I'm sick in a bizarre and horrifying way

my crazy tornado hunting adventure: • nightmare tornado outb...
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[@saleplains]

pissing off a mad scientist with incredible lasers and massive T-levels was a bold move, Insurance companies

[@Synapse-id6ej]

Now that you said it like that it made me realize this guy is at least on the top 3 most badass people alive

[@super_5402]

damn 😂

[@MostlyPennyCat]

_"Let's see if it pays off for 'em"_

[@tardigradehex483]

XD that's a hilarious thought

[@yoki590]

im imagining styropyro as a rambo-esque character and as the main bad guy is about to be finished off he primes a laser uzi and goes "pretty coool riiiiiight?"

[@Noizzed]

"I'm 31 and i can't grow a beard" *-Well, it happens* "And i'm arabic!" Me, also arabic: _Oh, it's bad..._

[@Cyber_byteY2K]

248 likes and no replies?

[@Somedude20282]

Me, Italian; oh that's *real* bad.

[@Hello_hey]

Me, a Greek female: _Oh, it’s bad…_ lol

[@CityTake]

Me, a James Randal fan, *oh its BAAAD*

[@0x7d69]

YEAH LMAO SAME

[@Omlet221]

“I have medically abnormally high levels of testosterone” “So anyway, I started chasing tornadoes”

[@rayfer.]

wait, i remenber you from a yt reply, i discovered nanoray because of you!

[@BenFoilHat]

Probably one of the reasons I liked this video. An assortment of interesting things

[@pheymee88]

just wrote a comment which is 99% like this one damn xD

[@Omlet221]

@@rayfer. Lol, I guess I comment a lot, and you’re welcome

[@Omlet221]

@@rayfer. Btw, I just put my spotify in my youtube description if you like my music tastes. I have a pretty big library of liked songs.

[@MoonLitChild]

Also, the trick to having procedures denied is to ask the insurance company the name of the *medical professional* who denied the the prodecure. 99% of the time, insurers do not have doctors on staff-- and they never want to be caught out on that. So they will *usually* approve the procedure in short order.

[@isntsheabeaut7456]

Also, the trick to having procedures *approved (mistake in original comment, could cause confusion) Thanks for the tip!

[@ZwilnikSF]

Next project. Home made CAT scanner.

[@zyeborm]

If you didn't have cancer before...

[@s1l3nttt]

not a bad idea ngl

[@rebel6301]

@@zyeborm cancer²

[@unvergebeneid]

​@@s1l3ntttliterally the worst idea 😄

[@eugeneantonov1]

Texaco Mike already done that

[@JeremiahCharleston]

He’s 31!!!!! I always thought he was like 19!

[@MerchantMarineGuy]

Started when he was 13

[@Wrath_of_the_bagel]

Fr! i thought he was 26 at the most! thats crazy!

[@JeremiahCharleston]

@@Wrath_of_the_bagel and I’ve watched his channel for awhile…. Makes me wonder how old the backyard scientist is… 😂

[@erenoz2910]

I guess that's what >1500 ng/dl testosterone does to you!

[@lurkkker]

The year you thought he was born was the year he started KZbin lmao

[@dringar]

A scan costing 2x as much if you HAVE insurance is just criminal

[@TuriGamer]

American healthcare is a business after all

[@roosterball69]

I've had this happen. I was billed as uninsured for $600, and then when they applied insurance I got a corrected bill for $5k with insurance covering half of that. I ended up paying 4x the uninsured quote. To make it more insulting, my health insurance plan costs roughly 10% of my salary. I'd rather take the pay.

[@katiebarber407]

thanks Obama. that's the point of aca. to profit insurance co ponies and slow down single payer adoption

[@BlackCeII]

​@@katiebarber407 wrong. This far predates the aca. If anything, the ACA what's watered down by Republicans to favor the insurance companies.

[@JonasDecker-z3x]

​@@roosterball69 Be happy about only 10 percent for insurance

[@himanshuanand9048]

More power to you, StyroPyro, for talking about your medical issues so frankly with complete strangers online. I hope you recover fully and continue to blow stuff up for a long, long time.

[@ImaGDTeapot]

The fact that a doctor , who went to school for nearly a decade, can recommend you get a test done.... then insurance can just say nope.... has always seemed insane to me.

[@ferrisbueller9991]

These Insurance companies are still making money even if they paid out with the majority of these "unnecessary" tests. Insurance in its current form is basically gambling but unlike gambling you are forced to play. Should be a law that the amount you pay is the amount they have to shell back out if a doctor asks for it.

[@squidward5110]

It's been a thousand years since the ruling class was the educated class

[@3v068]

American insurance companies are people who are the most ignorant to healthcare running how people get their care. In my opinion, throw the whole system out and start again from scratch. This healthcare system is criminal in and of itself.

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

They won't do that, though, because the government is basically paid to ignore this crap, just like all the issues with guns. (Not saying get rid of guns, we just need much better regulations on them, and to stop giving people assult rifles.)

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

@@ferrisbueller9991as a minimum at least.

[@HellOnFourLegs]

if an insurance scam gets blown by a death ray WE ARE NOT SNITCHING

[@AssetH8ut2]

Do you know somebody with a death ray? ;}

[@zhou_sei]

@@AssetH8ut2 the very person bringing us this video, believe it or not. he might even have more than two.

[@AssetH8ut2]

@@zhou_sei Never heard him say anything about a death ray or laser shotgun.....

[@kayp7204]

@@zhou_seino death rays. Wholesome science based content only 😊

[@fisven]

​@@zhou_seiyou've been mislead and misinformed about death rays. Styro is our favourite chef on youtube, that's all you should know :-)

[@victorianmagnet9308]

Fuck insurance companies.

[@jamescollier3]

you mean forced government health care

[@wumbojet]

​@@jamescollier3 you are incredibly dumb or willfully ignorant if you actually think that

[@woodmanvictory]

@@jamescollier3 The US spends the most and gets pretty average results from our system compared to those around the world. There probably is a good case for having a public option available along with private insurance. The problem is hammering that out is basically impossible rn.

[@evolicious]

@@jamescollier3 obama care (romney care) is the reason millions of people are alive today, it's literally the only working system in american healthcare.

[@downstream0114]

@@jamescollier3 No. Private companies with a profit motive.

[@shplorf1977]

Former medical clerk here. Insurance will do anything to not pay for procedures. My office would generally have to call the insurance companies around 3 times on average to get approval and even then its not a guarantee to get coverage. We are constantly told that insurance is approved only to get a denial moments later.

[@baloog8]

There are medical insurance advocacy lawyers. In your experience, are they heavily underutilized?

[@juanacero6908]

Soy CRISTIANO evangélico y deseche las religiones incluido los pentecostales : Sus iglesias están divididas en llamados lugar santo y lugar santísimo en sus templos hay 2 pulpitos, para ellos no se partió el velo en dos. Sus iglesias son paredes y no humanas (Templo Viviente de Dios). Piden diezmos, se creen levitas, entonces debería de haber dos tipos de sacerdocio levita en general que recibían el diezmo (Num. 8:24-26) y deberían de dar el diezmo del diezmo a los sumos sacerdotes (Num. 18:26) y los levitas sumo sacerdote descendiente de Aarón. El diezmo era para el huertano la viuda el desamparado para el extranjero (Deut. 14:22-29). Ya no hay diezmo, pero ellos piden a diaria, semanal mensual, los diezmos eran cada año y otro cada tres años todo eso pertenecía a la ley dada a los judíos. Ellos declaran con su boca entonces ya no necesitan a Cristo, si todo ellos en su error todo pueden con su boca entonces están endiosándose, tremenda mentira, Cristo nos enseñó que dijéramos: si Dios lo permite are el uno u otra cosa. Idolatran a Israel terrenal (anticristos), lo llaman el pueblo de Dios y a los que creen en CRISTO los llaman gentiles (apartado de Dios olvidados de Dios) la escritura dice quien rechaza a CRISTO está condenado (Juan 3:18) y el que acepta a CRISTO JESÚS ya es salvo para vida eterna. Entonces a quien le creo a CRISTO JESÚS o a religiosos mentirosos llamados pentecostales. El pueblo de Dios son los Cristianos que recibieron título de ser llamados hijos de Dios.. Desconocen que los verdaderos judíos son los remanentes hijos de Dios es decir los Cristianos del mundo, el pueblo de Dios, somos los Cristianos. Los mentirosos dicen que para los Cristianos no hay tribulación, no saben cómo vivieron los primeros Cristianos, en roma en Israel, perseguidos, asesinados, quemados, acontecimientos en el coliseo romano, el incendio de roma, persecuciones, por judíos claro ejemplo Saulo perseguidor autorizado por gobierno judíos, inquisición etc etc, y que según esos mentirosos ellos serán raptados en secreto sin que nadie lo sepa y para ellos no hay sufrimiento engañan diciendo son hijo de dios rico y anhelan riquezas y poder terrenal. Dios nada hace en secreto ni se esconde de nadie, todo lo hace avisando miles de años antes y a ojo de todos. Ellos no predican a CRISTO JESÚS, ellos predican a la mentira que no existe (jeova, yave , buda, ala etc.etc. etc) todo el que rechaza a CRISTO JESÚS entonces el tal es bestia (anticristo) Obligan vacunarse. Hablan lenguas que nadie les entiende. Por sus obras los conocerás dice nuestro señor Dios y salvador CRISTO JESÚS. Soy Cristiano hijo de CRISTO JESÚS mi Dios y salvador regresara pronto en las nubes del cielo y todo ojo lo verá ahí mandara recogernos a sus Ángeles con voz de trompeta nos reuniremos su iglesia (todos los Cristianos verdaderos del mundo) CRISTO es la cabeza de la iglesia, ahí las bodas del cordero. Antes de destruir esta tierra y este cielo reinará mil años este planeta, pero antes encarcela por mil años a satanás. Al falso profeta (religiones) y a la bestia (espíritus inmundos seguidores de satanás, google, Facebook, QR, chip, ciencia usada para el mal) serán lanzados al infierno vivos. Después de los mil años satanás es soltado de su prisión no se arrepiente y es lanzado al infierno la candela que no se apaga ni su gusano muere, desaparece este mundo y este cielo inmundo por causa del pecado, nada inmundo prevalece, ahora Dios todo lo hace nuevo, nuevo cielo y nueva tierra, Dios Reyna para siempre. ( 1 Juan 5:7 Porque tres son los que dan testimonio en el cielo: el Padre, el Verbo y el Espíritu Santo; y estos tres son uno.) Dios resumió toda la Biblia en dos mandamientos. El verdadero amor ( CRISTO JESÚS )

