Likewise, I have become wise to statins and aspirin claims. Getting my doctor to check my Vitamin D levels almost requires giving a full dutch rub! He always manages to "forget" to check the box. From all the writings, I'm thinking it is much more than "forgetting". This "forgetting" been an ongoing fight for over three years now. Amazingly, he averages "remembering" about once per year.

I called him out on the statins. He pulls out his smart phone and looks up the life expectancy at my age (65) using statins. Came out to a whole seven months. And I'm in excellent health. None of this co-morbidity stuff. My BP has been high since my teens so the doctors always are pushing statins, et al. Nothing works. He's had his heart attack and I'm older than him. I remind him I'm the stroke guy. Dad and Mom made it into high 80s and didn't die of heart failure or stroke!

I'm with you on the emergency room stuff. In an emergency, we're all kind of at the mercy of whatever they decide to put in the IV - in our best interests, of course. I'm certain they mean well, but, like my old flight instructor said: When they clear you for take-off, look! If someone lands on top of you, you'll be dead. The guys in the tower will only be sorry.