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[Wonder Why]

25. I don't want to take away any credit from the surgeon. He probed and prodded my leg as well as asking me to

move in certain ways, each time, explaining why and what he was looking for. It was he that initiated the MRI request.
The problem with the medical system is that the doctor prescribes a treatment or wants a revisit in a specific time frame but has no knowledge that his office is booked for weeks or the MRI facility for months.

He sees the need, makes the decisions but it is the patient that discovers the hard way that what he asked for is not possible to get without his intervention. I praise him for, when I notified his office of the issue, he saw to it that things were speeded up, if not sufficiently. There is no closed loop where his staff can immediately notify him that his request isn't going to be what he intends.

My GP is like him. Both he and she are willing to do something when I notify them of an issue but, unfortunately, too few people can or will make the effort to do so. We accept the system. Like you, we have to say something but it's not as easy as it sounds. We are intimidated by the system, the bureaucracy, our procrastination, or our ability to express our needs. My problem is my memory. I go into the doctor's office with 3 issues but fail to remember them and fail to remember to read them on my cell phone or the note in my pocket. So it waits until the next time.