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Aristus

(71,876 posts) Tue May 27, 2014, 10:06 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

(40,476 posts)

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

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 10:37 AM

May 2014

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

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Aristus

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2. That's the truth.

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Tue May 27, 2014, 10:38 AM

May 2014

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

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Enthusiast

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

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2014, 11:05 AM

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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