Monday, July 28, 2008

Adventures with Capitalist Medicine

Today I have an appointment to go see the physician's assistant for a pap smear. Oh joy. It won't be fun, but of course it's necessary. I've only seen this woman once, but she seems basically okay.

The last time I saw her, she sent me for some routine blood work. Seems my cholesterol was a bit high. She put a note on the results that we could try diet and exercise for a while, to see if that worked. The implication seemed to be, if diet and exercise didn't work, she might want to try cholesterol-lowering drugs.

She'll have a lot of convincing to do to get me to take those drugs. Here's why:

The Cholesterol Con -- Where Were the Doctors? | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

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