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pissing off a mad scientist with incredible lasers and massive T-levels was a bold move, Insurance companies
Now that you said it like that it made me realize this guy is at least on the top 3 most badass people alive
damn 😂
_"Let's see if it pays off for 'em"_
XD that's a hilarious thought
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?"
He’s 31!!!!! I always thought he was like 19!
Started when he was 13
Fr! i thought he was 26 at the most! thats crazy!
@@Bagle_rising and I’ve watched his channel for awhile…. Makes me wonder how old the backyard scientist is… 😂
I guess that's what >1500 ng/dl testosterone does to you!
The year you thought he was born was the year he started TH-cam lmao
"I'm 31 and i can't grow a beard"
*-Well, it happens*
"And i'm arabic!"
Me, also arabic: _Oh, it's bad..._
248 likes and no replies?
Me, Italian; oh that's *real* bad.
Me, a Greek female: _Oh, it’s bad…_ lol
Me, a James Randal fan, *oh its BAAAD*
YEAH LMAO SAME
listening to this entire insurance debacle is insane after the Luigi situation
It happens all the time, what's insane
I KNEW this comment was already here! lol As soon as he started talking about his insurance company, I thought about Luigi! HAIL LUIGI! ALL HAIL LUIGI!!!
@@Sefk76 the fact that it's so common and normalized.
@@Nick-ql2qj that's...not at all what the comment I replied to was talking about
@@Sefk76 they…weren’t talking about this guys insurance debacle?
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!
welcome to the USA moment
What a bloody beautiful gesture!
very kind donation of yours
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.
@@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. ❤
“I have medically abnormally high levels of testosterone”
“So anyway, I started chasing tornadoes”
wait, i remenber you from a yt reply, i discovered nanoray because of you!
Probably one of the reasons I liked this video. An assortment of interesting things
just wrote a comment which is 99% like this one damn xD
@@rayfer. Lol, I guess I comment a lot, and you’re welcome
@@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.
Next project. Home made CAT scanner.
If you didn't have cancer before...
not a bad idea ngl
@@zyeborm cancer²
@@s1l3ntttliterally the worst idea 😄
Texaco Mike already done that
My husband and I were diagnosed with cancer six weeks apart 14 years ago. We chose to spend our time we had together doing whatever we wanted. We traveled and we soaked in nature. I do not regret one day we had together he has moved on and I have stayed. Never allow yourself to soak in misery too long look outward to where Joy will be found.
Please look into intermittent fasting and keto / carnivore it is saved many people from cancer❤
@@rollinupeverest5042 No, they haven't. They either didn't have cancer and are lying, or they underwent actual cancer treatment/surgery by real doctors but attributed their "cure" to quacks.
@@rollinupeverest5042While I respect the sentiment this comment states they were diagnosed with cancer 14 years ago and their husband may be deceased at this point. I would also like to say that there is no change to your diet that can cure cancer and you're likely better off using your time and energy to seek proper treatment.
@@plague1739 Hold on. So if a person is chugging soda, candy, pretzels, and sweets and gets diagnosed, they shouldn't cut out the sugar, just subject themselves to radiation? This is what youre telling people.
@@rollinupeverest5042 Stop pedaling pseudoscience to people with cancer. It's disrespectful and predatory.
A scan costing 2x as much if you HAVE insurance is just criminal
American healthcare is a business after all
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.
thanks Obama. that's the point of aca. to profit insurance co ponies and slow down single payer adoption
@@katiebarber407 wrong. This far predates the aca. If anything, the ACA was watered down by Republicans to favor the insurance companies.
@@roosterball69 Be happy about only 10 percent for insurance
if an insurance scam gets blown by a death ray WE ARE NOT SNITCHING
Do you know somebody with a death ray? ;}
@@AssetH8ut2 the very person bringing us this video, believe it or not. he might even have more than two.
@@zhou_sei Never heard him say anything about a death ray or laser shotgun.....