[@BigelowInventions]

I'm so sorry you have to deal with all that insurance nonsense! Aside from that, I hope you can get to the bottom of your current condition and that you have a speedy recovery!

[@hadeez2651]

welcome to the USA moment

[@chrisvoa]

What a bloody beautiful gesture!

[@copper9150]

very kind donation of yours

[@darksu6947]

I noticed how much you gave our homeboy Styro so now I'm sitting over here crying like a little girl. That's not an insignificant amount of money to just hand over to some guy you don't really know. What got my cryballs leaking was the simple fact that when you saw a fellow brocicle getting boned by the long, evil, vampire schlong of an insurance company you said no sir! Not today Mr. Evil Vampire Schlong!!! What I'm trying to say is, thanks for being a good dude when so many others choose not to.

[@BigelowInventions]

​@@darksu6947 Thank you so much for the very kind words! I really appreciate it! I've been through a similar situation with insurance and I try to help whenever I can. If we all stick together, we can do anything. ❤

[@pluvire]

31 and Arabic?!?!?!? That was the complete opposite of what I thought bro was 😭😭

[@Dragon-xd9em]

Yeah this is insane stuff

[@manawa3832]

americans literally think we are indians for some strange reason. bizarre because indians are a mix of black and aboriginal neolithic people. middle eastern + north african people fall into the same category as southern europeans.

[@IMIv2]

Dude looks like hes barely 18 ;'D

[@afz902k]

I thought he was 13 and Cibara too

[@ethanwasme4307]

autism makes people look younger but more prone to internal hemorrhage

[@Orange_Panda2017]

"I'm sick and don't feel like making videos on this channel, so I've been chasing tornados instead." is the most styropyro thing I've ever heard.

[@vladimirpain3942]

Death is scared of him.

[@mattmarzula]

Dude has balls... Of steel!

[@mangoman3460]

@@mattmarzula didnt you see his testosterone levels? hes got balls of pure stereoids.

[@lyrimetacurl0]

Balls of ball.

[@blackforceswithnolaces5273]

as i read this he said it

[@American_Jeeper]

I have no idea why KZbin recommended this video to me, because I was looking at exhaust comparisons for my Corvette, but I actually have experience with this same problem you have. In 1998 I was assigned to a Special Forces unit in Colorado. As part of my Airborne school physical, blood work was done and the results came back much like yours, with the exception of the liver markers. I was told it was an indication of possible male breast cancer and, funny enough, lumps were found...I don't know if it still is, but at the time breast cancer was 100% fatal in men. I went to Airborne school, graduated, came home and had surgery to remove the lumps, which turned out to just be gynecomastia. 26 years later I'm 51 and still kicking, still the same weight (6'0"/160) and still relatively healthy, minus the aches and pains in my back and knees. My point is that IF everything comes back negative and the doctors have exhausted all possibilities, and you feel okay physically, put it out of your mind and enjoy your life, because you will make yourself sick dwelling on the "what ifs", and you will lose all interest in the things you love doing.

[@danielyoung2487]

KZbin has their ways. The digital world we live in knows more about us than we know about ourselves!!! Great comment and advice btw. Cheers dy

[@Rockall57]

Recommend cos of your mental health 😂 but it's always a positive to talk about it. We are all basically struggling but it takes a pair to talk about it.. 👍

[@kathrynck]

Well the only liver marker he has is high SHGB, which _could_ just be a healthy reaction to sky-high T level. And whatever his issue is, it's been affecting him since puberty, or that much T would give him a voice like darth vader. I doubt he's had liver disease since middle school, and currently seems tall, fit, reasonably athletic, clear skin, etc. But yeah "worry" can cause all kinds of problems. Placebos are about 25-40% effective (both positive and negative), it's very possible to talk yourself into feeling sick.

[@Chebito710]

Bro just casually told us how fraud is happening at his insurance place .

[@ZerglingOne1]

That's just the health insurance industry in the US. That's just how it is. It's fucking disgusting, and the fact that we can't get more than what is considered "the fringe" in our society to agree that single payer healthcare is the only real option here is going to be one of our many downfalls.

[@Scrimblo__]

That is standard procedure?

[@martenthornberg275]

I'm lucky to live in Europe, if I lived in the US I would probably be dead by now. It is so weird the US doesn't have universal healthcare.

[@skinwalker69420]

​@@martenthornberg275Healthcare companies lobby (bribe) Congress into keeping them from doing anything to actually do proper healthcare, and a lot of people here would rather pay for health insurance than collectively pay for healthcare for them and their fellow countrymen. Low income folks get healthcare through their state's Medicaid program and Native Americans (American Indians, arrow not dot for Europeans) get free healthcare (I get mine being a citizen of the Cherokee nation), but besides that it's not great if you're a regular old working class individual unless your job pays for your healthcare.

[@mtboy33]

Nah lots of insurance companies do stuff like this.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

It's as Dr. Eggman said; "I cannot BE more cartoonishly evil than the U.S. healthcare system, and I'm LITERALLY a cartoon villain!"

[@SpeedyGwen]

I remember that video, its amazing x3

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

Yeah. honestly, at what point is it when would it be better to have the world taken over by a crazed madman who turns everyone into robots? At least there'd be affordable healthcare.

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

That is what you get when you over regulate stuff and let some assholes double dip.If there was competition in healthcare prices would fall.

[@HerrSalat]

​@@naamadossantossilva4736that's so, so wrong. It should just be mandatory for everyone to have an insurance. It works in other coubtries. Just copy working systems. It's not that hard.

[@sightline2132]

@@naamadossantossilva4736 All comes back to the government, they destroyed the fraternal societies that easily surpassed current healthcare in affordability and effectiveness. A private organization providing affordable healthcare to the poor and middle working class? We can't let this continue any longer!

[@BetterRhylek]

His body is peak male performance, this is what testosterone leads to, not muscles but insane fascination with physics and explosions

[@Voidroamer]

have you seen his muscles? i always thought he was juicing, haha

[@mastercheemf8020]

the male urge to build a death laser out of a microwave

[@cspahn3221]

my cramping uterus must produce insane amounts of test

[@Flesh_Wizard]

The masculine urge to produce a machine so powerful that testing the output results in instant death

[@coreo6688]

Shrigma male performance.

[@laowhy86]

Hoping that it's nothing horrible. You rule, dude. Loved the storm stuff. Get well soon.

[@randomuserame]

:o its the guy, he's him! love your stuff; you and serpent... even if YT doesn't like when I try to type your/his channel name in comment sections so people can find you.

[@sreal-iron5898]

oh didnt expect you to be here. cool that you are interested in this topics. also thank you for your videos, keep up your good vids and say hi to winston, tho neither you or winston know me x) iam just a watcher of your videos since 2019

[@Tee-ina-Skee-Mask]

"im taking a break from being a mad scientist to chase tornados" somehow this seems very natural n im not surprised at all

[@JohnSmith-mt8fd]

Enough time for social free exam.. meanwhile..

[@Alex_...34565]

as someone who has never seen a video of this guy, somehow still yes.

