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re:  Ph Test is HORRIBLE

From: Lucy
Date: 06/06/00
Time: 19:43:41

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this is the most miserable test I have ever taken in my entire 64 yrs. I think it is a stupid test, because not only have you had documented heartburn and esophagitus (hearburn 20 yrs.) and documented weight then dropping 22 lbs, then you are agreeing to punish yourself further with no meds and have a pencil sticking you in the throat and you are rewarded with pain. If you have a spouse with you and everything has been documented with documents from an emergency room, this test is foolish. If this is the best the medical field can come up with, it is a sorry state of affairs. Like who would lie to agree to being cut up? They would have to be crazy.

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