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Most people who go into medicine do it because they want to help people. But the system they work inside of now doesn’t reward curiosity. It rewards speed. Fifteen-minute appointments. Clicking boxes. Templates. Billing codes. Documentation that somehow matters more than eye contact. Complex illness is inconvenient. It doesn’t behave nicely inside algorithmic medicine. It doesn’t wrap itself up neatly in a single visit. It requires time — time to listen, time to think, time t

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The anger after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease didn’t come all at once. One day it was just… there. Not the explosive roid-rage and wanting to throw-things-at-the-wall kind of anger. More like a steady, simmering realization of: Well. This is complete bullshit. Because here’s the part no one prepares you for. I did everything right. I took meticulous care of my patients. I took meticulous care of my body. I didn’t smoke. I didn’t drink. I was a marathon runner. Hy