Oh I have insurance so it's not a cost thing really. I just never have a good experience with doctors. I went to one of the best hospitals here with my posh insurance to deal with my hearing (I had very strange, concerning, pulsating tinnitus outta nowhere), and they basically just dismissed it. I also had them test my hearing because I can definitely tell my left ear is slightly deaf (comparing via earphones etc), and their tacky-ass test had them conclude my hearing is perfect.
I had world class toe surgery, with like 5 surgeons and state-of-the-art anaesthetic. Forth surgery on the same issue. And yet here I am, still with this blasted ingrown nail, permanently there, mocking me. Oh, and that state of the art anaesthetic? Didn't work. They knifed my toe and I felt the whole slice -__- they had to backtrack to more O.G. methods.
They also dismissed my wife of her sudden, extreme eczema on her leg which, 2 years later is still there and scarring. When asked why it's only on her legs, they said 'oh that's just because it's not serious enough to spread elsewhere yet'
I suppose that's what you get when the entire country is trained in 'Traditional Chinese Medicine' instead of 'real medicine'.
Lost a lot of faith in it all.
What the hell that sounds horrible. No wonder ancient medicine is still popular lol. The worse thing about being sick is being gaslit. I hate that
Cheers to that! Thankfully I can now have health debates with ChatGPT instead lol