Reply #29: Didn't it just drive you crazy? [View All]

[MorningGlow]

I can't tell you the damage it did in so many areas of my life, as I tried to abide by that rule--teachers, yes, but especially with doctors. I'm hypothyroid, and I went to hell and back trying to get treated. (Because my TSH blood test for thyroid problems was in the "normal" range--which was later changed--the doctors I saw all thought I was crazy and told me to get lost.) Fighting for my health--and, I would swear, my very life--taught me to stand up for myself and NOT blindly obey the doctors.

It was a tough lesson to learn.

And every time I argued with a doctor or--heaven forbid--"fired" one of them, my parents practically fainted. "Ohhh how can you DO that! He (she) is a DOCTOR! They must know what they're doing--and they certainly know better than YOU."

Turns out they didn't. I was right all along. Thank the gods I found a homeopathic MD who knew better, too. :)