At 04:04 1999/11/09 -0800, you wrote: >Hi janet: I love the way you are SO reluctant to speak your >mind. Your 2 cents worth is more like $2.00 worth. I >especially like the part about SOME doctors not noticing >(some of my best friends, etc.) that they weren't gods >anymore. But I would, being a nurse. Carole H. hi carole i can't help it when i see what i consider arrogance or ignorance affecting someone's health i see red maybe it's a self-defence-by-proxy mechanism there but for grace... i am sure that my upbringing in a health-care-guaranteed-for-all atmosphere adds a certain 'spice' to my rant tendency also some past medical experiences: 1. gallstones mis-diagnosed and mis-treated for 10 years viz tension and stress = valium viz infectious hepatitis = quarantined with my pain 2. my father's throat cancer undiagnosed and pooh-poohed as a 'sore throat'for over a year the medical field is populated by human beans just like us surprise surprise oops... got rolling again... janet who misses dennis miller janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset e-mail - [log in to unmask] web-site - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/