Something I’ve realized about doctors here—they mostly have no idea what’s going on in your body unless it precisely lines up with standard presentation. Anything just a little bit off course and they’re clueless. Obviously they’d never admit it. They must teach a med school class on carrying yourself with absolute conviction when you have zero idea what’s really happening. The clinical lingo helps maintain the fog of expertise, as does the ambient panic of the patients and their families. Once I could imitate my own handwriting, they were so relieved they didn’t have to keep searching for an
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