[@dudeman5812]

This is a high testosterone thing to do

[@nameless......................]

unrelated but ya got any spare flashbangs? used my last one "THINK FAST CHUCKLENUTS"ing a simp for sinder (yes, the vtuber)

[@CheekyMonkey1776]

I used to have diverticulitis. My HMO insurance wouldn’t pay for surgery until one of the cysts burst and put my life at risk. Get an attorney.

[@redspectrenine9632]

Used to have it? Isn't it permanent once you have it? Asking cause I have it too.

[@littlefrank90]

Shit man, diverticuli must be PAINFUL.

[@MistahHeffo]

If you need legal representation trying to manage your medical affairs you KNOW your healthcare system is f#@ked and needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

[@maddmavic]

How does one afford an attorney considering their exp af. If u can't afford the ins / med payment they should be paying. In the end if lose u owe the lawyer and the bill 😊

[@Loj84]

@@maddmavic it’s pretty common for lawyers to only take payment if they win in things like this.

[@JeffGeerling]

4:50 - Ah, insurance. Adding stress to already-stressful situations since forever :( These never-ending medical conundrums are incredibly annoying, and adding the stress of dealing with your insurance company (even if you have great docs/staff to help with that) is poison-icing on top of a nasty cake.

[@TrevorD19]

Good thing is he nearly hit his deductible. Which means everything is covered.

[@jong2359]

@@TrevorD19 Truly a dystopian view of something that is inherently NOT a good thing. I understand silver linings, but good lord the corporations have won.

[@Admin17971]

yo I love yo content @JeffGeerling

[@TrevorD19]

@@jong2359 When I hit my deductible I get around 50k in medication free. My deductible is 1k

[@deadadam666]

i literally watched one of your videos immediately before this came on

[@c.j.qualkenbush2676]

Wow that's crazy, im basically in the same boat as you. 27 year old male with little facial hair, high testosterone levels and high SHBG, and bio markers for liver disease. Unfortunately i can't afford to do anything about it because healthcare in this country is so horrendous... Also another funny similarity, i recently became very interested in tornados and that's how i stumbled across your tornado chasing videos and ended up here. We have arrived at similar evolutions it seems 😂

[@dxfvgyhjh]

dude wtf hahaha that's amazing

[@stackowoflow]

casually pets wild squirrel like he's a Disney Princess

[@fluffsquirrel]

Illinois is amazing! That squirrel looks different than squirrels where I live. I think it's a fox squirrel but I could be wrong.

[@fluffsquirrel]

Your username is awesome, stackowoflow. It's like you perfectly blended the stress of programming with the cute humor that is owo.

[@_BangDroid_]

It's the high T, the squirrel can tell he has a lot of nut

[@Manta_Tv]

bro is unreal levels of powerfull

[@Goodish_night]

Bro those T-levels and that jaw line, dudes a Disney Prince

[@benjpjones1]

You have been a continued source of inspiration for many a tinkerer, laserer, blower-up and builder of things, including me. Get fixed soon, and looking forward to seeing more of your stuff when you make it past this tough patch.

[@dontworrybout2664]

You’re right. I agree Biden supporters have no t and don’t deserve a normal being

[@Iwannabuyabugatti]

Mad respect chief

[@imfeelingdreamy]

i lowkey thought bro was gonna say "insurance didn't want to pay for my cat scan so I built my own"

[@knockthebackdoorbeforeleaving]

i gotta sleep man i read cat as cum and god confused

[@marcomangiola9403]

😂😂😂 best comment

[@knockthebackdoorbeforeleaving]

i read cat as ©️um and got confused ngl

[@imfeelingdreamy]

@@knockthebackdoorbeforeleaving 🤨

[@nonesuchone]

I think that would be Will

[@johniccia6175]

bro hits the gym for like 1 week and he gonna be the most buff guy

[@Aaku13]

been watching for many many years, sending love your way man. hope you remain healthy or recover quickly!

[@stephenowesney5173]

I wish I was in the position in life to share with him. Thank you for your kindness, I'm glad he knows we all love him!

[@justinmohan3993]

@@stephenowesney5173 Right, but they also overcharge the insurance too. My wife had to get a script filled that was $62 with insurance, $18 without, and we paid $2 with a script card. Sometimes it's cheaper without insurance.

[@HeyKoli]

Insurance claim specialist here! I can tell you right now you may have accidentally uncovered some fraud or something of that insurance company, that pricing is most certainly not supposed to work like that. Also they need reasonable cause to deny a cost coverage for something, if you’re getting tests done for what sounds like a potentially life altering condition then they cannot refuse (by law). This all makes me very curious who you have insurance through.

[@eldritchbeing2879]

Yeah wtf, why is nobody talking about this?

[@user-qh5nm7di2r]

THIS THIS THIS

[@label4733]

@@eldritchbeing2879A lot of us have accepted by now that the system is broken and exists solely to extract profit from desperate vulnerable people This is not surprising to hear about. It’s completely expected. Tens, if not hundreds of millions of people, have stories just like this or worse

[@aircraftyboi9349]

Frfr

[@Heckena]

This sounds spot on to me. I worked in claims for a couple of years on the medical side, and the amount of weird crap patients REGULARLY have to go through because of incompetence or straight-up malicious fuckery on the part of the insurance companies makes my blood boil.

[@araki.kurasay]

Maybe doing the: Testing CRAZY chemistry recipes from a 1933 formulary book video, wasn´t a good a idea after all

[@TC8787-yq7og]

How insurance companies can say "we're not willing to pay for this" underlies the total fraudulent enterprises they run. Absolute vampires.

[@Jimmy___]

Also the fact that he got to that point without seeing a doctor is crazy.

[@solidsnakec20]

have you read your health insurance policy? do you know whats covered?

[@TC8787-yq7og]

@@solidsnakec20 I have free healthcare in my country

[@USERNAME1-x5u]

Just pay $10 a month. If they can forgive student loans, they can take half of America out of medical debt.

[@timwestberg2388]

​@@USERNAME1-x5uor we could collectively fund healthcare and education like most wealthy countries.

[@AlarKemmotar]

Hey man! I was diagnosed with a rare liver disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis) back in 1992. Ended up getting a liver transplant and am doing well 32 years later. Hope the doctors figure out what you've got going on soon, and are able to treat it.

[@ExplyDev]

Exact same disease i have man! Im 19 now got diagnosed 5 months ago do you also have Colitis or Chrons?

[@WhatUpImBalling]

I also have PSC, the diagnosis scared the life out of me. I’m 21 and doing alright, the doctor tells me the disease is asleep for now so I try my best not to worry. Interesting to see someone else in the comments with the same thing

[@johnjingleheimersmith9259]

yeah livers aren't the end of the world these days. Now, same kinda stuff sorta happened to me last year too. Except I came out of it diagnosed with terminal stage 4 lung cancer despite never smoking even a pack of cigarettes my entire life. Genetic mutations be wild man. So all in all, things could definitely be way worse... just look at me as an example... haaaaa.

[@KrazyWorldWars]

​@johnjingleheimersmith9259 good luck brody

[@John_theodore]

what were your symptoms initially?

[@TheSpearkan]

Bro could have an entire episode of House dedicated to him.

[@youtubeaccount9014]

Abode diagnoses him with lupus and prescribes him mouse bites

[@dominictalbot3720]

@@youtubeaccount9014this vexes ophelia

[@FidgetyGuy]

There is a sucker born every day. Doctors rely upon it to pay their million-dollar mortgages.

[@vaughanmitchell2981]

@@youtubeaccount9014 please no i just watched that dumbass video

[@dead_slide]

Genius call Gregory

[@randomuserame]

Normal people: chasing storms Styropyro: *_Hunting tornadoes_*

[@Dat1ScrubLord]

For your insurance, for future reference, you can ask for a list of all individuals who had a say in denying your claims. 99% of the time they will change their decision BECAUSE most insurance companies have people who are NOT medical professionals looking for key words in your claim to accept or decline it, which is a MAJOR HIPPA violation.

[@AngelAPAVLOVSCornDog]

Good to know

[@oneup12]

Think that’s the same in Canada? I use to work for an insurance company in Canada and it definitely wasn’t like that, the client would have to provide all medical documentation from the attending physician and any hospital records, then the adjuster makes the decision from their based on set out rules the client would have already agreed to.

[@knecht_3406]

@@oneup12 its pretty much the same for alot of different insurances around the world. They all just hire some people who read the claims but arent actually professionals. Watched a report on that stuff happening where i live (Germany) aswell.

[@JR-mh8vn]

@@knecht_3406 In germany they wil nevery deny such a thing though

[@Blitterbug]

I feel SO shitty about being British right now, this is why we can't let the Conservatives win the general election next month here because they want to push us to the US healthcare model - dude I feel for Drake I really do, its ludicrous he paid over the odds WITH f*ken insurance

[@Bebopopotamus]

Guy got so fed up with the American healthcare system that he just started chasing tornados. I don't blame you man.

