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About six weeks ago I started having sharp pain in my right side. Like most moms, I was busy and blew it off. When the pain turned into vomiting, turned into body aches and me in bed however, I hustled to the Dr. They ran blood tests, pee tests, and took a CT scan. Nothing really came back with answers. They told me to rest (hah!), drink lots of water and take pain pills (can I get my co-pay back?) Fast forward to today and I still am having daily pain and have a GI appointment on Tuesday that scares me. I’ve heard too many stories from friends and families about the “mad scientist” style tests GI’s do and am seriously weighing if the pain is “that bad.”   Here’s my question. Why do we pay billions into health care when we as patients end up self-diagnosing in the end? I was the one who “discovered” my son had Autism, I was the one who told my Dr. I wanted my thyroid checked and I didn’t think it was...
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