My dad passed away after ignoring tingling feelings in his legs and feet. Believing it was just his diabetes playing up. Me and my mum wanted him to go to doctors and tried to persuade him but he would always say it wasn’t that serious and he’d be fine. He died of an aneurism in his leg in 2017. 62 years old. I miss him everyday. Please, I emplore all of you, anything unusual or that worries you go see your doctor as soon as you can. Better to get there and be told all is fine then to leave it for days and weeks and have it get worse. Always better to be safe than sorry x
I just lost my dad not to long ago. An autopsy wasn't done but we're pretty sure it was a heart attack. He was 68 and was in that generation of guys that never complained about his pain. About 10 years ago he saw a cardiologist because his work told everyone to do so and the doctor said he had the "window maker." My dad called him a quack and now he's gone. Like you said, I miss him everyday.
@ I’m sorry to hear you went through the same. Let’s just hope that the next generations of boys/men arnt so stubborn when it comes to their physical/mental health and take it seriously. All we can do is encourage people and be a warning of what can happen if you choose to ignore possible warning signs your body is giving you. I’m sorry for your loss and my heart goes out to you
That last one I've seen personally. My wife has a condition that had never been discovered before. 7 Years, 4 hospitals plus hundreds of doctors and tests was agonizing. But watching 20 doctors pack into an MRI computer room with dumbfounded or fascinated faces was epic!
Not a doctor but.... my dad was having stomach aches. This was odd to me because he exercises daily. I was in the last year of my high school nutrition and wellness STEM course at the time. I thought that it was my dad’s appendix, but I have a history of being a hypochondriac, so he didn’t believe me. The next morning, I woke up early (I had to get 3 baby teeth removed via surgery) and found my dad in extreme pain. One trip to the hospital later, it was determined that it WAS his appendix. When the doctor learned about the previous night, he told my dad, “listen to your kid next time.” Meanwhile, I was being taken to the children’s hospital for my surgery and understandably traumatized. They had to get one of those service dogs that usually are brought to younger kids. So, yeah. That’s my story.
Reminds me of when my dad had a heart attack while we were shoveling snow and I was only 13 but recognized the symptoms. He was in denial and didn’t want to go to the hospital but I made my step mom call 911 for an ambulance. He had to get surgery that day and he probably would’ve died if he didn’t have it
I had bad pneumonia in August 2015 and was hospitalized for it. I left after one day, AMA, and even though I was put on meds and an inhaler, it never went away and exploded into heart failure in 2015. My heart function was down to 10%.
My grandma was always like that. Never wanted to go to the doctor or get checkups and dismissed basically everything that happened to her, never wanting to stay still. One time she crushed her finger working in the yard and she said it was just a small gash. Mom basically had to pull her to the doctor where she got stitches. Apparently there was some muscle tissue that came out. In the end, this was her downfall. We noticed that she started to get winded after walking a short while and told her she had to see the doctor. She refused for a while untl she had more trouble in less time and then we had to force her. Turns out she had breast cancer and it had done methastasis into one of her lungs. Still managed to live to age 84 with all that. My mom, luckily, took that lesson to heart and the moment she felt something weird in her chest she got checked out and detected the very begining of breast cancer and could get rid of it with minor surgery and radiation therapy.
Omg. The story at 12:00 is exactly like my sisters husband. Diabetic, drinks alcohol constantly, lives off of soda and junk food, gives himself insulin, eats more junk food and downs more soda and alcohol, and then complains about being sick all the time.
I work on a burn unit. The number of people who leave AMA after we bandage them up the first time is astounding. These are people who were transferred to our specialty unit because their burns are bad enough they will likely need skin grafts. Inevitably, they come back two or three days later with raging infections and losing way more tissue than they needed to.
Honestly, can't begin to understand some of these cretins. After I had my wisdom teeth removed, was told by the doctor to avoid eating solid foods/drinking anything hot/harsh brushing for 2-3 days. Ended up eating only barely warm soup and mixed foods for over a *WEEK* in fear of complications, and especially a dry socket that runs in the family. Took more care of my mouth than every single doctor I knew recommended. Ended up healing so well I myself removed the stitches after just 6 days. Better safe than sorry, guys...
The story that really stuck out to me, aside from the granny blowing up the hospital room was the girl with CF. When I was a kid I watched some documentary where this 14 year old who did beauty pageants--she was very pretty--had CF and died from in 1999 at 14. It's wild that in 1998 or so her prognosis was only to about 16 years of age and now about 20 years later, people can live until their 30s with it. Maybe longer as better treatments keep appearing.
Was told a doctor diagnosed me with cystic fibrosis and another doctor said no its asthma. FINALLY ONE DOCTOR GOT IT RIGHT, IT WAS PNEUMONIA. 4 YEARS DAMMIT
How many people have died/almost died from lack of affordable Healthcare in the US, I cant even imagine. My mom didn't go to the hospital after having a stroke, it took me and her friend (a nurse) begging her for 12 hours because she knew we couldn't afford the medical bills. She works as an insurance biller in that hospital. She wasn't exaggerating, she knew exactly how much our insurance would cover and knew we didn't have the money. The US is pathetic
When someone who works in a hospital can't afford to be cared for in said hospital, it's a telling sign of the bullshit behind the American healthcare industry (not a system, an industry).
Sara H Fortunately there are doctors who will provide their services free of charge at times. I own my own practice and have treated patients on a slide scale or free if needed. It’s a win win for both of us. I get a tax write off and they get treatment.
Sara H The biggest issue with healthcare in the US is that it is not a free market. It’s a highly regulated market. Which is fundamental to the quality of care. It’s a double edge sword.
@@lauram3115 Judging by how you can charge patients on a sliding scale, I find it hard to believe that healthcare isn't a free market. Most doctors have to join existing corporations, sure, but you didn't. In case you're unaware, insurance companies are the source behind the unreasonable prices in the healthcare industry. Besides, healthcare shouldn't *be* an industry; no one should be able to over-monetize or price-gouge someone's access to insulin or chemo. By all means, keep helping people, but know that this pricing problem stems from insurance companies, not the supposed absence of a free market.
