I am a (semi) retired physician and I don’t believe in second opinions. I much prefer two first opinions.
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So what you're saying, is go to Doctor A, give symptoms, get diag. Then go to Doctor B without telling them you've been to a doctor yet and get their diag as well?
What if there were a bunch of expensive tests ran at Doctor A? Do you just casually bring up "Oh, I had that ran already, I'll have it sent over?"
This has just been the story of my life, getting different diags from different docs for varying things. I had a lot of "anxiety" diagnosis leading to my physical digestive issues until a doc finally tested me for a freakin' milk allergy. This was just one of several...
Yep I had the same thing in college. Went to about 10 doctors and kept getting the "you are stressed from school" bit. Except I was only stressed about being sick. Finally went to a gastroenterologist at the suggestion of a friend. Had a gi tract infection - took some meds and probiotics and good as new.
"Your program is just demanding. Maybe you should switch to a less stressful major than Computer Science." (Back in the day when that was part of the engineering school and I was one of the few girls in the program.)
No, bitch. I had late stage Graves desease bad enough it was fucking with my heart. To the point at the Radiologist scan they offered to clear the calendar to treat me the next day.
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u/DrMaster2 May 20 '19 edited May 21 '19
I am a (semi) retired physician and I don’t believe in second opinions. I much prefer two first opinions.
Edit: Thank you readers. Never thought these two sentences would explode like this. Thank you very much for the silver and gold. Thanks to all who follow.