@@zhou_seino death rays. Wholesome science based content only 😊
@@zhou_seiyou've been mislead and misinformed about death rays. Styro is our favourite chef on youtube, that's all you should know :-)
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.
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.
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.
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.)
@@ferrisbueller9991as a minimum at least.
Yall the dumb ones who pay your medical bills lol i dont
This aged beautifully with the recent health insurance hate
"I saw the solar eclipse with friends I haven't seen in a long time. Including my good old friend Luigi who I told about all my problems." 9:18
put a hoodie on this guy and uh...🧐
@@JASNSOUNDS Yup. Could be any American did the deed.
Recent?
"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.
Death is scared of him.
Dude has balls... Of steel!
@@mattmarzula didnt you see his testosterone levels? hes got balls of pure stereoids.
Balls of ball.
as i read this he said it
"im taking a break from being a mad scientist to chase tornados"
somehow this seems very natural n im not surprised at all
Enough time for social free exam.. meanwhile..
as someone who has never seen a video of this guy, somehow still yes.
This is a high testosterone thing to do
unrelated but ya got any spare flashbangs? used my last one "THINK FAST CHUCKLENUTS"ing a simp for sinder (yes, the vtuber)
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!"
I remember that video, its amazing x3
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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!
Appreciate your energy and curiosity and fun science! Crush it brother
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.
Good thing is he nearly hit his deductible. Which means everything is covered.
@@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.
yo I love yo content @JeffGeerling
@@jong2359 When I hit my deductible I get around 50k in medication free. My deductible is 1k
i literally watched one of your videos immediately before this came on
Get better soon fren
❤❤❤
thats amazing man w
Absolute G right here
Sorry to hear about all the troubles.
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W
What is a romanian doing here?
@@Keyboard_ThoughtsI'm also Romanian lol
im also romanian
I am a doctor here in Brazil specializing in endocrinology. One of the things we can assess is the levels of luteinizing hormone (LH). Since you tested negative for HCG, high testosterone levels could be related to elevated LH, often resulting from a benign pituitary adenoma. Although this increase in LH does not usually translate into a rise in testosterone on its own, there are reported cases in the literature of this same condition. In this case, a pituitary MRI would be valuable for further investigation. Either way, I wish you the best, brother!
I was just about to comment that! Thanks for pointing this out. I am not an endocrinologist like you though, so it's probably for the better that you were the first to summarise this. The only specific field I have worked in / have experience with (until now) is neurology & neuroscience. I believe he's already had a scan of his brain done though, so they have already assessed possible neuronal issues.
What about it being an autoimmune disease
I think he said his Sex Hormone Binding Globulin is off the charts. That can explain high T (yet no facial hair).
@@challengerking4358 I don't think I can recall an autoimmune disease that causes high testosterone.
@lucas_v_loiola
1. Autoimmune adrenal disorders: Conditions like Addison's disease or autoimmune adrenal hyperplasia may initially cause hormonal imbalances, potentially affecting testosterone levels.
2. Thyroid disorders: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (e.g., Graves' disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis) can disrupt the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis, leading to fluctuations in testosterone. Hyperthyroidism, in particular, might temporarily increase testosterone levels.
3. Lupus or Rheumatoid Arthritis: While these diseases more commonly lower testosterone due to chronic inflammation, some treatments (like corticosteroids) may indirectly impact testosterone regulation.
4. Autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes (APS): These rare conditions can affect multiple endocrine glands, including those influencing testosterone production.
Wife got diagnosed and passed of cancer last year. Really hope you get a better result dude.
I know nothing I can say would help but I do want to say I'm truly sorry for your loss
@@MyNameIsBVD thanks, been hard.
Im so sorry for your loss brother. Enjoy life, its still beautiful
Sorry for your loss
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Fuck insurance companies.
you mean forced government health care
@@jamescollier3 you are incredibly dumb or willfully ignorant if you actually think that
@@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.
@@jamescollier3 obama care (romney care) is the reason millions of people are alive today, it's literally the only working system in american healthcare.
