how to save yourself a bajillion dollars and years of frustration:

Create your own medical miracle that can't be dismissed as a fluke by doctors.

"It's weird I had to solve my own medical problem," Terry told CNN affiliate KOMO. "There were just no answers anywhere ... I was always sick."

"Not knowing much about a disease you're growing up with is not only nerve-wracking, but it's confusing," Terry told the Sammamish Reporter.

That, THAT is freaking awesome.