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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:02AM (#36103633)
> Some doctors are test happy. Most are not.

In my family we detected lung cancer in stage 2b instead of stage 1 because we spent months fighting a doctor that didn't want to do tests.

If we 'listened to the experts' my family member would be dead.

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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by copperx on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:56AM (#36104531)
Were there symptoms in stage 1?
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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by ClumsyPilot on Monday May 29, 2023 @06:17PM (#36118758)
Yes, thats why we went to see the docyor in the first place. Instead our concerns were dismissed
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Re:TV doctors say annual checkups save lives. Real doctors c... by monetus on Sunday May 28, 2023 @01:03PM (#36105813)
'listened to the experts'.

On this note, get a second opinion for things. I went into brain surgery under a misdiagnosis from one doctor. Appointments take time, especially with specialists, but try hard and maybe carefully reach out to over-seas doctors as well in the meantime.

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