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Originally Posted by chroma
Eh, I'm not really looking for compassion from medical staff. They see sick people all day, all week and all year, so it's only natural that after awhile they become habituated to it.
What I want, and we have a right to demand, is effectiveness. How did the ER of a top ranked hospital discharge me with "undiagnosed chest pains"? It's not like TOS is new. It's been around for decades and I'm not the first person to show up in the ER with it.
In software engineering we typically stay on a problem until it's fixed. And we use problem solving techniques like "process of elimination" and "try a different test". Some doctors do as well, but not enough of them.
I also don't see any advances regarding TOS. What was the solution 20 years ago? Removing the first rib and scalenes, and hoping that (a) it works and (b) there are no complications? What's the solution today? Same thing, right? Where's the progress?
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That's made me think differently and wake up abit..... Compassion is not the issue, its misdiagnoses and incompetence that matters. I'm just feeling sorry for myself of late. It's a scary realisation that despite having such invasive surgery for A/VTOS I still hurt, get headaches etc etc. May be things will improve after the 2nd op OR am I just kidding myself????