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welcome back to Dr. Rucho Radio. Today, let's discuss my personal journey into the world of sleep

of medicine, good and bad.

And unfortunately, there is more bad here to report than there is good.

And by bad, I mean, not bad diagnostic findings or personal health challenges, bad advice.

And, you know, unfortunately, I was subjected to a lot of the same stuff that i

criticized the field for doing to others there was a overreading of tests there was an unnecessary

imbuing of fear and making me feel like i was far worse off than I actually was. And I also want to

admit I struggle with the fact that some of this came, even from people who've been on the

podcast and people whose opinions I generally appreciate and have learned from, but it was incredibly

disheartening for me to consult with some of these individuals as a patient or a client

and see how quickly things devolved. And so I'm not going to mention any names because I don't,

you know, the purpose of this is not to call anyone out individually. It is to call attention

to the fact that these problems in medicine and health care are very common. And there are definitely times I struggle with and wonder, am I too critical? Because oftentimes I'm criticizing things on the podcast. But then I have an experience like this. And gosh, it makes me realize, if I may say so, how I think special and important what we are doing at the clinic is.

Because the way I was treated led to quite a degree of stress.

I remember having to go for a walk at night and try to just decompress all of the, well, let's go into it. Let's go into all of the things that

were said to me that were quite damaging. And if it wasn't for all my experience in this field,

I could have very easily got swept up into it. So the context here, the background, I'm always trying to improve my health and look for new and novel ways to do so.

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