second opinion

Im stil aliive! well, of course i am. i just drank some alcohol last night and i dont feel anything weird or wrong with my health. besides, its not like im going to die overnight after a night of drinking. and i didnt drink to my heart's content to reach the piss drunk level. i miss those days where i cant even find the guy's restroom and end up being surprised because im about to enter the wrong door. anyway, this blog isnt about getting drunk, its about second opinions. well, sort of.

i had this hematologist back in 2003 to advise me on my blood concerns, back then, the only thing she prohibited me from eating was sisig. that was a bit of a bad news to me since i liked eating sisig. so, aside from sisig, there were no other prohibited stuff (well, except for smoking, but i didnt admit i was a smoker and like i said, i WAS a smoker. it took me 4 attempts to quit before i finally stopped and im not even a heavy smoker). anyway, for some reason, i switched to another hematologist for a second opinion. and this hematologist caused a lot of problems for me. im not even sure if she knew what she was doing. ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration but still she did piss me off a lot. why? she's the doctor that told me to stop drinking alcohol! what the? if i remember correctly, this was back in january 2005. when she told me that, my reaction in my head was like, "holy crap, i love alcohol, what's wrong with you woman!". she's also the same doctor that told me to drink at least 3 liters of liquids everyday (which i was hesitant to comply because it meant i had to take a piss often and i find that a bit annoying and uncomfortable). she is also the doctor that prescribed i take chemotherapy pills (which i refused to take because i thought it was absurd and as far as i know, i dont have to take those until its really necessary and the way i see things its not necessary). so i did my own research on the chemotherapy pills/capsules she prescribed and found out many things the doctor failed to explain (from the side effects to the precautions she should have taken, its not like some medication she can prescribe that easily). i explained this to my mother and was able to convince her that i know more than this doctor when it comes to taking care of myself. so, i returned to my first hematologist and this time, she didnt prohibit me from eating or drinking anything (which some people find a bit questionable or problematic because i didnt really ask her if im still not supposed to take the stuff prohibited by my second hematologist). the only thing she asked me to do is just keep hydrating myself so my blood wont get too dense. i also sort of got a third opinion from the UP infirmary, and the doctor told me to just follow what my current hematologist asks me to do (and the reason my arm went numb is because of anxiety, most likely cause is my civil procedure professor and not my blood condition).

wait, was it really a second opinion? because i switched back to the first doctor so its like just reverting to the first opinion. but, its like a second opinion from the second doctor, so...third opinion? would that make the UP infirmary be considered as fourth opinion? to make everything simple, all of them are just opinions and for an excessively skeptical person like me, i take such opinions lightly (to my mother's disappointment because i rarely take anything seriously). Well, what can i do, i cant stop doubting what doctors tell me about my health, Yes i admit they know more, but that doesnt mean they are entirely right.