They say that it takes, on average, over a decade to get autoimmune disease diagnosed here, and I am over the decade mark. You get blown off by doctors who tell you "oh you just have anxiety, it's all in your head" as you're literally falling apart. They won't even run tests. That happened to me several times (to be clear: I know anxiety is a real problem for people, but I don't have anxiety. I even saw a therapist weekly for a year and a half who agreed I did not have anxiety). So you're wasting years fighting the people who are supposed to help you, as you get worse and worse. And now, I have no insurance, so I just live with it. Honestly, not to be morbid, but I hope it just takes me out in my sleep one day, because this isn't a life anymore. I'm 47 but I live more like I'm 87. I don't have the energy to fight the people who are supposed to help. I don't have the energy to live a normal life.

So yanno, unless the US has a whole revolution and we finally get universal healthcare, or I win the lottery (that I don't even play, lol) ...nothing. Pretty much.