im imagining styropyro as a rambo-esque character and as the main bad guy is about to be finished off he primes a laser uzi and goes "pretty coool riiiiiight?"
I've had this happen. I was billed as uninsured for $600, and then when they applied insurance I got a corrected bill for $5k with insurance covering half of that. I ended up paying 4x the uninsured quote. To make it more insulting, my health insurance plan costs roughly 10% of my salary. I'd rather take the pay.
The fact that a doctor , who went to school for nearly a decade, can recommend you get a test done.... then insurance can just say nope.... has always seemed insane to me.
These Insurance companies are still making money even if they paid out with the majority of these "unnecessary" tests. Insurance in its current form is basically gambling but unlike gambling you are forced to play. Should be a law that the amount you pay is the amount they have to shell back out if a doctor asks for it.
American insurance companies are people who are the most ignorant to healthcare running how people get their care. In my opinion, throw the whole system out and start again from scratch. This healthcare system is criminal in and of itself.
They won't do that, though, because the government is basically paid to ignore this crap, just like all the issues with guns. (Not saying get rid of guns, we just need much better regulations on them, and to stop giving people assult rifles.)
I'm so sorry you have to deal with all that insurance nonsense! Aside from that, I hope you can get to the bottom of your current condition and that you have a speedy recovery!
I noticed how much you gave our homeboy Styro so now I'm sitting over here crying like a little girl. That's not an insignificant amount of money to just hand over to some guy you don't really know. What got my cryballs leaking was the simple fact that when you saw a fellow brocicle getting boned by the long, evil, vampire schlong of an insurance company you said no sir! Not today Mr. Evil Vampire Schlong!!! What I'm trying to say is, thanks for being a good dude when so many others choose not to.
@@darksu6947 Thank you so much for the very kind words! I really appreciate it! I've been through a similar situation with insurance and I try to help whenever I can. If we all stick together, we can do anything. ❤
Wow that's crazy, im basically in the same boat as you. 27 year old male with little facial hair, high testosterone levels and high SHBG, and bio markers for liver disease. Unfortunately i can't afford to do anything about it because healthcare in this country is so horrendous... Also another funny similarity, i recently became very interested in tornados and that's how i stumbled across your tornado chasing videos and ended up here. We have arrived at similar evolutions it seems 😂
4:50 - Ah, insurance. Adding stress to already-stressful situations since forever :( These never-ending medical conundrums are incredibly annoying, and adding the stress of dealing with your insurance company (even if you have great docs/staff to help with that) is poison-icing on top of a nasty cake.
@@TrevorD19 Truly a dystopian view of something that is inherently NOT a good thing. I understand silver linings, but good lord the corporations have won.
MD here. Make sure they do a scrotal ultrasound/ exam ! One of most common cause in your age group can be germ cell tumors in testicles that can be easily ruled out.
this video is his scariest yet in my opinion. seeing a guy who plays around with the closest things to death rays that exist on this planet and also flames that kill you and by blowing up your heart in an instant if you touch it seeing him rant like this is terrifying. i hope you're fine and doing well and above all that you stay healthy
For your insurance, for future reference, you can ask for a list of all individuals who had a say in denying your claims. 99% of the time they will change their decision BECAUSE most insurance companies have people who are NOT medical professionals looking for key words in your claim to accept or decline it, which is a MAJOR HIPPA violation.
Think that’s the same in Canada? I use to work for an insurance company in Canada and it definitely wasn’t like that, the client would have to provide all medical documentation from the attending physician and any hospital records, then the adjuster makes the decision from their based on set out rules the client would have already agreed to.
@@oneup12 its pretty much the same for alot of different insurances around the world. They all just hire some people who read the claims but arent actually professionals. Watched a report on that stuff happening where i live (Germany) aswell.
I feel SO shitty about being British right now, this is why we can't let the Conservatives win the general election next month here because they want to push us to the US healthcare model - dude I feel for Drake I really do, its ludicrous he paid over the odds WITH f*ken insurance
Insurance claim specialist here! I can tell you right now you may have accidentally uncovered some fraud or something of that insurance company, that pricing is most certainly not supposed to work like that. Also they need reasonable cause to deny a cost coverage for something, if you’re getting tests done for what sounds like a potentially life altering condition then they cannot refuse (by law). This all makes me very curious who you have insurance through.
