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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith
Ok, this is where I sometimes get myself into trouble (and thanks for a great example - no offense intended). I tend to take people at face value unless something jumps out at me, so when I see absolutes like "exhaust all possibilities" and "every possible cause" it's difficult for me to interpret how literally that should be taken. I can't tell if the writer is implying some reasonability (has some number in mind), or if they really expect/want to keep going until - literally - they've exhausted every and all possibilities, so I make some comment or observation (like my first post in this thread). My intent was just to interject some balance - food for thought, and no more.
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I think for each person its different. Some people don't need answers, they just want a pill to make them feel better, don't care what is causing it. Others need to know. Some Doctors are good at researching causes and others are not at all. I know for me, the first neuro I saw was uselsess, didn't think I needed ANY testing done at all. Then I got a second opinion and he did alot of testing and together we decided we would test for as many known causes of PN as we could before saying its idiopathic. So, the term "all possibilities" is different for each patient and each Dr.