I know doctors have done a lot of good, especially for me. The issue becomes problematic for me and for many other people who happen to be a patient at times in their life, when people who think they know me, as a person receiving medical care by them, more than I know my own body and mind. The knowledge I have about my own body and mind is totally discredited .while the biased opinions and guesses of people who have a few letters after their names (MD, NP, RN, etc..) is taken as gospel. This practice is offensive and takes away my credibility, respect, dignity and putting on a pedestal others, who just because they work as doctors, nurses, etc.. in this healthcare system and because I live with chronic, life-threatening medical conditions, I am forced to have a back seat, while my own views of what's going on in my body is not taken seriously by many, especially doctors. What offends me the most about doctors are they may have an opinion but, once they write it in a me...