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by inopinatus 3248 days ago
If it's a matter of degree, then here's my take on your remark.

Your comment has not merely crossed the line into "I-know-better"-land, it is days into that territory, is lost without a map, is desperately looking for water and shelter, but is still having terrible trouble admitting to itself that it might have made a horrible mistake.

> Let's say, for example, that you, as a patient, have been reading the literature on inflammatory systems and have become convinced that

Uh-oh.

> PhD has a very convincing scientific case

That is the point where your physician had to stifle a giggle, I'm afraid.

> Why should you, as the patient, have to get the approval of a physician to go through with it

You don't. If you can perform the procedure on yourself, it's perfectly legal.

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Uh-oh.

That is the point where your physician had to stifle a giggle, I'm afraid.

People who are sincerely and humbly committed to seeking truth on a topic, don't make sneering comments like this.

Did they edit their comment to say "treatment" instead of "procedure"?

Because there's lots of things that fall under treatment that have pretty effective legal gatekeeping around them.

I don't believe so. Inopinatus has wildly misquoted me and others here.
When I quote someone, I put it in "quote marks", or > italic.