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March 20, 2006
Medicine and its Limits
A piece in today Wall Street Journal was fascinating. It described a reporter's unknown maladay that came, caused him fatigue and weight loss over months, and then went away again. It reminded me of a somewhat similar experience I had during grad school: A mysterious illness whacked me, causing me to be poked and prodded and diagnosed, and then poked and prodded and diagnosed a few more times over subsequent months.And then ... it went away, no thanks to medical science.
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Dr. Dean Edell (radio/tv-media doctor) often says something along the lines of, "After you get sick, with or without medical care, one of three things is going to happen:
- You'll get worse
- You'll stay the same
- You'll get better"
Stress, my man, stress.
I too have been beset by unknown maladies during grad school. I refused to take the medications prescribed. Some of them doctor's expected me to take the rest of my life.
Looking back on it 25 years later I understand the principal culprit was my response to stressful situations.