Two Reasons Why You Might Want a Second Opinion

Two Reasons Why You Might Want a Second Opinion 09th March 2006
About six months ago, I visited my dentist. Unfortunately, it wasn`t a pleasant experience.

After jamming a dental instrument into one of my teeth and asking me if I had been eating sweets, she made a decision. She felt that I had an area that needed to be drilled into, "to see how far the problem goes". Fortunately, I declined.

This all happened shortly after she told me of her impending wedding. Maybe there is something about a new house, wedding and honeymoon that leads to fuzzy diagnosis?

I guess I had one of those gut feelings. You know the kind of feeling that tells you something is grossly wrong? She must have seen the ghost of that thought appear on my face because she started talking really fast.

I decided to see another dentist. There was nothing wrong with my perfectly healthy tooth.

I don`t know about you, but I`m a little uneasy about treating a body part that doesn`t really have a problem. In fact, I was so sure there was nothing wrong that I didn`t bother to see that second dentist until six months later.

My mother`s ophthalmologist told her she had glaucoma in one eye and started her on some very expensive medication. The long list of side effects included changing eye color.

When she went back for a follow up visit she asked how many drops she should use. The doctor told her to put x amount of drops in both eyes. My mother realized that something had to be wrong as he had previously said there was only a problem in one eye.

She went for a second opinion. You may have guessed that the second doctor said she didn`t have glaucoma in either eye.

Doctors are only human. Whether these mistakes were intentional or not does not matter. The important thing to realize is that if you feel uneasy about a diagnosis, it is a your body and your right to get a second opinion before submitting to a treatment that you aren`t sure about.

Dave Snape writes for http://tobeinformed.com
and http://allthingspondered.com

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Honeymoon Registry

By: Melissa Ingram

If you need a little help to afford your honeymoon, you can register for your honeymoon just like you register for wedding gifts. With a honeymoon registry, your friends and family can contribute to the costs of your honeymoon as a gift to you. This is a great idea for couples who don't need a lot of household items. After all, an extra night in the Bahamas is probably a better present than a blender.

There are basically two types of honeymoon registries - agency registries and lodging-chain registries. If you register though an agency, you can select flights, hotel accommodations, meals, drinks, champagne, car rentals, limousines, cab fare, spa services and any number of other activities and merchandise items. Your friends and family don't have to purchase your whole airfare or lodging. You can split it up on the registry in increments of $100 or whatever you like. You can also ask for "shopping" or "honeymoon dollars," which is basically the equivalent of cash.

With lodging-chain registries, you can only select items associated with that particular hotel or resort - not selections from multiple vendors. When creating your honeymoon registry, be sure to read all the small print on the agreement. Registries either charge a flat fee or a percentage. Compare several wedding registry companies and decide which one is right for you.

Is It Tacky?

Having a honeymoon registry isn't any tackier than having a wedding gift registry. You are basically helping your friends and relatives select a wedding gift that you will actually use. It's definitely not as tacky as printing, "Cash gifts preferred!" on your wedding invitation.

Learn more about planning your wedding on a budget by reading the Truly Wedding Blog. This and other helpful articles are sponsored by Truly Wedding Favors.

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