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Originally Posted by Superman
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I was walking through the grocery store about an hour ago, thinking that EVERY SINGLE MOMENT of life, every friggin' breath........is so special. So sacred. Life and health are unimaginably precious. I was conscious of my breathing, and the colors and the experience.......it was indescribable. Medical people hold these treasures in the palm of their hands.
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IMHO.
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Please.
I'm glad you could use my post to describe your last Psilocybin experience.
IMHO.
My point is based on 12 years of lower back pain, surgeries, pain management, gastro-intestinal problems, psychological treatment, hospital stays and billing issues that my wife has endured. The medical profession tends to bring feelings like bivenator expressed on itself. Certainly, unless you've been to medical school, making an absolute diagnosis and developing a treatment plan is outside most people realm of expertise, but it's certainly not out of the question to have alternative input considered. And in general, you are the only oversight there is when it comes to your health. Simply dismissing errors and omissions does not improve the overall system. I have on several occasions considered lawsuits, when their had been misdiagnosis and actual (albeit minor) damage. What seemed to work better was to have the incidents reviewed independently, and results presented to the hospital or professional in question.
When I hear physicians complain about how little they make, and the cost of their education, it irritates me when they take a half-assed, "I know everything" approach.