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Aristus

(66,293 posts) Tue May 27, 2014, 11:06 AM May 2014

I'm not a surgeon like this guy, but, boy howdy, is the back pain part correct!:

http://www.cracked.com/article_21177_5-things-your-doctor-really-wants-to-say-to-you-but-wont.html

Not looking forward to the ICD-10 conversion, either...

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I'm not a surgeon like this guy, but, boy howdy, is the back pain part correct!: (Original Post) Aristus May 2014 OP

It feels like you know this doctor... hunter May 2014 #1

That's the truth. Aristus May 2014 #2

Maybe someday they will come with an objective way to measure pain. Enthusiast May 2014 #3

hunter

(38,303 posts)

1. It feels like you know this doctor...

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 11:37 AM

May 2014

... but most any doctor or health care professional could have written this.

Aristus

(66,293 posts)

2. That's the truth.

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Tue May 27, 2014, 11:38 AM

May 2014

There is a commonality to the daily clinical experience for medical providers.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

3. Maybe someday they will come with an objective way to measure pain.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 12:05 PM

May 2014

It seems like a possibility.

If they could actually measure pain, doctors could avoid prescribing pain meds to people that do not need them. This would help those of us that sometimes have a genuine need for opiate pain killers.

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