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Originally Posted by lucozader
So, for example:
a) I immediately felt that I should shut up about my petty little life dramas because the poor man was in pain. Then I felt annoyed that I was feeling like that, given that I'd just handed him a bunch of money to sit there and hear about my petty little life.
b) When I got home I immediately googled conditions that might cause someone to have arthritis in their 30s, to try and work out what's wrong with him. He has also complained that his back has hurt on more than one occasion, and I have long suspected that something is up with his health. I spend enough time googling my own maladies, I probably don't need to start worrying about his too.
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Some people can have arthritis from when they were kids--I remember a kid in my elementary school class had it. So it could just be straight-up arthritis, nothing more. (Says the person who was worried her MC had cancer because he had to leave right on time a couple sessions without seeming to have a patient waiting and because he was drinking pink grapefruit juice, when he normally has coffee or soda...)