Yeah I'd do the same.

or ever again

In the immortal words of Abraham Lincoln: "Anything is an insertable toy of you're brave enough"

Only if a log of the ins and outs goes directly to Bill Gates's desk.

"Getting between people and doctors" is maybe the wrong wording, that's the excuse snake oil salesmen and antivaxxers use. The FDA and other regulatory bodies should get between people and doctors, the opiod crisis peddled by big pharma is enough proof.

Remember during the height of COVID when quacks (and the president) were prescribing dewormers?

I think legally this situation is called The Air Bud Loophole

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. But I wanted to share that in my personal experience it has absolutely been worth the effort

It's one word in elvish

2016 Part 2: Election Boogaloo

Sun Tzu's guide to dating

We're already like a quarter if the way. Maybe next century

I understand why people might not want to do it, but personally getting diagnosed and starting treatment has been life changing.

Yeah you don't need a doctor to tell you your arm is broken, but raw dogging a broken arm is hardly ideal.