Have you ever been mislead by a doctor but caught it before it was to late?

Not all doctors are like that. Infact when I guessed I am pregnant for the second time, I visited a nearby doctor for a opinion. I had taken pills to postpone my periods by a week and I didnot get it after that. But I had all the symptoms of pregnancy. When I consulted her, her immediate reply was, as you have taken those pills and have conceived too, your baby will have lots of deformity, I have seen so many cases like this, so you need to go for an abortion. My instinct said not to do that and I went for a second opinion and now I have a lovely son.

It's good that your friend was intelligent enough to ask for a second opinion. I would want to know how the first doctor made the mistake. You are right, that you should not trust any doctor. Not because they're all untrustworthy, but because you / we need to be responsible for our own health issues and the doctors work for us!

Oh, that was close. Is there a way for that doctor to have a re-training? He could kill people who trust him he knows what he's doing. I just hope the Doctors Association (I don't know what it's specifically called in the US) will note of every incident like that and if a doctor is complained about just one similar incident, he is subject to a mandatory retraining and suspension of license until he completes that re-training.