u/Blackfyre301

I began wondering about this following a recent reddit post about Neanderthal cooking. Specifically whether modern humans can actually get away with eating uncooked meat.

I know it is common for Inuit to eat meat and fish raw, usually when it is eaten fresh, or is frozen. And many cultures do have some tradition of eating raw meat dishes, but usually eat meat cooked. But are/were there any known cultures that didn't live in polar regions that seldom or never cooked their meat?

(I want to clarify that I know this is skirting close to the edge of what is allowed on here, but I am not asking for anyone to diagnose me with anything. I just really need some suggestions as to how to proceed when looking for treatment.)

I'm a 28 year old male who was in pretty reasonable health until almost exactly a year ago considered myself to be in good health. One day suddenly I was experiencing pain throughout my body, mostly in my knees.

It was debilitating. I cancelled work commitments, and couldn't work at all for weeks, even sitting in a chair was painful if I was in the wrong position. At the worst point, leaving the house at all was a challenge.

I had a course of steroids, which got me moving again, and have since been taking NSAIDs to deal with the pain. But externally, there was no visible signs, no significant swelling or anything, and every blood test I have taken for rheumatoid arthritis has come back negative. According to every test I have taken, everything in my blood is fine. My rheumatologist has gone with the assumption that it is reactive arthritis and will get better over time, but it just hasn't.

At my last appointment a couple of months back I said I thought I was doing better, but I really think I am just coping with chronic pain better than before, I don't think the underlying problem has gotten any better. I have a follow up in a few more weeks, but honestly I am really fed up with the wait-and-see strategy that I have been following so far.

I guess my reason for posting here, other than just to vent, is to ask if others have had similar experiences with diagnosis and getting treatment? Is it worth trying to get another doctor even though I do trust that who I have been with is capable? Am I somehow looking in the wrong place for treatment?

Thank you.

I thought I would post for some advice, since I have tried a lot of things without any impact. I DM a weekly game where all the sheets seem to constantly crash, or otherwise become unusable. Usually what will happen is the character sheets will have large sections that are essentially "whited out" where nothing is visible, the same sometimes even happens to the token marker bar. Additionally my players have a pretty common issue where things from their sheet do not roll for them... but they work just fine for me, which is very frustrating.

The game is for DnD, with original 5e monster sheets for the most part, and 5.5e character sheets.

This issue doesn't seem to occur when I intentionally test for them, so perhaps they are related to multiple users at once? There are 6 people total logging in.