Its horrifying how many stories sound like that, like the recent story woman who got parasitic worms from Hawaiian food that crept upwards from her legs gradually causing pain until they made it to her brain and only then the cognitive impairment made doctors take her seriously. She kept getting sent home too.

It's infuriating how many problems in our lives are met with a shrug.

edit: I'm a jerk, I forgot we were talking about somebody close to you. I'm sorry about your friend and I hope you're doing okay.