I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
Key takeaways
- This article is about my experience using Opus 4.8 to read the results of an MRI and give me a sort of second opinion on the diagnosis.
- Disclaimer: I'm of course not a doctor (this is actually the problem!) so please take everything I say with a grain of salt.
- For a few weeks now, I've been experiencing some pain in my right shoulder.
This article is about my experience using Opus 4.8 to read the results of an MRI and give me a sort of second opinion on the diagnosis. Of course, I know the technology might not be there yet, which is why I'm sharing this article. Maybe it can help someone or at least provide a bit of information or entertainment.
Disclaimer: I'm of course not a doctor (this is actually the problem!) so please take everything I say with a grain of salt.
For a few weeks now, I've been experiencing some pain in my right shoulder. Even though it seemed to be getting better, I decided to get an opinion from an orthopedist. I won't go into the details, but he suggested I get an MRI, which the clinic conveniently had available. I agreed and mainly learned that I had a "Grade III (>50%-width) partial-thickness tear at the apical insertion" of my subscapularis tendon. This, of course, means little to me, but their suggested course of treatment was extensive; they even started a few minutes after I got the MRI. Coming out of the clinic, I had the feeling they had jumped the gun.