Doctors, Have You Ever Had To 'Fire' A Patient? (Reddit Stories r/AskReddit)
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I "fired" both my doctor and the endocrinologist for dismissing my medical concerns. I'm a geneticist. I can follow genetic trends. Every. Single. Woman. On my mom's side has thyroid issues. Also, my thyroid antibodies were over 500 (15ish times what they should be). I had hives for A FULL YEAR. And they still had the nerve to look at me and tell me they didn't think I had Hashimoto's (thyroid auto-immune disorder). Finally got a new GP who let me pick the endocrinologist for my referral. The endocrinologist checked my neck and immediately moved me to a new room for an ultrasound, which showed the scarring on my thyroid. I about cried for finally being taken seriously.
God that sucks
Endometriosis runs in my family-
Ive been to the er twice for how severe my cramps are
I'm like 75% sure I have it,but every time they brush it off as "just bad cramps"
Like no,I dont almost faint over bad cramps
My sister had almost the exact same issue, except her pediatrician didn't want to give her thyroid meds only because the thyroid test came back fine, but the Hashimoto's was something ridiculously high (something like 3,000). When she was taken to a real doctor that has more experience with female problems, they put her on the medicine right away.
@@SaturnStatic Yeah, any doctor should tell you that once you hit your early 20s, your periods should have hit a regular rhythm and cause nothing more than "mild discomfort". Should -- most doctors don't understand that if someone is complaining to them about their period cramps, it's because their cramps are already on the moderate-severe end of the pain scale. (Regardless of actual pain tolerance level, most of us learn how to hide and swallow pain incredibly well, then when we do speak up, find ourselves being told "it can't be that bad" for reasons like "you got dressed before you got here, didn't you?"). Remarkably, it doesn't just happen with "female health" issues -- having my pain dismissed is how I spent 5 years with a cyst growing and shrinking inside one of my wrist bones and being told it was either tennis elbow or "all in your head". Good times.
So this sounds like the doctor though they knew more than you did and didn't feel like actually looking into the issue aside from bullshitting saying you were fine. The sheer fact that you had to fight for them to even fucking just CHECK THE ISSUE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND INFORMED THEM ABOUT. It costs them nothing to just check even if its putting your mind at ease or something along the line.
I'm very sorry you had to go through a situation like that at all Ms and frankly I think certain people just don't belong in medical care because it is just as much about the attitude and hospitality as it is supposed to be about healing.
Hope you are feeling well and better.
@Ambiguous Nut Case I mean, yes, no one was arguing against that?
I feel so bad for the parents who put there childs entire childhood on social media. Its ridiculous. Be a parent not a social butterfly
It's not a bad thing to share with family and friends your child's milestones
@@trainerkai1313 yes but some people are ridiculous and care about it more then there children. They neglect them and make themselves look good on the internet
@@trainerkai1313 it is if the kid doesnt want it
@@trainerkai1313 There's a time and place and it is most certainly NOT while your child is literally dying.
I feel sorry for the child in the story. The brother is a monster, and the mom a neglectful narcissist. Poor child.
My psychiatrist fired me after the adolescent psych facility I'd spent the last week in diagnosed me with PMDD and cleared me to go back to school. He wanted me to go to the facility's day program. This is ignoring three very important facts: 1) My diagnosis meant that the reason my issues had gotten worse was hormonal, and provided I started the pill before I started ovulating again, I was no longer a danger to myself 2)I was going to a small alternative school specifically for students who had emotional issues but no behavioral problems. 3) Two of the girls at the facility had serious anger issues and had tried to beat me up.
Despite this, my psychiatrist tried to convince the facility to make me go to the day program. They were like "We can't, she's not sick enough to need that. And she actually WANTS to go back to school, that basically never happens" Then he told me that if I went back to school, he'd drop me as a patient. I said goodbye and went back to school the following Monday.
You go!
@@amberblyledge7859 Haha, thanks! Yeah, I didn't even pause to make that decision. The school I was going to was amazing and I loved it so much. Best school ever, at least for someone with my issues. If my doctor couldn't see the good that place was doing me, then clearly I needed a new doctor.
Hold up...the school was for kids who had emotional issues but no behavioral problems...but two of them tried to beat you up?
@@BJGvideos no, two girls in the psych facility tried to beat me up, and my psychiatrist wanted me to stay there rather than go back to my school.
