Again, Losul, I would insist on x-rays and ultra sound. Yes, doctors can listen to you with a stethoscope but can they REALLY know what’s going on with further testing be it x-rays, ultra sound or whatever. I can only go by what I go through myself with my medical issues but are we really so different than our furry family members. Not really. Not in diagnosing illnesses and the extent to which they have ravished our bodies or not. I certainly would not be content with a doctor holding a stethoscope to me listening to my heart and lungs and giving me a diagnoses. I want details. Some doctors are excellent and they still order tests. My doctor is head of his department at Emory Medical University Center in Georgia but he would still and always does order every test under the sun. X-rays, ultra sounds, CT scan, MRI’s. Funny thing is, if he made suggestions without further testing I would follow his lead. But, he’s been my doctor for this illness for the past 11 years and he was a student of my doctor at Cornell with I lived in NYC. Gottta trust your doctor (vet) or go with more testing.
