Yeah, the stats are horrifying. This study should help change that, especially because the first tests it recommends are cheap and side-effect-free.
I'm trying not to freak out. This is, essentially, good news: now we have a tool to make doctors take "female complaints" more seriously. Often people do know when something is seriously wrong - E. did - so this will help them either get reassurance or get the earliest possible diagnosis.
Plus, to me the two or three weeks clause makes the list of symptoms precise enough to be reassuring. Or anyway that's my rationalization.
This will undoubtably push a lot of women into doctors' offices this week, which will be annoying for the doctors, but oh well. Still a good thing overall, says I.
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Date: 2007-06-13 03:24 pm (UTC)I'm trying not to freak out. This is, essentially, good news: now we have a tool to make doctors take "female complaints" more seriously. Often people do know when something is seriously wrong - E. did - so this will help them either get reassurance or get the earliest possible diagnosis.
Plus, to me the two or three weeks clause makes the list of symptoms precise enough to be reassuring. Or anyway that's my rationalization.
This will undoubtably push a lot of women into doctors' offices this week, which will be annoying for the doctors, but oh well. Still a good thing overall, says I.