I had a patient ignore my advice and did die. His daughter files a lawsuit and three depositions later I decided to get out of the medical field. Glad I did to.
@@WolfyFancyLads - All doctors do now is protect their liability. For every 1 doctor there are 5 lawyers. I’m so glad I don’t work in medical anymore. It’s a pussy culture now.
@@fixedguitar47 Trust me, I know. I did training to be a doctor (not med-school or uni, college). 90% of it was legal stuff, 10% was basic biology class. Honestly, medicine is a thankless job cos you're remembered for your failures more than your successes (every remembers murderous doctors but never ones who saved thousands). It's lucky you got out before you developed an addiction or mental problem from the stress.
@@WolfyFancyLads - Oh I did, I still have night terrors. I still go back in my mind while I’m asleep. Every week at least once. I still hear the screams. I worked in several places with several titles but I spent 13 month in the ER at GARY INDIANA. I have “Stories”
@@fixedguitar47 Oh. 0-0 Well, shit, dude. I hope you can find some way to get rid of that trauma. Might take a while, but it's not impossible, so I hope you find something or someone to help.
My grandma fell and refused to see a doctor despite barely being able to walk. A few months later she fell again and still didn’t go to a doctor for nearly a week until we forced her too. She had a hip replacement and looked to be fine except for a little bit of a stomach ache. She didn’t tell the doctors about it. Well it turns out that “stomach ache” was a hemorrhage in her stomach that was making her slowly bleed to death internally. She died the next day
I’m the patient. I grew lax on dental care. I was told to start brushing my teeth better. I didn’t. I didn’t floss much ether. This led to Gingivitis. I continued to ignore orders from the dentist. Well, my Gingivitis has gotten to the point that it’s do or die time. Otherwise I’m looking at surgery. Brush your teeth regularly and floss. Gingivitis is painful.
Nevermind that, if your tooth had gotten infected you could've died from it. I remember one story, guy had a dodgy dental operation, damn near died as 2/3s of his skull bone was infected. You'd be surprised how common (and potentially fatal) dental based infections are!
I have trouble maintaining a routine because 1) dont like mint and cant afford the nonmint toothpaste 2) my teeth are sensitive . However, another reddit thread where they renamed dental plaque to dental poo has got me increasing my brushing.
My whole life has seemed to be a series of doctors hearing my symptoms/reading test results and looking confused and reading up on my problems. I even had a PCP tell me my neurologist was wrong because he had never herd of something before.
Meanwhile I had an accidental Tylenol overdose and suffered temporary damage to my liver that took like a year to fully recover from.... And I'm over here over 2yrs later not drinking, avoiding Tylenol and whatnot except when prescribed by a doctor or given to me by a nurse, etc...... I don't understand these people..... Edit to clarify: I was suffering from debilitating migraines at the time and my family doctor wasn't listening to me. I had even told her that I sometimes took what was probably dangerous amounts of Tylenol, ibuprofen, etc. to try and cope and she didn't even respond to it. When I was in that state I couldn't think clearly, so... Yea. And guess what. After I almost fucking DIED my doctor started listening to me about my migraines 🙄
Lmfaooo this happens all. the. time. They will get prescribed a life-saving medication, read up on it, show up for their follow up appt, and tell you they won’t take it because they read up on the side effects or something along those lines. It’s a never-ending cycle for these patients.
Or they take the meds but quit when they "feel better", especially antibiotics and diuretics. Then wonder why they're sick again in 4 weeks. It's so frustrating!
Recently my mother scared the shit out of us including the doctor. She went to ER complaining of kidney stones and wanted something for the pain but when they did labs boy was there a surprise. Her hemoglobin was at a 3 normal is minimum 7, they were amazed that she wasn’t complaining about being weak and tried because of it. Mom told them that she just figured that she was having a flare up of her Lupus. She was in a small town hospital and needed blood transfusion which normally wouldn’t be so bad but she had AB negative blood which is very rare. Sho almost died on me and I was panicking because she was out of town. She normally lives with us and due to all her many health issues we installed a camera with two way microphone so I can keep an eye on her. She has seizures among other issues so I worry a lot and being an only child I’m a bit more attached to her then normal, she not only my moms but other than my husband she my best friend. So needless to say I HATE it when she goes out of town on consulting jobs.
5:52 I had TB and when I tried sleeping I coughed so much and so LOUD I would keep the rest of my family awake. (I was 12/13 at the time) IDK why but my immune system is pretty strong, so I did not cough up blood or anything like that, it was just a really bad whooping cough. I would cough so many times in a row, I couldn't breathe it was a personal hell essintally.
That iv drip story, had severe bacterial infection in my leg went from cellulitis to lymphoedema, I had 41 degree fever for 3 days ( because I was in army before I always toughen it out), 4th day went to my gp he goes why are you here go to icu right now. By then you can see my lymph vein becoming red and climbing to my lymph nodes, The icu doctor goes if you came even 1 or 2 days later you would have sepsis, and would likely loses you right leg or worst. Was on iv 24 hours antibiotics for 5 days and oral antibiotics at 3 times recommended dosage for 4 weeks. Now any pain that last more than 2 weeks I go see doctor and any fever over 39 for 1 day I go to emergency
No longer in healthcare (I was an EMT), but I watched a guy (friend's husband) drink himself into cirrhosis of the liver (pickled it!!). Spent a long time in ICU until he recovered. He was told to knock off the drinking. Day after he was released, he put himself right back in the hospital. No idea what ever happened to him cuz I pretty much checked out of their drama after the friend left him.
That happened with my uncle. He was a drinker, eventually diagnosed with cancer (refused any treatment except the surgery to remove the tumor), and then drank... and drank.... and drank... and died. Even had a hospital stay or two from serious complications and diagnoses from it. I always figured if he wanted to die he should have just let the cancer do it, it would have been faster.
