Distressing Symptoms Demand Discerning Doctors

Finding Them Can Be A Monumental Endeavor ͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­͏   ­ Forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]() for more [Distressing Symptoms Demand Discerning Doctors]( Finding Them Can Be A Monumental Endeavor [Geri Brin]( Feb 23 ∙ Preview   [READ IN APP](   Productive Preface I studiously steer clear of every general medical website, especially M.D. For You, whose content I’d label unreliable, unauthoritative, inane, or downright dangerous. Its “Symptom Checker,” for one, should be avoided at all costs.  May I recommend that you do the same. Our bodies are complicated, and if something isn’t feeling or acting right, we won’t uncover the reason online. Illness is a fact of life, and most of us understand that it’s crucial to take a role in making decisions about our own healthcare.  Finding the preeminent doctors to diagnose and treat us in the first place is even more important, and will make our health journeys a whole lot easier. Here again, tracking down the appropriate expert(s) for your distinct symptoms isn’t nearly as simple, and simplistic, as filling out an online form.    I can help. I’ve learned to apply my decades of experience as a reporter, and champion interviewer, to an additional ad hoc role I’ve assumed as health care advocate.  I offer you some sage advice in this column. If you value advice like it, I invite you to subscribe to this weekly substack. And, if you become a subscriber, and feel unsure where to turn first to deal with a distressing health concern, please feel free to contact me to chat.  If I can help, I surely will.  ... Subscribe to Geri’s Substack to read the rest. Become a paying subscriber of Geri’s Substack to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. [Upgrade to paid]( A subscription gets you: Subscriber-only posts and full archive Post comments and join the community   [Like]( [Comment]( [Restack](   © 2024 Geri Brin 245 Lexington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11216 [Unsubscribe]() [Get the app]( writing]()