Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Put It All Together

Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by GordonS on Sunday February 18, 2018 @12:51PM (#16407178)

> Is this database open? If so, anyone in the same situation as the daughter in this article could spend the hours, rather than hoping a professional will.

I've done this with various doctors, trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with me. In my experience, as soon as you start telling them they just think you're a crazy hypochondriac who sends too much time on the internet.

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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by kqr on Sunday February 18, 2018 @05:16PM (#16409109)

I think a lot of it depends on how you present it and who you see. I have had the best results when leading the doctor on just to the point of tricking them into thinking they came up with the idea themselves. Play to their vanity!

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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by ac2u on Sunday February 18, 2018 @01:07PM (#16407249)

I'm guessing they're just pattern matching as most of the time, they'd probably be correct.

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Re:Her Various Symptoms Seemed Unrelated, Then One Doctor Pu... by GordonS on Monday February 19, 2018 @02:30PM (#16415070)

Yep, that makes sense... problem is when something doesn't match the patterns, they just shrug and give up.

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