I don't think I almost died, but I did spend over a year vomiting up almost everything I ate, and lost about 80 pounds before I finally sought medical help. Turns out my gallbladder had turned against me, and I had stones in my common bile duct, which that alone has had me in and out of surgery putting in and taking out stents; that's still going on months later. I ended up in the hospital in August last year when fluids started coming up too, and spent about a week there fighting bacteremia and being monitored before they were able to remove my gallbladder (which improved matters a LOT, though I do still vomit occasionally). Every doctor on my team, visiting me after the procedure, felt the need to tell me the removed organ was "really gross," full of and covered with stones, LOL. I regret not getting help a lot sooner...it's just that I'm autistic and unfamiliar places are really hard for me.
I'm glad you got help eventually, but sorry it was so gnarly. What would help? Would it be useful to visit the hospital or clinic when you're not sick, just to get familiar with them when nothing stressful is happening? I hope you will find a way. (I have issues leaving the house myself.)
I'm diabetic and clinically depressed. I use having a food addiction as a crutch to gorge myself when I'm having a particularly horrible episode, which has been a lot more frequent lately. These stories are giving me the shock I've been waiting for. I'm trying, I just have to try harder.
It's not easy, but try to remind yourself that food is fuel and not feelings. Do you have anyone to talk to when you feel like stuffing yourself? For me it helps to talk and just cry so I won't feel like shoving my feelings down with food. It fills the void, even though it's easier to just eat.
Alcohol; Drink more! Doctor; Your next binge will KILL you, you have affected how your heart works so we're keeping you here until your heart rhythm comes back to normal. Me; 🤦🏻♀️😰 Not touched a drop in nearly 5 years now
Not a medical professional. My father’s roommate in-hospital was there for knee replacement. Post-Op he’s fidgeting and couldn’t stand being in bed all day. Nearly drove my father up a wall. Well, that night this man couldn’t stand it any longer and decided he was going to go out. My father is woken up by a blood-curdling scream. Nurses rush in, no call needed, to my father’s roommate out of bed and trying to pull a pair of pants over his newly operated on knee, which lead to him falling onto his back on the floor. Totally screwed up the operation
He needed a smartphone (to not be bored and start doing stupid stuff) but he probably would've watched bad life hacks the whole time and then implemented them after leaving the hospital and ended up back at the hospital (there's some super dangerous lifehacks that Ann from How To Cook That debunked like a tutorial that can create an explosion, a toxic way to bleach strawberries and one with hot caramel that will fling all over the place. Disclaimer: I am not sponsored by How To Cook That.)
My grandmother smoked by her oxygen tank, and caught her apartment on fire. Luckily nobody was hurt. She lived with me afterwards, I wouldn't let her smoke in my apartment, because I am a mother, and I like to live. She wouldn't listen to me, I had to put her in a nursing home. I live with so much regret because she died 8 months later.
I have a story from my 7th grade science teacher. His dad ate badly and smoked a lot. He got (I believe) 3 heart surgeries and was confident that his heart was now stronger, and was obese. Obviously he died by a heart related issue.
Some of these, like the internal bleeding at minute 14, make me wonder whether they were actually suicides by lack of medical Care. Especially in the extremely elderly, some people just want to give up fighting.
TB can lay dormant in your lungs for years. ... so even if you weren't around him while he was coughing that time, you still have a chance to catch it!
They tore their spinal cord? 😳😣 I had something not nearly as bad but it went diagnosed for a while. Endometriosis and pinched sciatic in my right leg. I thought it was my appendix
If the first person was a healthcare professional, why weren't they more aware of what they were doing? It's common sense that you'll get sick if you keep changing temperatures quickly.
My grandmother used to just take a triple dose of insulin in the morning because according to her ,she couldn't be bothered to do that sh*t 3 times a day ,and taking it all once a day was smart 👍 she would then get faint and almost pas out. Every time her carers phoned my mother, I'd say ,oh no is grandma offing herself again?
I'm both celiac and allergic to shellfish, but I would never risk my life over popcorn shrimp or calamari no matter how good it is. Nor would I waste my epi-pen like that because that's not how it works.
My Uncle was diagnosed with Diabetes. He never took care of it; never watched his blood sugar and never took his meds. When my Grandma would try to get him to eat properly he’d throw a fit. He ended up having two separate strokes and still refused to do anything. He let my Dad and Grandma watch as he essentially decayed in front of them. I’m still pissed at him for that.
I tend to feel bad that my a1c is high 7s low 8s. Then I hear diabetes stories here and I’m like holy crap… I am a bit all over the place but I don’t necessarily need to feel shame for letting stress screw with my insulin tolerance or having cake sometimes. XD
Know all about the last one. Tell your Dr. To x-ray from the side view might just save you from 30 years of chronic pain. Never let a Dr. Brush you off. Got told for years nothing wrong with you go away. New Dr. New x-rays, get asked how long ago I broke my back.
Well I'm the patient I ignored my neurologist not by choice but because we can't afford it. My doctor told my mom to move us (me, mom, and my brother) out of my grandmother's house because my grandmother is (to put it nicely) really really unpleasant to live with. Total opposite of the cookie making grandmother the really really sweet one The one's you would compare to mrs clauses. Long story short my grandmother went off one and I had a siezure that almost killed me
Did some jury service for three days on a malpractice case for just this reason. Defense was startlingly weak, but persistent that the doctor didn't do what they were supposed to. We even couldn't sway another juror for a while who eventually came around at the end. The entire first day was just the defense proving they did exactly what they had set out to do, and had stacks of supporting documents. I still don't understand how people think they're going to win a court case this day and age with all of these admissable forms of evidence.
15:20 saying how they joke around with post Mortem work.... it’s extremely inappropriate to do that shit infront of the family members who just lost someone. You may be used to it but they’re not. Disgusting
Have to say it.. “Why do you have asthma? There’s so much air in the world!” Sorry when I heard that you had asthma that popped into my head. Like if you hear that quote when you read it lol.
