Hi Doc,
The persons who have told me this are medical professionals . One has since retired and was my rheumatologist. I also used to work as an R.N.A. I guess the equivalent would be L.P.N. and saw this first hand.
Why Doctors lie is a very long thread on another website.
The one person who told me could read mri images (as well as any non radiologist ). They had multiple patients, the one who was a farmer's wife had the worst symptoms and more showing up on her mri than the lawyer and accountant who had surgery. The farmer's wife was told she would just have to deal with the pain and suck it up.
I guess I am ranting, I apologize it just makes me angry when I and other people with disabilities don't get taken seriously. Also the poor quality of my mri images and report have been pointed out to me.
Redcat