I recently spoke with a woman who had purchased the Ultra Skin Ease Skin Soothing Balm last year for her friend. Her friend had breast cancer and was undergoing radiation treatments. Her friend used the balm, as per the directions, and after a few weeks the doctor and a technician commented on how great her skin was holding up during treatment. The lady explained that her friend had purchased the Ultra Skin Ease for her and commented on how much it soothed her burned skin. She said her doctor then scolded her for using something that she had not gotten through him.
The patient continued to use the Ultra Skin Ease through her treatment but felt she had to lie to her medical team about it. It is unbelievable to me that the very people who were supposed to be caring for their patient, created a situation in which their charge, whom was already suffering, felt they had to lie to continue doing something that was helping them.
I found this so perplexing. First they were happy about the minimal trauma to her skin, and then were upset that whatever she was using was not purchased through them. Maybe medicine should be more about healing and less about worrying over the few dollars missed because a patient found something elsewhere that actually works. One would think her caregivers would have been be happy that she found a product that took some of the sting out of a situation that was already bad enough. All I can do is shake my head and wonder how such educated people can be so ignorant, and maybe a little greedy, at their patient’s expense.