How can i convince the doctor to remove my ganglion?

Question

I have a ganglion on my foot just below my ankle. I want it removed and yes i know all the risks and treatment options etc. I have my appointment next week and i want to know how to make it sound like i have compressed nerves so that he will remove it. Whats the best thing to say?

There is nothing you can tell me about ganglions that i dont already know, i know all the treatment options etc. All i want to know is what to say to fake nerve compression, thats it.

Answer 1

I am going to hope you had an unsuccessful aspiration of the cyst. It would be silly to go through surgery without trying to get it aspirated.

You can say that the cyst is sore from rubbing against your shoe. You could say, if you drive, that it effects your ability to press down on the brakes or accelerator because it aches.

I had a baker's cyst (a little different) a few years ago. They were unable to aspirate it after several attempts. The cyst got to the size of a large lemon behind my knee. One day it caused my knee to lock up while driving. Once I got home I was on the phone with my orthopedic to get it surgically removed.

Surgery has its risk. You want to fake concern about nerve compression but you can suffer nerve damage from such a surgery. It took about 4 - 5 years for me to regain sensation in the back on my leg. However, given the fact my knee locked up, possibly rendering me not able to control my car, it was a good risk.

Answer 2

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How can i convince the doctor to remove my ganglion?
I have a ganglion on my foot just below my ankle. I want it removed and yes i know all the risks and treatment options etc. I have my appointment next week and i want to know how to make it sound like i have compressed nerves so that he will remove it. Whats the best thing to say?

Answer 3

Ganglion's dont always need to be removed , quite often the best way to get rid of them is to hit them with a heavy book eg encylopeadia or a bible. I did this about 10 years ago and it's never come back. There's no point in lying to your doctor about compressed nerves as he'll know straight away that it's not true

Answer 4

It is at your own risk and peril to try and fool a doctor into doing something that is medically ,or surgically, not indicated. Besides WE have been trained to weigh all the benefits against risks of any proceedures before WE undertake any.

Besides it is almost impossible for a non-medical person to fool a doctor in the medical field. Just to take your present case: if you can convince a doctor that your ganglion is causing nerve compression ,I would say you are a rare museum specimen..

I suggest that you keep reading about Ganglions. A good bedtime reading will be the "Concise Encyclopaedia of Ganglions " in 6 volumes,

Best wishes & happy reading.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

tell him that its very painful when your wearing your shoes, because the shoes compresses the ganglion which gives you difficulty to walk.

hope it sounds convincing.

Answer 7

"No puppet master pulls the string on high,
A twisted nerve, a ganglion gone awry,
Predestinates the sinner or the saint"

tell him you dont want to be a sinner :-)

Answer 8

Call a psychologist and tell them what you told us.

Faking a condition in order to convince a surgeon to perform unnecessary surgery is a sign of severe mental illness if you're serious and poor judgement otherwise.

If you're convinced that you have this condition and your doctor thinks otherwise, then find another doctor and see what they think. If several doctors disagree with you - perhaps you should concede that you are wrong instead of trying to trick someone into cutting you.

Answer 9

You don't have to put on an act. I had one in my arm, showed it to my doc and she made arrangements for me to have it removed. Just tell him you are concerned it might bother your nerves. The surgery to remove mine was no big deal at all.

Answer 10

pain is a good enough indication to have it removed. you don't need to fake any additional symptoms of nerve compression- just tell him it hurts and it's affecting your ability to walk. if you try to fake neurological dysfunction, he can do tests like EMGs to assess nerve function, but there's no way he can tell if you're faking the pain.