Well, I think this one needs explaining for my particular career. I work in a military clinic for acute issues (rule of thumb is a week or less). So we get a lot of people who lie about how long and issue and then when they're in the screening room they tell us how long it's actually been going on.
If you are seeing a regular civilian doctor I don't think this is a particular issue, and you can say whatever the heck you want for how long it's been going on.
Ah from a civilian perspective, mostly I feel like my experience of this is “it has been this level of bad for about a week but it was just mildly uncomfortable for the past 4 years”. I always feel like I end up sounding like I can’t keep my story straight. 😭🫠
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u/kurinevair666 May 02 '26
How long has this been going on?
About a week.
Okay so tell me about when this happened?
I've had this pain for over two years....