LOL...I was thinking the same thing, about the list of quacks.  Thanks for making me smile.
In all seriousness, though, maybe the DOCTORS are the ones who should worry about getting sued. For all I know, his diagnosis of IBS may have been right, but it was TOTALLY irresponsible and shady of him to make that kind of "snap" diagnosis without running the battery of tests necessary to do so. Same with anyone else who has seen a doctor like that - how do we know that potentially life-threatening health problems are being overlooked, because a doctor hears "chronic D" or "chronic C" and just chalks it up to IBS? When I first went to see him (Dr. Thompson), I hadn't even been having the symptoms long enough for him to say IBS - at that point I'd only had the symptoms for 3 weeks.
If a doctor doesn't know what's wrong, then he should say so, you know? I don't know about anyone else but I'd be alot happier if a doctor said "No, I don't know what this is, I'll send you to someone who knows more about this stuff", than one who couldn't give a darn (I'd love to use stronger language at the moment as I'm cranky as all get-out, but will refrain, lol) and just wants to get you out of his office ASAP.
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