how do you know it's right?
What I do is compare what they say to what organizations like the ASMBS, the Vitamin D Council, the Linus Pauling Institute, the Mayo Clinic and places like that say on subjects. I consider what other people tell me they've been told by their doctors. I ask my doctors where they are getting information if I'm not sure about it. And I consider whether it makes sense or not, based on my knowledge of anatomy and physiology and so forth. I have a few people whose opinions I really trust, too, and I'll ask them if I am unsure of something my doc has said. Or I'll ask another doc - I have three docs I see right now, my PCP, my psychiatrist and my back specialist. So if the psychiatrist says something I"m unsure of, I'll ask my PCP for her opinion.
So. How do you know you're being given the right info?
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
No...but stick around this board long enough and you'll find plenty of folks given not only inaccurate, but DANGEROUS information. Flintstone vitamins and the like. So I think a bit of due diligence is in good order. This is our health, after all.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
