The only people who trust clinicians are people who haven't been through the healthcare system. There's the before time and after time. It changes you. Every field has good people, bad people and mediocre people. Doctors are no different.

Anyway, I would say I actually had relatively positive experience with Thyroid cancer. I had been seeing my Endo for 10 years at that point since I had hypothyroidism. His nurse was on top of everything. Very calm and reassuring during the whole process.

But all my experiences with the healthcare system outside of that were just disappointing. I had RCVS 2 years ago and I was in the ER and the radiologist summarized the report wrong even though he has read it correctly. They were starting me on stroke protocol and giving me these drugs but I had ChatGPT read it and it was like this is wrong. It's supposed to say no significant stenosis in the neck. It actually said significant stenosis in the neck. The dr reported it immediately and the radiologist corrected it. What a shit show. No one could even give me a straight answer on if I could go back to exercising or when I can get off a medication. Every doctor I saw was completely different. Have a few other stories like that pre LLM's. But you have to advocate for yourself. And always double check the doctors with LLM's now a days.

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dylan604 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I was with you right up until your last sentence. Absolutely get a second opinion for any diagnosis that you deem warranted, but putting your healthcare decisions in the hands of an LLM is not the route I'd be suggesting to anyone.

	▲	rootusrootus an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I read it more charitably. Double check with the LLM because it is pretty good a lot of the time and might uncover some useful insights or oversights. Don't blindly trust what it says, definitely, but use what you get from it to guide further inquiry from reputable sources.
	▲	dolebirchwood 30 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Nah. I'm permanently jaded from an experience I had as a teenager visiting a doctor. I don't recall the specifics, but there were symptoms of an ENT infection, nothing serious. I remember being concerned about a white lump on one of my tonsils. The doctor's diagnosis? A stuck piece of rice. No, it was not a piece of rice. It was a tonsil stone. It happens almost every time I get sick. And I guarantee that if shared my symptoms and a photo with AI, it would render the same conclusion. Would it be dumb to blindly trust everything a model says? Sure. Should you trust it alone, especially for major issues? No. But having experienced such a stupid diagnosis from a doctor in the past, I don't automatically give them the benefit of the doubt.

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emerongi an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Even the great doctors make mistakes. As a patient, you know your history front to back, but doctors can forget or miss even basic details. They tend to have little time for each patient, so I understand how it happens. You have to continually pay attention, correct people and make sure to accurately describe everything you know. Be a pain in the butt, do a ton of your own research, and ask ask ask ask ask.