> but sometimes people with legitimately debilitating illneses slip through the cracks and have to aggressively advocate for themselves to get any real testing done
Sometimes they do, but by definition it's likely not you. It's important to think here that everyone thinks "they are the informed one" or that they are the one that "might have the rare one". Same reason why most people have bought a lottery ticket in their lives or why everyone is of above average intelligence.
I like being active in my medical treatments by doing my own research but I censor a lot of what I say to a doctor, it's usually more to make sure I understand what's going on and that I can double check things.
It is too bad most people don't like all the dull gray truth in your comment. Everybody thinks they are the exception, for good and bad.
On top of that, there are medical schools, not just one. A doctor might be following a [compulsory] guideline from his association / state / institution / college.
> A doctor might be following a [compulsory] guideline from his association / state / institution / college.
I have no doubt they are, compulsory or not. When things go wrong, the first thing the judge asks is whether the doctor followed established medical practice, whatever that may be.
Sometimes they do, but by definition it's likely not you. It's important to think here that everyone thinks "they are the informed one" or that they are the one that "might have the rare one". Same reason why most people have bought a lottery ticket in their lives or why everyone is of above average intelligence.
I like being active in my medical treatments by doing my own research but I censor a lot of what I say to a doctor, it's usually more to make sure I understand what's going on and that I can double check things.