[ERJCaptain]

In my freshman year of college, my right hand was going numb and was twitching. A week later, I decided to call a neurologist. The same day I had an appointment, I had an EMG, and I got an MRI. I think my parents paid a total of $100. The diagnosis... Carpel-Tunnel Syndrome.

That was my hand.

A Canadian friend of mine who was on a student visa had horrific kidney stones. The wait time in Winnipeg was six weeks. His parents paid $5000 out-of-pocket four weeks later to have them blasted out in North Dakota.

Damn, that’s all I can think of when I hear horror stories like this.

[Spunky]

"In my freshman year of college, my right hand was going numb and was twitching. A week later, I decided to call a neurologist. The same day I had an appointment, I had an EMG, and I got an MRI. I think my parents paid a total of $100. The diagnosis... Carpel-Tunnel Syndrome."

What country are you from? There is no way you would have gotten an EMG and an MRI for $100 here in the states.