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The doctor told me ,the same thing my first doctor said ,that i have allergic .


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The doctor told me ,the same thing my first doctor said ,that i have allergic .


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The doctor told me that I had an allergy. So did my first doctor.
Like my first doctor this one said that I had an allergy.
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The doctor told me the same thing my first doctor did, that I have an allergy.

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The doctor daid the same thing as my first doctor about having an allergy.
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