@@jamescollier3 No. Private companies with a profit motive.
i lowkey thought bro was gonna say "insurance didn't want to pay for my cat scan so I built my own"
i gotta sleep man i read cat as cum and god confused
😂😂😂 best comment
i read cat as ©️um and got confused ngl
@@knockthebackdoorbeforeleaving 🤨
I think that would be Will
Wishing you all the best!
casually pets wild squirrel like he's a Disney Princess
Illinois is amazing! That squirrel looks different than squirrels where I live. I think it's a fox squirrel but I could be wrong.
Your username is awesome, stackowoflow. It's like you perfectly blended the stress of programming with the cute humor that is owo.
It's the high T, the squirrel can tell he has a lot of nut
bro is unreal levels of powerfull
Bro those T-levels and that jaw line, dudes a Disney Prince
This is one of the most unflinchingly honest and optimistic people I’ve ever witnessed.
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.
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!
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.
@@tiktoksbytopic1897 a schizophrenia diagnosis would probably help with that word salad.
its all the testosterone man
His body is peak male performance, this is what testosterone leads to, not muscles but insane fascination with physics and explosions
have you seen his muscles? i always thought he was juicing, haha
the male urge to build a death laser out of a microwave
my cramping uterus must produce insane amounts of test
The masculine urge to produce a machine so powerful that testing the output results in instant death
Shrigma male performance.
I'm french, and you explaining how expensive it is to get a scan is a big culture shock lmao
I am older than you but suffered a heart attack as a normally healthy person. It took me down hard and that was not something that felt normal as I was a highly motivated and successful Law Enforcement Detective that solved some major tech and financial crimes in 26 years of work including the largest robbery in CA history. Being down I lost almost all motivation and I also had to fight with insurance, which is the last thing a sick (and depressed) person should be asked to do (fuck health insurance…). I have had to learn how to adapt to a new life, giving up the best job I could ever imagine. But now I have embraced some new hobbies (metal fabrication and radio hacking), which I never had time for. The pivot has actually been fun if I don’t let my mind wander to the “what if” or “poor me”. Anyway, it is TH-cam content like yours that helped inspire my curiosities and choice of hobbies. Thank you for what you do and for being a positive beacon despite the bullshit that the American Health Care system is placing on you. I wish you the best and hope you at OpenSauce!
Even wilder is the fact that as a LEO you have an extraordinarily strong union and way better insurance and healthcare than 99.999% of the rest of us in CA. Wish you a long life and happiness!
Bro just casually told us how fraud is happening at his insurance place .
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.
That is standard procedure?
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.
@@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.
Nah lots of insurance companies do stuff like this.
Who would have guessed that insurance would be the scariest thing in this mans life...
Why is a ping dude getting cancer? Maybe he trusted the science all the way to cancer
The worst enemy always lies hidden
Filthy middlemen
Someone should do something to make insurance companies listen
Perhaps something that is breaking news worthy. Manhunt worthy?
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 TH-cam. 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.
Hope your mom gets better soon
praying for the best dude , be good
thank you for supporting him on behalf of those of us who can't
please can i have a super chat
I'm so sorry to hear about your mom's continued struggle with cancer. I hope she's on the path to remission! ❤️
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
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 *
Bro said “does unsure shrug”
31 isn't really old, and haircut has a lot to do with how young someone can look
@@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
@@AbdulTheV1ogger That kinda sounds like some shelterd white boy crap you said NGL
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
What a kind gesture. This comment section is refilling my faith in humanity.
You can't pull some strings doc? A little back door imaging never hurt anybody.
@@kidfrankie54 doctors don't make the medical decisions anymore, private equity conglomerates do
nice 10 bucks helped alot
@@chrisvibz4753 Better than your grand total of 0 atleast.
DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE
He looks like the alleged suspect 😂
@@btc_rat No it was me!
@@btc_ratif that ceo died by death Ray or a lot of fire then I might believe it was styro
@@btc_ratshhhh
@@the_undeadI think a lot of people would pay to watch this
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'
Obviously
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.
feedback moment
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
@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.
bro is insured with Mr. Krabs
I am 99% sure even Planktons insurance would be less diabolical
That'd be better.
