Re:A boy, his brain, and a decades-long medical controversy
by trainsplanes on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @04:09AM
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I've done this and had a doctor that was kind enough to consider it. I had some mysterious symptoms and managed to find some things that I thought might fit it, and it helped him get a better idea of what I was dealing with.
He also went through and dismissed most of the more worrying possibilities, which set my mind at ease, and narrowed it down to a more likely condition.
So basically, I threw in a bunch of options and most of them were wrong. Thankfully I didn't walk in convinced that any one of them was absolutely the cause, but I imagine some patients do, and it can be a pain for the doctor.
He also went through and dismissed most of the more worrying possibilities, which set my mind at ease, and narrowed it down to a more likely condition.
So basically, I threw in a bunch of options and most of them were wrong. Thankfully I didn't walk in convinced that any one of them was absolutely the cause, but I imagine some patients do, and it can be a pain for the doctor.