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Back to Grace's original and excellent question:
How do you make a decision whether to tell someone else about information that you believe to be true, and that may be of use to them? We are not medical professionals. When we use information we've gathered, for our own benefit that's one thing. But to challenge or question medical advise third-hand gets mucky.
What if the "friend" who we advise had a great relationship with her provider, and our meddling ruins that, and there's still no change in tx recommendations? What if we say nothing and the friend goes blissfully (ignorantly) along and what we had to offer could have made an important difference - even saved a life?
I agree that it's an awkward place to be. For me, for many reasons, most often I keep my mouth shut unless it's blatant error/bad advice that I'm hearing. Only with people who are already close friends do I go into detail about my thoughts or understanding, and even then only when I perceive that they are interested and receptive.
Debbie Laxague
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