Ararararararar
😂
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
Hope all goes well man.
I sympathize and empathize with you on this. I’ve been struggling a bunch with my health as well. I wish you the best and hope for quick recovery from whatever it is that’s ailing you. Please keep us updated as you can. XOXO
Bro could have an entire episode of House dedicated to him.
Abode diagnoses him with lupus and prescribes him mouse bites
@@youtubeaccount9014this vexes ophelia
There is a sucker born every day. Doctors rely upon it to pay their million-dollar mortgages.
@@youtubeaccount9014 please no i just watched that dumbass video
Genius call Gregory
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.
You’re right. I agree Biden supporters have no t and don’t deserve a normal being
Mad respect chief
Ben you're a legend bro!!
Dude, I always thought you were an oak amongst sprouts. Always upbeat and very entertaining. Prayers to you.
All of the best!
no reply😭
I bet you feel dumb for dropping that money, and not even getting a pity like.
@@JerryKosloski real... who ignores a 50 dollar donation 😭
thank you for your generosity!
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.
Exact same disease i have man! Im 19 now got diagnosed 5 months ago do you also have Colitis or Chrons?
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
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.
@johnjingleheimersmith9259 good luck brody
what were your symptoms initially?
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.
Used to have it? Isn't it permanent once you have it? Asking cause I have it too.
Shit man, diverticuli must be PAINFUL.
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.
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 😊
@@maddmavic it’s pretty common for lawyers to only take payment if they win in things like this.
dude, you're such a cool person. just keep doing you and what makes you happy. thanks for some awesome content
You owe us nothing buddy. Hope everything works out for you, much love from Finland!
tortillat avattu
@@rykehuss3435 Khyllä helvetissä :D
I second this notion!
Yksi kaksi maxi yatzy
@@NullScar *maksi
been watching for many many years, sending love your way man. hope you remain healthy or recover quickly!
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!
@@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.
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.
Good to know
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.
@@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.
@@knecht_3406 In germany they wil nevery deny such a thing though
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
10:30 my man petting a wild squirrel like the most normal thing in the world
Oh no! He could've died!
I remember my brother doing that and getting lice.
@@Sotebolikuracyes
@@johnshedIetsky snowflake
its domesticated
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.
liking and commenting so that your comment goes up
@9:42 you can see the presence of clubbing in his thumb, I think he has liver cancer unfortunately.
@@ATR-_ clubbing can be from man things. Also a normal CT (assuming with contrast) pretty much rules out any sort of liver tumor/cancer.
@@ATR-_pretty sure that is not clubbed. Peoples hands just look differently. Also wouldnt all his fingers be clubbed then
Easily ruled out as in not a problem? How do you know if you have this and is it dangerous?
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!
Hi Bobby!
BOBBY! There’s so much overlap in who I watch and who the people I watch watch… it’s honestly kinda crazy.
I wondered if you had a moment to talk about our savior, Luigi.
I converted to Luigianity last year. Haven't been happier since. Hope they don't crucify my lord tho *fingers crossed*🤞
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.
How insurance companies can say "we're not willing to pay for this" underlies the total fraudulent enterprises they run. Absolute vampires.
Also the fact that he got to that point without seeing a doctor is crazy.
have you read your health insurance policy? do you know whats covered?
@@solidsnakec20 I have free healthcare in my country
Just pay $10 a month. If they can forgive student loans, they can take half of America out of medical debt.
@@USERNAME1-x5uor we could collectively fund healthcare and education like most wealthy countries.
i can SENSE the anger in this video, just so much rage. And I love that it's targeted to insurance companies
niko
@@ywer3455 yeah
not vaccine mandaters?
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. ;-)
I mean, rage *is* a symptom of high testosterone ;)
Welcome back Luigi
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.
your ultra manly for this donation
This donation increased your T levels by 100 points.
thank you! yes getting to say I'm ultra manly is a great consolation prize
@@styropyro😮qt
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.
