnancy with my oldest, that was enough. I’m good with mommy intuition – I’m pretty good at it, too.

My now-3yo had a heart murmur the family doc found when he was 1yo. I wasn’t all that concerned. I didn’t have that gut feeling that something was wrong, nor was kiddo exhibiting any symptoms of something being wrong. At his 2yo checkup, doc heard the same murmur (I’d been hoping kiddo would outgrow it). Hubby and doc managed to talk me into taking kiddo to the pediatric cardiologist. Well, half a day of dragging a 2.5yo and 3mo around their office for 2 hours and $600 out-of-pocket later, kiddo’s heart murmur is nothing. He may outgrow it, he may not, but it’s nothing that will harm him or hamper his growing or anything. Aka, mommy was right. Which I told the doc about.

Again, my now-3yo… he had a yeast infection. We’d tried our home remedy stuff that I knew of – showers only, cutting out fruits and juices and as many refined sugars as we could, and using an awesome cream from a wahm that I have on hand for diaper rash or irritations or whatever. It almost went away. It came back a week or two later. So I promptly went in to the doc to get a prescription for Nystatin cream. The doc had to do his whole diagnosis and so on, I went through all the things we’d tried doing (which he as impressed with!), and that I was only there in his office for the Nystatin prescription. He was shocked I knew exactly what we needed, how to use it, and so on. Granted, I’ve been in mommy mode for several years now and I tend to run in a more alternative crowd, but still.

Or when my girl was born last year. She came at 41w6d. No OB’s in my county “let” women go past 40 weeks, let alone 41 weeks and then some. Good thing I had a midwife and a good track record with pushing out fully cooked kiddos.

My hubby’s had a few run-ins as of late with some doctors, but that’s not really internet fodder. Needless to say, we probably do more research on potential problems than our local slew of doctors. And as a bonus, MIL is a pharmacist who *has* to keep updated on medications and such, so we can use her as a reference (i.e. what allergy med can be taken while on certain antibiotics that won’t reduce the effectiveness of either?). Which is nice. Sometimes.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:11:20 +0000

Unfortunately, they don’t call it a license to “practice” medicine for nothing.

I have worked in the medical field for some 13 or 14 years now and absolutely love this post. I agree with your recommendations to take your well being into your own hands wholeheartedly.

Congratulations on the sound decisions and choices that you have made for you and your family.

All the best, Paul.

By: aimee

aimee — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:18:51 +0000

I think everybody needs to find a balance. I too rarely go to the doctor or take my kids. However, when my second child was 18 months old she became very sick (105 temp and blood in her urine) and it was found that she had a serere kidney and bladder infection that required IV antibiotics and a week hospital stay. She too did the test for reflux and it was found that she indeed had it. I am grateful that is was found so it could be treated properly. My pediatrician prescribed a years worth of antibiotic. I didn’t fill the script and instead used natural herbs and such to prophylactically treat her agenst any infection. A year later she was re-tested and the reflux had taken care of itself. I am very grateful to a good Dr, who saved my daughters kidney’s from recurrent infection and utimately kidney damage. This same daughter was found to me anemic and was prescribed iorn supplements, I didn’t fill the script (I tend to do that!) and researched and fed her iron rich foods, the anemia went away. I thankful for the knowledge that my doctors have, they can point me in directions that I wasn’t aware I needed to go. When it comes to treatment, I pretty much do the research and go my own route!