weeladdie18 wrote:[...]I am getting to the point where I am looking for a younger doctor in my practice.The whole problem is one of modern thinking with advancing techniques in medical care for each diagnosis
The primary problem is actually deeper than that. For all of the vaunted modern medical technology, sometimes experience, curiosity, and deep understanding are vastly better -- and the folks that possess those tools are the ones that are getting railroaded out of practise today because the kiddies think they're fossils.
We've seen that here a few times. Recall that in Uncle Al's case the doctors never bothered to run an old-school culture to identify what was eating his legs. They unquestioningly believed what the computerised AI was telling them and never thought about it. One might as well ask Google.
Accurate diagnosis -- especially in the absence of acute symptoms -- is Devilishly complex and difficult. It's like taking your car to the mechanic when it's behaving, and if you cannot describe the symptom in exacting detail the mechanic will have nothing to go on.
The upshot is that you know your symptoms best; you need to describe them precisely to your practitioner. My case of atypical migraine (a disruption of vision in the absence of pain, identical in both eyes simultaneously) was accurately diagnosed by an old-school MD with a background in emergency medicine and an intern we was working with at the time. I was worried about stroke as that's what kills men in my family, as was my late ex. The description alone was precise enough for both of them to recognise it without the need for "tests". (I still get 'em, and they're primarily stress-related; I've learned to de-stress as much as possible and roll with the things when they happen.)
The point is that you know your own self than any assembly-line doc' can possibly know your situation. It's up to you to manage the relationship, question what you don't understand liberally, and don't put up with BS. E.g.: "I'm here for a bite from a deer tick and I'm worried about Lyme Disease. I am not interested in a colonoscopy."