It's not about the price, but about finding the right treatment method.

The first time I had this experience was two years ago when I took my newborn daughter to see a doctor, and I still feel uneasy when I think back on it.

If I hadn't gone to another hospital for a re-examination at that time, perhaps she would have been left with a lifelong regret.

At that time, the child had just turned two weeks old, and after registering at a children's hospital in a certain city, she was scheduled for various instrument checks.

The results hadn't been confirmed yet, but the doctors had already talked about 'surgery,' which is a huge deal for the patient, as if they were selling a product.

Their rhetoric is roughly: If you don't have surgery right away, you'll have to wait a long time; if you don't have surgery immediately, the consequences will be serious; our surgery is safe and reliable, with almost no side effects.

In short, the message conveyed is: surgery must be performed here immediately, no leaving.

But as an old hand in cryptocurrency trading, I have a strong distrust of such promotions.

Despite their words causing great worry for my wife and mother, I insisted on going to Tongji Hospital to see the best specialists and hear what they had to say. If the specialists also thought surgery was necessary, then we would proceed with it.

Later, the expert's conclusion was: there's nothing wrong, just go home and rest for a few months.

Now my daughter is already two years old, healthy and lively.

I will always remember when she was only two weeks old, staying alone in the hospital for a week, and the pitiful look on her face when she was discharged, especially since she couldn't express herself verbally, but her eyes were full of helplessness.

This made me deeply realize that many hospitals and doctors today are no longer benevolent but more like machines that only aim to make money.

But I am very grateful to the experts at Tongji Hospital!

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Speaking of today's dental experience, this time it was also to seek a more suitable treatment.

Sure enough, the examination results from the two dental clinics were also different.

My condition is that my lower teeth are sensitive to 'acids' and also sensitive to 'hard objects' or foods like gum.

Before going to the hospital, I had already consulted AI and had a preliminary judgment; it was likely 'tooth cracks' or 'enamel wear'.

The first clinic's statement was: fill 1 tooth, desensitize 4 teeth.

However, the tooth that needed filling did not match my symptoms, although there was indeed a gap. As for desensitization, the doctor explained that it only alleviates symptoms and cannot cure the issue.

After explaining the situation, the doctor emphasized that filling the tooth is more important and desensitization is not critical. Tooth sensitivity is due to excessive enamel wear, possibly related to grinding teeth at night (my wife said I did indeed grind my teeth a few years ago), and the doctor recommended wearing a night guard.

I still found a reason to leave and went to another clinic.

The conclusion from the second clinic was: fill 3 teeth.

One of them was the same tooth that the first clinic suggested filling, but it was not a sensitive tooth. The other few were sensitive teeth, but the filling positions were incorrect—filled on the side, while the sensitivity was on the top.

I explained the situation again, and the doctor stated that this kind of sensitivity doesn't necessarily require filling and can be observed first.

In the end, I only filled one tooth to avoid unnecessary and irreversible damage to the sensitive teeth.

Oh, by the way, they still couldn't avoid promotions, and I quietly checked the prices on Meituan, finding that they were significantly lower than what the hospital quoted in person.

Therefore, one must not blindly trust doctors and hospitals; the real world often differs from what we understand in education.