TELLING OFF YOUR INHUMAN DOCTOR

I dress in a way I feel expresses the inner me--a mixture of male & female dress.  Dr. Victor Inada is a total

prisoner of the black-brown-blue male/female apartheid of gender conformity.  Most  males are.  Ever since he

told me: "You are the one who shows up for these appointments wearing a costume", I have avoided going to

see him for about two years. I'm a gender-it-queer & a transgender-rights & transgender-fashion-activist.  I just

knew I shouldn't "prepare for battle" before each appointment with him.  I asked for his help finding a place

where-paying with my own personal money-,I could  be tested to see if I had the gene that indicates you are "4

times more likely" to get Alzheimer's than you are if you don't have that gene. He didn't think I "should" &

replied: "Why do you want to know? You can't do anything about it anyway." I know you may have the gene &

not get Alzheimer's and/or you may not have the gene & still get Alzheimer's.  My mother spent ten years dying

of Alzheimer's--diapered & spoon fed till the age of 90 when Alzheimer's finally killed her. I have no family &

need to do the best I can to see that my medical needs & will are in order.  He didn't understand that.  If I have

two months to live, I want a doctor to tell me that up front. I knew he wouldn't. THE STATEMENT that  REALLY

OUTRAGED me was his SMUG statement that at some point, I would be ill and "HE WOULD BE IN CHARGE."

That was it!  I told him I'd be the Captain of this ship, my body.  If I made the wrong decisions & I died, it would

be because I HAD CHOSEN to make my own decisions at whatever risk---that I would not become a  human

vegetable in a bed being milked of all my worldly goods by physicians like himself--more generally like our

entire medical system is today..I probably was overly personal and direct toward Dr. Victor Inada.  He was

being the "typical, responsible physician" & like too many doctors today thought he always knew what was

best for me. I'd told him I respected his professional education, that  I listened to his advice & always  

considered it carefully.  He'd once told me that mixing poppers & Viagra could be deadly.  I told him that I had

listened to that advice & had chosen to give up Viagra.  He put his hand to his forehead as if in great pain. I

was an "impossible patient" for any physician who, perhaps rightfully, believe he/she/it/ whatever always knew

what was best for the patient. When he wouldn't renew a simple medication for preventing my ankles from

swelling with water, I just blew my top & left him this message"(Hydrochlorothiazide 25MG Tab"  Went to CVS &

they said that water pills would do much the same thing but perhaps not as effectively.  I brought them for

$5.97--the co-pay under medicare for his script was only about $20. Too many people see physicians as "living

Gods"--the ultimate authority on THEIR health.  I believe a physician should listen to the patient & work with

that patient in a productive way. I will be looking for a physician who will talk with me--if only to tell me which of

two or three "lesser evils" my own choice of supplements & medications would be--even if they disapprove of

some I am taking & won't prescribe and/or approve of my using them.  By the way, SAM-E is great for mild

depression but not for severe depression. Even the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece approving of it. (Widely

used in Europe.) Look it up on the Internet. Take control of your own body & make your own health-care

choices.  Stay healthy.  Live long and well.  Happy Holidays!

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[Atitoinnyc]

glad i ran into this, i have complaints about callen lorde docs too

[RandolfeWicker]

@Atitoinnyc I suspect it is an "institutional thing". They are ultra conservative & cautious in their approaches to everything because they want to be "above" any criticism.

[RandolfeWicker]

Thank you for those words of encouragement. I felt this video touched on a v ery serious matter. If it empowers just one person to stand up to their overbearing doctor/physician/psychiatrist/­etc it will have been a worthwhile undertaking. Spread the word!

[RETIREMESOON]

AMEN brother /sister.I'm GLAD someone is finally fighting back against cruel care and judgement.

I have worked since I was 16 till 47 and I went to 2 colleges and worked in a stressful Facility till I was too sick.Turned out that I had Bipolar disease and needed care for burn out and the disease.After 45 days he asked me," Are you feeling better are you ready to go get a job " ?

Who does my doctor shrink work for the TAX MAN.HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT FROM A SICK MAN ? Work me while I'm sick ?

[jimisru]

ugh



[mk9000]

Amen!!! I love this video. You rock!