Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

In fact it is great, even with all of the problems you have outlined.

I participate in an online forum for those with chronic pain and related problems. And there is a subgroup for those who are either getting worse or who just don't have any resources. We share ideas and resources and support.

And the general consensus among those of us who don't have insurance is that we can't afford care and, as such, we would prefer not to know if things are getting worse. The logic is thus; we can't afford the tests, and if we could afford the tests, we can't afford the care that would be proscribed from the diagnosis that the tests support, thus, why get the tests in the first place. Ignorance, while it lasts, is bliss.

Those who aren't in this situation don't get it.