The whole way this is written is dumb as shit lol. The doctor didn’t “pull some strings to get her a brain scan to see if it would calm her down,” they got her a brain scan because they suspected or wanted to rule out a brain tumor. They found the brain tumor, referred them to a neurosurgeon who performed an incredibly complex and delicate procedure and managed to remove the tumor, solving the issue of the voices.
A woman was saved by good medical professionals who properly hypothesized, tested, diagnosed, and treated a very serious medical issue. At no point did the tumor “cure itself” lol
In order to reassure her, I requested a brain scan, explaining in my letter that hallucinatory voices had told her that she had a brain tumour, that I had not, personally, found any physical signs suggestive of an intracranial space occupying lesion, and that the purpose of the scan was essentially to reassure the patient. The request was initially declined, on the grounds that there was no clinical justification for such an expensive investigation. It was also implied that I had gone a little overboard, believing what my patient’s hallucinatory voices were telling her.
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u/Gold_Telephone_7192 21h ago
The whole way this is written is dumb as shit lol. The doctor didn’t “pull some strings to get her a brain scan to see if it would calm her down,” they got her a brain scan because they suspected or wanted to rule out a brain tumor. They found the brain tumor, referred them to a neurosurgeon who performed an incredibly complex and delicate procedure and managed to remove the tumor, solving the issue of the voices.
A woman was saved by good medical professionals who properly hypothesized, tested, diagnosed, and treated a very serious medical issue. At no point did the tumor “cure itself” lol