When I was in high school, I took a vertebrate biology course where we would regularly dissect specimens. One of the first we did was a shark (to see the proto spine). It turns out that this shark’s last meal was shrimp. Guess who is deathly allergic to shellfish? I started breathing funny and getting progressively more tired as my friend repeatedly asked if he should go get my dad (he was a teacher). I said no. Finally I’m flat on the ground and barely conscious so he runs to go get him. We ended up going to urgent care after he administered an Epi. Weirdest part? I was wearing a mask and gloves because that was standard practice during labs. If you’ve ever heard of one sniff syndrome it is apparently a very real thing and weird as crap to experience.
After reading all of these I am never going to worry about the sip of water I have to take with my morning medicines even before colonoscopy, ever again!!!!
I do! But it can get to the point where they don’t do anything and I have to go hospital :( but luckily my asthma has been good the past couple of months!
"Watching doctors Google your symptoms is rather entertaining." Um, if a doctor had to Google what I had because it was so infrequently seen and not in their experience to treat? "Entertained" is the LAST thing I would be...
My husband has asthma and didnt have an inhaler always saying it's been years he doesnt need it till we visited a family memeber who doesnt clean their house well and has dogs and he had an attack he was lucky I had one on me and told him 'you gonna one now?'
I few months ago i had a grand mal sezuire in the back of my moms car for an unknown reason, And when i woke up in the ICU i discharged against medical advice right away. So godamn stupid i dont even know why i did i just didnt want to be in the hospital and i was scared because i didnt know what was happening. Dont discharge AMA, you will just regret it shortly after.
Asthma is definitely the worst I had a really really bad as a kid to the point where killed part of my lung. And like right as I got in the senior year of high school at all just completely went away and I've only had like one slight attacks since then but with asthma you could have it anytime anyday all that matters is maybe it gets a little bit too cold it's not that humid out and boom you're dead. What really makes me sad is diabetics though cuz they're so addicted and I get it with drug addicts how they kill themselves with like heroin ship because there's an actual chemical reaction that causes them to seek that but with food you're literally just killing yourself. It's definitely a learned behavior but you can just stop eating like that. I have hyperthyroidism and Kaden so I will literally cannot feel hungry so I don't really know much about it
I don’t know how they can’t say that a lot of cancer has to do with your jeans because there are people that smoke their whole life I mean like from 12 till like 90 and never have any type of cancer problem and then there’s that guy in this thread that got like three different types of cancers from smoking I mean if that’s not your jeans I don’t know what is
I am confused by the patient with a laryngectomy, I mean how did he kept smoking if they cut the larynx, all the air is pulled in by the lung and his mouth didn't had anymore connections to that
7:46 Why do people speak / write in medical short forms .. do they think we all know what they are talking about? .. or are they trying to sound impressive? sigh .. AMA .. CRRT .. blah blah blah .. ooooo, are you a nurse? ooooo .... wow ..
I'm sorry, for that last story, the patient had a heavy fall where they landed on their back, and then presented with leg pain and paresthesia? What kind of moronic 2-bit quack doesn't immediately think "spinal cord injury"?
i find it sad that some people would rather die than go to a hospital because of how expensive it is, and many have died unfortunately
It should be illegal to sell medical products or provide medal services for more than like a 200% markup.
It doesn't cost $500 to get stiches.
Ikr and it does cost like 3000 for an ambulance ride, that what the 4:27 woman is afraid of I think.
@@joshuaheree3478 $3000 for an ambulance?
And here in Spain everything involving healthcare is free.
That art boy is the screwed up american medical system for you!
My dad passed away after ignoring tingling feelings in his legs and feet. Believing it was just his diabetes playing up. Me and my mum wanted him to go to doctors and tried to persuade him but he would always say it wasn’t that serious and he’d be fine. He died of an aneurism in his leg in 2017. 62 years old. I miss him everyday. Please, I emplore all of you, anything unusual or that worries you go see your doctor as soon as you can. Better to get there and be told all is fine then to leave it for days and weeks and have it get worse. Always better to be safe than sorry x
I just lost my dad not to long ago. An autopsy wasn't done but we're pretty sure it was a heart attack. He was 68 and was in that generation of guys that never complained about his pain. About 10 years ago he saw a cardiologist because his work told everyone to do so and the doctor said he had the "window maker." My dad called him a quack and now he's gone. Like you said, I miss him everyday.
@ I’m sorry to hear you went through the same. Let’s just hope that the next generations of boys/men arnt so stubborn when it comes to their physical/mental health and take it seriously. All we can do is encourage people and be a warning of what can happen if you choose to ignore possible warning signs your body is giving you. I’m sorry for your loss and my heart goes out to you
@Sallydoll1990 So very true. Thank you for your words. Sorry for your loss as well. Time may cover up the wound you have but it still hurts.
That last one I've seen personally. My wife has a condition that had never been discovered before. 7 Years, 4 hospitals plus hundreds of doctors and tests was agonizing. But watching 20 doctors pack into an MRI computer room with dumbfounded or fascinated faces was epic!
I hope that your country has tax funded health care.
Not a doctor but.... my dad was having stomach aches. This was odd to me because he exercises daily. I was in the last year of my high school nutrition and wellness STEM course at the time. I thought that it was my dad’s appendix, but I have a history of being a hypochondriac, so he didn’t believe me. The next morning, I woke up early (I had to get 3 baby teeth removed via surgery) and found my dad in extreme pain. One trip to the hospital later, it was determined that it WAS his appendix. When the doctor learned about the previous night, he told my dad, “listen to your kid next time.” Meanwhile, I was being taken to the children’s hospital for my surgery and understandably traumatized. They had to get one of those service dogs that usually are brought to younger kids. So, yeah. That’s my story.