@@eldritchbeing2879A lot of us have accepted by now that the system is broken and exists solely to extract profit from desperate vulnerable people This is not surprising to hear about. It’s completely expected. Tens, if not hundreds of millions of people, have stories just like this or worse
This sounds spot on to me. I worked in claims for a couple of years on the medical side, and the amount of weird crap patients REGULARLY have to go through because of incompetence or straight-up malicious fuckery on the part of the insurance companies makes my blood boil.
Im a provider and I cannot tell you how frustrated I get when insurance companies deny medications or procedures just to ask me again if I really want them. They're called prior authorizations and I am lobbying in my state to have it legal to bill insurance companies for the time and effort it takes me and my staff to fill out the extra paperwork. Hang in there dude!
cool so they'll just pass your charges on to the consumer. insurance companies are not the only problem, scumbag providers are in cahoots with the insurance companies
As an EMS provider, it pains me that we have to convince critical patients to come by ambulance. Nobody should ever be at risk of death because they fear their insurance company.
You should be able to bill insurance for your time. And I should be able to bill providers for my time when I have to make hours worth of phone calls to make corrections and when I’m in the waiting room for an hour beyond my appointment being scheduled.
How does one afford an attorney considering their exp af. If u can't afford the ins / med payment they should be paying. In the end if lose u owe the lawyer and the bill 😊
americans literally think we are indians for some strange reason. bizarre because indians are a mix of black and aboriginal neolithic people. middle eastern + north african people fall into the same category as southern europeans.
@@jamescollier3 The US spends the most and gets pretty average results from our system compared to those around the world. There probably is a good case for having a public option available along with private insurance. The problem is hammering that out is basically impossible rn.
@@jamescollier3 obama care (romney care) is the reason millions of people are alive today, it's literally the only working system in american healthcare.
Yeah. honestly, at what point is it when would it be better to have the world taken over by a crazed madman who turns everyone into robots? At least there'd be affordable healthcare.
@@naamadossantossilva4736that's so, so wrong. It should just be mandatory for everyone to have an insurance. It works in other coubtries. Just copy working systems. It's not that hard.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 All comes back to the government, they destroyed the fraternal societies that easily surpassed current healthcare in affordability and effectiveness. A private organization providing affordable healthcare to the poor and middle working class? We can't let this continue any longer!
I've seen several of your interesting videos over the years and you are , by far, the most intelligent, honest and true people on the planet. Sorry to hear about your medical situation, I do hope you recover 100%. My name is Ken Kelley, I live in coos Bay, Oregon, and please recoup so you can keep producing these awesome vid's. Best wishes friend...
Hey man! I was diagnosed with a rare liver disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis) back in 1992. Ended up getting a liver transplant and am doing well 32 years later. Hope the doctors figure out what you've got going on soon, and are able to treat it.
I also have PSC, the diagnosis scared the life out of me. I’m 21 and doing alright, the doctor tells me the disease is asleep for now so I try my best not to worry. Interesting to see someone else in the comments with the same thing
yeah livers aren't the end of the world these days. Now, same kinda stuff sorta happened to me last year too. Except I came out of it diagnosed with terminal stage 4 lung cancer despite never smoking even a pack of cigarettes my entire life. Genetic mutations be wild man. So all in all, things could definitely be way worse... just look at me as an example... haaaaa.
You have been a continued source of inspiration for many a tinkerer, laserer, blower-up and builder of things, including me. Get fixed soon, and looking forward to seeing more of your stuff when you make it past this tough patch.
I think he has a rare condition though. He can't even grow a beard but has ancestry that would normally. My guess is he has a genetic defect on the cellular receptors of testosterone that requires his blood to have abnormally high levels to compensate.
It is the spirit of Christ. It is finished, hallelujah, let us go down to the river to pray. Mortality offers us ego death. And what good news it is! To not have to wait for Godot but to become like him, and “go away for a while, only to one day return”. The famine creates the plenty and the plenty creates the famine. Fear itself is the event horizon. Not the black hole!
