For all of your retro gamers out there...a request for someone in need

Oh that's rough. I listen to this podcast, so I will consider donating. The $13,000 he has already raised would almost be enough to cover a surgical procedure nevermind tests of which that money would cover multiple medical tests likely without dropping below the 5 digit mark. It is different though when you factor in the cost of living in CA. This is why even young, assumingly healthy people need to purchase health insurance. I went through a similar issue last year. I had health insurance through my employer but the point being, you never know when something will happen to you. I won't lie though that it's a little bit disconcerting when he's using his youtube popularity to get people to give him money to help pay his medical bills. Any normal guy wouldn't be so lucky as to have an audience of thousands of people to draw help from.

I think Ian's struggles do represent the failure of our medical system though. If you do not have an easily diagnosed issue, this is the treatment you get for months/years on end. Doctors are only willing to treat symptoms, tend to gravitate to the quickest, easiest to treat diagnosis and put you through a battery of expensive tests repeatedly yet still fail to find an adequate explanation for your issues. It is situations like my issue last year and Ian's issue that make me realize that with all our modern medical knowledge, how little we still know about the human body.