Reminds me of when my dad had a heart attack while we were shoveling snow and I was only 13 but recognized the symptoms. He was in denial and didn’t want to go to the hospital but I made my step mom call 911 for an ambulance. He had to get surgery that day and he probably would’ve died if he didn’t have it
You two are good people, and your parents are lucky to have you.
@@jonesnori thanks. My dad is still alive and kicking!
@@lane5017 Yay!
I had bad pneumonia in August 2015 and was hospitalized for it. I left after one day, AMA, and even though I was put on meds and an inhaler, it never went away and exploded into heart failure in 2015. My heart function was down to 10%.
My grandma was always like that. Never wanted to go to the doctor or get checkups and dismissed basically everything that happened to her, never wanting to stay still. One time she crushed her finger working in the yard and she said it was just a small gash. Mom basically had to pull her to the doctor where she got stitches. Apparently there was some muscle tissue that came out.
In the end, this was her downfall. We noticed that she started to get winded after walking a short while and told her she had to see the doctor. She refused for a while untl she had more trouble in less time and then we had to force her. Turns out she had breast cancer and it had done methastasis into one of her lungs.
Still managed to live to age 84 with all that.
My mom, luckily, took that lesson to heart and the moment she felt something weird in her chest she got checked out and detected the very begining of breast cancer and could get rid of it with minor surgery and radiation therapy.
“Apparently there was some muscle tissue that came out.”
xP 🤢
Omg. The story at 12:00 is exactly like my sisters husband. Diabetic, drinks alcohol constantly, lives off of soda and junk food, gives himself insulin, eats more junk food and downs more soda and alcohol, and then complains about being sick all the time.
I work on a burn unit. The number of people who leave AMA after we bandage them up the first time is astounding. These are people who were transferred to our specialty unit because their burns are bad enough they will likely need skin grafts. Inevitably, they come back two or three days later with raging infections and losing way more tissue than they needed to.
Honestly, can't begin to understand some of these cretins.
After I had my wisdom teeth removed, was told by the doctor to avoid eating solid foods/drinking anything hot/harsh brushing for 2-3 days.
Ended up eating only barely warm soup and mixed foods for over a *WEEK* in fear of complications, and especially a dry socket that runs in the family. Took more care of my mouth than every single doctor I knew recommended. Ended up healing so well I myself removed the stitches after just 6 days.
Better safe than sorry, guys...
The story that really stuck out to me, aside from the granny blowing up the hospital room was the girl with CF. When I was a kid I watched some documentary where this 14 year old who did beauty pageants--she was very pretty--had CF and died from in 1999 at 14. It's wild that in 1998 or so her prognosis was only to about 16 years of age and now about 20 years later, people can live until their 30s with it. Maybe longer as better treatments keep appearing.
Was told a doctor diagnosed me with cystic fibrosis and another doctor said no its asthma. FINALLY ONE DOCTOR GOT IT RIGHT, IT WAS PNEUMONIA. 4 YEARS DAMMIT
How many people have died/almost died from lack of affordable Healthcare in the US, I cant even imagine. My mom didn't go to the hospital after having a stroke, it took me and her friend (a nurse) begging her for 12 hours because she knew we couldn't afford the medical bills. She works as an insurance biller in that hospital. She wasn't exaggerating, she knew exactly how much our insurance would cover and knew we didn't have the money. The US is pathetic
When someone who works in a hospital can't afford to be cared for in said hospital, it's a telling sign of the bullshit behind the American healthcare industry (not a system, an industry).
Too many have died.
Sara H Fortunately there are doctors who will provide their services free of charge at times. I own my own practice and have treated patients on a slide scale or free if needed. It’s a win win for both of us. I get a tax write off and they get treatment.
Sara H The biggest issue with healthcare in the US is that it is not a free market. It’s a highly regulated market. Which is fundamental to the quality of care. It’s a double edge sword.
@@lauram3115 Judging by how you can charge patients on a sliding scale, I find it hard to believe that healthcare isn't a free market. Most doctors have to join existing corporations, sure, but you didn't.
In case you're unaware, insurance companies are the source behind the unreasonable prices in the healthcare industry. Besides, healthcare shouldn't *be* an industry; no one should be able to over-monetize or price-gouge someone's access to insulin or chemo.
By all means, keep helping people, but know that this pricing problem stems from insurance companies, not the supposed absence of a free market.
I had a patient ignore my advice and did die. His daughter files a lawsuit and three depositions later I decided to get out of the medical field.
Glad I did to.
It's as the old meme goes:
Patient survives = "Thank god!"
Patient dies = "IT'S THE DOCTOR'S FAULT!"
@@WolfyFancyLads - All doctors do now is protect their liability. For every 1 doctor there are 5 lawyers.
I’m so glad I don’t work in medical anymore. It’s a pussy culture now.
@@fixedguitar47 Trust me, I know. I did training to be a doctor (not med-school or uni, college). 90% of it was legal stuff, 10% was basic biology class. Honestly, medicine is a thankless job cos you're remembered for your failures more than your successes (every remembers murderous doctors but never ones who saved thousands).
It's lucky you got out before you developed an addiction or mental problem from the stress.
@@WolfyFancyLads - Oh I did, I still have night terrors. I still go back in my mind while I’m asleep. Every week at least once.
I still hear the screams.
I worked in several places with several titles but I spent 13 month in the ER at GARY INDIANA.
I have “Stories”
@@fixedguitar47 Oh. 0-0 Well, shit, dude. I hope you can find some way to get rid of that trauma. Might take a while, but it's not impossible, so I hope you find something or someone to help.
My grandma fell and refused to see a doctor despite barely being able to walk. A few months later she fell again and still didn’t go to a doctor for nearly a week until we forced her too. She had a hip replacement and looked to be fine except for a little bit of a stomach ache. She didn’t tell the doctors about it. Well it turns out that “stomach ache” was a hemorrhage in her stomach that was making her slowly bleed to death internally. She died the next day
I’m the patient. I grew lax on dental care. I was told to start brushing my teeth better. I didn’t. I didn’t floss much ether. This led to Gingivitis. I continued to ignore orders from the dentist. Well, my Gingivitis has gotten to the point that it’s do or die time. Otherwise I’m looking at surgery.
