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A doctor gave me an inept diagnosis for a neurological problem. I should know: I’m a neurologist. – The Washington Post
I offered to teach the staff at this medical center, but I got nowhere. I could not have been the first patient so poorly evaluated. Without doubt, I won’t be t…
I felt fine afterward, but within hours I developed neck pain with numbness and tingling radiating down my arms. I went to the emergency department (ED) of an elite medical center two days later, telling the staff that I was a neurologist with suspected cervical (neck) spine disease and possible spinal cord and root compression, a condition in my own specialty. I asked to have a cervical MRI scan performed, plus blood studies to detect a possible spine infection, as Ive had one before.
The spin…
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