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ryanthedemiboy · 2 years ago

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I'd be pissed because dude, you could have just asked. I am desperate to know what's going on, fucking go for it, man. Hell, take some food, I don't care.

everyone's like wehhhhh why doesn't doctor house gets suuuueeed! like my man. literally every patient he sees is someone that's been trying to find a diagnosis for ages. i could live with a little medical malpractice if it were coming from someone ready to break into my home to look for allergens and not simply half heartedly listen to me before suggesting I lose weight and take ages of back and forth arguing to order a single test

#even now half my shit isn't officially diagnosed #bc that's not how it goes in the US healthcare system #if you get an official dx of x then there's several dozen meds your insurance won't cover that they did prior #same w dozens of treatments and hundreds of tests #ie my insurance wouldn't cover a celiac blood test bc my dr wrote ibs instead of just the symptoms #and by the time i found that out i'd been sent to collections from the lab that did the test #and the lab wouldn't change the paperwork since they'd already been paid #so i got a $200 bill for it that i had to pay #anyway #House is an asshole and invasive and shitty but he actually takes pts seriously #he presumes the prev drs aren't seeing something or the pt didn't think something was worth mentioning #like yo #if his hospital can get my insurance to cover invasive tests i will happily agree to most of them #(lumbar puncture and bone marrow anything are about the only things i'd refuse in most cases)#dr house is fucked up but he's the dr folks w chronic illnesses dream of #genuinely

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