Brush your teeth regularly and floss. Gingivitis is painful.
Nevermind that, if your tooth had gotten infected you could've died from it. I remember one story, guy had a dodgy dental operation, damn near died as 2/3s of his skull bone was infected. You'd be surprised how common (and potentially fatal) dental based infections are!
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I have trouble maintaining a routine because 1) dont like mint and cant afford the nonmint toothpaste 2) my teeth are sensitive . However, another reddit thread where they renamed dental plaque to dental poo has got me increasing my brushing.
My whole life has seemed to be a series of doctors hearing my symptoms/reading test results and looking confused and reading up on my problems. I even had a PCP tell me my neurologist was wrong because he had never herd of something before.
Meanwhile I had an accidental Tylenol overdose and suffered temporary damage to my liver that took like a year to fully recover from.... And I'm over here over 2yrs later not drinking, avoiding Tylenol and whatnot except when prescribed by a doctor or given to me by a nurse, etc......
I don't understand these people.....
Edit to clarify: I was suffering from debilitating migraines at the time and my family doctor wasn't listening to me. I had even told her that I sometimes took what was probably dangerous amounts of Tylenol, ibuprofen, etc. to try and cope and she didn't even respond to it.
When I was in that state I couldn't think clearly, so... Yea.
And guess what. After I almost fucking DIED my doctor started listening to me about my migraines 🙄
Second opinions, people! This is where second opinions are invaluable.
Let's all be glad thst livers can regenerate so well. Humanity would be fucked otherwise
Or third, fourth or fifth opinions....Because it is very hard to find a good doctor sometimes.
Lmfaooo this happens all. the. time. They will get prescribed a life-saving medication, read up on it, show up for their follow up appt, and tell you they won’t take it because they read up on the side effects or something along those lines. It’s a never-ending cycle for these patients.
Or they take the meds but quit when they "feel better", especially antibiotics and diuretics. Then wonder why they're sick again in 4 weeks. It's so frustrating!
Maann.. That PB&J must be taste heavenly
Because it nearly sent him to heaven.
Recently my mother scared the shit out of us including the doctor. She went to ER complaining of kidney stones and wanted something for the pain but when they did labs boy was there a surprise. Her hemoglobin was at a 3 normal is minimum 7, they were amazed that she wasn’t complaining about being weak and tried because of it. Mom told them that she just figured that she was having a flare up of her Lupus. She was in a small town hospital and needed blood transfusion which normally wouldn’t be so bad but she had AB negative blood which is very rare. Sho almost died on me and I was panicking because she was out of town. She normally lives with us and due to all her many health issues we installed a camera with two way microphone so I can keep an eye on her. She has seizures among other issues so I worry a lot and being an only child I’m a bit more attached to her then normal, she not only my moms but other than my husband she my best friend. So needless to say I HATE it when she goes out of town on consulting jobs.
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I had TB and when I tried sleeping I coughed so much and so LOUD I would keep the rest of my family awake. (I was 12/13 at the time) IDK why but my immune system is pretty strong, so I did not cough up blood or anything like that, it was just a really bad whooping cough.
I would cough so many times in a row, I couldn't breathe it was a personal hell essintally.
That iv drip story, had severe bacterial infection in my leg went from cellulitis to lymphoedema, I had 41 degree fever for 3 days ( because I was in army before I always toughen it out), 4th day went to my gp he goes why are you here go to icu right now.
By then you can see my lymph vein becoming red and climbing to my lymph nodes, The icu doctor goes if you came even 1 or 2 days later you would have sepsis, and would likely loses you right leg or worst.
Was on iv 24 hours antibiotics for 5 days and oral antibiotics at 3 times recommended dosage for 4 weeks.
Now any pain that last more than 2 weeks I go see doctor and any fever over 39 for 1 day I go to emergency
No longer in healthcare (I was an EMT), but I watched a guy (friend's husband) drink himself into cirrhosis of the liver (pickled it!!). Spent a long time in ICU until he recovered. He was told to knock off the drinking. Day after he was released, he put himself right back in the hospital. No idea what ever happened to him cuz I pretty much checked out of their drama after the friend left him.
That happened with my uncle. He was a drinker, eventually diagnosed with cancer (refused any treatment except the surgery to remove the tumor), and then drank... and drank.... and drank... and died. Even had a hospital stay or two from serious complications and diagnoses from it. I always figured if he wanted to die he should have just let the cancer do it, it would have been faster.
I don't think I almost died, but I did spend over a year vomiting up almost everything I ate, and lost about 80 pounds before I finally sought medical help. Turns out my gallbladder had turned against me, and I had stones in my common bile duct, which that alone has had me in and out of surgery putting in and taking out stents; that's still going on months later. I ended up in the hospital in August last year when fluids started coming up too, and spent about a week there fighting bacteremia and being monitored before they were able to remove my gallbladder (which improved matters a LOT, though I do still vomit occasionally). Every doctor on my team, visiting me after the procedure, felt the need to tell me the removed organ was "really gross," full of and covered with stones, LOL. I regret not getting help a lot sooner...it's just that I'm autistic and unfamiliar places are really hard for me.
I'm glad you got help eventually, but sorry it was so gnarly. What would help? Would it be useful to visit the hospital or clinic when you're not sick, just to get familiar with them when nothing stressful is happening? I hope you will find a way. (I have issues leaving the house myself.)
former classmate had a lung infection... didnt visited doctor... infection attacked his heart. he died in his sleep
I'm diabetic and clinically depressed. I use having a food addiction as a crutch to gorge myself when I'm having a particularly horrible episode, which has been a lot more frequent lately. These stories are giving me the shock I've been waiting for. I'm trying, I just have to try harder.
