ScottTriGuy
Stop the harm. Start the research and treatment.
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I didn't climb the Kilimanjaro but I loved hiking in the mountains (below 6h I would have been unhappy and frustrated). I like how Lisa compares the health system to a crazily hard mountain; I compare it with a jungle. I somehow have to struggle through. I learned not give up during my PhD studies where it was normal to see no results. Every PhD student has to deal with this frustration and keep on, or won't finish (which is ok; it's not like "turning back" is a bad decision. It's often reasonable given the circumstances - something I learned from hiking).
Thanks Scott for another interesting interview.
Thanks Inara - sort of like 'what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger'.
I have a good friend (also a counsellor) and he said one of the things that helped him deal all the trauma he's hear in counselling sessions was an off-handed remark I made about him needing to HTFU - a triathlon training mantra that is an acronym for Harden The Fuck Up: 'yeah its gonna be hard, yeah its gonna hurt, suck it up'.
Climbing mountains, trudging through PhDs and jungles, racing triathlons...living with ME in our health care systems...all require us to HTFU.