As you know from previous posts, it absolutely burns my behind when some medical professional judges me or my character based on some preconceived notion connected to my illness.
Never once did I think that I could be guilty of the very same prejudice. I, myself, misjudged someone based not on a preconceived notion, but by following a mob mentality.
The circumstances aren't important. What is important is that I am guilty. I am remorseful, and sorry. MORE importantly however, is that it gives me a window into what may be the thought process of the very professionals that burn my behind.
Sometimes we are left to solve a problem with only the tools that are readily available. Doctors have old cases, case studies and theories about the illnesses and the patients they treat. So I get the disconnect there. But what makes us the successfully evolved, investigator, physician, and friend, is the ability to assess the problem, analyze the usefulness of the tools available, and use them, or discard them because what we are dealing with is NOT textbook.
This all sounds very haughty and time consuming indeed. But I believe in my heart, that the more this behavior is applied in our patience with one another, we can really sway the masses.
