So this level-headed woman has one doctor say she will die in 3 weeks, another one just agrees, without even doing another catscan, and she just believes it and goes and blows all her money?
I don't hate you.
I hate being around you.
Dr. Gupta did 2 catscans, which the other Dr. verified by looking them over. She tried to get more help from her HMO but didn't think she had time to waste reading their "bibles". She needed to get on with what was left of her life. I think that's plausible. I love the Gupta character's persistent distress at this diagnosis. How many doctors nowadays would even give it a second thought, never mind persist in rechecking the findings? Now that's where this becomes a real fairytale... :)
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**Michael.JACKSON**
His distress at the original diagnosis was real, which is understandable to me, but then I'm not a doctor so it's not something I'd be used to. His re-checking the findings toward the end came out of another person's cat scan on that machine showing the exact same rare disease in exactly the same place. That's what led him to think it might be the machine and to try a reading on his own head to test his theory. His trying to solve that odd puzzle is is very understandable and not like a fairytale. I think any doctor that noticed that might try the same thing. Even if they weren't moved by compassion they would want to know if their expensive machine was on the fritz.... ;-)