Crud man.. I didn't think I'd feel like this after the video, but you are real, just a person, being bombarded by s#!t. We all suffer in our own way, but you.. you're getting the compilation of s#!t storms. Wish I could give you a hug
Former medical clerk here. Insurance will do anything to not pay for procedures. My office would generally have to call the insurance companies around 3 times on average to get approval and even then its not a guarantee to get coverage. We are constantly told that insurance is approved only to get a denial moments later.
Soy CRISTIANO evangélico y deseche las religiones incluido los pentecostales : Sus iglesias están divididas en llamados lugar santo y lugar santísimo en sus templos hay 2 pulpitos, para ellos no se partió el velo en dos. Sus iglesias son paredes y no humanas (Templo Viviente de Dios). Piden diezmos, se creen levitas, entonces debería de haber dos tipos de sacerdocio levita en general que recibían el diezmo (Num. 8:24-26) y deberían de dar el diezmo del diezmo a los sumos sacerdotes (Num. 18:26) y los levitas sumo sacerdote descendiente de Aarón. El diezmo era para el huertano la viuda el desamparado para el extranjero (Deut. 14:22-29). Ya no hay diezmo, pero ellos piden a diaria, semanal mensual, los diezmos eran cada año y otro cada tres años todo eso pertenecía a la ley dada a los judíos. Ellos declaran con su boca entonces ya no necesitan a Cristo, si todo ellos en su error todo pueden con su boca entonces están endiosándose, tremenda mentira, Cristo nos enseñó que dijéramos: si Dios lo permite are el uno u otra cosa. Idolatran a Israel terrenal (anticristos), lo llaman el pueblo de Dios y a los que creen en CRISTO los llaman gentiles (apartado de Dios olvidados de Dios) la escritura dice quien rechaza a CRISTO está condenado (Juan 3:18) y el que acepta a CRISTO JESÚS ya es salvo para vida eterna. Entonces a quien le creo a CRISTO JESÚS o a religiosos mentirosos llamados pentecostales. El pueblo de Dios son los Cristianos que recibieron título de ser llamados hijos de Dios.. Desconocen que los verdaderos judíos son los remanentes hijos de Dios es decir los Cristianos del mundo, el pueblo de Dios, somos los Cristianos. Los mentirosos dicen que para los Cristianos no hay tribulación, no saben cómo vivieron los primeros Cristianos, en roma en Israel, perseguidos, asesinados, quemados, acontecimientos en el coliseo romano, el incendio de roma, persecuciones, por judíos claro ejemplo Saulo perseguidor autorizado por gobierno judíos, inquisición etc etc, y que según esos mentirosos ellos serán raptados en secreto sin que nadie lo sepa y para ellos no hay sufrimiento engañan diciendo son hijo de dios rico y anhelan riquezas y poder terrenal. Dios nada hace en secreto ni se esconde de nadie, todo lo hace avisando miles de años antes y a ojo de todos. Ellos no predican a CRISTO JESÚS, ellos predican a la mentira que no existe (jeova, yave , buda, ala etc.etc. etc) todo el que rechaza a CRISTO JESÚS entonces el tal es bestia (anticristo) Obligan vacunarse. Hablan lenguas que nadie les entiende. Por sus obras los conocerás dice nuestro señor Dios y salvador CRISTO JESÚS. Soy Cristiano hijo de CRISTO JESÚS mi Dios y salvador regresara pronto en las nubes del cielo y todo ojo lo verá ahí mandara recogernos a sus Ángeles con voz de trompeta nos reuniremos su iglesia (todos los Cristianos verdaderos del mundo) CRISTO es la cabeza de la iglesia, ahí las bodas del cordero. Antes de destruir esta tierra y este cielo reinará mil años este planeta, pero antes encarcela por mil años a satanás. Al falso profeta (religiones) y a la bestia (espíritus inmundos seguidores de satanás, google, Facebook, QR, chip, ciencia usada para el mal) serán lanzados al infierno vivos. Después de los mil años satanás es soltado de su prisión no se arrepiente y es lanzado al infierno la candela que no se apaga ni su gusano muere, desaparece este mundo y este cielo inmundo por causa del pecado, nada inmundo prevalece, ahora Dios todo lo hace nuevo, nuevo cielo y nueva tierra, Dios Reyna para siempre. ( 1 Juan 5:7 Porque tres son los que dan testimonio en el cielo: el Padre, el Verbo y el Espíritu Santo; y estos tres son uno.) Dios resumió toda la Biblia en dos mandamientos. El verdadero amor ( CRISTO JESÚS )
The High T levels are bad in alot of ways but maybe whatever gene is being wonky isn't so bad if he lives too be like 100 and young. But I can see how that can turn into a exstantial crisis thing *does unsure shrug *
@@UtopianMatt He is Arab, I feel like because of the harsh desert where they are from, they can almost get through any challenge and be insanely happy in it. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if he lives longer and healthier than most people
Also, the trick to having procedures denied is to ask the insurance company the name of the *medical professional* who denied the the prodecure. 99% of the time, insurers do not have doctors on staff-- and they never want to be caught out on that. So they will *usually* approve the procedure in short order.
