Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: What Doctors Really Think of Chronic Pain Patients
themighty.comI have a moderate distrust of the health care system (and I bet, if this headline caught your eye, you do too). It comes from decades of being juggled between specialists like a hot bag of microwave popcorn, being put through brutal batteries of tests that ultimately route to dead ends, and fighting countless insurance claims through clenched teeth.
But most of all, it comes from bad experiences: in exam rooms, in hospitals, in MRI machines. And in these days of people having no filter on the internet, you can find message boards on just about any topic – niche fetishes, quirky hobbies, neighborhood gossip mills.
But if you’re a “perennial patient” like me, I am here to warn you about a subreddit out there for medical professionals with a whopping 386,000 members.
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