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Re:Amazon Staffer Says She Was Fired over Bathroom Breaks fo... by klyrs on Sunday August 22, 2021 @09:45PM (#28271559)
IBS is a diagnosis of last resort. You don't get that from a walk-in clinic, you get that from a months- or years-long quest to eliminate every possible cause, before your doctor throws up their hands and calls it IBS.
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Re:Amazon Staffer Says She Was Fired over Bathroom Breaks fo... by mullingitover on Sunday August 22, 2021 @11:16PM (#28271981)
Counterpoint: someone I know personally got that diagnosis from a single doctor's visit, so this isn't exactly a hard rule.
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Re:Amazon Staffer Says She Was Fired over Bathroom Breaks fo... by klyrs on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:43PM (#28280197)
Yeah, true. Different doctors have different standards, and there are significant regional differences in standards of care. I've had several walk-in clinics tell me that I need an established GP to deal with certain issues.
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