Healthcare Diagnosis Delays

A discussion about how medical diagnoses often come too late, featuring personal stories about celiac disease diagnoses.

Marc shares: "My daughter had celiac disease - we didn't figure it out until she was 9 years old. It's not that rare of a disease."

Shaan adds: "My mom has celiacs as well and she found out when she was 50. As a kid in India, everyone just said 'oh I don't know, you just have an upset stomach all the time.' She never gained any weight because she couldn't process any of the food she was eating."

Sam concludes with a broader point: "A lot of cancers are curable if you catch them early enough. It's outlandish and archaic that you can have cancer and not know for many months or a year."

Marc agrees: "Yeah, many years."

The conversation highlights how the current healthcare system lacks organization and early detection capabilities, with Marc noting "right now it's not organized at all" and suggesting everyone should have genetic profiles and structured testing at certain times.