Re: serious question

In article <1148945409.979196.185720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"marcia" <design1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jason Johnson wrote:
In article <447b549d$0$74427$bb4e3ad8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Howard McCollister"
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"marcia" <design1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1148927480.204527.150680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Jim Chinnis wrote:
>> "marcia" <design1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
>>
>> >
>> >Howard McCollister wrote:
>> >> "Jason Johnson" <jason@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:jason-2805061959000001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >> > I am not a doctor but did once work in a hospital.
>> >>
>> >> > Jason
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ho ho...that's a new one, Jason. That, and your stay at a Holiday Inn
>> >> Express last night now officially makes you qualified to give medical
>> >> advice
>> >> anonymously on the internet, right?
>> >>
>> >> HMc
>> >
>> >
>> >That's the same advice the rest of us gave, and I am not a doctor,
>> >either. Do you disagree with the advice? Do you think he should have
>> >done something other than go to the emergency room?
>>
>> Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
>>
>> I think Dr. McCollister was only commenting re Jason's "qualifications."
>> --
>> Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
>
>
> I see. A look at their posting histories clarified a lot of things. :)
>

Yeh...I have a problem with Jason's "hobby" of providing medical advice on
the internet. Now he's trying to establish credibility in that regard by
telling us that he "did once work in a hospital".

HMc
Are you a doctor?


It's not clear who you're responding to, Jason. It appears you're
answering Dr. McCollister's post, but one would assume you already know
he's a doctor. Correct?

If you're asking me, please see my earlier message in this topic:

That's the same advice the rest of us gave, and I am not a doctor,
either. Do you disagree with the advice? Do you think he should have
done something other than go to the emergency room?

See the part where I said, "...and I am not a doctor, either."?

Telling someone to go to the emergency room does not constitute giving
*medical* advice; it's simply common sense. And you'll note that I
found no fault with your post in this thread.

However, when I questioned HMc's post, I was prompted to go back and
read some of your earlier messages in other topics on this NG where you
did, indeed, give medical advice and did also appear to be portraying
yourself as a doctor (by omission of fact). The remainder of my
comments resulted from this new information.

Does that answer your question? Or were you asking something else?

Several people complained and that is the reason that I try to remember
to remind people that I am not a doctor when I give medical advice.
I don't always remember. In this case, I seem to remember that someone
told the poster that it was nerve problem. That shocked me. I would never
make that mistake. It could have been a nerve problem but it could also
have been something much more serious. I don't provide advice unless I
am sure that I am correct.
Jason
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