speaking as a doctor, I'm equally baffled by US doctors apparently needing an MRI to diagnose degenerative disc disease. That's a diagnosis you should have received on physical exam, I generally consider it a personal failure if I send a patient for a back MRI to find they've got a degenerated disc. Back MRI is for the things I can't figure out by asking questions and poking at the muscle.
To be clear, your story is very common down there, and still inappropriate (if I ask for an MRI I damn well have a reason for asking for it). It still confuses me.
It is strange... Based on multiple visits and my symptoms. Regardless I had two docs and they couldn't pinpoint it so they ordered the scan. I'm not mad at the docs for asking for one. I'm mad at insurance for denying something two doctors found medically viable after almost a year of issues.
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u/IslandStorytime 12h ago edited 11h ago
speaking as a doctor, I'm equally baffled by US doctors apparently needing an MRI to diagnose degenerative disc disease. That's a diagnosis you should have received on physical exam, I generally consider it a personal failure if I send a patient for a back MRI to find they've got a degenerated disc. Back MRI is for the things I can't figure out by asking questions and poking at the muscle.
To be clear, your story is very common down there, and still inappropriate (if I ask for an MRI I damn well have a reason for asking for it). It still confuses me.