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by yapyap 582 days ago
> Why so? You were lucky! You had a low probability for the diagnosis, but the doc made the right decision. That's to be celebrated

cause they still said “can’t”

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If this doc meant it in the literal sense of 'can't', why go through with the workup, then? This is IMO evidence that the doc meant 'very unlikely, but let's check'. I agree words are important, but still the right decision was made and that's cool.
I think the issue is "can't" is present tense, and the conclusion _after_ treating. In otherwords, they still think it isn't a heart attack.