Doctors And Nurses Are Revealing “Dark Secrets” From Their Jobs That You Probably Don’t Know

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“I am an eye doctor, and I’ve been in the field in muliptle different capacities for about 20 years. The not-so-secret secret: People are lazy and apprehensive of change. Many are so lazy, they can’t even care about themselves enough to take simple steps to improve their own health. I’ve watched people go blind and even die because they didn’t want to do something simple, for example, change their diet. Example: I can’t count the number of times I’ve told people they will go blind if they don’t get their blood sugar under control with medicines or even improve their diet. The numerous negative responses range from a flat ‘diabetes is a hoax’ to ‘I can’t change my diet; that’s too difficult’ or ‘I love my (insert food here).’ Instead, they spend hours scouring the internet to find some information that gives them some ‘cure-all’ or magical thing that acts as an ‘out.'”

“Then, they come back and present it to me, asking if it will work instead. If only people would spend that time researching how to live a healthier lifestyle. A healthier lifestyle isn’t difficult — it just requires dedication and self-control. I spend hours a day delivering thorough patient education on patients’ conditions, prognosis, treatment options, and my recommendations personalized to each patient based on the most recent clinically applicable information. So many times a day, I get patients asking if there is a simple fix for their problem that is non-invasive. To answer this, it is emphatically NO. If it were that simple, trust me, we would do it every time. That would be far simpler than all of us bashing our heads against a wall trying to coax patients and family members to accept baseline information and our expert recommendations.”

—Anonymous, 39, California