{"id":21690,"date":"2022-03-07T06:10:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T05:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21690"},"modified":"2022-03-07T06:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T05:10:39","slug":"the-illness-that-was-all-in-a-doctors-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-illness-that-was-all-in-a-doctors-head\/","title":{"rendered":"The Illness That Was All in a Doctor&#8217;s Head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Alissa Zingman has suffered painful symptoms that even her fellow doctors dismissed as something that\u2019s only in her head. She was told many times that there was only a very small chance for her to improve.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help others with the same condition, she put up a pioneering clinic that offers not only possible interventions but more importantly, hope to other patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article about about a doctor\u2019s bout with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2022\/feb\/23\/the-doctor-who-was-told-her-illness-was-all-in-her-head-and-is-transforming-the-treatment-of-her-rare-genetic-condition#:~:text=Interview-,The%20doctor%20who%20was%20told%20her%20illness%20was%20'all%20in,of%20her%20rare%20genetic%20condition&amp;text=To%20finally%20get%20a,%2C%E2%80%9D%20says%20Dr%20Alissa%20Zingman.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2022\/feb\/23\/the-doctor-who-was-told-her-illness-was-all-in-her-head-and-is-transforming-the-treatment-of-her-rare-genetic-condition#:~:text=Interview-,The%20doctor%20who%20was%20told%20her%20illness%20was%20&#8217;all%20in,of%20her%20rare%20genetic%20condition&amp;text=To%20finally%20get%20a,%2C%E2%80%9D%20says%20Dr%20Alissa%20Zingman.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What do you think about her condition and the way she was dismissed constantly?<\/li><li>How would you feel and what would you do if you were in her shoes?<\/li><li>Do you agree or disagree with this: \u201cWhen you see a new patient, and there\u2019s something you don\u2019t understand, the most likely answer is that it\u2019s real.\u201d?\u00a0<\/li><li>Have you ever felt ill and when you consulted your GP, they said it was nothing serious? 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