On an online forum, there's currently someone who is flipping out over... moles. She has normal, every day moles. But, she says, she's looked at images online and she's 100% convinced she has some weird skin malady that nobody else has.
She yells at anyone who points out how normal the spots are, because she's sure that the spots don't match any of the pictures, and ignores any suggestions that if she thinks she has some weird skin disease, she needs a doctor and not Dr Google.
My sister-in-law, when recently hospitalized, challenged everything (meds, tests given, tests not given, the interpretation of tests, etc) against the web research she was doing.
One morning she started in on her doctor. He listened patiently then quietly said to her: Sally, I got my education at the University Of Michigan Medical School, not on the internet.
Thank goodness they're cashiers.
ReplyDelete"OK, but what did the baggers say? Those are the ones in the know - not the cashiers."
ReplyDeleteWhat evidence were they basing their diagnosis? We could start from there, perhaps.
ReplyDeleteSay what! You did not concur with Dr. Oz or Web Md! How dare you!
ReplyDeleteDr. Google should be the go to doctor for Parkinson's.
ReplyDeleteIt's all those medical journals they have on display at the checkout stands.
ReplyDelete"I mean, one time you accidentally throw five cans of chili at people's heads while you're checking out..."
ReplyDeleteOn an online forum, there's currently someone who is flipping out over... moles. She has normal, every day moles. But, she says, she's looked at images online and she's 100% convinced she has some weird skin malady that nobody else has.
ReplyDeleteShe yells at anyone who points out how normal the spots are, because she's sure that the spots don't match any of the pictures, and ignores any suggestions that if she thinks she has some weird skin disease, she needs a doctor and not Dr Google.
-sigh-
Clearly, they need to recalibrate their scanners.
ReplyDeleteShe didn't even ask the manager? Pfft.
ReplyDelete1 out of 10 cashiers recommend you get verification from your neurologist.
ReplyDeleteGood thing cashiers are not allowed to treat the illnesses they diagnose.
My sister-in-law, when recently hospitalized, challenged everything (meds, tests given, tests not given, the interpretation of tests, etc) against the web research she was doing.
ReplyDeleteOne morning she started in on her doctor. He listened patiently then quietly said to her: Sally, I got my education at the University Of Michigan Medical School, not on the internet.
I love her doctor.