Comments on: The ’18 Second Rule’: why your doctor missed your heart disease diagnosis http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:03:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Healthy Life http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/#comment-818 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:30:40 +0000 http://myheartsisters.org/?p=5599#comment-818 We have put a link to this article from our Lifestyle Changes website [...] Heart Sisters = The 18 Second Rule [...]

]]> By: Carolyn Thomas http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/#comment-772 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:07:49 +0000 http://myheartsisters.org/?p=5599#comment-772 Hi Paula – I too wish that doctors would read this book – and patients, too. It would help all parties understand each other a bit better. It’s not only important to communicate our symptoms to our docs, but it’s even more important to educate ourselves about our own health, to pay attention to what feels “normal” vs. what doesn’t, and then not to take NO for an answer if we are not satisfied with our care.
Thanks again!

]]> By: Carolyn Thomas http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/#comment-771 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:01:49 +0000 http://myheartsisters.org/?p=5599#comment-771 Well, it’s a good thing you DIDN’T listen to that intern then! Trouble is, many of us (like me) take even a misdiagnosis very seriously if it comes from a person with the letters M.D. after his/her name.

]]> By: Paula http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/#comment-770 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:59:09 +0000 http://myheartsisters.org/?p=5599#comment-770 How frighteningly similar to your story, Carolyn!

I hope doctors read this book, and I hope too that we, as patients, recognize the importance of communicating our symptoms effectively to our doctors, and being advocates for our own health. Doctors are human after all, and we’re the ones who may not know what’s going on with our bodies, but know how we FEEL.

Another great article, C. :-)

]]> By: troll http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/#comment-745 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:07:52 +0000 http://myheartsisters.org/?p=5599#comment-745 We have linked to this article from our site: [...] The 18 Second Rule: why your doctor missed your heart disease diagnosis [...]

]]> By: Dmadscientist http://myheartsisters.org/2010/01/27/18-second-rule/#comment-736 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:28 +0000 http://myheartsisters.org/?p=5599#comment-736 Tell me about it – if I had listened to the “Intern” the first time I went to the ER, I might not be here today!

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