6:52 The way it works: The hospital has a "real" price - they charge this if you don't have insurance The hospital sets the price higher, and the insurance pays that markup, or some of it
And than you don’t pay the hospital bill. They can’t go on your credit report. Actually I just looked it up and I guess it can go on your credit if the hospital reports it to the credit bureau- but most don’t. I have never paid my hospital bills and my credit is decent ~700. Not ruined.
Everyone always harps on "Free Healthcare" but That's the criminal aspect of it right there. I rarely see people that will tell you the actual problem, getting scammed by hospitals. Whats the meme again, $900 for a bag of water? I think there would be a very nice middle ground of "free healthcare" and "free market" if they just were legally prevented from charging insane prices for things that are normally reasonably priced.
The insurance will pay less than half the quoted amount, which is why the hospitals inflate the amount due if you have insurance. However, you can negotiate the price you've been billed, just the way your insurance would have. So tell them you'll pay half of it, max. They should accept that, they're not losing out, there's still a profit margin even with you doing some horse trading. They're just used to being beaten down on the price. The American healthcare system is a cancer in and of itself.
@@tabernaclejones6115 This. Just don't pay. I was hospitalized for cancer, didn't pay any, they basically just wrote it off later on. Didn't even get a call.
really interesting to see americans talk about insurance from a european perspective. those are things i have never even thought about. but i'm sure in the coming decades this rotten way of dealing with healthcare will find it's way here
Remember when Mr. Krabs is so much of a cheapskate with healthcare that the doctor and nurse decide to throw him out even though he's still being treated
Me and my sons have been digging your videos for more than 8 years now. I really hope everything goes in your favor with your illness. I'm 54 and I can't grow much of a beard either. It really doesn't seem to be in your nature to let things beat you up. From as much character as we see on your videos. We All love your videos. And, we love you too, as much as one can love someone on RU-vid. Please stay strong and get better. Sorry, I'm old. I can't seem to send messages with less than 1200 words.
@@stephenowesney5173 Right, but they also overcharge the insurance too. My wife had to get a script filled that was $62 with insurance, $18 without, and we paid $2 with a script card. Sometimes it's cheaper without insurance.
I’ve actually never super chatted anyone before. My mom has been fighting cancer for the past 2 years and the struggles with insurance are the fucking worst. The last thing you need when you have cancer is stress yet, that’s all they cause. You’re one of my favorite scientists on RU-vid. I know it’s not much but i would be more than happy to help you pay off some of those bills. I wish you the best man I know you’ll get through it.
Paying thousands for health insurance just so you have the priviledge of paying more for a treatment is next level scam. It's like paying someone to rob you. 0 people should pay for health insurance for a good 10 years just so all the insurance corporations can go bankrupt and start fresh from there. I hope you solve this and get better, your videos are my favorite!
