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Went to the doctor today. Specifically a Urologist. Had in my mind all the recent heated debates on my web site about doctors and malpractice, and lack of education. I also remembered the many times I've stated that there are some doctors out there who know their stuff, and how impressed I've been with the doctors at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla.
So that's where I went.
I've had recurring epididymitis since several months of on and off testicle ache while on Propecia. Testicle ache is a documented side effect of Propecia, and Im pretty convinced at this point that at least for me, Propecia initiated an easily aggrivated testicle for me that now experiences frequent inflammation with very little physical aggravation. For me, its pretty much going to be an ongoing condition I'm afraid.
So I went to the urologists office and they hand me this paper that I had to agree to sign. It says:
"It is understood that any dispute as to medical malpractice due to unnecessary, or unauthorized, or improper, or negligent, or incompetently rendered services by this doctor... will be determined by submission to arbitration, and not by a lawsuit or court process. By signing this paper you are agreeing to give up your constitutional right to have any such dispute decided in a court of law before a jury, and instead are accepting the use of arbitration."
Then in big letters at the bottom: "BY SIGNING THIS CONTRACT YOU ARE AGREEING TO HAVE ANY ISSUE OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE DECIDED BY NEUTRAL ARBITRATION AND YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY OR COURT TRIAL."
They wouldn't see me unless I signed this.
On a more positive note, the doctor I saw was incredibly knowledgeable, completely bald, and completely helpful. When I engaged him in discussions that used terms like "testicular torsion", he did not get cocky or act like someone was stepping on him, as many others I've seen tend to do. He actually responded like a normal person, enjoyed the fact that I knew a lot about his specialty, and engaged me in a more technical discussion on the topics at hand. I expected nothing less from a Scripps Hospital physician.
He theorized that 3 years of ignoring repeated testicle pain while on Propecia (a documented side effect) may have resulted in a hypersensitive epididymus in that testicle, which now (and he's right) gets painful and enflamed with very little physical groin exertion (lifting, squatting) and or sometimes unintended reflux passage of urine back into that area of the testicular tubing.
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So that's where I went.
I've had recurring epididymitis since several months of on and off testicle ache while on Propecia. Testicle ache is a documented side effect of Propecia, and Im pretty convinced at this point that at least for me, Propecia initiated an easily aggrivated testicle for me that now experiences frequent inflammation with very little physical aggravation. For me, its pretty much going to be an ongoing condition I'm afraid.
So I went to the urologists office and they hand me this paper that I had to agree to sign. It says:
"It is understood that any dispute as to medical malpractice due to unnecessary, or unauthorized, or improper, or negligent, or incompetently rendered services by this doctor... will be determined by submission to arbitration, and not by a lawsuit or court process. By signing this paper you are agreeing to give up your constitutional right to have any such dispute decided in a court of law before a jury, and instead are accepting the use of arbitration."
Then in big letters at the bottom: "BY SIGNING THIS CONTRACT YOU ARE AGREEING TO HAVE ANY ISSUE OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE DECIDED BY NEUTRAL ARBITRATION AND YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY OR COURT TRIAL."
They wouldn't see me unless I signed this.
On a more positive note, the doctor I saw was incredibly knowledgeable, completely bald, and completely helpful. When I engaged him in discussions that used terms like "testicular torsion", he did not get cocky or act like someone was stepping on him, as many others I've seen tend to do. He actually responded like a normal person, enjoyed the fact that I knew a lot about his specialty, and engaged me in a more technical discussion on the topics at hand. I expected nothing less from a Scripps Hospital physician.
He theorized that 3 years of ignoring repeated testicle pain while on Propecia (a documented side effect) may have resulted in a hypersensitive epididymus in that testicle, which now (and he's right) gets painful and enflamed with very little physical groin exertion (lifting, squatting) and or sometimes unintended reflux passage of urine back into that area of the testicular tubing.
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