The beauty of the Net is the democratization of information. Patients can research and understand their own diseases faster and begin the healing process. The danger lies in misunderstanding and/or misdiagnosing causing conversations with doctors to go off on completely irrelevant tangents.
Perhaps too much knowledge is a dangerous thing?
We slightly frustrated an oncologist yesterday when our line of questioning showed him that we had done some research, but had gotten confused in our understanding of the impact of Thyroid replacement hormones and their potential impact on gonadal function.
In so many words, he said, “I’m not sure where you found that, but one has nothing to do with the other. There’s no impact on gonadal function.”
“Actually, Doctor,” I said, “isn’t it true that men on Thyroid Replacement Hormone drugs need to have more sex than other men?”
Tamar was on the line in the other room and I could feel her cringe. J
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