US law prevents an effective boycott of bad health insurance. Employers have to pay payroll tax on wages. This makes them want to pay people less. To compete for decent workers with low wages, companies give out health insurance as a perk. Since the boss isn't the one USING the insurance, they don't care if the insurance is any good, it just has to LOOK good on paper. TLDR health insurance sucks because no one pays for it, employers do as a tax writeoff. Changing (reducing or eliminating) payroll tax is necessary to fix health insurance.
@@joemerino3243 Funny how that works out, you can't fix a problem by just shifting around who's on the hook for the cost. I wonder how many times we have to re-learn the lesson of "if you force everyone to have something, the people selling it will jack up the price" i mean wasn't student loans a clear enough example of that? Even funnier when you find out who was responsible for that.
Haven't watched nearly enough of your videos my friend but your enthusiasm is infectious and I'm rooting for you to best whatever it is that's ailing you!
That's just the health insurance industry in the US. That's just how it is. It's fucking disgusting, and the fact that we can't get more than what is considered "the fringe" in our society to agree that single payer healthcare is the only real option here is going to be one of our many downfalls.
@@martenthornberg275Healthcare companies lobby (bribe) Congress into keeping them from doing anything to actually do proper healthcare, and a lot of people here would rather pay for health insurance than collectively pay for healthcare for them and their fellow countrymen. Low income folks get healthcare through their state's Medicaid program and Native Americans (American Indians, arrow not dot for Europeans) get free healthcare (I get mine being a citizen of the Cherokee nation), but besides that it's not great if you're a regular old working class individual unless your job pays for your healthcare.
Hey styro. I'm a doctor in NY. Extremely high levels of testosterone is suspicious for something called Leydig cell tumor which is a type of testicular cancer. This is common in young men. There would be other biochemical markers but I would recommend you getting a testicular ultrasound. You can also do self exam to see if you can feel any lumps or painless swelling. I understand it may be overwhelming with the feeling of uncertainty regarding your health but I urge you to undergo more testing as it is a type of cancer and can potentially be cured if caught early.
And FSH/LH levels... Which were probably already done if the endocrinologist looked over your pituitary testosterone axis. Hell get a general DNA test and look for androgen sensitivity issues.
Funny enough Styro acts a lot like I did before I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Guessing my testosterone was way high too. I was actually 35ish when I was diagnosed. 2 doctors told me I didn't have it. But in one month a testicle got BIG and heavy! It was like a rock! It didn't feel like it was part of my body anymore. I had an ultrasound years prior and they said it was scar tissue. In other words doctors can't really tell and it's such a low impact cancer usually that you wouldn't dare to take a biopsy. I got that problem removed and opted for 2 years of cat scans to check my retroperitoneal (or something like that). It was a good move as that was 10 years ago and I've had no issues, plus didn't have to do chemo or radiation (which damages your body immensely). My testosterone is normal and I don't have any ED issues even at almost 50! So don't freak out, but be prepared to handle the situation quickly if you have it. That could keep you in 1A as opposed to waiting and pretending nothing is wrong.
I hope you can answer my question seriously. Should the bottom of the testicle have any kind of discernible bump or ridge? Should I be concerned if I can feel the tail of epididymus? It’s painless, to a point. Is this the kind of thing I should be concerned about? Or is this normal nut stuff?
6:32 - It seems quite common, it's much more messed up than you think, the insurance companies and the hospitals play this game where they send out a quote for more than double the price, the insurance company will refuse to pay, then the hospital and the insurance company will negotiate a lower price, then the hospital will write it off as a loss on their tax, even though it's not a loss. It's a scam.
Often the quote the insurance get's is like 20x the actual cost, you have to personally cover like 10% of that, which is still 2x of what you would pay without insurance.
I remember my endocrinology professor saying a throwaway line going something like 'some people obviously are born with totally crazy hormone levels that get somehow compensated by feedback mechanisms/counteracting hormones and they are totally fine and will never even know till they show up with a bonkers blood test'
Right, it's not until the medical money system scares People half to death with fear, and the insurance money system adds anxiety, which is the other half of a deadly recipe for bad health. It's no wonder these companies lobby govt to make noninvasive, frequency and electronic, healing devices, invisible. Rarely for Your safety, always for their profit.
you'd be surprised. I live with an insane amount of adrenaline and norepinephrine. took me just 23 years to find out the reason i get my heart racing just by having breakfast, and also to learn that other people don't live their lives in an extreme rush lol
@yourt00bzFull generic sequencing is actually a lot cheaper than it used to be. Nebula Genomic does a rather thorough full genome sequence for around $900.
