Re:Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically a...
by dagw on Friday March 02, 2018 @10:27AM
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The doctor proposed surgery. He just waited and his back healed itself
Isn't that when you should actually go talk to the surgeon?
I've had two occasions when a doctor proposed surgery, I went to the surgeon, and the surgeon said "Let's give it 6 month and see if the gets better", which it did in both cases. And one case where I ignored the doctor, lived in growing discomfort for a couple of years, ended up in the emergency room for emergency surgery and the surgeon going "couldn't you tell something was obviously wrong with you? Why didn't you come a year ago when this would have been trivial fix?"
Isn't that when you should actually go talk to the surgeon?
I've had two occasions when a doctor proposed surgery, I went to the surgeon, and the surgeon said "Let's give it 6 month and see if the gets better", which it did in both cases. And one case where I ignored the doctor, lived in growing discomfort for a couple of years, ended up in the emergency room for emergency surgery and the surgeon going "couldn't you tell something was obviously wrong with you? Why didn't you come a year ago when this would have been trivial fix?"