Do you want to ghost your current doctor?

My editor at Rodale weighed in on my Undoctored book about to be released May 9th, 2017:   I ghosted on my long-term dermatologist a few years ago. It wasn’t her fault, per se, but I didn’t feel like our relationship was “healthy” any more, and it seemed like it was time to move on. My doctor was well-respected by her peers, and considered a leading expert in psoriasis, the condition that was likely causing my hands to develop patches of dry, scaly skin that would crack and bleed if left untreated. At our biannual visits, she would examine my hands, shake her head, and then write me prescriptions for increasingly stronger steroid creams. These creams would peel away the top layers of dry skin on my hands to reveal shiny new skin below, and provide some relief in the process. However, it was always short-lived, and using the creams continuously wasn’t recommended as they lead to a variety of undesirable side effects. I was told my condition was “incurable” and that I would just have to live with it for, likely, the rest of my life. No effort was ever made to uncover the root cause or connect it to any other health issues I experienced. Is this the best our health care system has to offer? Unfortunately, the answer right now is often yes, and I’m guessing you’ve probably had an experience similar to what I just described. But what if there was a better way? What if you could take control of your health on your own and a...
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