Styro, i'm a doctor. The healthcare system is stupid. Idk what's wrong with you right now. I'm gonna do some reading and I reached out to my friend that's an endocrinologist. Will hopefully update. I will say that I really doubt it's anything super serious and try not to spiral into worst case scenarios. It's probably something congenital and not cancer or something crazy and you will most likely be okay. I know it's hard to wait. I will comment again if I figure anything out, but it's also hard without having any tests or diagnostics. I know waiting for this crap sucks. Good luck. Love your content.
As someone who also struggles with insurance, please give your insurance hell, sue them, mention their name on your platform. You nor anyone else deserves to suffer from unjust exploitations when your life is on the line.
Name dropping does nothing. They all do this. People are required by law to gave health insurance, no matter where they go they will always get this treatment. That's why i stopped using health insurance and saved a LOT of money in the process. Its an unjust law thats only purpose is to abuse law abiding citizens, the only way to get back at them is just by not having health insurance
@@lindboknifeandtool no i mean it doesnt annoy them in the least. Where else are you going to go when everyone does it, you might as well name drop the sky for being blue, its blue everywhere... Your time would be spent way more productively by starting a petition and contacting your local and state representatives to say you and everyone else that signed arent going to vote for them if they dont vote in favor of your petition goals
It's pointless having high test when you also have high SHBG though, it means your body can't make any use of all that testosterone nitpicking aside it really is the funniest way to be sick and I hope things work out
he's secretly your mom, and goes into his super-testo werewolf laser scientist mode whenever you're blinking. He releases a new video whenever you've blinked enough.
Dude, I admired your positivity! Thanks for letting us all know what's going on and I am certain you'll get through this and be better than ever! Also, just know you have tons of support from people who care about you. Myself included. Now I'm off to check out your tornado channel!
Hey, Drake! Longtime viewer and actually went to SIU too! We had a handful of classes together but I don't think ever really talked besides maybe a few times in Speech 101. I'm actually a doctor now and finishing my training in diagnostic radiology in central Illinois! I WISH I had my own imaging center and could just do you a solid and get all the medical imaging you needed, but if you ever need any help understanding any of the lingo on your imaging reports or would like a second or third set of eyes on any scans already done, please reach out! Wishing you good health! -MK
it's not even the american health system, it's literally just insurance companies as a whole, they're almost ALL like this no matter what country you're in, with the exception being those with free healthcare, because there, you don't even NEED insurance in the first place.
Drake, proud of you for prioritizing this stuff. So many creators burn themselves out because they dont have the balls to just take a break, and reset their priorities. Take care of you, and thanks for such an honest to the heart update. Cant wait to be up on stage with you at OpenSauce this weekend!
as a disabled person who has struggled with the american healthcare system for my whole life, i feel for you. im so glad that you have comfort and peace in your life that can distract you from how uncertain health can be.
Mad Styropyro is only slightly louder than regular Styropyro. He has a healthy regulation of his emotions, which is good, considering, you know, giant laser beams at his disposal. ;-)
Might want to try traveling to other countries. that's what I did when I was homeless and disabled with a rare neurovascular disorder. The American doctors were expensive and useless. I can go on for hours. Flights are cheap and fast, you may have other options elsewhere. And with better doctors
Honestly - yeah, idk how americans are not going to canada for healthcare, its way cheaper there, while still being more expensive then everywhere else.
