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Originally Posted by loganmule
The answer, for patients, is to become informed about your medical condition. The internet makes this possible, for anyone wiling to spend the time. It's actually the better solution to relying on the doc, since you know your body and habits way better than anyone else, and you'll never be able to give a doc a complete and accurate history of that. Other patients sharing your condition make a great resource.
As for RTC repair in particular, my doc did a great job, but he didn't explain much. I would have had no idea what was wrong, or the procedure for fixing it, were it not for many hours of research. Even then, reading through the operative note involved lots of time looking up medical terms (I now know what a lateral release is, for example).
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I understand and agree with what you are saying. My point however wasn't pertaining to the surgery but the aftermath and recovery.
Part of it for me came from being strictly right eye dominant/right-handed/right lead foot. Losing use of my right hand for 2 months immediately and being strictly left handed was not something I was prepared for in a few ways. Many of them could have been offset by getting things setup ahead of time if I had been told.
I'm not even saying the surgeon would be doing this. But much of what I learned I looked up later to find out if it was issues other medical practices give information on.
I've come to the conclusion folks are pretty much on their own.