It's not easy, but try to remind yourself that food is fuel and not feelings. Do you have anyone to talk to when you feel like stuffing yourself? For me it helps to talk and just cry so I won't feel like shoving my feelings down with food. It fills the void, even though it's easier to just eat.
Exercise helps with my depression symptoms. I agree food is just fuel. You body will feel better if you feed it premium fuel instead of sugary crap.
Alcohol; Drink more!
Doctor; Your next binge will KILL you, you have affected how your heart works so we're keeping you here until your heart rhythm comes back to normal.
Me; 🤦🏻♀️😰
Not touched a drop in nearly 5 years now
Congratulations on being sober! 🎉
Congrats on 8 years now!
Not a medical professional.
My father’s roommate in-hospital was there for knee replacement. Post-Op he’s fidgeting and couldn’t stand being in bed all day. Nearly drove my father up a wall. Well, that night this man couldn’t stand it any longer and decided he was going to go out. My father is woken up by a blood-curdling scream. Nurses rush in, no call needed, to my father’s roommate out of bed and trying to pull a pair of pants over his newly operated on knee, which lead to him falling onto his back on the floor. Totally screwed up the operation
He needed a smartphone (to not be bored and start doing stupid stuff) but he probably would've watched bad life hacks the whole time and then implemented them after leaving the hospital and ended up back at the hospital (there's some super dangerous lifehacks that Ann from How To Cook That debunked like a tutorial that can create an explosion, a toxic way to bleach strawberries and one with hot caramel that will fling all over the place. Disclaimer: I am not sponsored by How To Cook That.)
My grandmother smoked by her oxygen tank, and caught her apartment on fire. Luckily nobody was hurt. She lived with me afterwards, I wouldn't let her smoke in my apartment, because I am a mother, and I like to live. She wouldn't listen to me, I had to put her in a nursing home. I live with so much regret because she died 8 months later.
2:21 I have asthma but it’s very mild and I’m extremely thankful for that it seems like it really sucks
I have a story from my 7th grade science teacher. His dad ate badly and smoked a lot. He got (I believe) 3 heart surgeries and was confident that his heart was now stronger, and was obese. Obviously he died by a heart related issue.
Some of these, like the internal bleeding at minute 14, make me wonder whether they were actually suicides by lack of medical Care. Especially in the extremely elderly, some people just want to give up fighting.
TB can lay dormant in your lungs for years. ... so even if you weren't around him while he was coughing that time, you still have a chance to catch it!
If you are allergic to peanuts try almond butter. Its really good. If you are allergic to both, well that sucks don’t eat it.
Soy nuts/nut butter are really tasty too, and since they're actually a bean, they may be genetically different enough not to set off allergies.
@@parisgreen4600 Oh I guess I never thought of that
Also sunflower seed butter, not a nut but tastes nutty
They tore their spinal cord? 😳😣 I had something not nearly as bad but it went diagnosed for a while. Endometriosis and pinched sciatic in my right leg. I thought it was my appendix
If the first person was a healthcare professional, why weren't they more aware of what they were doing? It's common sense that you'll get sick if you keep changing temperatures quickly.
This is a perfect example as to why medication is useless if somebody refuses to take it.
Medication is useless when people cannot afford it.
My grandmother used to just take a triple dose of insulin in the morning because according to her ,she couldn't be bothered to do that sh*t 3 times a day ,and taking it all once a day was smart 👍 she would then get faint and almost pas out. Every time her carers phoned my mother, I'd say ,oh no is grandma offing herself again?
I'm both celiac and allergic to shellfish, but I would never risk my life over popcorn shrimp or calamari no matter how good it is. Nor would I waste my epi-pen like that because that's not how it works.
First story, they have cases for inhalers that can be attached to a belt.
3:35 bruh
hey, sounds like the finalists for the darwin awards.
My Uncle was diagnosed with Diabetes. He never took care of it; never watched his blood sugar and never took his meds. When my Grandma would try to get him to eat properly he’d throw a fit. He ended up having two separate strokes and still refused to do anything. He let my Dad and Grandma watch as he essentially decayed in front of them. I’m still pissed at him for that.
I tend to feel bad that my a1c is high 7s low 8s. Then I hear diabetes stories here and I’m like holy crap… I am a bit all over the place but I don’t necessarily need to feel shame for letting stress screw with my insulin tolerance or having cake sometimes. XD
Seeing how many people can't breathe makes me glad that I can breathe normally
Know all about the last one. Tell your Dr. To x-ray from the side view might just save you from 30 years of chronic pain. Never let a Dr. Brush you off. Got told for years nothing wrong with you go away. New Dr. New x-rays, get asked how long ago I broke my back.
Well I'm the patient I ignored my neurologist not by choice but because we can't afford it. My doctor told my mom to move us (me, mom, and my brother) out of my grandmother's house because my grandmother is (to put it nicely) really really unpleasant to live with. Total opposite of the cookie making grandmother the really really sweet one The one's you would compare to mrs clauses. Long story short my grandmother went off one and I had a siezure that almost killed me
Did some jury service for three days on a malpractice case for just this reason. Defense was startlingly weak, but persistent that the doctor didn't do what they were supposed to. We even couldn't sway another juror for a while who eventually came around at the end. The entire first day was just the defense proving they did exactly what they had set out to do, and had stacks of supporting documents. I still don't understand how people think they're going to win a court case this day and age with all of these admissable forms of evidence.
3:40 I heard the hospital on HIPAA Avenue is beloved by its patients, but I can't tell you where I heard it.
Anytime of these videos starts and the first response contradicts what is asked in the topic it pisses me off
That's just r/askreddit in a nutshell. Ask a very specific question, get 90% answers that don't answer it correctly.
I had an incompetent doctor like that. He would look things up while looking for answers to my symptoms.
2:00 literally everything is harder with asthma dsjhfshd
I had a suspected TIA once. It was terrifying. I hate that daughter.
