"ChatGPT fixed my 9 year chronic pain" --- Redditors in the comments share all the ways AI helped them with medical issues, diagnoses, and medication issues, etc., that human doctors had been unable to resolve
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A Reddit user shares how ChatGPT helped resolve a nine-year chronic pain issue that human doctors couldn't fix, sparking a discussion where many others recount similar experiences with AI providing medical insights and diagnoses.
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