I'm not sure if this forum is appropriate for my question, but you have been very helpful in the past.

I have met many doctors and surgeons in the last two years. I am a university lecturer specialising in the area of applied intuitionistic logic. All the doctors I have met very average or poor problem solving skills -- a typical expectation of a layperson. I would unlikely attribute a higher grade than a basic pass to all of them in my under-graduate course. This is unfortunate, but a reality I have come to accept.

This seemingly immutable fact has cost me a lot of money and trauma in dealing with the result of a sporting injury in July 2007 (and six subsequent surgical procedures). All surgeons I have met have extremely good surgical skills with very average or poor diagnostic skills.

I would like to renew my athletic endeavours if it ever becomes possible, but I am afraid of having a sporting injury, since I know I will have to study extremely hard to diagnose myself again (as I have done).

However, this was not the biggest hurdle, after having correctly diagnosed my pathologies (I did it four times with zero errors). On all four occasions, I had an enormous struggle to convince doctors that I was correct so that they would take action. Admittedly, these pathologies were difficult to diagnose (i.e. not indicating on radiograph, but still very serious problems). I would like to enact a mitigation strategy should this arise again.

Is it possible, by travelling internationally, paying money to the appropriate people (i.e. turns out cheaper in the long run) or by some other unforeseen means, to allow myself to tell a surgeon what the diagnosis is and request the appropriate treatment, without having to deal with potential incompetence and treatment being held hostage by self-appointed authority?

Thanks for any advice. I realise how dangerous it is to circumvent self-appointed experts, but the danger posed by their incompetence is far more serious (full story due for release after formal governmental complaint is dealt with).

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