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So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by raspie »

mattiss wrote: post #19

This is terrible. Is there any question left as to whether private healthcare is a disaster? I have known a few people who have been denied healthcare coverage when it is quite clear that it is due. Either there needs to be a regulatory board that can overrule insurance companies or we need to implement public healthcare.

Public healthcare is not inherently better than private, it has its own problems. I think it is easier and cheaper (both technically and politically) to fix private healthcare incentives than to go the public way.

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by Locke1689 »

zeugma wrote: post #18
noonespecial wrote: post #2

Dude, that well and truly sucks. I work around hospitals some and every once in a while I get the odd feeling after watching a specialist scratch his head over a fuzzy black and white "slice" made by in imager with a magnet the size of a garbage truck that its all still so primitive . Medicine has a long way yet to go.

Yeah MRI machine are definitively cavemen technology ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging#Phys... ) you should help

I don't think you should have been voted down for that. As a physics minor, I have to say that MRIs are some of the coolest things I've ever come across. The leap to their invention was brilliant.

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by johnnybgoode »

Thank you for sharing your story. I hope this serves as a wake-up call to anyone who doesn't believe that someone can be misdiagnosed many times by medical professionals.

Perhaps this is related to what marze said, but based on your experience it sounds like you looked into some CAM approaches (especially from the documentary you mentioned). If you don't mind sharing this with us, I am curious to know if the doctor who came up with the correct diagnosis would fall under this category? Also, your experience with all the different doctors with their own specialties reminded me of functional medicine, an alternative approach. (For anyone who is not aware, "Functional medicine reflects a systems biology approach because it includes an analysis of how all components of the human biological system interact functionally with the environment over time. The Institute for Functional Medicine contrasts this approach with an organ system biology broken down into modern medical specialties.")

Best of luck to you, and I'm glad you now at least know what the problem is. Not knowing why this was all happening must have made it even worse.

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by aw3c2 »

tigerthink wrote: post #12
bprater wrote: post #5

Possible to get a compressed/TLDR version?

Shooter was probably bitten by a tick that carried a ton of diseases. Most doctors didn't believe that any one person could have so many symptoms, and treated Shooter's individual symptoms instead of trying too hard to figure out what was wrong with him. Finally one doctor figured it out. Shooter is slowly getting better.

Thanks. Now who is Shooter?

edit: Before I get downvoted because of emotional responses I want to clarify that I really have no idea who Shooter is and neither do I know about the relevance for this site.

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by ErrantX »

sachinag wrote: post #13

I am assuming you are an American citizen. If you haven't already, you need to: 1) call your Congressperson's local office (not DC) and ask for someone in constituent services who works with health care issues. Do this tomorrow. If your insurance company is denying you any care, and you have a paper trail, they should help. If your Rep can't help, then contact your two Senators' offices. Generally, Reps are much bett…

It seems awful to me that all of that effort is needed just to make sure your not screwed over by the insurance company :(

Or is it just the norm and Im not used to it?

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by laktek »

Have you consider about Ayurvedic treatment [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda]? It's based on the philosophy of Balancing the senses.

Compared to western medicine, where focus is on attacking the infection and thereby causing other ailments, Ayurveda treatment will help to keep the balance of the system, which would be more comfortable.

Just give a thought on it. In this part of the world, there are lot of cases that were miraculously cured through Ayurvedic treatment.

Hope you will get better soon!

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by Jem »

Firstly, thanks for sharing, and what a shit thing to have to go through (and continue to go through!)

I didn't really understand half of what you wrote because I don't have a medical background and I don't think watching House now and again qualifies me to have an opinion. With that said, I did want to comment on your last paragraph regarding having your first child... My partner was born with mild cerebral palsy, has major balance issues and little to no temperature sense. I'm 35w2d pregnant with our first and he's already had comments (right down to "I didn't know people like you could have kids") on his ability to raise children. My point being - you're not alone. There will always be doubters. Please don't let those people, however nice their intentions, get in the way of what should be an amazing experience for you and your wife.

On that note, congratulations & good luck :)

Re: So...what the hell's wrong with you, Shooter?

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Post by ars »

aw3c2 wrote: post #25
tigerthink wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shooter was probably bitten by a tick that carried a ton of diseases. Most doctors didn't believe that any one person could have so many symptoms, and treated Shooter's individual symptoms instead of trying too hard to figure out what was wrong with him. Finally one doctor figured it out. Shooter is slowly getting better.

Thanks. Now who is Shooter? edit: Before I get downvoted because of emotional responses I want to clarify that I really have no idea who Shooter is and neither do I know about the relevance for this site.

Emotional response?

Is it really that hard to read the second line on the page?

Specifically the name of the person submitting the story?

Or maybe search for the word Shooter on this page?

I also did not know who it was, but it wasn't that hard to find out.

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