Trust, faith, and confidence in going to the doctor

       Let's face it, we humans have been going to our doctors since time immemorial.  I always suspected it was some kind of intrinsic human faith and instinct that is the reason. But I really don't know for sure.

            And let's also face it, our present day doctors and dentists and veterinarians are" generally speaking"  hard working, well educated, and often smart, too. Kinda like the old days, too, or so I suspect since I did not live back then.

            Even I know some doctors, too. Even some of them were students in another time. They were good people.

            And in theory we have advanced past things like "bleeding" sick people,  germ contaminated surgeries, and other such things.  Even bad drug interactions are better known now, and having computers helps, too.

            And we all are different, boys and girls included. Said another way,  the effects of different drugs do vary, including the snake oil type things.

            Yet in the back of my mind, I worry that maybe even today some bad practices are being taught, mostly because that is "accepted practice", like bleeding sick people used to be taught. I always thought this was taught in the west's medical schools, but I really don't know for sure.  I even fall back on my own experience where seeing a doctor who spoke English as a first language was an unique experience.  Now in fairness, most of our medical problems, usually called being sick or hurt, can be treated by corpsman, medics, nurses, etc.  Etc. can include we the people, too.

            Which leads to my point. If we get to a hard time situation, often we can provide our own health care for our loved ones, as best we can. Now a little knowledge can go a long way, and also can make us knowledgeable enough to be dangerous.

            Hence, I don't despair, at least not yet. And I am referring to hard times, and having to take care of my loved ones, as best I can, like we can't get to a doctor or hospital, or even to the gateway things.  And last, sometimes the patient dies, even during hard times. In this case, often whether a doctor is there or not is often secondary.

            What's the old joke. Two things are inevitable; taxes, and death. So even today's doctors can't cheat the grim reaper, and neither can you or me.