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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  I know doctors of all kinds get frustrated because people read so much off the web nowadays and a lot of times it is wrong. But they just need to deal with it, ha ha. I was seeing a physical therapist, who I actually liked a lot, but I came in one time and told him I had diagnosed myself with hip bursitis. He got kind of snide, but of course, when he examined me, what was it? HIP BURSITIS. Take THAT, Mr. Smarty Doc! |
yep i have had that plenty of times -- i went to ims with my dd and i said i think she has colitis to internist and when ims came in room she said to internist i told you this girl could practically be a vet at this point - i laughed and said i really did not want to be i just wanted a cute little dog and due to health issues this spun out of control. She said you are exactly right i looked at poop and it is colitis and we discussed tylan powder, probiotics and metronidazole and went probiotics route. This ims is the best in the county and i trust her completely she saved my dogs life but she is very supportive of me educating myself. I am a control freak and after 20k plus in vet bills i learned real quick you better educate yourself and honestly through yahoo groups and this group you can learn a ton about breed and health issues from other pet owners and the internet is a viable source of information and if you read the same thing over and over it is most likely correct now if it is one off then you know it is probably not true so i get so upset when someone says do not read on internet as it helps alot narrow things down and can save you financially in deciding best care and tests to run as sometimes they spin out of control with the testing costing thousands of dollars when you can narrow things down with less testing like spec cpli for pancreatitis rather than 400 for ultrasounds for example