(August 25, 2015 at 6:00 pm)abaris Wrote: That's not confined to vets. When I was a child I had an exostosis in the knee. The problem with that was that my father had me privately insured and so the surgeon we consulted advised to operate immediately. We decided against it anyway, but a few years later, when I no longer had private insurance, I went to the same surgeon because I didn't want to get drafted (we still have the draft). And a miracle happened. Suddenly it was no big deal, not worthy of any attention. And certainly no reason to operate or to avoid the draft.Same thing happened to me with my knee. With HMO care, "it'll heal on it's own in time". With private insurance 3 years later, "we need to replace the knee, how's your schedule next month?".
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