I am older than you but suffered a heart attack as a normally healthy person. It took me down hard and that was not something that felt normal as I was a highly motivated and successful Law Enforcement Detective that solved some major tech and financial crimes in 26 years of work including the largest robbery in CA history. Being down I lost almost all motivation and I also had to fight with insurance, which is the last thing a sick (and depressed) person should be asked to do (fuck health insurance…). I have had to learn how to adapt to a new life, giving up the best job I could ever imagine. But now I have embraced some new hobbies (metal fabrication and radio hacking), which I never had time for. The pivot has actually been fun if I don’t let my mind wander to the “what if” or “poor me”. Anyway, it is RU-vid content like yours that helped inspire my curiosities and choice of hobbies. Thank you for what you do and for being a positive beacon despite the bullshit that the American Health Care system is placing on you. I wish you the best and hope you at OpenSauce!
@@flamestoyershadowkill you just are not from europe or canada then. nobody banned private clinics where you can still pay, but if u don't want to, u can just wait in a line for 15 minutes and get stuff done for the price of your usual taxes. so the difference is, you have a literally free option. incredible stupidity on your end.
I've watched your content for years since I was in middle school. Seeing you build and create all these insane things, from uranium crayons to lasers that are invisible to the human eye strong enough to immediately blind you, is the most inspiring thing I've ever seen. You embody the indomitable spirit of humanity because you take these almost unreachable ideas and goals, that anyone else would stop at the warnings, and you materialize those ideas as a reality. I'm almost 20 and I still find myself watching your videos with the same feeling that I had when I watched your first video: in awe of someone able to pursue an idea or hobby despite that risk. Thank you for creating so much joy and inspiration to the people that watch you.
@@Interrobang212it literally JUST occurred to me that most of the youtubers i watch are literally mad scientists like no hyperbole whatsoever.. like they are NOT doing normal shit
@@GainzGuardian okay, here's some -Explosions and Fire/Extractions and Ire -Chemical Force -Thy Labs -Labcoatz -NurdRage -Prussian Blue -Chemiolis -Amateur Chemistry -Fluorineisgreat
@@thor1829 Love so many of the ones you listed! Alpha Phoenix and PhotonicInduction are also good! If you're into electricity and tech, AvE (humorous spin on things) and (talks more about circuitry and electronics; goes over schematics) BigCliveDotCom are on my reccomendation list.
Not much different than anywhere else. I had to wait almost a year to get an MRI here in Canada and I basically had to beg my doctor to even send the request.
@@anonony9081 hey man, my dads a family doctor. back in 2022 i tore my knee and it was very obvious i tore some ligaments with some VERY basic physical testing. Got sent to my family doctor and she sent me to get an ultrasound (this doesnt even go deep enough in the tissue) it came back 100% fine and she cleared me for sports again. im 18 btw and live in ontario. my father then ordered my family doctor to get an mri, sure enough i fully tore 3 ligaments and without having that privilege i would have never known. Now i know in the future you need to beg them to do anything for you. if you think somethings up, be SURE to get it screened. you pay for it already.
@@rastkokomnenic3190okay let’s look at other nations. 3rd world? Yeah, I’m sure we’d love doctors from the 3rd world. They definitely have great healthcare. Let’s look at Western Europe where healthcare is free like Canada. Same issue, you wait forever for low quality service. America you pay a lot, but you also have the best technology, best doctors, and best facilities in all of human history. A homeless person gets the same highest quality care as the rich in America. Because it’s a for profit system, they can take hits from people not paying. In “free” systems, they tax you for the money anyways and have to beg people to support their healthcare industries. Instead of the doctors and hospitals getting the money, the government is taking the money…
If we don’t get an update in 6 months but there is a story in the news about an insurance company HQ being razed by a squirrel in power armor with a laser, we’ll know things didn’t go well. Good luck with your actual health, and navigating the ancillary bullshit surrounding healthcare. If you do need serious treatment or hospitalization I cannot stress enough how much you need someone with medical knowledge physically present to be your advocate and safety checker in the hospital.
More power to you, StyroPyro, for talking about your medical issues so frankly with complete strangers online. I hope you recover fully and continue to blow stuff up for a long, long time.
You're such a stand up guy. Forget growing hair, I would've ripped all of mine out from all the frustration! Thank you for giving us an update. Hope you get some good rest while you're on break!
Good luck with your liver apt. I had been diagnosed with Nash. In 2019 and received a liver transplant in 2020. Almost 4 years since transplant and I'm not pushing up daisy's. The technology is amazing and you can now expect a long life after liver transplant.
