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Every time I got sick, they treated the symptoms they saw. I got pancreatitis and they addressed it. Having trouble swallowing? Esophagitis, no problem, we’ll give you some anti inflammatories. Stomach’s swollen? We’ll fix that.
Nika C. BeamonN award-winning journalist and author