There are medical insurance advocacy lawyers. In your experience, are they heavily underutilized?
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 )
I had the same thing, CT canceled moments before leaving. Like him to check for cancer. Would've cost $10,000.
LAND OF THE FREE!!!
What with Americans turning their healthcare into a casino with insurances.
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!
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
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.
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..
Well said
@@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.
Seek Luigi for guidance.
Seek help for your insanity. Y'all are justifying the 1st degree murder of a father but then go on the internet and get offended by the least offensive shit like slurs or jokes.
@PureColumbianCocainum1949go cry about it
@PureColumbianCocainum1949cry about it
Bait ^
@@OriginalNotNyanCat Luigi did nothing wrong
i can’t believe the guy i have called gigachad laserboy for years has infinitely high test
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
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.
He can alone fix it..
@@fredriks5090If so he better start to walk around with his eyes closed, or I'm coming for him
Testosterone laser, better than testosterone gel
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.
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.
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.
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?
^^ BUMP
Love you doctors... ALMOST as much as I hate insurance companies.
American health insurance -- "He can't sue us if he's dead, and a wrongful death suit is cheaper than paying these claims anyway"
"cost of doing business"
canadian or european isn't much better either. You jest replace extreme amounts money with time and hyperbuecracy in those countries.
@@flamestoyershadowkill 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.
@@flamestoyershadowkill I mean, yeah, but even going private doesn't cost you a leg and an arm and possibly life
@@flamestoyershadowkill Or complete incompetence... aka the dutch paracetmol docters...
hope you get through this and it gets better/easier. I've been dealing with a mysterious chronic illness for >6 months. Thousands of dollars later and still no answers :( you're not alone in the experience. there are so many of us out here.
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!
That is amazing, we are all rooting for your success!
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
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.
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.
That’s great can we support you? You should do an interview with Louis Rossman or someone
Sorry to hear that dude. I love your content and i hope you pull through.
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Stay strong, brother. I pray that all goes well and this all gets sorted out.
if bro starts lifting its over
For all of humanity
"you hit the instrument limit" is one of the most terrifying things you can hear
lol
"3.6 Roentgen. Not great, not terrible."
@@zachnies13”I’ve been told it’s the equivalent of a chest x ray. No big deal”
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!
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Heh heh. I see what you did there… Of course he had the balls to… his T is off the friggin charts!!😂
31 and Arabic?!?!?!? That was the complete opposite of what I thought bro was 😭😭
Yeah this is insane stuff
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.
Dude looks like hes barely 18 ;'D
I thought he was 13 and Cibara too
autism makes people look younger but more prone to internal hemorrhage
Luigi Mangione has got your back bro.
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.
Yeah wtf, why is nobody talking about this?
THIS THIS THIS
@@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
Frfr
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.
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
god I love mad science youtube
@@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
@@PockeywnI’m looking for more mad scientists to watch. Drop me some names pls
@@GainzGuardian okay, here's some
-Explosions and Fire/Extractions and Ire
-Chemical Force
-Thy Labs
-Labcoatz
-NurdRage
-Prussian Blue
-Chemiolis
-Amateur Chemistry
-Fluorineisgreat
@@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.
"So for my fans, you're gonna have to settle for some tornado content." Settle? That's not settling, that's amazing!
Luigi got your back
Sorry to hear about your health issues!
No comments lemme fix that
What currency is that
@@quempire2656 NOK
Guys it's a small amount, all I could afford at this time. Just thinking anything might help in a situation like that, we don't have to rely on insurance where I come from and I wanted to help however small help it is
@@quempire2656 norwegian kroner
The amount of lives negatively affected by insurance companies is disgusting. Pure evil when it comes down to the specifics.
insurance kills
In america
Legal mafia. There is no better explanation. I hope heaven and hell exist and they will pay us back there
Don't forget that it's government that gives them their power.
American healthcare isn’t healthcare. Fucking horrible country
Just pitchin' in, because you're one of my all-time favorite creators. Sorry to hear about what you're going through.
