3 years ago I damaged my elbow. I went to see the hospital, and the nurse being too busy to hear my full story hurried me along telling me it was sprained. I knew what a sprained elbow felt like and this wasn’t it, but I shrugged my shoulders and assumed it would get better. It’s been aching on and off over the last few years.
A physician on the bitcoin forums was offering medical advice for a bitcoin. I typed up my full story and sent it to him. He wrote me back a long response that quite literally scared the crap out of me into seeing a doctor. I took his write-up to my General Practioner and she right away knew what was wrong and referred me to all the relevant specialists.
That guy on the bitcoin forums literally saved me from crippling injury in a few years time. Had I not spoke to him, it may have been too late before I got it checked out. I always kept putting it off since I’m so busy and it didn’t seem like a big deal.
Thank you DrG. We are living the future.
Beautiful story!
Either that or some guy trolling as a ‘doctor’ merely google’d your symptoms and pasted what he found. Since when does a US doctor need to make money online
Unfortunately, concrete medical advice on many topics is impossible to find online. It is one area the internet has, as of yet, not shown it’s potential.
The advice given to him was taken under consideration by the GP and he was provided a different path then before. If the doctor was a troll, he would have picked a more general area of expertise as well.
Of course people should definitely do their own research and verify the credibility of anyone they seek medical advice from. They should also make sure to get a second opinion from a local hospital.