15:20 saying how they joke around with post Mortem work.... it’s extremely inappropriate to do that shit infront of the family members who just lost someone. You may be used to it but they’re not. Disgusting
theyre not saying that they do it around family members stupid
Have to say it..
“Why do you have asthma? There’s so much air in the world!” Sorry when I heard that you had asthma that popped into my head. Like if you hear that quote when you read it lol.
Calling a fatal stroke PTSD. I am about gone
When I was in high school, I took a vertebrate biology course where we would regularly dissect specimens. One of the first we did was a shark (to see the proto spine). It turns out that this shark’s last meal was shrimp. Guess who is deathly allergic to shellfish? I started breathing funny and getting progressively more tired as my friend repeatedly asked if he should go get my dad (he was a teacher). I said no. Finally I’m flat on the ground and barely conscious so he runs to go get him. We ended up going to urgent care after he administered an Epi. Weirdest part? I was wearing a mask and gloves because that was standard practice during labs. If you’ve ever heard of one sniff syndrome it is apparently a very real thing and weird as crap to experience.
After reading all of these I am never going to worry about the sip of water I have to take with my morning medicines even before colonoscopy, ever again!!!!
The asthma one hits so real 😭
Then use your inhaler! D8
I do! But it can get to the point where they don’t do anything and I have to go hospital :( but luckily my asthma has been good the past couple of months!
This is making me regret making tater tots at midnight
This is y many ppl don’t deserve doctors
Last time I was this early, TH-cam was just getting started
Perhaps
that petty comment about asthma really got me
8:45 🤦🏻♀️ all for a PBJ wowww 10:18 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
"Watching doctors Google your symptoms is rather entertaining."
Um, if a doctor had to Google what I had because it was so infrequently seen and not in their experience to treat? "Entertained" is the LAST thing I would be...
4:06 how was this woman conscious?!
9:05 People not listening to the doctor is one thing,, but this guy didn’t listen to his WIFE yelling at him? What the hell?
Mom almost dies cuz of a stroke, daughter more concerned about money. Pretty sure your dad left thay money for things like this.
I am just waiting a call from my doctor about my potassium levels. Ok, I will go to A&E asap if he tolds me to 👍 Thanks for warning! 🙃😃
The longer I listen to these, the more I'm starting to think that humanity should never have tried to stifle natural selection....
My husband has asthma and didnt have an inhaler always saying it's been years he doesnt need it till we visited a family memeber who doesnt clean their house well and has dogs and he had an attack he was lucky I had one on me and told him 'you gonna one now?'
Wow, shes blowing the money dad left, ya its hers and they obviously want her to die so they can have the money, SAD
3:56 why was this in the video then?
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I few months ago i had a grand mal sezuire in the back of my moms car for an unknown reason, And when i woke up in the ICU i discharged against medical advice right away. So godamn stupid i dont even know why i did i just didnt want to be in the hospital and i was scared because i didnt know what was happening. Dont discharge AMA, you will just regret it shortly after.
Asthma is definitely the worst I had a really really bad as a kid to the point where killed part of my lung. And like right as I got in the senior year of high school at all just completely went away and I've only had like one slight attacks since then but with asthma you could have it anytime anyday all that matters is maybe it gets a little bit too cold it's not that humid out and boom you're dead.
What really makes me sad is diabetics though cuz they're so addicted and I get it with drug addicts how they kill themselves with like heroin ship because there's an actual chemical reaction that causes them to seek that but with food you're literally just killing yourself. It's definitely a learned behavior but you can just stop eating like that. I have hyperthyroidism and Kaden so I will literally cannot feel hungry so I don't really know much about it
Yeah, that's what I want is to be "interesting" for the doctors.
My dad had pneumonia but we didn't know sst the time, so it took him a week before going to the hospital.
Trinston was here. ...
I thought tuberculosis was just like an infection or a virus I didn’t know that it was a “disease”
Video:
Me: *go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
Good video I am liking
My guy, you are 10, get off of youtube
@@Augustisthegoat nah fam I'm 13
every post : not a doctor but..
Hehe... "I Am Not A Doctor"
"I A NAD". :3 They're saying they're testicles...
What did the PB&J guy think would happen?
I don’t know how they can’t say that a lot of cancer has to do with your jeans because there are people that smoke their whole life I mean like from 12 till like 90 and never have any type of cancer problem and then there’s that guy in this thread that got like three different types of cancers from smoking I mean if that’s not your jeans I don’t know what is
3:56 tana mongeau when she gets older
I am confused by the patient with a laryngectomy, I mean how did he kept smoking if they cut the larynx, all the air is pulled in by the lung and his mouth didn't had anymore connections to that
Probably smoking through the stoma (breathing hole in neck) since inhaling would still draw the smoke in
Ok NVM it said he did it through his mouth, I agree that's weird and impossible
I'm just gonna take a guess and say one of them didn't wear a mask e.e
Natural selection compilation
probably a medical database, not google.
7:46 Why do people speak / write in medical short forms .. do they think we all know what they are talking about? .. or are they trying to sound impressive? sigh .. AMA .. CRRT .. blah blah blah .. ooooo, are you a nurse? ooooo .... wow ..
I'm sorry, for that last story, the patient had a heavy fall where they landed on their back, and then presented with leg pain and paresthesia? What kind of moronic 2-bit quack doesn't immediately think "spinal cord injury"?
Too much dumb bots
Would someone please provide a list of all the fancy-ass doctor acronyms, im too peasant to understand this stuff 😭
google
What is the r/reddit I can search to post my story?
R/askreddit
Melena sounds like a pretty word, but isn't it digested blood?
Covid or not please dont take your health lightly.
Are you aware your outro is broken? Like, it's frozen. I've watched quite a few of your vids and its always broken
Everybody complaining about ads buy ad blocker or shut up.
Turtle.
Dear god I am so glad I don’t live in the us. Half of these stories sound like the result of financial hardship.