I was worried by a pain in my foot. My doctor said I should have an x-ray to see if it was a stress fracture. Apparently the x-ray indicated no stress fracture.
A friend of mine who has had a stress fracture told me that an x-ray cannot determine this - he said I need an MRI scan instead.
Obviously this conflict is unsettling for me, as I am unable to resume training with confidence. With all the knowledge of letsrun posters, surely there are at least a handful with the requisite medical knowledge.
And before you say "go with the doctor's opinion", might I just remind you that if you ask your doctor for a blood test because you are worried about iron, they often give you the one which doesn't measure ferritin, so I'm not sure they always recommend the necessary test.