Doctors who have given a second opinion diagnosis, what is the worst first opinion you've ever

encountered? I'm a surgeon. Most patients come to me after having seen another physician who has

diagnosed them with something and told the patient to see a surgeon. I've been called to see more

than one patient for appendicitis, who has already had an appendectomy. I've also been called

in multiple cases for patients who very obviously have an appendectomy. I've also been called in multiple cases for patients who

very obviously have previously undiscovered very advanced cancer. It's always too far advanced

for me to be of help, so I have to wonder, am I being called so I can be the bad guy and explain

everything? Yes. The answer is yes. This is the opposite answer, but the best

request for a second opinion came from a CVS Minute Clinic. Young healthy law student goes to

Minute Clinic. Has the flu? This was a few years ago, no rona, feels awful. They check him out.

Yup, he has a fever. Aaks, sore throat. It's the flu. Flu

Swab positive. His clinic vitals were notable for a heart rate of 140. A bit high, but not crazy

high. Reassuring numbers are under 100. The guy otherwise walks into the CVS and is a healthy

young guy. Would have been pretty easy to dismiss it.

Anyway, the minute clinic says go to the ER, you need an EKG.

So the guy follows orders.

ER chief complaint is, I have the flu and CVS told me to come here.

ER gets an EKG and he's in slow VT, which is a life-threatening arrhythmia that you have to be shocked out of.

They take a look at his heart, and it was giant and barely moving. He had an insane myocarditis.

Dude ended up getting cannulated for ECMO within hours, cardiac bypass machines as life support.

I can't say all minutes clinics are the same, but holy crap,

that was a great save. I'm a gynecologist. The number of times I've seen patients pregnant and

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