Something to think about

Well I haven't had many chances to write lately, hopefully that Will change.


Some of you reading my posts may think that I am against doctors. Please do NOT get that impression. I am not against doctors I just feel that we should stand up for ourselves & our children more. I think that too often we agree to go along with everything the doctors say s & not often enough do we question the reasons for the procedures and/or medication/vaccines we put into our children. (I too am guilty of it, although I am now more aware & try to research things more.) I think we would all save a lot of money by simply asking what's the test for & how will the results change they way the "condition"it going to be treated?
Here's an example, during pregnancy most doctors routinely do a blood glucose test in the third trimester. I asked what would happen if I failed this test. I was told I would be put on a healthy diet. So -Why can't I save myself a couple of hundred dollars & just eat a healthy diet?
Of course, after I did some research I had lots more questions: If diabetes is going to cause deformities & other major health issues for baby it will do so in the first trimester. Why aren't they testing for this at that time? Why is the glucose test routine- it didn't start out as routine, it was started as a study to see if higher glucose levels in pregnancy would predict diabetes later in life.
My biggest question: Doctors know that glucose levels are naturally higher toward the end of pregnancy- so why are they stressing out women by telling them they have diabetes?

So here's something to think about:-- Everyone complains about the high cost of health care & health ins. Yet at the same time we often agree to tests & procedure because they are covered by ins. If we all had to pay out of our own pockets for every procedure we had done- I think everyone would be researching the validity of each & every procedure. After researching the procedure one would then make an informed decision. I think that there would be some procedures that would become non-existent. If everyone were more careful about what procedures they had done it would lower the cost health insurance because we wouldn't just agree to every procedure- 'cause the money would be coming straight out of our own pockets!

Hmmmmm. Chew on that a while. Then let me know what you think.