I don't understand why people don't trust their doctors. When mine told me I needed the flu shot when I was pregnant? I got the effin' flu shot! Her job is to protect my health and the health of my baby and I trust her to do that.

Some doctors I trust for some things, other doctors I trust for other things. I have a dim view of the medical profession as a whole on certain aspects of my health. I have formed a habit of verifying some types of information I get from them. So yeah, there are times when if a doctor makes a recommendation, if it seems counterintuitive to me, or I think I may have heard conflicting information, I will delve deeper before blindly accepting a doctor's advice. So I can totally see how someone might ponder whether getting a flu shot while pregnant is standard procedure or not. Of course, that particular question would be easily resolved for me, just by double checking with WebMD or the Mayo Clinic site, or some such.

GC, I haven't felt like I had a "my doctor" in fifteen years

Oh, hai. Today's meeting with the psychologist was all "why is my neuro continuing to fail me?" and all sorts of reasons why she's not allowed to do anything about it, because he's sensitive about playground politics and being ratted out to other health professionals.

WELL STOP NOT DOING ANYTHING.

NSB?

Seriously, failing to try to help a patient is doing something. And it's doing the shitty thing. The wrong thing. The really un-Hippocratic Oath thing.

I trust medical advice over the random internets. And my experiences over medical advice that doesn't really know me and fails to listen to my own actual experiences in my body.

But if they recommend a vaccination? I am getting the vaccination. We can quibble details later but I know I am not smarter than viral swarm intelligence.

I can see questioning a vaccination when pregnant -- there are lots of things that aren't safe when pregnant.

Of course, by "questioning a vaccination" I mean "talk to some other medical professionals" not "throw it open to a vote on my Facebook page."

Right. Of course. Not least because I have people on my page who would think my Coke habit is as serious as, well, a coke habit.

I wouldn't open up a question like that on facebook, but I'd probably ask it here, which is completely different to me.

Oh, heck yeah. If a quick look at Webmd and Mayo got me no reassurances that my doctor was advising me correctly, I would bring it to the Hivemind. But sadly, not everyone has a reliable Hivemind like we do here.

Oh, heck yeah. If a quick look at Webmd and Mayo got me no reassurances that my doctor was advising me correctly, I would bring it to the Hivemind. But sadly, not everyone has a reliable Hivemind like we do here.

WS, I agree completely, and I feel bad for them. Which is why I said I wouldn't post it on facebook.

Speaking of medical stuff, my fertility drugs came in the mail yesterday wit their very own sharps hazardous waste container. Which makes sense, but it still more than a little disconcerting.

That's big thing, sj. Lots of ~ma for you.