[@anonony9081]

Not much different than anywhere else. I had to wait almost a year to get an MRI here in Canada and I basically had to beg my doctor to even send the request.

[@thomaschan3625]

@@anonony9081 hey man, my dads a family doctor. back in 2022 i tore my knee and it was very obvious i tore some ligaments with some VERY basic physical testing. Got sent to my family doctor and she sent me to get an ultrasound (this doesnt even go deep enough in the tissue) it came back 100% fine and she cleared me for sports again. im 18 btw and live in ontario. my father then ordered my family doctor to get an mri, sure enough i fully tore 3 ligaments and without having that privilege i would have never known. Now i know in the future you need to beg them to do anything for you. if you think somethings up, be SURE to get it screened. you pay for it already.

[@brockgan8941]

@@anonony9081That is very different. Like that is literally an entirely different issue. How much did it cost you?

[@rastkokomnenic3190]

​@@anonony9081 the United States and Canada isn't "anywhere else".

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

@@rastkokomnenic3190okay let’s look at other nations. 3rd world? Yeah, I’m sure we’d love doctors from the 3rd world. They definitely have great healthcare. Let’s look at Western Europe where healthcare is free like Canada. Same issue, you wait forever for low quality service. America you pay a lot, but you also have the best technology, best doctors, and best facilities in all of human history. A homeless person gets the same highest quality care as the rich in America. Because it’s a for profit system, they can take hits from people not paying. In “free” systems, they tax you for the money anyways and have to beg people to support their healthcare industries. Instead of the doctors and hospitals getting the money, the government is taking the money…

[@user-fh2fm7vr4m]

i can’t believe the guy i have called gigachad laserboy for years has infinitely high test

[@alexrogers777]

It's pointless having high test when you also have high SHBG though, it means your body can't make any use of all that testosterone nitpicking aside it really is the funniest way to be sick and I hope things work out

[@fredriks5090]

he's secretly your mom, and goes into his super-testo werewolf laser scientist mode whenever you're blinking. He releases a new video whenever you've blinked enough.

[@JohnSmith-mt8fd]

He can alone fix it..

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

​@@fredriks5090If so he better start to walk around with his eyes closed, or I'm coming for him

[@baratalight1778]

Testosterone laser, better than testosterone gel

[@okuhtttf]

Hai Styro! I hope you're kicking well on that side, I'm a Biochemist who specialises in human metabolomics and your case is interesting to say the very least. Honestly you have a super power!! High levels of testosterone probably means your DHT and oestrogen levels are low. High testosterone means that you experience pain to a lesser degree than normal men and you have a lesser degree of fear than any normal man and to be frank this makes sense in your case. Not a lot of scientists or engineers will have fun playing with high voltage lasers and electricity and you do it without giving it a second thought(which is pretty freaking cool) If you want to investigate your case a bit further I would recommend doing a metabolic screening test to see if your kidney and liver is doing ok and haven't caught any damage as high levels of any hormone can have effects on your organs. Best of luck and please keep on inspiring us! My thought on this could be that you gained radiation damage that cause a point mutation to up regulate your testosterone and maybe down-regulated your DHT and oestrogen. Another theory is that your brain is not releasing the correct amount of stimulating hormone and that can have an effect on your test being super high. Also if testosterone or DHT or oestrogen is too high it would outcompete the other hormones and take them to near zero as your body thinks it doesn't need to make them any more. It would be cool to see the rest of your hormones results. This all sounds to me to be genetic(genetic damage) rather than a tumour problem. genetic testing could give you the right result, also ask if they can test your mom and dads DNA so that they can pinpoint if this was a genetic mutation/genetic damage. Edit: metabolic screening is literally scientists testing your urine and comparing the results same as blood tests, also man you definitely should regard this a super power! YOU"RE ALSO CHASING STORMS FOR FUN WTF! another edit: ask more plates more dates (he's on YT) he does these tests at his clinics in Canada for a fraction as what the US would ask and they have scientists who can give you some better answers, honestly the future of medicine is science not Doctors, as there is too many novel problems that Doctors have never faced and only scientists can give analytical answers. and Scientists do it for a fraction of the cost...

[@muizacetheadorable5319]

He has testosterone resistance, i think something is wrong with his production with shbg

[@okuhtttf]

@@muizacetheadorable5319 or his SHBH protein/enzyme is produced wrongly. Which makes all sense thank you

[@xaviersantos9072]

The unflinching optimism and persistent smile are so admirable, and oh my god you could probably be a model into your 60s if you look like this at 31

[@UtopianMatt]

The High T levels are bad in alot of ways but maybe whatever gene is being wonky isn't so bad if he lives too be like 100 and young. But I can see how that can turn into a exstantial crisis thing *does unsure shrug *

[@Dr_Sauce]

Bro said “does unsure shrug”

[@snickerswo1f519]

31 isn't really old, and haircut has a lot to do with how young someone can look

[@AbdulTheV1ogger]

@@UtopianMatt He is Arab, I feel like because of the harsh desert where they are from, they can almost get through any challenge and be insanely happy in it. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if he lives longer and healthier than most people

[@UtopianMatt]

@@AbdulTheV1ogger That kinda sounds like some shelterd white boy crap you said NGL

[@jamesblond150]

Im a provider and I cannot tell you how frustrated I get when insurance companies deny medications or procedures just to ask me again if I really want them. They're called prior authorizations and I am lobbying in my state to have it legal to bill insurance companies for the time and effort it takes me and my staff to fill out the extra paperwork. Hang in there dude!

[@zachingram04]

That is amazing, we are all rooting for your success!

[@RickySanchez.]

cool so they'll just pass your charges on to the consumer. insurance companies are not the only problem, scumbag providers are in cahoots with the insurance companies

[@narwalionn6368]

As an EMS provider, it pains me that we have to convince critical patients to come by ambulance. Nobody should ever be at risk of death because they fear their insurance company.

[@m-11]

You should be able to bill insurance for your time. And I should be able to bill providers for my time when I have to make hours worth of phone calls to make corrections and when I’m in the waiting room for an hour beyond my appointment being scheduled.

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

That’s great can we support you? You should do an interview with Louis Rossman or someone

[@rfmerrill]

American health insurance -- "He can't sue us if he's dead, and a wrongful death suit is cheaper than paying these claims anyway"

[@evolicious]

"cost of doing business"

[@flamestoyershadowkill6400]

canadian or european isn't much better either. You jest replace extreme amounts money with time and hyperbuecracy in those countries.

[@milan045]

@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 you just are not from europe or canada then. nobody banned private clinics where you can still pay, but if u don't want to, u can just wait in a line for 15 minutes and get stuff done for the price of your usual taxes. so the difference is, you have a literally free option. incredible stupidity on your end.

[@absentspaghetti4527]

​@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 I mean, yeah, but even going private doesn't cost you a leg and an arm and possibly life

[@minecraftfirefighter]

@@flamestoyershadowkill6400 Or complete incompetence... aka the dutch paracetmol docters...

[@ilgnsogut3715]

Bro, as an American, if you know that these are the numbers you will be facing, just book a flight to a European country and the total cost without insurance will be less than the doctor visit in the US...

[@DjMistaV]

You owe us nothing buddy. Hope everything works out for you, much love from Finland!

[@rykehuss3435]

tortillat avattu

[@FBI_Agent_]

@@rykehuss3435 Khyllä helvetissä :D

[@Dank_Lulu]

I second this notion!

[@NullScar]

Yksi kaksi maxi yatzy

[@rykehuss3435]

@@NullScar *maksi

[@iTzPav]

MD here. Make sure they do a scrotal ultrasound/ exam ! One of most common cause in your age group can be germ cell tumors in testicles that can be easily ruled out.

[@gabrijel9129]

liking and commenting so that your comment goes up

[@ATR-_]

@9:42 you can see the presence of clubbing in his thumb, I think he has liver cancer unfortunately.

[@iTzPav]

@@ATR-_ clubbing can be from man things. Also a normal CT (assuming with contrast) pretty much rules out any sort of liver tumor/cancer.

[@flynnkay]

@@ATR-_pretty sure that is not clubbed. Peoples hands just look differently. Also wouldnt all his fingers be clubbed then

[@intru4020]

Easily ruled out as in not a problem? How do you know if you have this and is it dangerous?

[@uuuuu9036]

bro is insured with Mr. Krabs

[@PrimalRenegade17]

I am 99% sure even Planktons insurance would be less diabolical

[@MagikalKrabical]

That'd be better.

[@kachow5830]

Ararararararar

[@georgedeguzman8519]

😂

[@Giovansbilly]

Remember when Mr. Krabs is so much of a cheapskate with healthcare that the doctor and nurse decide to throw him out even though he's still being treated

[@Fermen80]

Im from Europe. Your healthcare system is broken and shady AF!

