I'm really glad you got all your questions collected and brought them in.
Two things got me respect from my surgeon. One was that I brought in detailed prepared question lists. The other, perhaps bigger part (which showed in the little twinkle in his eye) was when I answered his question about my job by telling him I'm an engineer -- I could see that he liked to explain things in detail and was happy to have a receptive audience. It was wonderful -- he knew he could tell me lots of technical details, and I could see his enjoyment in that too. :)
Good for you deciding to get that book from Amazon! It's such an excellent and appropriate investment in yourself! Your dogged determination to master the thing, with google's help, is inspiring! YAY!
Too bad 'bout not getting the neuromas pointed out for you. But it does sound like you're well on your way to being able to spot them yourself (so cool!!!). Doctors don't always realize that some people really want to see the trouble bits -- even my surgeon seemed surprised when after he put up my neck MRI films I walked over to look too. He recovered well from his surprise, though, and 'splained a lot of cool stuff. I hope you'll ask next time (whether or not you've spotted the neruromas yourself) for your doctor to point them out for you in your MRIs. The extra info she tosses off while she shows it to you may be both useful and geeky fun!
And I look forward to seeing any MRI bits you end up posting.... (geek back atcha!)
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Two things got me respect from my surgeon. One was that I brought in detailed prepared question lists. The other, perhaps bigger part (which showed in the little twinkle in his eye) was when I answered his question about my job by telling him I'm an engineer -- I could see that he liked to explain things in detail and was happy to have a receptive audience. It was wonderful -- he knew he could tell me lots of technical details, and I could see his enjoyment in that too. :)
Good for you deciding to get that book from Amazon! It's such an excellent and appropriate investment in yourself! Your dogged determination to master the thing, with google's help, is inspiring! YAY!
Too bad 'bout not getting the neuromas pointed out for you. But it does sound like you're well on your way to being able to spot them yourself (so cool!!!). Doctors don't always realize that some people really want to see the trouble bits -- even my surgeon seemed surprised when after he put up my neck MRI films I walked over to look too. He recovered well from his surprise, though, and 'splained a lot of cool stuff. I hope you'll ask next time (whether or not you've spotted the neruromas yourself) for your doctor to point them out for you in your MRIs. The extra info she tosses off while she shows it to you may be both useful and geeky fun!
And I look forward to seeing any MRI bits you end up posting.... (geek back atcha!)