There was one good thing that came out of Theranos and that's that the crazy woman got a law passed out here in AZ that we can order our own blood tests without a doctor. I don't understand why it is so frowned upon. I ordered tests to prove that I had a particular disease that apparently 'people your age don't get' so now I get treated properly for it rather than being told I'm a hypochondriac or have chronic fatigue and there's nothing to be done.
I've been working with them for over 15 years. Most of them have always been arrogant, ignorant, assholes who don't listen to their patients and don't read anything. I have never blindly trusted a doctor, although my mom did when I was younger and I suffered for it. She now no longer does. If she is told something, she researches it herself just like she told me to do.
I'm in healthcare IT. I have access to UpToDate and the other databases doctors use. I still prefer looking at medical studies, but UpToDate is good for dosing information.
There was one good thing that came out of Theranos and that's that the crazy woman got a law passed out here in AZ that we can order our own blood tests without a doctor. I don't understand why it is so frowned upon. I ordered tests to prove that I had a particular disease that apparently 'people your age don't get' so now I get treated properly for it rather than being told I'm a hypochondriac or have chronic fatigue and there's nothing to be done.
I've been working with them for over 15 years. Most of them have always been arrogant, ignorant, assholes who don't listen to their patients and don't read anything. I have never blindly trusted a doctor, although my mom did when I was younger and I suffered for it. She now no longer does. If she is told something, she researches it herself just like she told me to do.
I'm in healthcare IT. I have access to UpToDate and the other databases doctors use. I still prefer looking at medical studies, but UpToDate is good for dosing information.