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Fear thrives on uncertainty – and even doctors get symptoms they can’t explain
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Fear thrives on uncertainty – and even doctors get symptoms they can’t explain
Wednesday 1 July 2020, 04:15 AM

After injuring herself on a muddy Fiordland track, Lucy O’Hagan tries to stem her anxieties about a potentially bad diagnosis, while she searches for suitable pain relief
JUST WONDERING
Lucy O’Hagan recounts an experience of pain, and the cycle of worry and worsening pain that ensued as she searched for relief
Preparing a workshop on medically unexplained symptoms, I thought it would be good to reflect on my own symptoms of uncertain medical origin.
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