That's awful. I, too, have turned to Google M.D. before. I went to five different doctors for throat discomfort and chest pain. The first four didn't see anyth

That's awful. I, too, have turned to Google M.D. before. I went to five different doctors for throat discomfort and chest pain. The first four didn't see anything in my mouth, so told me I can't be having any symptoms if they don't see anything after a two second glance at my mouth and refused to do anything further. I was in enough discomfort I lost sleep, and after a few months of these symptoms I couldn't stop thinking the worst. I had to practically threaten the last doctor to do an infection test which turned out a positive result for mono. Not my imagination after all. As for my chest, I described my symptoms to my mother, who almost immediately suggested acid reflux. Sure enough, as later confirmed by a throat specialist, that's what it was, and the medication fixed my symptoms pretty much the next day. If you're a young male, doctors don't want anything to do with you. I usually Google things and make my own decisions now. I've started to view GPs as nothing but an unfortunate barrier on my way to a useful prescription or specialist.