Figuring out chronic illnesses. If you’ve got something other than the “basics” like diabetes or arthritis, it’s a shitshow that can take years, a dozen or more doctors, tens of thousands of dollars, and endless medical tests.
The medical system is not kind, my diagnosis was all of 5 minutes and almost definitely wrong. That was after fighting with my GP to get a referral to the right specialist…
I reckon the worst part of a chronic illness is when you don’t realise it’s abnormal, I just assumed everyone else was just as tired and sore as me.
Figuring out chronic illnesses. If you’ve got something other than the “basics” like diabetes or arthritis, it’s a shitshow that can take years, a dozen or more doctors, tens of thousands of dollars, and endless medical tests.
“Are you sure you’re not making it up”
The medical system is not kind, my diagnosis was all of 5 minutes and almost definitely wrong. That was after fighting with my GP to get a referral to the right specialist…
I reckon the worst part of a chronic illness is when you don’t realise it’s abnormal, I just assumed everyone else was just as tired and sore as me.
Agree, except for the tens of thousands of dollars thing
Ah. You must not be in the US.
Agreed. I’ve spent like half my life on this stuff, and nowadays medical stuff is practically all I do.