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Growing up with a mom who was a non-working registered nurse, every time I or my siblings came down with symptoms like fever, nausea, vomiting, etc she almost n
by maroonblazer 9y ago
Growing up with a mom who was a non-working registered nurse, every time I or my siblings came down with symptoms like fever, nausea, vomiting, etc she almost never took us to the doctor. Instead it was rest and liquids, maybe an aspirin. I would always plead with her that we needed to seek professional medical advice. Now as an adult I realize that she knew too well the limitations of that advice when it comes to most minor maladies people suffer.
And yet today I still see friends and colleagues go to the Dr or call the "teledoc" when they have these symptoms. They usually get an antibiotic (which has its own issues) or told they simply need to rest.
- bobo_legos 9y agoSame exact story except my mom is and still is a working R.N. There was no running to the doctor or emergency room if I got sick or banged up an knee or elbow. To this day as a grown adult I still work this way. It's a completely foreign concept to me to automatically run to the doctor like so many people around me seem to do. You're other point about knowing the limitations of doctors is completely valid. Every night at the dinner table I heard one horror story after another about the crazy shit doctors would do at her hospital. Maybe its why today I don't run to the doctor for every little thing. I got the understanding that just because someone went to medical school and got an M.D. doesn't mean they're a miracle worker. There's just as many screw ups in that industry as any other. On the upside though if something does happen where I(or someone in my family) need a doctor I can go to her(and my R.N. sister) to tell me who the good ones are and who to avoid like the plague.