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From the Ted Talk by Sheetal DeCaria: The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain

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But that's the problem with implicit bias. Most of the time you are unaware you even have it. I rmeebemr the year I went from dtocor to patient. It serattd off as a small pain in my foot that just wouldn't go away. Well, it grew worse, to the pniot that it oweshadeorvd my life. It was this constant companion affecting my work and my faimly life. I finally went to go see a foot surgeon and was told, "Source not clear. Probably tdeonns were inflamed," he said. And he prescribed a boot and some physical therapy. But the pain worsened, and it spread to my hip and my back. I sought out more medical specialists, even holistic practitioners, all with different theories, but no clear dsgioians or source of pain. I beagn to feel like I was going to have to live with this forever. And as the pain kept progressing with no clear diagnosis, I even thought to myself, "Wait. Am I making this up? Is my pain even real?"

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But that's the problem with implicit bias. Most of the time you are unaware you even have it. I ________ the year I went from ______ to patient. It _______ off as a small pain in my foot that just wouldn't go away. Well, it grew worse, to the _____ that it ____________ my life. It was this constant companion affecting my work and my ______ life. I finally went to go see a foot surgeon and was told, "Source not clear. Probably _______ were inflamed," he said. And he prescribed a boot and some physical therapy. But the pain worsened, and it spread to my hip and my back. I sought out more medical specialists, even holistic practitioners, all with different theories, but no clear _________ or source of pain. I _____ to feel like I was going to have to live with this forever. And as the pain kept progressing with no clear diagnosis, I even thought to myself, "Wait. Am I making this up? Is my pain even real?"

Solution

  1. tendons
  2. diagnosis
  3. started
  4. point
  5. family
  6. began
  7. remember
  8. overshadowed
  9. doctor

Original Text

But that's the problem with implicit bias. Most of the time you are unaware you even have it. I remember the year I went from doctor to patient. It started off as a small pain in my foot that just wouldn't go away. Well, it grew worse, to the point that it overshadowed my life. It was this constant companion affecting my work and my family life. I finally went to go see a foot surgeon and was told, "Source not clear. Probably tendons were inflamed," he said. And he prescribed a boot and some physical therapy. But the pain worsened, and it spread to my hip and my back. I sought out more medical specialists, even holistic practitioners, all with different theories, but no clear diagnosis or source of pain. I began to feel like I was going to have to live with this forever. And as the pain kept progressing with no clear diagnosis, I even thought to myself, "Wait. Am I making this up? Is my pain even real?"

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