Sorry to hear about your struggles SP. Thanks for being one of the truly good inspirations for me, pretty much my whole life (almost 30, myself). I don't think I'll ever have a legacy quite like you though. Mad scientist that is loved by nature like a Disney princess - I think that's kind of unbeatable. But you helped me see the beauty in the smallest, to the grandest things in nature and life. And it's so peculiar and intrinsic to our own human experiences, one could almost call it magic. Thanks for being a reason for another guy to NOT settle on the mundane, and to try to see what is never as it seems. Hope everything goes well with you and I'm sorry for all the scary up and down news of dealing with agency-esque bs. I do believe you still have a lot of legacy to give, man. And truly, I'll be looking forward to it.
No but he's not though and that's the problem. He has some kind of androgen insensitivity where his receptors aren't responding to all that testosterone.
@@steveballzack1409 Yup. My naive self is surprised that this wasn't the first angle they looked at -- if his T level increased ~recently from normal levels without insensitivity, I'd expect it to cause noticeable symptoms.
Liver symptoms can also present as things that don't look like liver issues. My younger brother had a full liver transplant at 18. His immune system basically ate his liver by the time he was 14 full blow end stage liver disease
Just found you after watching Nile Red and Codys Lab for years. Surprised I haven't seen you until now. RU-vid algorithm for ya. Wishing the best for you man, wherever this is at now!
@@qwerty-wz1yk Not that scary as a youngin' you're first in line for a transplant and youngin's can last for decades on dialysis. Kidneys can fail in young persons for a variety of reasons, but most commonly, kidney stone blockage or excess protein damage.
@@VarietyGamerChannel I heard excess protein can't damage kidneys and that is a myth. Unless of course your kidneys are already damaged and can't deal with protein.
As someone battling a terminal disease myself, I know first hand how ridiculously unethical insurance companies can be, even if you pay them out of pocket annually. Our entire medical industry is completely and utterly broken!
I’d recommend edible cannabis. The thick gooey brown stuff if its cancer. If its something else edible cannabis will help your daily outlook. Walking can heal the body in ways you wouldnt believe. Sitting around dying is what Insurance companies want you to do. Hospice is very profitable for them somehow.
I’d recommend edible cannabis. The thick gooey brown stuff if its cancer. If its something else edible cannabis will help your daily outlook. Walking can heal the body in ways you wouldnt believe. Sitting around dying is what Insurance companies want you to do. Hospice is very profitable for them somehow.
I've got a rare blood cancer that mimics eczema and psoriasis. The itching makes you go insane from the body harm and lack of sleep. I don't know what insurance my mom had but it's been saving me or i'd be doomed
Thanks god we are not required here in my country Just learn to keep some money in case of emergency or have some friend that u really trusted...that can lend some money
A 12 day stint in the hospital racked up a $180k bill for my dad with health insurance. There is no way to save for something like that. Thankfully, his actual way of not paying it is paying $25/month until he dies. He'll never pay more than what it likely would be in a country with more of a soul than the US, and the debt stays with him. @kiro253
Most Americans *aren’t* required to have health insurance anymore. Yes the Affordable Care Act in 2010 did effectively require it (with tax penalties if you didn’t) but that went away in 2019. Now only a few states - CA, NY, MA, RI, VT, and DC - still penalize you if you don’t have health insurance.
You can fly to multiple places in Europe for medical tourism. The flight, doctor visits + tests and the vacation will be cheaper than the American healthcare you pay $10k a year which doesnt cover you. It is what I did, I went to Greece for plastic surgery to reconstruct the left side of my face and ear because of a drunk driver, in total the cost was only 4.6k and they did a great job. In the US I was looking at tens of thousands of dollars.
Honestly, this. I'm Ukrainian and have relatives abroad (US, Canada, etc). So many of them used to travel here for dental, and I don't blame them in the slightest. The travel, the stay, tourism and the dental altogether costs so much less for the same or even better results than you can get in the US. I'm horrified every time I hear about US healthcare honestly.
