I’ve had multiple medical misdiagnoses in my life, to the point where I can faithfully say I don’t think a doctor EVER made a correct diagnosis. I’ve had ear tubes surgery when I was a […]
If you Google “mistrust doctors”, you find numerous websites expressing concern about the decline in patient trust in doctors. Two points I find interesting: Patients don’t trust science If a patient doesn’t trust their doctor […]
When my brother was 7 or 8, and I was 10 or 11, we would bike home from school together. Bored with biking the same route every day, or maybe because we wanted to delay […]
My old optometrist sent me the receipts for all sets of glasses my parents ever bought there. So today, I charted it. Here’s my Myopia progression from age 5 to age 35 (now). If you […]
To all therapists who did not recognize the childhood abuse survivor that was sitting in front of you. Do you have children of your own? Do you regularly drag them by the hair or ears […]
Three weeks ago, I called the hospital. I talked to a complaints officer and shared with him what had happened to me. He was a little bit skeptical I think about what I had to […]
I have severe myopia. Before I got sick in 2018, I always wore contact lenses. Over time, I was prescribed stronger and stronger lenses. Going ever further back in time: When I was four, I […]
Mark Craber and myself have suffered complications of surgical clips / sterilization clips. In this podcast we share our stories. Struggling with your health? Anxiety and depression came up since you had surgery? Skin rashes, […]
In my teens, Elisa’s parents once invited me and Gisele on holiday with them. I remember being restless on the drive there. Vocal. Loud. I insisted on mimicking a Pokemon over and over. Elisa’s father, […]
I’m kind of concerned about the rising number of unscientific posts in some Facebook groups. Let’s be clear: I’m not here to tell you you’re not sick from something. I won’t tell you your hormones […]