tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21283578.post3961245958094051250..comments2023-07-26T08:13:35.753-07:00Comments on Lotta's place: if you have cancer, you want to know it, believe meLotta Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241784939983338833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21283578.post-23498559980907419262009-11-20T11:17:47.875-08:002009-11-20T11:17:47.875-08:00I agree with you!! There is a fundamental fault in...I agree with you!! There is a fundamental fault in the American medical system (apart from insurance, but that's another question) at that is that most doctor's practice preventing everything that might be rather than curing illness when it's there. I think the breast cancer debate we've had this week is an example of this that is now coming back to haunt us/them. Rather than informing and educating women on the issue, keeping a calm and objective mind when screening, a lot of women are being scared in to false negatives that will unjustifiably disrupt and unsettle them. Why? In some cases, doctors want to treat everything, even things that aren't a problem. Sometimes they are worried that they will miss something, and are instead overcautious in case they will get sued later.<br />And yes, I can see how a lot of women start to panic - they want to trust the medical profession.<br /><br />Screening, mammography and self-examinations are hugely important, it is vital, and something that shouldn't be cut back - (especially not on recommendation of male Doctors - leave this to us women!) - but it should be used with a lot of respect and care. There is usually a lot of hype in this country, everything is very black and white. If you do this - this will happen, if you don't do this this will happen. It is very, very stressful to try and live a "normal and balanced" life (what ever that is) in this country, people tend to go to extremes rather than choose the "gyllene medelväg". So we tried to scare women in to breast cancer awareness - that didn't work - they have become too neurotic - let's try taking it all away from them, that should teach them to be less anxious in the future....<br /><br />Whatever happened to objective and well-presented information? We have the technology and the research, let's use it to really find and treat cancer, instead of scaring the living be-jesus out of all of us.ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09948736380910120238noreply@blogger.com