[@mogoreanu]

Sorry to hear about all the troubles.

[@faceflesh4129]

❤❤❤

[@OiBlake]

W

[@Sorinoir]

What is a romanian doing here?

[@toiartu]

​@@SorinoirI'm also Romanian lol

[@davidhuh9928]

im also romanian

[@LudicrousH]

The amount of lives negatively affected by insurance companies is disgusting. Pure evil when it comes down to the specifics.

[@mistiqlmistiql]

insurance kills

[@sitschi3949]

In america

[@89simba57]

Legal mafia. There is no better explanation. I hope heaven and hell exist and they will pay us back there

[@MatthewC137]

Don't forget that it's government that gives them their power.

[@foca7550]

American healthcare isn’t healthcare. Fucking horrible country

[@BobbyDukeArts]

Dude, I admired your positivity! Thanks for letting us all know what's going on and I am certain you'll get through this and be better than ever! Also, just know you have tons of support from people who care about you. Myself included. Now I'm off to check out your tornado channel!

[@DarlingKuromi]

Hi Bobby!

[@kyirose2995]

BOBBY! There’s so much overlap in who I watch and who the people I watch watch… it’s honestly kinda crazy.

[@sensable834]

@styropyro I may have some form of liver disease at age 21. I have begun going through all the hoops to get treatment. I am saddened by this because I have watched you for a long time. Always puts a smile on my face to watch your videos. I wish you the best of luck. Depending on when you uploaded your video, we may be doing the checkup around the same time. I’ll be praying for you. I’m from Iowa, go Midwest!

[@reyalPRON]

Nah mate.. that prayer is for you. So that you feel better about his situation.. that's all it did.

[@sensable834]

@@reyalPRON I’m sorry you feel that way. Never doubt the power of prayer. I’m healed, praise God.

[@RadioactiveMoose]

Hey, Drake! Longtime viewer and actually went to SIU too! We had a handful of classes together but I don't think ever really talked besides maybe a few times in Speech 101. I'm actually a doctor now and finishing my training in diagnostic radiology in central Illinois! I WISH I had my own imaging center and could just do you a solid and get all the medical imaging you needed, but if you ever need any help understanding any of the lingo on your imaging reports or would like a second or third set of eyes on any scans already done, please reach out! Wishing you good health! -MK

[@blend3rman796]

What a kind gesture. This comment section is refilling my faith in humanity.

[@kidfrankie54]

You can't pull some strings doc? A little back door imaging never hurt anybody.

[@blend3rman796]

@@kidfrankie54 doctors don't make the medical decisions anymore, private equity conglomerates do

[@chrisvibz4753]

nice 10 bucks helped alot

[@GamerDude3222]

@@chrisvibz4753 Better than your grand total of 0 atleast.

[@mikechambers6576]

This is one of the most unflinchingly honest and optimistic people I’ve ever witnessed.

[@scottanos9981]

I think he has a rare condition though. He can't even grow a beard but has ancestry that would normally. My guess is he has a genetic defect on the cellular receptors of testosterone that requires his blood to have abnormally high levels to compensate.

[@tiktoksbytopic1897]

It is the spirit of Christ. It is finished, hallelujah, let us go down to the river to pray. Mortality offers us ego death. And what good news it is! To not have to wait for Godot but to become like him, and “go away for a while, only to one day return”. The famine creates the plenty and the plenty creates the famine. Fear itself is the event horizon. Not the black hole!

[@17DollazCuh]

It's called mild autism 😂 he's a good dude. Incredibly intelligent. Autists tend to obsess over certain things. His obsession happens to be lasers.

[@-1707]

@@tiktoksbytopic1897 a schizophrenia diagnosis would probably help with that word salad.

[@mattehwjohnson-bt7vy]

its all the testosterone man

[@antiwolfer8691]

bro looks emaculate for 31 ngl, i always thought he was right out of high school

[@Aquaticphilosophia]

Intelligence keeps you young. I’m over 40.

[@DonnieMcNash]

@@AquaticphilosophiaYou look 80

[@Aquaticphilosophia]

@@DonnieMcNash I didn't say how much over 40

[@braxtondavis393]

@@Aquaticphilosophiapick me ahh comment

[@hcolider2817]

How you look at 30 isn't much different from how you look when you're 20, given you didn't fail the genetic lottery and you at least 'try' to keep healthy

[@jaydenarthur1941]

9:06 if this is th me tornado from Lincoln, glad to know you were in town too!! That tornado was moving fast!

[@bilbobagginz-i2k]

Get better soon fren

[@faceflesh4129]

❤❤❤

[@kodavilliers]

thats amazing man w

[@BoBo-pl3ww]

Absolute G right here

[@The-One-and-Only100]

If they inject technetium 99m for imagining, you can extract it from urine, and if you have or get a radiacode, you can do gamma spectroscopy with it

[@Interrobang212]

god I love mad science youtube

[@Pockeywn]

@@Interrobang212it literally JUST occurred to me that most of the youtubers i watch are literally mad scientists like no hyperbole whatsoever.. like they are NOT doing normal shit

[@GainzGuardian]

@@PockeywnI’m looking for more mad scientists to watch. Drop me some names pls

[@thor1829]

@@GainzGuardian okay, here's some -Explosions and Fire/Extractions and Ire -Chemical Force -Thy Labs -Labcoatz -NurdRage -Prussian Blue -Chemiolis -Amateur Chemistry -Fluorineisgreat

[@SilveniumTheDrifter]

@@thor1829 Love so many of the ones you listed! Alpha Phoenix and PhotonicInduction are also good! If you're into electricity and tech, AvE (humorous spin on things) and (talks more about circuitry and electronics; goes over schematics) BigCliveDotCom are on my reccomendation list.

[@alejandrinos]

A very smart guy who constantly meddles with dangerous devices and probably has a strange disease? A broken system that's bound to push people's tolerance for bullshit over the limit? This is the recipe for a villain arc if I've ever seen one.

[@silverrey7379]

Next thing you know, he'll create the tornados instead of chasing them

[@cube4547]

i think this is a bit insensitive tbh

[@hellemperor-1641]

​@@cube4547shut up

[@therealpeter2267]

@@cube4547 nah I have a bunch of crazy medical shit going on with me too but I'd just take the joke, getting compared to like a mad scientist is not really an insult either

[@greg_one_izm]

@@cube4547 The wording doesn't baby anyone for sure but styro is clearly already able to see the funny side of his situation as stated in the beginning of the video so I wouldn't worry!

[@DravenMiranda]

Oh, he's 31- THIRTY ONE!?! Brutha, you look 16 😭

[@r46-b7e]

Styro, i'm a doctor. The healthcare system is stupid. Idk what's wrong with you right now. I'm gonna do some reading and I reached out to my friend that's an endocrinologist. Will hopefully update. I will say that I really doubt it's anything super serious and try not to spiral into worst case scenarios. It's probably something congenital and not cancer or something crazy and you will most likely be okay. I know it's hard to wait. I will comment again if I figure anything out, but it's also hard without having any tests or diagnostics. I know waiting for this crap sucks. Good luck. Love your content.

[@yudihiroshi384]

i dont know if this is fake but i hope this is real and you can help styro without him having to wait for this dumb healthcare

[@Yeet42069]

How nice for you to do that

[@Yukifnyu]

W commenter

[@johnnyc2764]

Thanks for doing this! Drake is one of the of people keeping the original spirit of crazy science youtube going. If we can help, we definitely should

[@helpdeskjnp]

Good on you sir!

[@AndrewThoesen]

10:30 my man petting a wild squirrel like the most normal thing in the world

[@Sotebolikurac]

Oh no! He could've died!

[@wonderbread6100]

I remember my brother doing that and getting lice.

[@johnshedIetsky]

@@Sotebolikuracyes

[@Sotebolikurac]

@@johnshedIetsky snowflake

[@kermitlynotfound1129]

its domesticated

[@FFFUUUUUUUU]

Hey styro. I'm a doctor in NY. Extremely high levels of testosterone is suspicious for something called Leydig cell tumor which is a type of testicular cancer. This is common in young men. There would be other biochemical markers but I would recommend you getting a testicular ultrasound. You can also do self exam to see if you can feel any lumps or painless swelling. I understand it may be overwhelming with the feeling of uncertainty regarding your health but I urge you to undergo more testing as it is a type of cancer and can potentially be cured if caught early.

[@xenoxaos1]

And FSH/LH levels... Which were probably already done if the endocrinologist looked over your pituitary testosterone axis. Hell get a general DNA test and look for androgen sensitivity issues.