I took care of my mom. She was extremely sickly, including dementia, renal failure, and blindness, among many other things. She had a Nephrologist (kidney/renal) who "fired her" because I wouldn't agree to let him pressure her to push for a transplant (she was 3 years older than the maximum age to get a transplant without a direct donor) and to get her driver's license back. (SHE WAS BLIND, AND HAD DEMENTIA!!!) He said he couldn't help someone who has someone fighting against everything they suggest. 😡😡😡🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
@@juulee Yeah, I wish that were the case. She was too old for a transplant, but some moron (I know which doctor it was. He was a huge moron.) noted in her chart that we'd "lied about her age, and the dementia diagnosis". I really could write a book about how mistreated she was, by multiple medical professionals.
My girlfriend got fired once because her OBGYN doctor kept recommending high cost treatments that didnt even have much chance of helping her condition. She just got a letter stating that we are going to stop seeing you now because you, "refused treatment," even though she was still going there for regular treatments.
Can you say "fraud" boys and girls? I think you can. (The doctor not the patient)
I fired my doctor. I was having burning/stinging in my feet. I described it as feeling like fire ants stings. The doctor laughed and said that it must be fire ants! It turned out that I had type II diabetes and the burning was nerve damage.
you need to find yourself a good Podiatrist
No, he needs an endocrinologist.
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Nofrackingzone 2.0 diabetic nerve pain sucks. I can't figure out how my feet can be numb and so painful at the same time. They are. Hugs to you fellow diabetic.
The lady had one child who might die, and a second one who was actively homicidal, and sh'e busy posting things of FB.
Sounds like a good family to me!
Meredith34567 And that is why she has a child in anaphylaxis and another willing to endanger a child for attention.
1. Most highly allergic children have parents who will not knowingly allow the allergen in the house (no peanut butter!)
2. If not even homicidal behavior and an emergency can get Mom off the phone, she is never getting off and will increase such incidents.
Feel like Child Services should’ve been called tbh
I can see why the kid is homicidal. That household seems like a breeding ground for trauma.
That first girl didn't want braces.
Lewisking50 I don’t blame her
I've 'fired' a couple of doctors over the years lol. I think the worst one was the gyno at my college's medical center.
She didn't take my complaints of pain seriously ("Periods hurt, deal."), she got mad that I wanted the implant BC (birth control; little implant under the skin in the arm) instead of the IUD BC (goes IN the uterus, no thanks!), told me the only reason I struggled to breathe was because I was fat and out of shape (I'm fat, yes, but I also have asthma and was being suffocated by my H+ size boobs), nearly made me throw up during an exam when she prodded my cervix way too hard, ignored my remarks of ow for two minutes after putting in a speculum and managed to pinch some of my vaginal wall (hurt like fuck), and completely disregarded my year long bleed. All she could tell me, after an ultrasound, that it wasn't cancer; what was causing the bleeding or why it was so heavy was met with a shrug and a bored, "I dunno."
So glad I never have to see her ever again.
if a bitch pinched my vaginal wall I'd be complaining to every higher up (and possibly a lawyer with everything else she did) that would listen. I hope you eventually got your issues under control and are doing much better.
Couldn't she be sued for Malpractice?
I was in the room when my parents were fired silently. The doctor once again recommended physical therapy for my mothers recovery from her three surgeries. My father said no and bad mouthed the therapy as being "useless". I knew what had just happened as I watched the Doctor go silent and write something on the chart. As we were leaving I noted to myself that there was none of the usual small talk from the receptionist and no attempt to make another checkup appointment. They had been fired for laziness and stupidity. My mother never recovered from the surgeries.
I will say I'm not a drug addict in any way and I had a prescription for vivance most of my childhood. When I turned 18, my new adult physician gave a me a prescription due to my history and told me "they will start drug testing you to make sure you're taking your pills and not selling them". I said that was fine, and legitimately never sold any and took it daily. Never requested premature refills, nothing. Take my first drug test. Had smoked pot with some friends the weekend before. Was denied my prescription, even though I know the medicine I was told they would be testing for was in my system because as I said, I had taken it every day. Had the doctor simply told me that I wasn't allowed to have anything else in my system I just wouldn't have smoked with my friends. But she didnt. Now I can't get that prescription again without going to a psychiatrist and paying a stupid amount of money for an evaluation and recommendation. I haven't tried to get my prescription back since. I hate Georgia. And I hate money grabbing bullshit.
