Adventures in Pain Mangement: a TENS unit really helps

[Medievalist]

@nimelennar

I mean, obviously, if you’re focused on long-term outcomes, then yes: the one that finds the best/“least worst” outcome is the one that they should get. But “least bad” sounds like you would be aiming for what feels best now, which… Well, to use a horrible example, people have gone off chemotherapy and onto more pseudoscientific “medical” treatments because the side effects of chemotherapy are frequently worse, in the short term, than the early symptoms of cancer.

Hmmmm… I see your point. To clarify my earlier statement, I wasn’t talking about what treatments feel like in the moment, but rather what the outcomes are. Personally I’ve voluntarily had some fairly horrific treatments, but I’m pretty sure I’d be dead if I hadn’t.