Recently I was participating in a medical class where I was the subject matter due to my interesting health challenges. I was excited to participate because these medical students were learning to go beyond a textbook diagnosis and look at the person as a whole. Even with all the discussions I have with my own care team, I rarely discuss all my issues at once but, since they were practicing the diagnostics side of things, they were asking all the questions. After the class on

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