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I'm unsure what you think happened but I did not go through any "agents" I went through multiple clinics & specialists not one ever included any devices to be used.

Since I had no facts to go on, I guessed you might have sought amateur medical attention from a hobbyist physician. Sometimes we have to make shit up. Hope you are getting proper care now.

Not necessarily true. I had chronic pain for 4 years right underneath my ribs (stomach area). They could never find anything until someone finally agreed to do surgery to look at it from the inside. They found 3 things! Doctors treated me like a junky the entire time until then and it was great to have some of them eat their words.

I wish it was. The cartilage is the cause but they can't find out why and have no diagnosis for it.

no they haven't. they're too concerned about puncturing my lungs.

Yikes. You think dark. I went through 8 years of going to various clinics trying to avoid being stuck on pain killers so I don't have to deal with addiction. Hope that answered your question.

So they haven't considered those as possibilities at this point they're saying the most likely cause is an extra rib.