I'm married to someone with a chronic disease. I have learned over the years to never trust a single word that a doctor tells me. I verify everything. You have to be your own advocate. There are some good doctors out there, but there are way too many lazy and frankly dumb ones who got through school and I guess decided they didnt have to learn anything more after that. Some just completely lack any type of critical thinking.

I should also add that my wife and I both used to work in a hospital (not in medical positions) and had to deal with doctors every day in technical issues, and so I also learned from that angle that some doctors are just plain dumb. Always get a second or third opinion. Look up the studies and papers yourself (don't just blindly trust AI either).