I wish you all the best brother.
as a disabled person who has struggled with the american healthcare system for my whole life, i feel for you. im so glad that you have comfort and peace in your life that can distract you from how uncertain health can be.
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.
But someone makes money, so its going to keep happening :(
Wait, how?! I’m not a tax specialist, but how can you claim a discount itself (even a fictitious one) as a loss
"Writing it off on their taxes" is shorthand for "I dont understand what's happening but I don't like it"
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.
That sounds like actual tax fraud though, seems like something the IRS would like to know about.
And this is exactly why insurance companies are catching a lot of heat now to the point that a ceo got killed out in nyc
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.
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
@@young-saltit annoys them. They get to fucking ruin our lives so we get to at least annoy them.
@@young-salt It costs nothing to name them
@@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
Naming and shaming any company can be plenty motivating for any company and, as was pointed out, it wouldn't cost anything in time or money and definitely seems better than acquiescing to abuse. The suggestion to go around collecting enough signatures on a petition to threaten a politician into making this problem go away ... now that strikes me as a colossal waste of a LOT of time and energy!
Thanks!
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my boy is making gains just waving his arms around during this recording
lmfao
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.
@@steveballzack1409 I think they are too smart to respond to testoterone aggressiveness
@@steveballzack1409 Yup. My naive self is surprised that this wasn't the first angle they looked at -- if his T level increased ~recently from normal levels without insensitivity, I'd expect it to cause noticeable symptoms.
6:52 classic American health care… shame
jewish health care*
@@swojal1493nothing about jews lmao
you saying shame on him or shame on america
@@swojal1493can you elaborate please
I am from Europe and got a tummy ache from laughing 😂😂 but don’t worry in Germany in other fields similar stuff is possible 😂
Guy got so fed up with the American healthcare system that he just started chasing tornados. I don't blame you man.
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.
@@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.
@@anonony9081That is very different. Like that is literally an entirely different issue.
How much did it cost you?
@@anonony9081 the United States and Canada isn't "anywhere else".
@@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…
Thanks! Good luck on everything I've dealt with American Med and it's a true beast, also one of the worst best times I had please stay positive and well be here when you get back!
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.
This video is more relevant 6 months later 💀 free Luigi
Thanks for creating the absolute number one youtube channel. Hope to see you back soon!
My European mind cannot comprehend paying 10.000 dollars a year for insurance and then having your insurance not paying for your treatment
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.
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)
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
insurance math doesn't add up. Many are paying for nothing so the few can get expensive services.
@@black_forest_psych is about ~$200 an hour and is often not covered by most insurance in the USA
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
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.
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.
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.
@@Dakotajm0726 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.
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
total gigachad, got big t levels and goes hunting tornados.
am not a doctor but this is a abusive move from insurance companies.
My kidneys failed when I was 32, and the doctors initially thought I had a very rare and aggressive kidney cancer. I feel you bro.
I'm sorry to hear that. But can I ask you what was the final diagnosis? Kidney failure at 32 sounds so scarry. 😭
Yikes, how're you holding up now?
@@qwerty-wz1yk Not that scary as a youngin' you're first in line for a transplant and youngin's can last for decades on dialysis. Kidneys can fail in young persons for a variety of reasons, but most commonly, kidney stone blockage or excess protein damage.
Sad 😭😢
@@VarietyGamerChannel I heard excess protein can't damage kidneys and that is a myth. Unless of course your kidneys are already damaged and can't deal with protein.
It honestly brings tears to my eyes seeing how incredibly happy you are despite the medical trouble. I wish the best, and I’m extremely happy that you prioritize your health and well-being.
So far they haven't actually found anything wrong with him. But I guess they're still looking.
Insurance wont cover a CT scan for a person with a high possibility of a tumor? Jesus Christ the American health System is stupid.
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.
Tell it to the greeks, government pushes for all state insurance and free health to be wiped out
Blame your politician who take bribes from them aka lobbying
No it’s very smart. And evil.
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.