OMG! Pressure!

[pen_grunt]

Pregnancy board lady: OMG, my doctor is trying to pressure me into getting a flu shot!
Me: OMG, if you're not going to listen to your doctor, why aren't you just getting pregnancy advice by holding a conch shell up to your ear and doing whatever the ocean sounds tell you to do?

Sometimes I just snap, man.

Seriously, though. You can NOT take your doctor's advice or get a second opinion, or whatever...but it's pretty much their job to "pressure" you into doing what's best for your health. If she had sky-high cholesterol, they would probably try to "pressure" her into fixing the issue through diet or meds.

Comments

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

You know doctors. They have a secret pact with the pharmacies, insurance companies and hospitals for unnecessary drugs and c-sections.

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

Well, every doctor I know has gotten in the high-stress, expensive, high-pressure field for the big ol' kickbacks and not, you know, because they want to help people. Or wait. Scratch that. Other way around.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

The ones I know got into it because their parents made them. Ha!

[pen-grunt.livejournal.com]

By "parents" I assume you mean "big pharma". ;)

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

Well, if "big pharma" is a consortium of doctors trying to maintain a legacy and landed immigrants working hard so their kids can be successful. Guilt goes a long way.

[eyelid.livejournal.com]

you'd think they'd be super excited about pregnant women getting the flu, then. The resulting pneumonia and ICU time would definitely make them more money than a flu shot does.

[sacramentalist.livejournal.com]

This is the problem with conspiracy theories. The strategy never seems to work quite right.

It's a dichotomy, either all doctors are incompetent, or they're all in cahoots.