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At which point they will find an ovarian cyst, but they now get whatever fucked up satisfaction they derive out of proving you wrong, because you didn't believe it could a cyst at all, but guess what? They did find a cyst! It's such a good thing you didn't listen to your intuition and came to them to verify your lay diagnosis from that third party! Bonus? Doctor doesn't have to feel like they look stupid in front of a patient, which is really what all this is about. Not your health, why would you think your medical diagnosis is about your health? It's obviously about a doctor's potential ego.

And apparently this works. Apparently you just need to be able to always play 4D chess with your medical professionals in order to find an avenue of advocating for yourself and getting you medical needs met. Isn't that great?

you will then have 3 categories of symptoms: - symptoms associated with the disorder you want to address (category A) - overlapping symptoms (category B) - symptoms associated with the disorders or problems you DON'T have (category C)

when you see the doctor: - start with listing the category A and B symptoms - if the doctor asks about category C symptoms, you do not have those symptoms. (meaning, if you do deal with those symptoms, do not say so. lie to the doctor and say you don't deal with those symptoms) - do not say the name of the disorder you think you have. if your family member has it, don't mention it by name. this will allow the doctor to think that they have Saved The Day by finding the disorder themselves when you have basically laid down a breadcrumb trail.

At which point they will find an ovarian cyst, but they now get whatever fucked up satisfaction they derive out of proving you wrong, because you didn't believe it could a cyst at all, but guess what? They did find a cyst! It's such a good thing you didn't listen to your intuition and came to them to verify your lay diagnosis from that third party! Bonus? Doctor doesn't have to feel like they look stupid in front of a patient, which is really what all this is about. Not your health, why would you think your medical diagnosis is about your health? It's obviously about a doctor's potential ego.

And apparently this works. Apparently you just need to be able to always play 4D chess with your medical professionals in order to find an avenue of advocating for yourself and getting you medical needs met. Isn't that great?

you will then have 3 categories of symptoms: - symptoms associated with the disorder you want to address (category A) - overlapping symptoms (category B) - symptoms associated with the disorders or problems you DON'T have (category C)

when you see the doctor: - start with listing the category A and B symptoms - if the doctor asks about category C symptoms, you do not have those symptoms. (meaning, if you do deal with those symptoms, do not say so. lie to the doctor and say you don't deal with those symptoms) - do not say the name of the disorder you think you have. if your family member has it, don't mention it by name. this will allow the doctor to think that they have Saved The Day by finding the disorder themselves when you have basically laid down a breadcrumb trail.

Lucy T Smith is an Australian botanical artist and illustrator, resident for the past twenty-four years in the UK. Since 1999, she has worked as a freelance botanical artist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, producing botanical illustrations in both pen and ink, and watercolour. Her illustrations have been published in many scientific journals worldwide.

The Victoria water lilies are found in South America. Until very recently, the genus contained only two species, Victoria amazonica and Victoria cruziana; the first growing along the Amazon River and its tributaries, the latter further south along the Parana River. However a third - Victoria boliviana has now been named. They are cultivated in many botanical gardens around the world, and are famous for their impressive giant leaves. Perhaps lesser known by the botanical garden visitor are their flowers, which open only at night.

This painting of a cave bear, at the Chauvet Cave in France, was drawn with 14 lines around 32,000 years ago. The artist used a technique known as 'stump-drawing' - the use of fingers or a piece of hide to paint the muzzle and to emphasize the outlines of the head and forequarters