I feel that I have been lucky to have access to really
good doctors, and have pretty good insurance coverage.
However, earlier in my life I had experience with
pretty bad doctors too - it can be a mixed bag for
sure.
So - I sympathize with those who have gotten less than
stellar care, but I am also very greatful to my neuro
and other doctors. I learned a long time ago that
patients need to be assertive at times. Ann
--- Alton <A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I suggest that some of this dialog is unreasonably
> harsh on neurologists although some criticism is
> deserved.
>
> 1 A perfect neuro will not always have definitive
> answers. I understand that some diagnoses can
> only be confirmed by autopsy. I'll decline that
> procedure on myself at this time; maybe later.
>
> 2 Diagnosis of a rare condition is never easy. By
> definition the technician may never have seen a
> case personally. Would you have it be otherwise?
>
> That is, would you have TM be comonplace just so
> every doctor would have lots of experience with
> it?
>
> 3 I don't think the technology is there to diagnose
>
> the causality of a spinal cord disorder with the
> tidy certainty of a heart condition.
>
> 4 I do tend to join in the criticism on the aspect
> of recovery. I think their pessimism might
> sometimes be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
>
> I do not intend this as a flaming of the critics. I,
>
> too, would be upset if someone misdiagnosed my wife
> or child. But I have now read enough about disorders
>
> of the spinal cord to understand the fuzzyness.
>
> Alton who probably should have kept quiet
> who owes a dozen people responses to questions
>
>
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