I can’t believe it!
Just heard from my “doctor in the wild” — i.e., an MD who is NOT associated with the Mayo Clinic.
Yeah: I keep a doc in the wild for two reasons. The main one: the Mayo is located halfway to Payson: damn near an hour’s drive from here. So that means every doctor visit entails almost two hours of driving through hectic traffic. I’ve taken to reserving the cross-country journey for ailments that I think are serious stuff.
The other reason: Doctors are only human. They make mistakes.
For that reason, I always get a second opinion. No matter what kind of Hell & High Water we’re looking at.
So, that being a fact supported by experience, when the Mayo suggested that diabetes or mebbe prediabetes (make up your minds, folks!) was hauling me toward Death’s Door, I decided to quietly get a “check-up” from Young Dr. Kildare’s crew.
His P.A. just called and reported that there’s NO SIGN OF DIABETES OR PREDIABETES OR ANY OTHER BLOOD SUGAR ISSUE in the elaborate set of tests they just performed.
Understand: it’s not the first time YDK’s team has beaten me about the head & shoulders with this annoying blood test. And…consistently, they say the results are well within the normal range.
So…
Umh….
So…???? What the HELL is the Mayo doing, delivering a diagnosis that directly contradicts other doctors’ conclusions?
Dare one ask if they’re fishing for long-term patients who will have to come back every few weeks from now until the sun burns out?
Naaaaahhhhhh…. Couldn’t be. Could it?