[@danberm1755]

Funny enough Styro acts a lot like I did before I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Guessing my testosterone was way high too. I was actually 35ish when I was diagnosed. 2 doctors told me I didn't have it. But in one month a testicle got BIG and heavy! It was like a rock! It didn't feel like it was part of my body anymore. I had an ultrasound years prior and they said it was scar tissue. In other words doctors can't really tell and it's such a low impact cancer usually that you wouldn't dare to take a biopsy. I got that problem removed and opted for 2 years of cat scans to check my retroperitoneal (or something like that). It was a good move as that was 10 years ago and I've had no issues, plus didn't have to do chemo or radiation (which damages your body immensely). My testosterone is normal and I don't have any ED issues even at almost 50! So don't freak out, but be prepared to handle the situation quickly if you have it. That could keep you in 1A as opposed to waiting and pretending nothing is wrong.

[@Dudeguymansir]

I hope you can answer my question seriously. Should the bottom of the testicle have any kind of discernible bump or ridge? Should I be concerned if I can feel the tail of epididymus? It’s painless, to a point. Is this the kind of thing I should be concerned about? Or is this normal nut stuff?

[@Araye]

^^ BUMP

[@SaintSaint]

Love you doctors... ALMOST as much as I hate insurance companies.

[@harunlisic]

I wish you good health, stay strong!

[@car_pal]

Paying thousands for health insurance just so you have the priviledge of paying more for a treatment is next level scam. It's like paying someone to rob you. 0 people should pay for health insurance for a good 10 years just so all the insurance corporations can go bankrupt and start fresh from there. I hope you solve this and get better, your videos are my favorite!

[@mattymerr701]

They have their hands in enough pies that it probably wouldn't even matter to them. They'll just screw you on prescriptions instead or something

[@joemerino3243]

US law prevents an effective boycott of bad health insurance. Employers have to pay payroll tax on wages. This makes them want to pay people less. To compete for decent workers with low wages, companies give out health insurance as a perk. Since the boss isn't the one USING the insurance, they don't care if the insurance is any good, it just has to LOOK good on paper. TLDR health insurance sucks because no one pays for it, employers do as a tax writeoff. Changing (reducing or eliminating) payroll tax is necessary to fix health insurance.

[@KairuHakubi]

Remember when the government made it mandatory and tried to penalize you for not having it? People don't talk about that like they should..

[@willgordon5737]

Well said

[@KairuHakubi]

@@joemerino3243 Funny how that works out, you can't fix a problem by just shifting around who's on the hook for the cost. I wonder how many times we have to re-learn the lesson of "if you force everyone to have something, the people selling it will jack up the price" i mean wasn't student loans a clear enough example of that? Even funnier when you find out who was responsible for that.

[@rwb6635]

The American healthcare system leaving absolutely no one with a penny left

[@perfectstranger1152]

That's all healthcare systems. Either get your care and give up your money, or you can wait 9 months to get that abscessed tooth pulled. Thanks, government.

[@DunjeeTime]

My fiance just recently was diagnosed with not only thyroid cancer, but has a colorectal condition that requires surgery sooner rather than later and our insurance expects us to pay almost $900 up front for it

[@danielmorris7648]

People who complain about the American Healthcare system are totally ignorant. He wouldn't even have been seen yet, and if it was socialized, once he got denied that would be the end of any chance for coverage. There's a reason people leave Canada and Finland to get surgery here.

[@jamescollier3]

The goal is socialism. The Great Reset is coming

[@monad_tcp]

its almost like they want some sort of revolution to happen when enough people have nothing to lose

[@Tonba1]

The "tesla twink" being ultra high T is not something I expected

[@chancefreely]

I mean, no disrespect to the guy, but him basically never getting out of puberty does track with extremely high T

[@harrasika]

I mean, if you look at his body he's basically just muscle with very little fat

[@CodeineAbdulJabbar]

Lmao

[@Anon.G]

Testosterone itself is not very androgenic(masculine) Perhaps he has very low 5-alpha-reductase activity and therefore downstream has low DHT and minimal androgenic effects. Edit: Watched the video and it's just his SHBG, which would also reduce DHT, and greatly reduce androgenic effects. To go into greater detail, the body is expecting a certain amount of anabolic and androgenic receptor activity, and if it doesn't get it, it will signal to make more sex hormones. Since he has high SHBG, the SHBG hold the testosterone hostage, preventing it from doing any activity in the body. What this means is he has very little free(working) testosterone, and his body is fighting to make more.

[@snobbingas189]

​@@chancefreely 🤔 hmm, makes me think I might have the same thing 😬

[@Acacian141]

Praying for you, bud. I know how difficult it can be to open up to the world as you did. Bless you for telling this heartbreaking story. Heartbreaking because I have followed you for a while and feel like you are one of my friends. Stay the course my friend. I hope that you find answers and that the truth exposes itself to you in an undeniable way. God Bless you brother

[@Spicii9896]

If we're _required_ to have health insurance, the insurance should be equally required to cover anything

[@ShadowZero27]

those are both the problems

That's how you get crazy expensive insurance premiums.

[@kiro253]

Thanks god we are not required here in my country Just learn to keep some money in case of emergency or have some friend that u really trusted...that can lend some money

[@Miatalustrium]

A 12 day stint in the hospital racked up a $180k bill for my dad with health insurance. There is no way to save for something like that. Thankfully, his actual way of not paying it is paying $25/month until he dies. He'll never pay more than what it likely would be in a country with more of a soul than the US, and the debt stays with him. ​@kiro253

[@Sashazur]

Most Americans *aren’t* required to have health insurance anymore. Yes the Affordable Care Act in 2010 did effectively require it (with tax penalties if you didn’t) but that went away in 2019. Now only a few states - CA, NY, MA, RI, VT, and DC - still penalize you if you don’t have health insurance.

[@pmangano]

Insurance wont cover a CT scan for a person with a high possibility of a tumor? Jesus Christ the American health System is stupid.

[@destructivecriticsm]

it's not even the american health system, it's literally just insurance companies as a whole, they're almost ALL like this no matter what country you're in, with the exception being those with free healthcare, because there, you don't even NEED insurance in the first place.

[@Wok_Agenda]

Tell it to the greeks, government pushes for all state insurance and free health to be wiped out

[@assootoshmotah2350]

Blame your politician who take bribes from them aka lobbying

[@pentiumradeon]

No it’s very smart. And evil.

[@turkeyman631]

Yeah, that’s why they try to keep us distracted with ‘orange man bad.’ So we don’t band together and actually ask for meaningful change.

[@Born2Losenot2win]

As someone who also struggles with insurance, please give your insurance hell, sue them, mention their name on your platform. You nor anyone else deserves to suffer from unjust exploitations when your life is on the line.

[@young-salt]

Name dropping does nothing. They all do this. People are required by law to gave health insurance, no matter where they go they will always get this treatment. That's why i stopped using health insurance and saved a LOT of money in the process. Its an unjust law thats only purpose is to abuse law abiding citizens, the only way to get back at them is just by not having health insurance

[@lindboknifeandtool]

@@young-saltit annoys them. They get to fucking ruin our lives so we get to at least annoy them.

[@qoph1988]

@@young-salt It costs nothing to name them

[@young-salt]

@@lindboknifeandtool no i mean it doesnt annoy them in the least. Where else are you going to go when everyone does it, you might as well name drop the sky for being blue, its blue everywhere... Your time would be spent way more productively by starting a petition and contacting your local and state representatives to say you and everyone else that signed arent going to vote for them if they dont vote in favor of your petition goals

[@araki.kurasay]

Thanks for the update brosky

[@arathsg9824]

I’ve actually never super chatted anyone before. My mom has been fighting cancer for the past 2 years and the struggles with insurance are the fucking worst. The last thing you need when you have cancer is stress yet, that’s all they cause. You’re one of my favorite scientists on KZbin. I know it’s not much but i would be more than happy to help you pay off some of those bills. I wish you the best man I know you’ll get through it.

[@-Kreger-]

Hope your mom gets better soon

[@jatin4085]

praying for the best dude , be good

[@llliiimmmeee]

thank you for supporting him on behalf of those of us who can't

[@imstupidbut]

please can i have a super chat

[@BigelowInventions]

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom's continued struggle with cancer. I hope she's on the path to remission! ❤️

[@j_lemy]

A doctor orders a CAT-scan and the insurance company says no? My European brain is unable to process this.

[@MatthewGeskey]

That happens everywhere. Those machines cost a lot of money to build and run. Doctors worry about the medical problem, insurance, including state-funded insurance, worries about the cost. If they spent on every slim chance of diagnosis or treatment, they would quickly run out of resources. From the UK: "At least 56,289 patients with angina were denied access to CT scans last year despite NHS guidelines saying it should be offered to all patients with stable chest pains, according to data from the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)." From Germany: "Der erkrankte Rentner ließ die Untersuchung 2017 durchführen. Die gesetzliche Krankenversicherung, bei der er versichert war, weigerte sich, die Kosten zu übernehmen. Begründung: Bei dem Krankheitsbild des Mannes sei die PET-CT als „neue Untersuchungs- und Behandlungsmethode“ zu klassifizieren und damit nicht erstattungsfähig. Bei der Untersuchung handele es sich um eine Leistung außerhalb des Leistungskatalogs der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung."

