Doctors Missed It for 30 Years. Then Labeled Me Disabled.
She had the diagnosis for over 30 years and didn't know it. The average is 12. It was caught by accident — LabCorp ran the wrong test, the panel came back positive, and a hematologist who'd been treating her for anemia suddenly had an answer nobody ordered.
This is a new episode of Diagnose This. Dr. Z is joined by Devin, FMACC, functional medicine and nutrition health coach, to talk about what "everything looks fine" actually means — and what it costs when the system waits for things to get worse before it acts.
Nothing more to do usually means nothing more we're paid to do. The insurance…
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