Doctors and Religion

well i found out some interesting news today about my primary care physician (pcp)...turns out he is a bible pusher...

it all started yesterday...when i arrived at the chiropractors, the nurse/receptionist told me that in order for me to continue there as a patient i would need to have a referral from my pcp, okay fine no big deal, i have been going to the same pcp since i was 19 or so...he loves me, we have a great relationship, he gives me free inhalers and we have a mutual hatred for insurance companies, it works out, he even at one point used to give my little brother a discount when he was with out insurance, so really he is a nice guy. but until today, i had no idea truly what type of person he is...and i have to say i am sad and disappointed...

so i called his office for a referral, it was then i was told that he didn't give referrals to chiropractors....huh?! okay, why...i was told it was just not his policy, but that if i wanted to come in and see him they could arrange that. right, but he can't crack my neck or hook me up to that electric machine thing that sends tiny wonderful shocks into my back muscles (i swear that machine is addictive!), so really what good is it to go to see him when he can take a look and go, "yep you got a problem there..." great i knew that, now what?!

well after talking to my chiropractor, apparently my pcp would tell me to pray about it, that god would fix me?! again i say, huh?! god will fix me...um...doesn't he have other stuff going on...really how does my backwards neck fit into his great plan?

apparently my chiropractor had another patient who had the same pcp, and was also unable to get a referral, but was told that if she prayed about it god would fix it. what?! no, you are a doctor, why do you get to make decisions about how a patient gets treated, don't push your voo-doo bible crap onto me...my neck isn't supporting your head and body...you don't know how it feels, so don't tell me to pray about it!? really again i think that god has more important things to worry about...you know war...famine....all of that just seems a tiny bit bigger than my neck!

now i never realized this, but that many doctors think chiropractics are quacks...it is interesting, and i would be inclined to believe that if it weren't for the x-rays. last week i had xrays done on my neck and i have to say, it doesn't look right...at all...



this is a picture of a normal neck....












this is a picture kind of how my neck looks, except my actual is curing a bit more in the wrong direction...












now of course i am sure it is actually the methods of how the go about correcting the problem that doctors, mine included, have a problem with, but really what would they rather do, open me up and move my spine around, yeah, no thank you! that is not going to happen...

as far as the chiropractor is concerned he thinks that it is unfair for a doctor to make that decision, so he is going to work with me since with out the referral none of this will be covered. but clearly there is something wrong with my neck...that much is obvious, and i am tired of having it hurt...and the headaches from it aren't much fun either! ;-)

so i don't know what to do about my pcp...i am not sure if i am comfortable seeing a doctor who tells his patients to pray for cures...sure maybe some people need that kind of faith and they have that kind of belief, but it is just a bit too much for me...lets just hope i don't get sick anytime soon before i have to make a decision on this one...