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>"Wait for a few more weeks and if it doesn't go away, we'll rethink things" To be fair, this is often excellent advice.

• einpoklum 7y ago
  Not unless you're totally clueless about your own body and about medicine.
  • foldr 7y ago
    Hmm? Lots of ailments do just get better if you leave them alone. That's probably the case for the majority of things that people go to the doctor for. If your knee hurts, you may as well wait a few weeks to see if it gets better before you start running a bunch of tests.
    • einpoklum 7y ago
      Thanks for caring so much that you would let me spend weeks in pain. I think I'll look for a doctor who actually wants to treat his/her patients' conditions.
      • foldr 7y ago
        I'm not a doctor. Of course one could prescribe medication for the pain. But many ailments are difficult to diagnose and fix themselves after a few weeks, so it makes no sense to rush into things. More broadly, it's a mistake to measure how much your doctor "cares" by how eager they are to throw lots of tests and treatments at you. Modern medicine isn't magic, and there isn't always that much that a responsible doctor can do for you.