Dr. Feelbad and the Raging Hypochondriac

An old diagnosis that still makes me sick to my stomach today.

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I’ve been in doctor’s offices, hospital lobbies, and emergency rooms on six continents and in 15 countries — from the United States to Argentina to Thailand to South Africa to Australia to the Balkans. But one check-up in Sydney several years ago stands out because it still makes me sick to…