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Faye's parents -- huge age difference?

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Is it cold in here?:
Welcome, insightful new person!

Carl-E:

--- Quote from: Eddie 88 on 08 Jun 2013, 08:03 ---Sorry to hear about your daughter, Carl. Is she better now?

--- End quote ---

No, but thanks for asking. 

westrim:
This strip strongly implies that they were of similar ages.

Eddie 88:

--- Quote from: Carl-E on 08 Jun 2013, 21:00 ---
--- Quote from: Eddie 88 on 08 Jun 2013, 08:03 ---Sorry to hear about your daughter, Carl. Is she better now?

--- End quote ---

No, but thanks for asking. 
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I hate doctors. I really, really hate doctors. "In her head." That's just what they say when they mean "I'm not nearly talented or experienced enough to give you a diagnosis, and I can't be bothered to go the extra mile to find you someone who can because I honestly don't care as long as I get paid, but I don't want you to sue me so I'm not going to admit any of that."

I myself have a still-undiagnosed systemic joint and musculoskeletal disease which has me house-bound, unable to work, unable to walk more than a few feet on my own without crippling pain, and unable to use my hands properly (I can only post on these forums or use a computer at all 'cause I'm using a speech-to-text program). This started in Summer 2012 (I was 100% perfectly healthy prior to that). By Fall 2012, after having seen a dozen different doctors, the conclusion was "it's just in your head."

And as much as that sucked, all I could keep thinking was, "I'm a decent-looking twentysomething white male, and they're treating me with this much disinterest and callousness. Statistically, I'm getting the best treatment and most attention. I can't even imagine what it'd be like for a woman and/or a person of color."

It's 2013, and apparently, the state of modern medicine is no better than it was in 213; guesswork, blind guesswork. And if your symptoms don't fit neatly into a pre-existing easy diagnosis, tough shit, nobody cares, nobody's willing to take a personal interest and go the extra mile. There are no Dr. Cox's, there are no Dr. House's, there are no superdocs who'll work tirelessly to uncover a medical mystery. If one test comes back negative, they write you off; it must just be in your head.

I really hate doctors.

Mr_Rose:
Slightly ironic given your sig quote, but there you go.

That said, sounds like you got some sort of progressive joint fibrosis. Which probably means autoimmune problems given the late, rapid onset. IANAD though.
Also, are you in one of those countries where doctors get paid by the test rather than by the cured patient? Because that always seemed silly to me; imagine paying police by the arrest or firemen by the fire….

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