percythetrain
06-08-15, 04:24
Hey all, I was thinking about this after re-watching an old House episode LOL
It just seems like the show is all about diagnoses that are so difficult to discover that if it weren't for a genius such as House the patient would either get sent home by most doctors, or get misdiagnosed with something not even remotely close to what they have. It's as if the show was made to embody our worst nightmares :roflmao:
Well, that show and other medical ones like Mystery Diagnosis, which I also loved :blush::shrug:
One thing that's also common in these shows is the emphasis on the number of tests the person had done and the number of doctors they had to see before getting the actual diagnosis. It pretty much flies in the face of everything our real life doctors like to say to us: You need to trust your doctor, if he thought you were ill he would have ordered more tests or some variation thereof. :huh:
I recently saw a neurologist who seemed more interested in chatting with my mom than finding out what my problem was :doh: My mom thought he was charming LOL! He did order an MRI for me just to cover than end but said he saw no red flags and prescribed a nutritional supplement and upped my clonazepam dosage. I suppose I need to relax seeing that this is the 8th or so specialist I've seen but it's so difficult when you're exposed to stories about missed or difficult diagnoses whether real or fictional.
What do you all think? does anyone else like medical shows or documentaries? :)
It just seems like the show is all about diagnoses that are so difficult to discover that if it weren't for a genius such as House the patient would either get sent home by most doctors, or get misdiagnosed with something not even remotely close to what they have. It's as if the show was made to embody our worst nightmares :roflmao:
Well, that show and other medical ones like Mystery Diagnosis, which I also loved :blush::shrug:
One thing that's also common in these shows is the emphasis on the number of tests the person had done and the number of doctors they had to see before getting the actual diagnosis. It pretty much flies in the face of everything our real life doctors like to say to us: You need to trust your doctor, if he thought you were ill he would have ordered more tests or some variation thereof. :huh:
I recently saw a neurologist who seemed more interested in chatting with my mom than finding out what my problem was :doh: My mom thought he was charming LOL! He did order an MRI for me just to cover than end but said he saw no red flags and prescribed a nutritional supplement and upped my clonazepam dosage. I suppose I need to relax seeing that this is the 8th or so specialist I've seen but it's so difficult when you're exposed to stories about missed or difficult diagnoses whether real or fictional.
What do you all think? does anyone else like medical shows or documentaries? :)