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Friday
April 17, 2026
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| welcome to america,
where it is our custom to wait until medical issues become too big to ignore before seeking professional help. this is not from adherence to some stoic code, but merely a fear of the cost. it's been 12 days to the moment since i self-diagnosed a torn calf muscle after hobbling off the tennis court, but re-injury and slow healing got me hankering for a second opinion. the doctor confirmed what i'd learned from the internet and allayed my concerns that it might be worse. no surgery needed, he said leaving the room, "but they want to take an x-ray." the they was telling; i'd seen this superfluous hard tissue imaging upsell before and, maybe because i was feeling hardboiled from too much noir fiction, i got dressed and firmly declined when the attendant came for me. she looked surprised but said nothing as she closed the door in full retreat.... |
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