Georgia is super weird about stuff like that. I was on vyvanse too, and I went to a psychiatrist every 3 months for refills after I'd moved to the state. The doctor was a very cold older man, and as we were going through my medical history, I told him that I had smoked weed in high school and gotten caught by my parents. It was maybe 3 or 4 times total, and it was a couple years prior to the appointment, but his tune changed immediately when he heard me say it. He questioned my dosage everytime that I told him how much I was on (40mg since I was about 7yo) when he was writing scripts, and when he we were discussing trying new meds for problems that I had, like insomnia and depression, he would always make a point to say under his breath as he was looking through possible medications that I couldn't have those because they were slightly addictive. He also called my mom and my previous doctor several times to verify that what I was saying was the truth, after I had been going to him for over a year, and telling my mother that since i still lived with her (as i was in college as a pre-med) that she be the only one to handle the vyvanse and lock them up afterwards. When I started seeing my GP for scripts instead, (who was just a young guy fresh out of med school) he was confused about why I was taking gabapentin if I didn't have a history of epilepsy or general pain. When I explained that I took it for sleep, he was completely baffled, as it had nothing to do with falling asleep. Turns out the psychiatrist had prescribed it to me because it's non-addictive and could help a person fall asleep in the most indirect, convoluted way possible. I had been a goody two shoes all my life, wanted to try weed to do something bad for once and got caught almost immediately. Because I told him that, he treated me like a criminal for the 18 months that I had him as my psychiatrist. Now I'm working hard to become a doctor myself, but even I understand now why people don't always trust doctors and choose to omit things
@@moistsqueegee9567 Wow, that doctor sounds very strange. I can't think of ANYONE that would react to you smoking pot when you were a kid like that doctor did. I'm glad you got a new doctor though.
@@moistsqueegee9567 Gabapentin does help for sleep (extreme sleep to the point a person can fall asleep at the wheel). It is used off-label
I’m not a doctor but a social worker working with people with disabilities receiving Medicaid services in their homes so I’m in a similar realm: I’ve definitely had people removed from my caseload due to bad behavior, one of whom ended up losing their services because of it.
The first was a guy who was extremely demanding and actually cruel to the people who worked with him- he’d turn nursing staff away because they were immigrants and he claimed he couldn’t understand them and/or because they were old and unattractive (he flat-out admitted this to me). He went through dozens of nursing agencies because no one was willing to work with him. The straw that broke the camel’s back was one time he tore into me about not caring about him even though I’d just spent the better part of a day trying to get his wheelchair replaced (he also made me cry on the phone). My manager heard the conversation and basically took the phone out of my hand.
The second case was similar- this lady kept accusing me of not providing care because she wasn’t getting certain parts of her services. The problem was that she was also actively turning staff away and not bothering to find a suitable replacement for the shifts so they couldn’t be filled, and that she wasn’t picking up the bus pass she was approved for, which meant that she couldn’t get it anymore after missing three months in a row. She also threw me out of her house when I was doing an assessment with her and she refused to answer my questions- another requirement for her to keep her waiver services. She literally threw my umbrella at me and forced me out in the pouring rain. This ended up getting her services terminated.
I got "fired" when I was maybe 12 or so from my dentist. I needed a filling and have an extreme fear of needles. He and his assistant tried to forcibly open my mouth while I was freaking out and crying and saying that I wasn't ready for the novacaine shot. After a bit he threw his hands up and said that he wasn't going to deal with this and to send me somewhere else. Left that horrible place and found a much kinder dentist.
My grandmother got fired from her regular doctor because she has a severe phobia of needles and 100% of the time would have a tantrum crying begging him not to stick her that she would do any test except one that requires blood being drawn and needles. She diabetic and refuses to do the little blood tester poky thing. Hed try to persuade her to get the blood drawn because that important but she kept refusing. He was sympathetic for the first few visits but eventually gave up and fired her for not complying with him. She went to the emergency room once because she fell and hit her head and for like 6 hours refused blood test. She was crying throwing a massive tantrum and it was embarrassing...
I actually sympathize with your grandmother, as I have a similar problem--new drugs freak me out. I mean, like tears and anxiety issues, etc. Took me five days to work myself up just to take the latest one, and even then I had to have someone sit with me for a few hours to make sure I didn't have an allergic reaction. (Which is really funny/sad, 'cause it was a histamine blocker. *shakes head at self*)
Blood tests, on the other hand, I don't mind at all. Probably because, compared to the reusable needles used when I was a kid, modern ones barely ping my radar. I've had sewing accidents more painful than your usual blood draw. (Come to think of it, that might be the reason for your grandmother's phobia--those old syringes could be *painful*.)