[@j_lemy]

@@MatthewGeskey Doesn't happen here in Northern European social welfare countries. That's wild. UK isn't part of the EU anymore at least...

[@carmaela2689]

Yes, In the US, insurance companies decide your fate and our healthcare system is ruled by insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. It's a huge scam!

[@G.K.-]

Yes, after a blood test, I had 2 CT scans and 3 MRI scans within a year, plus about 3-4 ultrasounds with not extra costs. My insurance about 1 dollar/day. Social insurance/universal healthcare not a thing unless there is a huge problem, and I am grateful for it. (it was not a huge problem, but I was scared)

[@plamengeorgiev1986]

Also 3k for a CAT scan…

[@wanderer1911]

I’m very sorry about your situation. That is rough and I couldn’t imagine. Thoughts and prayers man. At least you can say you are ultra manly.

[@cosmocart2]

your ultra manly for this donation

[@MountainJohn]

This donation increased your T levels by 100 points.

[@styropyro]

thank you! yes getting to say I'm ultra manly is a great consolation prize

[@itsnotokgolf]

THIS IS WHY I LEFT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING...WORKING AT A MAJOR PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER/MEDICAL AUTHROIZATION COMPANY, HOLY FUCKING SHIT IT RUINED ME

[@maxmyzer9172]

6:52 The way it works: The hospital has a "real" price - they charge this if you don't have insurance The hospital sets the price higher, and the insurance pays that markup, or some of it

[@tabernaclejones6115]

And than you don’t pay the hospital bill. They can’t go on your credit report. Actually I just looked it up and I guess it can go on your credit if the hospital reports it to the credit bureau- but most don’t. I have never paid my hospital bills and my credit is decent ~700. Not ruined.

[@TheDarkestofHell]

Everyone always harps on "Free Healthcare" but That's the criminal aspect of it right there. I rarely see people that will tell you the actual problem, getting scammed by hospitals. Whats the meme again, $900 for a bag of water? I think there would be a very nice middle ground of "free healthcare" and "free market" if they just were legally prevented from charging insane prices for things that are normally reasonably priced.

[@Si74l0rd]

The insurance will pay less than half the quoted amount, which is why the hospitals inflate the amount due if you have insurance. However, you can negotiate the price you've been billed, just the way your insurance would have. So tell them you'll pay half of it, max. They should accept that, they're not losing out, there's still a profit margin even with you doing some horse trading. They're just used to being beaten down on the price. The American healthcare system is a cancer in and of itself.

[@w.o.jackson8432]

@@tabernaclejones6115 This. Just don't pay. I was hospitalized for cancer, didn't pay any, they basically just wrote it off later on. Didn't even get a call.

[@desotaku5202]

really interesting to see americans talk about insurance from a european perspective. those are things i have never even thought about. but i'm sure in the coming decades this rotten way of dealing with healthcare will find it's way here

[@sylv512]

"So for my fans, you're gonna have to settle for some tornado content." Settle? That's not settling, that's amazing!

[@thegamingerickchannel]

i can SENSE the anger in this video, just so much rage. And I love that it's targeted to insurance companies

[@ywer3455]

niko

[@thegamingerickchannel]

@@ywer3455 yeah

[@callapygian]

not vaccine mandaters?

[@EV-wp1fj]

Mad Styropyro is only slightly louder than regular Styropyro. He has a healthy regulation of his emotions, which is good, considering, you know, giant laser beams at his disposal. ;-)

[@eragonawesome]

I mean, rage *is* a symptom of high testosterone ;)

[@DinizAriel]

[ PLEASE, EVERYONE IKE THIS COMMENT SO HE CAN SEE IT ] Hey, man! A have a similar medical story. In my case my liver produces anormal aromatase enzymes. And this is very rare. These enzymes transforms testosterone in estrogen, and as my enzymes doesn't do that I did test for high testosterone and none estrogen. It happens that estrogens are essential for the bones, so now I have a really dangerous osteoporosis and I broke both my femurs and had some stress-fractures in my vertebras. [ PLEASE, EVERYONE IKE THIS COMMENT SO HE CAN SEE IT ]

[@DinizAriel]

Also, a densitometry is immensely cheaper than a scan ...

[@Nuroseed]

my boy is making gains just waving his arms around during this recording

[@exoZelia]

lmfao

[@steveballzack1409]

No but he's not though and that's the problem. He has some kind of androgen insensitivity where his receptors aren't responding to all that testosterone.

[@AbdulTheV1ogger]

@@steveballzack1409 I think they are too smart to respond to testoterone aggressiveness

[@gigiopincio5006]

I remember my endocrinology professor saying a throwaway line going something like 'some people obviously are born with totally crazy hormone levels that get somehow compensated by feedback mechanisms/counteracting hormones and they are totally fine and will never even know till they show up with a bonkers blood test'

[@thorneseus]

Obviously

[@Drew_Hurst]

Right, it's not until the medical money system scares People half to death with fear, and the insurance money system adds anxiety, which is the other half of a deadly recipe for bad health. It's no wonder these companies lobby govt to make noninvasive, frequency and electronic, healing devices, invisible. Rarely for Your safety, always for their profit.

[@MumujiBirb-d2l]

feedback moment

[@Lonely_Wiz]

you'd be surprised. I live with an insane amount of adrenaline and norepinephrine. took me just 23 years to find out the reason i get my heart racing just by having breakfast, and also to learn that other people don't live their lives in an extreme rush lol

[@smartyhall]

@yourt00bzFull generic sequencing is actually a lot cheaper than it used to be. Nebula Genomic does a rather thorough full genome sequence for around $900.

[@Vi51576]

"you hit the instrument limit" is one of the most terrifying things you can hear

[@rezzer7918]

lol

[@zachnies13]

"3.6 Roentgen. Not great, not terrible."

[@cheesyboy4889]

@@zachnies13”I’ve been told it’s the equivalent of a chest x ray. No big deal”

[@derekturner3272]

THe sad thing is, people your age don't remmeber how NONE of this was a problem before Obamacaare. And you think the government needs to get MORE involved in healthcare. And education. LOL... more of the problem will always fix it.

[@cryhavocandletslipthedogso1873]

"No doctor, I had spasms because 12 pills of that painkiller weren't enough"

[@Ericb1957]

I dont watch YT much but you have been my fave KZbinr for a long time. I know it isn't much in the grand scheme of things, hopefully it all goes well for you bud.

[@samanehhojati1824]

I hope that whatever happens for both Pyro and you will lead into greatness.

[@disbled]

My European mind cannot comprehend paying 10.000 dollars a year for insurance and then having your insurance not paying for your treatment

[@Psychx_]

Oh we'll get American conditions aswell if people continue voting neoliberal right wing parties/politicians due to their "profits first" mindset leading to ever more devastating cuts to the social security system.

[@black_forest_]

Right? I'm paying 360 Euros a month because it's a European private one and they pay for everything (except only 70% of psych stuff like therapy urgh)

[@KoalaTContent]

My American mind cannot either. As a kid my father's work covered our insurance and later my work covered mine. Now I don't have (or need) any, but if I enlist, Armed service members pay $50 a month for insurance

[@jeremiah4267]

insurance math doesn't add up. Many are paying for nothing so the few can get expensive services.

[@MichaelJohnson-hq5rz]

@@black_forest_psych is about ~$200 an hour and is often not covered by most insurance in the USA

[@Dragon_Slayer_Ornstein]

6:32 - It seems quite common, it's much more messed up than you think, the insurance companies and the hospitals play this game where they send out a quote for more than double the price, the insurance company will refuse to pay, then the hospital and the insurance company will negotiate a lower price, then the hospital will write it off as a loss on their tax, even though it's not a loss. It's a scam.

[@joesfather9122]

But someone makes money, so its going to keep happening :(

[@whyamiwastingmytimeonthis]

Wait, how?! I’m not a tax specialist, but how can you claim a discount itself (even a fictitious one) as a loss

[@kj_H65f]

"Writing it off on their taxes" is shorthand for "I dont understand what's happening but I don't like it"

[@hummel6364]

Often the quote the insurance get's is like 20x the actual cost, you have to personally cover like 10% of that, which is still 2x of what you would pay without insurance.

[@WarlordEnthusiast]

That sounds like actual tax fraud though, seems like something the IRS would like to know about.

