Friday, October 22, 2010

Another Question

We ask a lot of questions ... Here's another one:  Have you ever felt unwell, but rather than rush to a physician, you decide to Google you're symptoms, only to discover you're dying?  Okay, so not dying.  Rather, the search results in so much information that it only serves to worry and confuse you? I'm sure the look on my face is something like this (replete with the heads emerging from my own):


Or this [we're still trying to figure out how to quell his desire to make this face; we don't try very hard because he's 6 and really ... we need these pictures for future leverage (i.e. "It's nice to meet a girl who's willing to hang out with our son.  We have some great pictures of him ...")]:


If you're to the point where the cause of your symptoms reach beyond the overwhelming "logic" websites have to offer, maybe it's time to go see a doctor.  By the way, we're not dying.  No one is dying.  (I guess if you look at that statement philosophically ... but that's beside the point.)  Here's the point: Google - and other search engines - hold an abundance, a cornucopia, copious amounts of information!  I love information, but hey, sometimes I need someone to help me sort it out.  Enter the physician.  Thank goodness going to a doctor's office isn't like Google.  They start small and lead to the big ... Are we the only one's who Google symptoms?

2 comments:

  1. I do! Once I finally went to the doctor for something and mentioned i googled and she rolled her eyes at me.

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  2. WebMD is my choice. I love that symptom checker...it sure comes up with some interesting alternatives :)

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