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kestrel91316

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4. Cat (and presumably dog) owners have been doing this for years.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2013, 11:24 AM

May 2013

They either come to me with a firm diagnosis that they have made based on some non-doctor's ravings on the internet and demand that I prescribe some wildly inappropriate medication, or they ignore a treatable problem too long because they have diagnosed a fatal condition where there was something treatable (but they let it go too far and than it's not treatable anymore).

I am so sick of this shit.

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Doctors Warn: Beware Of ‘Cyberchondria’ [View all] MineralMan May 2013 OP

Dr Google can be a real quack Warpy May 2013 #1

Yes. And the mistake many make is to believe that MineralMan May 2013 #2

omg! cyberchondria! that's totally me! i've got that! i'm sick! i must be! i read it online! unblock May 2013 #3

Cat (and presumably dog) owners have been doing this for years. kestrel91316 May 2013 #4

Then there is the other side of the fence - me and every other female MSer I've met.... LiberalLoner May 2013 #5

I'm a female and get most of my health info online womanofthehills May 2013 #6

Good for you. CanSocDem May 2013 #7