[@spookedjunglist]

exploratory tests are not covered under Most insurance. what I don't understand is that exploratory is 90% of what doctors do. they make assumptions based on symptoms. and test to confirm. if they don't have any idea or symptoms they run tests based on assumptions. if I came into a docs office and said I'm sick doc. and I don't know how to describe my symptoms because I'm in a coma. everything they guess wrong isn't covered. I bet in 5 years or less. doctors are going to start popping up everywhere stating we accept no insurance and people will pay less and doctors will earn more and instead of talking to a nurse at first you will consult the doctor with his lawyer present. and you will sign an agreement of your recommendation for treatment. and possible outcomes. the lawyer will discuss what you will be compensated with if something goes wrong at the doctors fault. why the fuck can lawyers afford to buy 6 billboards that are all visible from the same location? because they rob everything they can. fuck lawyers. and politicians. they are all crooks.

[@Ralph-r2i]

He doesn’t get morning wood,,, he gets morning diamond

[@modsystems-wj6sp]

lmfao

[@tauIrrydah]

That's not how.... ah never mind.

[@FynnOliverEmonSill]

6 times a day... hot

[@treyb2885]

my bro got some super powers now... lol jk its moderate issues that cant be ignored.. or it can get to be beyond serious

[@Preinstallable]

he got that morning netherite

[@kuzon378]

If bro starts lifting it's over for us

[@Alfenium]

so fuvkin over....

[@omaewamoushindeiru4190]

wrong... free test is the key to good muscle adaptation capabilities and secondary male characteristics such as beard, deep voice, balding, body hair etc. On 1:54 you can see that his free testosterone is 13.55 which is well within normal range of 4.7-24.4, What causes his free vs total test disproportion is high levels of SHBG (sex hormon binding globuline) which is hormone dictating how much of your total test will convert to other hormones such as DHT and Estrogen and how much of it is going to stay freely circulating the bloodstream. So for example person with 300 total test and 24 free test will have much better muscle building predisposition than a person with 1500 total test and 13 free test.

[@DistractedTrader]

Explains why his so lean and muscly, yet a total nerd hahaha

[@yescoblol]

not really how it works, his free T is average

[@redpepper74]

@@yescoblolhow does it work then?

[@polishonion459]

"I'm Arabic" holy Jesus I had no clue

[@SoundsLegit71]

I don't think he is Arabic I think he just has some Arabic.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

You know humans do not have to be insane Islamists just because they were born in tribal region families? Sadly they are the exception, which is why Israel (20% Arabic and happy being Israeli), are being bombarded by Hamas and Hezbollah who want a "final solution" The insanity in all our western countries now we have flooded them with these people, knows no bounds.

[@boringpolitician]

I hope they find a cure for it one day 🙃

[@markchinguz4401]

He likes to blow stuff up

[@oggolbat7932]

​@@SoundsLegit71That phrasing makes it look like it's an illness

[@ElectroBOOM]

Dang what a double whammy! an unknown decease and the US healthcare! Well hopefully the decease is nothing, and you can move to Canada and we can go moose chasing together!

[@Cyber_byteY2K]

Somehow first?

[@milkenjoyer14]

"decease" is a rather unfortunate misspelling here, i have to say

[@someoneonyoutube181]

Moving to Canada for specialized healthcare is probably the stupidest idea I've ever heard. I had to drive over the border to the States just to get a blood test.

[@babayaga7434]

So they can tell him to kill himself?

[@gallusdomesticuskfptechpriest]

I've lived in Canada my whole life, and I've been on a wait list for a family doctor for >5+ years now. The walk in clinic tells me to go to the ER, the ER tells me to f*** off and take more opiates. I've had to fly overseas for emergency treatment twice so far. Also my taxes are ~40% :)

[@AndrewThoesen]

1:30 “I’m 31 years old” Me assuming he’s a high school growing into a college student this entire time: 👁️👃🏻👁️

[@johnw1954]

holy shit he's aged way better than me

[@andrewlyon8924]

Seriously I thought he was in his early 20s!

[@marquez4497]

Dude looks 20

[@no-ic5gw]

Fr i thought he was a college freshman

[@volkov2259]

I genuinely thought he was around my age but WOW I honestly didn’t think he was 31

[@grimprism2729]

I've watched your content for years since I was in middle school. Seeing you build and create all these insane things, from uranium crayons to lasers that are invisible to the human eye strong enough to immediately blind you, is the most inspiring thing I've ever seen. You embody the indomitable spirit of humanity because you take these almost unreachable ideas and goals, that anyone else would stop at the warnings, and you materialize those ideas as a reality. I'm almost 20 and I still find myself watching your videos with the same feeling that I had when I watched your first video: in awe of someone able to pursue an idea or hobby despite that risk. Thank you for creating so much joy and inspiration to the people that watch you.

[@Mohamed_Sherif]

What!!! 1400$ for CT scan !! MRI here in Egypt costs less than $100 and is much more accurate than CT in identifying tumors. CT costs less than $30. You can have a comprehensive examination here in Egypt in the largest hospitals under the supervision of medical professors for less than $3000 and you will not wait more than two days to make an appointment with any doctor. You can enjoy the rest of the amount visiting Egypt's tourist attractions.

[@dxfvgyhjh]

and mri is not radioactive!

[@Mohamed_Sherif]

​@@dxfvgyhjh Yes, this is true, but many doctors do not resort to it because it is relatively expensive and requires the patient to remain still for long periods without moving the targeted area, unlike CT, which is faster in taking images.

[@womble901]

Medical scientist here. I can't understand why they didn't dilute your sample and test it again instead of just reporting it as off the charts. I thought that was standard procedure. I hope they can nail down what's causing your hormone overproduction, and treat it too.

[@jeffrey3837]

They might be trying to understand the exact number where if you dilute it with a specific amount of volume you can then determine the actual amount of something that might be "Off the charts"

[@theoaxton1606]

@@jeffrey3837 yeah thats exactly what she just said?

[@jeffrey3837]

@theoaxton1606 yeah you aren't wrong. I misread the Comment I guess.

[@womble901]

We all make that mistake at some point. But I'm glad to know someone does agree with me.

[@warrensimpson2396]

I'm a student med lab tech, and my understanding is limited, but a baseline reading higher than the instrument's highest calibrator value could be regarded as clinically significant in its own right without necessitating a dilution. Once the cause of the hormone overproduction has been determined and he starts treatment, they'd be more likely to dilute the sample and obtain quantitative values to look for a drop in the testosterone levels in order to assess the efficacy of the treatment.

[@AbChad.]

“ I still brag about this to my friends”. 😂 every man fully understands the bragging rights

[@Gunni1972]

I think, that's part of "Testosteronic behaviour".

[@frigidszn7510]

@@Gunni1972 he cant use it or feel higher test becuase high shbg binds the test making it useless for strength or feeling any dif

[@nocontender6409]

⁠@@frigidszn7510I thought he said they didn't detect any shbg.

[@frigidszn7510]

@@nocontender6409 if you watch it they said he had high shbg

[@alfrredd]

What's the normal T level for a man his age?

[@orye09]

American insurance is completely predatory. Keep your head up bro

[@TheDarkestofHell]

Yeah, look into the taxes in countries with "free" healthcare. You either get screwed by the free market or they strip your paycheck down significantly more than they do in the US. What's criminal is that they can sell you things that are like $20 at any retail location for $500+. Legally preventing them from scamming the shit out of you would go a long way to unscrew the US healthcare system.

[@Killerspieler0815]

American insurance is gfinal stage PredatorCapitalism

[@knuthamsun6106]

@killer- BS. it didn't start being this way until "Obamacare" Mandated that all young people have in insurance they don't need in order to pay not for geezers but rather for the hundred million who refuse to work

[@iceshadow487]

America is fucked. We're already in late stage dystopian capitalism

[@righteousone1]

The small hats own the majority of all insurance companies in the US. The problem is the small hats.

[@davemichael1859]

Hi, kindly, stop procrastinating by keeping yourself busy - just go to a civilized country in EU, pay insurance and get diagnosed in a multidisciplinary hospital (it will take ~10 days). Don't sacrifice your health because of some jerks. Most people on the liver transplant list die waiting for one. Please go get diagnosed and treated. The disease is there, it's just super rare and doctor's didn't find it. Lastly, please don't manually lower your testosterone levels without getting a diagnosis and treatment - I suspect that testosterone is the only thing keeping your disease in check.

[@therandom9]

you have a very rare type of cancer me: how rare doc:what do you want to name it

[@NevTheDeranged]

me: how about Becky?

[@therandom9]

@@NevTheDeranged ok I will add that to the library

[@MagnusFBG]

styropyronoma

[@Gunni1972]

X-ray-diculous

[@PlasmaChannel]

Drake, proud of you for prioritizing this stuff. So many creators burn themselves out because they dont have the balls to just take a break, and reset their priorities. Take care of you, and thanks for such an honest to the heart update. Cant wait to be up on stage with you at OpenSauce this weekend!

[@tsr7198]

💯💯

[@asymmattrical]

Heh heh. I see what you did there… Of course he had the balls to… his T is off the friggin charts!!😂