It's just like everything that doctors do. It's never a cure. It's smoke and mirrors. They try to distract you away from what the real problem is with something else.
Example: You go to the doctor and tell him that you were trying to pick up something in your garage and you hurt your back. He doesn't fix what's wrong with your back, he prescribes some pain pills so you will forget that your back hurts while it heals on it's own.In your case you went to the doctor because of low testosterone. Instead of figuring out and fixing the cause, he distracted you with some "hormone replacement".
Sorry about the doctor rant. It's just very frustrating to watch people you love suffer later in life and there ain't a damn thing these idiots can do.[/QUOTE]
I can completely understand how painful it is when someone you love is unwell and nothing seems to make a difference.
I work in a lab, and the thing that gets me the most is when we have newborns or pre-term babies that are seriously sick, and then we have to go through all sorts of testing to try and figure out what is actually wrong with them.
Not everything can be cured. Some babies are born with inborn errors of metabolism. It's genetic, and if they don't make some enzyme crucial to life.......................There are also genetic variables that will have some people not respond as well to some drugs, or not respond at all.
Just like if someone puts on a tonne of weight, it is not going to be an instant 'cure' to take it off. 10 years of being obese, having an unhealthy lifestyle is going to have an effect.
I see doctors struggling with this all the time, I see people in the hospital struggling with this all the time.
I have heard doctors say "I can give them all the meds in the world but until they lose some weight, nothing is going to make any difference", I see people outside the cardio-thoracic center (which cares for heart patients), smoking cigarettes, I see their families bringing them in fast food cause they don't like the food.
Doctors can only do what doctors can do. Some are better than others, some are more thorough, some will only go by the book, some will try different treatments.
There is another issue here though, which is being responsible for your own well-being.
There are so many variable with people 'healing' including being optomistic and having a postive outlook.
Not being afraid when you think something is not right and seeing the doctor as soon as possible. Knowing the symptoms of common diseases and taking early action.
My grandfather had a horrible death as he refused to see the doctor until it was too late.
My ex-husband's father died as he had a heart attack at around 5 am, and waited till the GP surgery opened at 8 am to phone the doctor before going to AE/ER. Minutes mean heart muscle, and while he recovered from the first one, he died not long after from a second one.
Doctors are not perfect, I know that myself when I speak to them about patients, they order incorrect tests, they don't always know what the tests they ordered mean, they forget their patients are on other drugs that will give abnormal test results.
Some are absolutely amazing though, for example, one of our haematology consultants was willing to communicate with one of my friend's fathers in Australia as he was in an isolated location and concerned about his polycythaemia. He wasn't going to get paid for that.
I also see the doctors running the bloods into the lab themselves, looking stressed, worried, and seriously concerned about their patients, the GPs that phone in to make sure everything is ok....................
I do request you give people in the medical community a bit of slack.
I would say most do not go into this area for any other reason than wanting to help people. It is often a thankless task, stressful, and if often does not pay that well for the amount of education and continuing training that is required.
PS, with back problems, you have to be asked to be referred to a physio, and in a lot of cases, it is just the combination of keeping moving and a wee bit of rest while it does heal on its own. They can't accelerate healing with any meds.
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