HEALTH

By Alan Marston, 21 July 2009

 

No doubt about it, health professionals and legions of administration desk jockeys spend 90% of their time and energy reassuring people they don't have this and they don't have that. What they do have is usually a mystery but considered far less significant to health than the 5 minute application of a talking cure for what is assumed to be the real disease, anxiety.

 

I believe they've got it wrong. The talking cure maybe effective in 50 or 40 or 10 percent of cases, not 90. I don't know. What I do know is that over the years I have adopted the policy in respect of health; work out my own diagnosis, go to the doctor, whatever he/she says ask for specific tests in my area of concern. This, without a doubt, works.

                

 

By way of evidence let's take the most recent health issue of mine. A cough. After much reassurance around post nasal drip, post viral irritation, cold and many not to worries I receive a prescription for cortisone-like steroid to suppress … yes, suppress my immune system -which I didn't take - but no diagnosis. Being a hard to reassure natural born cynic I proceeded to try and find out myself what is going on and settled on Whooping Cough. I proceed to the doctor again for the solepurpose of getting permission slips for two tests and a referral.

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