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Hekate

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16. Thank you for that info, pnwmom. I'm so glad for the good outcome...

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2020, 03:57 PM

Oct 2020

It’s the best thing I’ve heard all day, and it made me cry.

Sounds to me like Trump’s personal doc simply has the same personal flaws as so many of those who find themselves in his orbit: they find themselves overwhelmed by his dominance and Will to Power. Someone wrote a whole book about that: Everything Trump Touches Dies.

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Luckily for me, an osteopath was willing to see me -- when the MD's wouldn't. [View all] pnwmom Oct 2020 OP

K & R. obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2020 #1

Thank you for posting this. I have tried to dispel the lack of understanding about DId here, tblue37 Oct 2020 #2

Those who deride osteopaths as 'not real doctors' Cirque du So-What Oct 2020 #3

I saw some really stupid posts about D.O.s on here Yeehah Oct 2020 #4

I don't understand that anti-Osteopath way of thinking Siwsan Oct 2020 #5

Dr. Conley's problem isn't that he's an osteopath. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #6

Right. His problem is he's a full-on Trumper, apparently. And they exist in all fields. n/t pnwmom Oct 2020 #8

This! Stinky The Clown Oct 2020 #9

Exactly right. It is not the initials behind his name. 3catwoman3 Oct 2020 #12

One goofball DO doesn't and shouldn't make them all look bad. BusyBeingBest Oct 2020 #7

I have a DO who graduated from a top-tier Med school as my primary care obamanut2012 Oct 2020 #10

I know of no top-tier medical schools that offer a DO degree...or a choice between the two unitedwethrive Oct 2020 #17

There is no top-tier DO school comparable to any of the Big Brand powerhouses. However, dalton99a Oct 2020 #19

Thanks for this mcar Oct 2020 #11

A combination of ignorance and snobbery, it seems. n/t pnwmom Oct 2020 #13

Seems so. nt mcar Oct 2020 #15

They are the source of primary care for many Americans dalton99a Oct 2020 #14

Thank you for that info, pnwmom. I'm so glad for the good outcome... Hekate Oct 2020 #16

Aw, thank you, Hekate! pnwmom Oct 2020 #18

Thanks for the post. Our local whole hospital in Maine (summer place)... LAS14 Oct 2020 #20

I once saw their special training in action, with a different osteopath. pnwmom Oct 2020 #24

I had an osteopath who was my family doctor the entire time we lived in Ohio until he retired... Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #21

All of my myriad doctors are MDs, but ... Staph Oct 2020 #22

Right. Good osteopaths are like good primary care M.D.'s -- they both try to see the whole person, pnwmom Oct 2020 #25

My primary care for years was a DO, an excellent doctor Jersey Devil Oct 2020 #23