The more time I spend with the US medical system, the more I realize that nobody cares about your health as much as you do, and you really do need to learn how to engage with it, understand what's happening, and then decode how the system works and actively advocate for your own care.
It doesn't matter how great your doctors are, you're still only going to get an hour or so of their time per month if you are REALLY lucky.
Navigating this is really hard. The more AI assistance I can get the better.
> the more I realize that nobody cares about your health as much as you do
This is going to be true in all medical systems, and really in all systems for all fields.
No one else (other than maybe your immediate family) is going to care as much about your situation as you are. Any doctor, in any system, is going to have multiple patients, and they will care about all of them. You, an individual, is going to care about your own life because it is the most important thing to you, and you aren’t splitting that amongst many different patients.
Yeah, when running a startup I learned this was true about accountants and lawyers as well. They may be the experts, but they don't care as much about your own business as you do. You still have to pay very close attention to what they're handling for you.
simonw · · focus · HN ↗
It doesn't matter how great your doctors are, you're still only going to get an hour or so of their time per month if you are REALLY lucky.
Navigating this is really hard. The more AI assistance I can get the better.
cortesoft · · focus · HN ↗
This is going to be true in all medical systems, and really in all systems for all fields.
No one else (other than maybe your immediate family) is going to care as much about your situation as you are. Any doctor, in any system, is going to have multiple patients, and they will care about all of them. You, an individual, is going to care about your own life because it is the most important thing to you, and you aren’t splitting that amongst many different patients.
simonw · · focus · HN ↗