Why I Switched to Alternative Medicine

Well, you asked‼  It’s a little lengthy to explain, since it has been going on for many years.  Since I’m drafting all of this, perhaps I’ll enter it into my blog.  Ha, ha.

So, the conventional doctors (western medicine) say:

·        Go to an allergist!

·        The allergists (I went to two of them) put me on weekly injections of the things I was allergic to.  Did it for two straight years.  So, I walked around with two Popeye bumps on my biceps.  Very painful.  Meanwhile, I didn’t see any change or improvement.  Then I became pregnant and stopped.  Afterwards, I picked up once again for another two years (no improvement).  I stopped during a second pregnancy.  Then I never resumed them.  They weren’t making a bit of difference.

·        Obstetrician (for Trevor):  When I went into labor and arrived at the hospital (after calling my doctor), he was not on call and I had to pick his partner (an American/Italian with pointy shoes).  This doctor totally ignored me (I’m 10 centimers dilated) until Trevor’s father has to go and get him and say (while he’s just filling out charts), “Doctor, I think you’d better come in.”  To which the doctor says, “there’s plenty of time.”  And Victor says, “Doctor, come in now, the head is crowning.”  At which point he is all flustered, rolls me into the delivery room on an emergency stretcher and doesn’t even have time to transfer me to the actual bed in the delivery room.  He botches up my episiotomy, runs out of thread, is perspiring with stress, while I soothe him and tell him I’m alright and to take it easy (and he rethreads the needle).  Meanwhile, Victor (Trevor’s dad) is turning green and someone has to take him out of the room to sit down somewhere.  I had trouble healing from his botch up for a long time (close to a year).

·        Obstetrician (for Melissa:  I chose one in Brooklyn who had a good reputation):  His office was like a conveyor line.  When I left I asked the front desk for a receipt for my payment.  The administrator says, “The doctor is too busy to give you a receipt.  Your cancelled check will be your receipt.”  To which I responded, “I’m too busy to write a check, if the doctor’s too busy to give me a receipt.”

·        Obstetrician #2 (for Melissa).  I chose one in Staten Island this time.  I explained my previous experience with other doctors

·        Obstetrician (for Melissa):  I advised him how fast I give birth and warn him about it and tell him to go to the hospital as soon as I call him.  He doesn’t.  Even the nurse, upon arrival was annoyed at the doctor for not showing.  They had called him about three times and the nurse told me that he lived about 10 minutes away.  This time I chose a Cuban doctor (I didn't know any of the doctors on call and had to choose one of them).  This doctor was very gentle and didn't mind my asking questions.  He waited in the delivery room with me for my actually doctor to arrive.  We were all in the delivery room and my doctor had still not arrived.  Finally this doctor (Dr. Perez) said "we can't wait for him any longer."  Dr. Perez did a wonderful job with the delivery.  I was fine afterwards with no pain (like the first time).  My actual doctor finally sauntered in 20 minutes after Melissa's delivery.  I was so furious with him.  He was all smiley and happy for me, as if he hadn't done anything wrong.  I was supposed to give him the last payment for his services, but I didn't want to.  I arranged, through my health insurance to give it to Dr. Perez.  Dr. Perez said, "we do this as a courtesy for the other doctors."  I told him, "no, I want to pay you, not my doctor who didn't even bother to show for Melissa's delivery."  My doctor (can't remember his name any longer) was furious with me and came into my room later to argue with me.  He said I wasn't a doctor and didn't know what was going on.  I said, "oh, I think I did."

·        ENT:  take antibiotics for the sinusitis and bronchitis. 

·        ENT:  “Have a sinuplasty surgery.  I do many of them.”

·        ENT (the same one and maybe a year later, or at my next sinus and bronchial infection bout):  “I wouldn’t recommend sinuplasty.  I don’t think it would help.”  To which  I responded, “but you recommended it the last time I saw you.”  ENT:  “But, you haven’t had many episodes of sinusitis.  I wouldn’t recommend it at this time.”  She prescribes antibiotics.

·        ENT (the same one, at the next bout visit):  “So, when are you going to have surgery?”  Me:  “huh?  You said you didn’t recommend it.”  ENT:  “yes, but now you’ve had sinusitis three times this year, so I would recommend it.”

·        One year later:  After much researching and consideration, I set up an appointment with the same ENT for surgery.  When I arrive and she checks me (this is the pre-surgery examination) she says, “I don’t think your condition supports surgery.”

·        Duh??????