@@asphodelale For my grandmother her phobia started when she was young. Her mother started it by crying every time she got a needle and telling my granny " You better be absolutely still no matter how much it hurts because if you don't the needle will rip out all of your veins as it gets sucked up into your arm and eventually stab your heart killing you." So she was traumatized as a kid and it to this day she truly believes it. My grandmother would tell me this as a kid and i use to have the phobia but i got rid of it by giving blood over time until the needles didn't bother me. She could get rid of it too if she tried.
VALIUM. XANAX.
Yeah but like......you need to measure your blood sugar when you have diabetes. Otherwise it like can’t be treated lol. Wtf
@@katty81690..... Do you even know what a phobia is ?
I’ve had the same doctor since before I was born (she was the one my mom saw for her prenatal appointments) and she’s kinda like my second grandmother. However, she can be stubborn. She didn’t believe me for about a year when I finally revealed an issue I’ve been having since I was very little (I’m talking 4. I’m now 22). She thought I was misunderstanding stomach aches or whatever and just told me to eat fiber. It wasn’t until my last appointment that she let me fully explain my symptoms and the time frame of it.
I’ve been officially diagnosed with IBS as of 2 months ago.
I got fired so to speak. You know those things you can buy to help numb your gums for pain? Well turns out if you use that stuff, then drink some coffee, drug tests will think you're doing cocaine. The coffee may have had nothing to do with it. This was when I was in a pain clinic for a chronic pain issue I have with my bladder. So I got kicked out and both my Mom and I were very confused because I obviously don't do coke.
Well I mean it is called lidocaine.
@meredith grey Yup. I saw the caine at the end and went "Oh MOTHERFUCKER" when I caught onto that at home lol
Yikes! Thank you for the PSA. I had no idea lidocaine could effect drug tests.
@@rosenrot234 Yeah, the coffee had nothing to do with it. That's pretty scary though... I hope everything was cleared up with them.
@japan panda Nope. Had to talk my doctor into working out my scripts for the medicine I was getting at the pain clinic. He's fine with it since he knows I need them.
There are a couple of doctors, and head nurse where I work as an ER nurse who are incredibly protective of their staff and it is definitely appreciated to know people have your back and won't tolerate you being mistreated.
The parents taking photos of their kids for sympathy likes or whatever is sadly a common thing! I think I'd lose count if I tried to remember how many parents spend the bare minimum of time with their kids in hospital and complain so much about how bored they are like it's their child's fault, who then put photos up and cry about their "poor baby" and "send good thoughts" on their feeds!
I got fired as a patient and it was BS. My doctor always insisted on me going into the office to get my prescription renewed each year despite my having been on the same dosage and drug for over a decade (Paxil for social anxiety, changed my life for the better). It wasn't that annoying, I always did it just for the checkup since I never needed to go to the doctor otherwise. So I had my appointment coming up on a Thursday. I realized I would run out of my medication on Monday. I just needed 2 days worth to get me to the appointment. I went in to the office and explained my issue to the receptionist lady. She went in the back and came back after a few minutes and told me the doctor said no, I would have to just wait for my appointment. I had read online that some doctors either weren't aware of or denied the existence of the terrible withdrawal effects of sudden cessation of SSRIs and thought maybe my doctor was one of these, I wasn't sure, I had been going to her for almost 10 years and it had never come up before. Anyhow, I told the receptionist that wouldn't work, the drug causes me terrible withdrawals if I don't have it for more than 24 hours. I explained I didn't want a full renewal of my prescription or anything, just literally 2 days worth, I would still come to my normal appointment. She told me to have a seat in the waiting area and I could talk to the doctor in a bit.
So, I went and sat. 45 minutes later, I got called in the back. The doctor, with one of her nurses, took me into an exam room and started taking my vitals and junk. She was acting weird, not as friendly as usual. Then she said she would give me a renewal of my prescription but that she would no longer be able to be my doctor. I was completely confused. I asked why not. She didn't want to say. But I expressed to her that I was seriously completely mystified and did not understand what I had done. Eventually, she says the receptionist said that I became belligerent and she felt threatened. I knew that simply saying that didn't happen wouldn't do much good because she's going to believe the lady she works with every day over me. So I asked her to just let me explain my side of the story. And I explained it.
