Today I had my first appointment with a new gastroenterologist after moving from one state to another.
How am I supposed to trust my doctor if she lied to me several times off the bat?
1.- When discussing possible treatment options, she told me the risk of getting lymphoma from azathioprine is literally as low as the risk of dying in a plane crash. But the scientific literature says the real risk with AZA is 400 to 4000 times greater than in an airplane.
2.- I've been on a diet that has greatly helped me for six months. Now she told me bluntly that there's no point in continuing it because "diet has no effect on Crohn's disease". Well, I think lots of members of this forum would say otherwise!
3.- I've been in remission for two years following surgery, with no problems and perfectly normal biological indicators. And yet she's been pestering me, telling me a relapse within the next 12 months is a dead certainty. No doctor can predict this, and even less with normal blood tests, no symptoms and a recent coloscopy showing non-progressive diseases.
Now, am I being a drama queen or am I right in being unable to trust a doctor who's either obviously misinformed or lying straight to my face?
How am I supposed to trust my doctor if she lied to me several times off the bat?
1.- When discussing possible treatment options, she told me the risk of getting lymphoma from azathioprine is literally as low as the risk of dying in a plane crash. But the scientific literature says the real risk with AZA is 400 to 4000 times greater than in an airplane.
2.- I've been on a diet that has greatly helped me for six months. Now she told me bluntly that there's no point in continuing it because "diet has no effect on Crohn's disease". Well, I think lots of members of this forum would say otherwise!
3.- I've been in remission for two years following surgery, with no problems and perfectly normal biological indicators. And yet she's been pestering me, telling me a relapse within the next 12 months is a dead certainty. No doctor can predict this, and even less with normal blood tests, no symptoms and a recent coloscopy showing non-progressive diseases.
Now, am I being a drama queen or am I right in being unable to trust a doctor who's either obviously misinformed or lying straight to my face?
