White coats

And yes it's my mistake!
Totally my mistake that I went to a hospital and digressed from the real reason that was regular checkup for insurance and decided to show self, neck pain and all to a doctor, an orthopedic at that because I've never shown to one to get a proper diagnosis, always instead opting for physiotherapy and chiropractor and so why not I thought.
I'm suffering from some stiffness, my head feels heavy every morning for the past week because of the same stiffness I feel running through my neck to the back of my head..doctor won't you please check and tell me what I can do to fix it for good.

The doctor in question was pulling my arms and moving my neck in every direction asking me if I felt any numbness in certain parts where I didn't, then he pressed my neck in certain places to ask where it hurts.
I replied in all honesty.

The doctor shook his head, prescribed some pain relief patches that I can stick on my neck and he added, get an MRI!!

What the actual what??
Why do I need that for?

The doctor told me he could get a proper diagnosis this way and an MRI was the most accurate way of finding out the real trouble with my neck.
But surely there must be another way.

An MRI is the best way he said and left it at that .

So here I am sticking a patch at the back of my neck and Cursing the gods and that doctor and myself for getting into in this mess .
The hospital has now booked an appointment for Thursday morning and god knows I'm too much of a sissy to get an MRI done .
Yeah so never go to a doctor. They'll make you into a forever patient.

I know the thought and sound of an MRI seems like something is so dangerous but apparently they're prescribing an MRI to everyone these days.
I always thought MRI is the last option when something is beyond getting diagnosed normally and here I am the first thing the doctor tells me for my neck issue is to get an MRI, now isn't that stupid. I am so upset.