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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Warpy

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2. Women with life threatening cardiac problems

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 05:09 PM

Sep 2012

have been patted on the head and offered Valium instead of an EKG that would have turned up the real problem.

If they survived the trip to the ER, then I'd get them. By that time they were deathly ill and many survived to be cardiac cripples because some damned doctor thought all women were emotional wrecks and couldn't be arsed to do his job.

Doctors like this guy need to be out of medicine.

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So , this doctor was being interviewed on the radio about his new book, [View all] hedgehog Sep 2012 OP

And look how long it took doctors to admit rocktivity Sep 2012 #1

Women with life threatening cardiac problems Warpy Sep 2012 #2