When I was done, I asked if the receptionist had spoken to her the first time she went back. The doctor said no, she hadn't, but quickly shut up after that. They wouldn't budge on my being fired as a patient. I realized later what had happened. The receptionist didn't talk to the doctor at all. She decided herself that I didn't need the 2 days worth and could just wait for my appointment. Then when it became clear I was going to talk to the doctor, she made up a story. Once the doctor realized what had happened, she really couldn't have afforded to budge. A receptionist has no medical training, and her giving medical direction under her own volition could get the whole office in a TON of trouble. On the one hand it sucks because I liked the doctor personally and the nurses there too, but on the other hand I got a new doctor that is just radically easier to deal with. After meeting with the new doctor and talking to them for a bit they recognized that I'm not just your typical idiot and said if I ever needed antibiotics or anything simple like that I could just call and they'd phone it in. (Antibiotics aren't rocket science, people. If you have a fever that doesn't respond to NSAIDs for 48 hours, you need antibiotics. If you don't have that, you don't need antibiotics.) I go once a year for a blood panel to track my numbers and all is well.
Dustin Rodriguez I can’t believe the Dr. didn’t reprimand that receptionist.
When my mother was dying from cancer I was a wreck and was so disorganized. I needed a refill of my anti-anxiety meds. I called the Dr. after hours. The receptionist said only emergencies can get through to the Dr. I told her this was an emergency. I had to be semi-sane for my mom’s last days, ya know. She didn’t sound convinced. She acted as if she would pass on the info to the Dr. Next time I saw the Dr. I told her the situation. The Dr. knew my mother as well and was sorry for my loss and knew how crazy anxious I was. The receptionist was no longer working there. Don’t know if it was just a coincidence or if she was fired. I honestly hope she was fired for her lack of compassion. Yeah, I’m mean.
Pisses me off. “My staff made a big mistake, so in order to cover my ass, go fuck yourself.” And antibiotics are tricky. They’re often over prescribed.
I hste to be that person, but sue
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My doctors' receptionists love to play god with people's conditions too, every time i need to book an appointment I get told that I'm not allowed to book an appointment over the phone unless I call the same morning that I want an appointment for (this means that unless you want to get up and call at 9am and spend an hour on hold you don't even have a chance of getting an appointment because everyone calls and fully books in about a hour, so even less people actually see their doctor)
Luckily I know this is bullshit as I have pre-booked appointments every time and when I tell them this they suddenly forget their made up rule and book my appointment.
Just do your fucking job and let people speak to the actual doctor about their problems instead of gatekeeping.
I can't imagine how many people have missed or not even booked appointments because the receptionists make up a rule to make their jobs easier.
Work as a ophthalmic technician and have seen the doctor I work for 'fire' two patients. One was a 80 year old guy that was flirting and hitting on me. Even sending love notes. He kept being creepy and inappropriate even after being asked to stop. He was then asked not to come back.
The second was when I brought a patient back to get him checked into one of the rooms and he went off talking about how he was kicked out of another doctor's office because he was swearing. He then proceeded to re-enact the entire conversation he had with the other doctor, swearing and all, and getting very verbally violent towards me for some reason. Doctor heard what was going on came in and asked him to stop. He continued to verbally assault and swear at the doctor. He was then asked to leave. So he got kicked out of two doctors for his mouth and still didn't understand what he did wrong.
The depo shot one is horrifying. Like, it would have been bad enough if she wanted the shot and they just forgot to have her sign the consent paperwork, but they LIED to her about what it was? She could have sued them and won an assload of money.
I am confused how she would have gotten it without her knowledge. It’s a shot......wouldn’t you notice you got an injection? It seems more likely they pulled it up in the computer to give and then she said she didn’t want it, but the doctor clicked wrong and accidentally charted it as given instead of held than it was given against her will and without her knowledge. Injections usually hurt. And depo is IM so it couldn’t just be snuck in somewhere it has to go in your deltoid or glute, so unless she was wearing a tank top would require clothing to be removed.
@@rebeccashields9626 she said they told her it was something else. They probably told her it was some vitamins or something
Anaesthesiologist heard "it doesn't last very long" as "give less but for longer" somehow. So, there I was, unable to communicate that I was awake but still able to feel everything as I had my tonsils and adenoids removed. If you see an iranian-looking anaesthesiologist with obviously dyed hair by the name craig, and you have problems with/requirements for anesthetics, don't let him be the one to knock you up.
OUT! OUT! I MEANT OUT!
@@CaTastrophy427 you can edit it, ya know
CaTastrophy427 that’s hilarious
@@esppupsnkits4560 Please don't edit this typo- this has to stay for future generations to enjoy.
Seriously though that's terrifying. I'm glad I had the opposite situation of having surgery under local anesthetic and it being dead enough that I could take my mind off it with an mp3 player and not thinking about the tugging on my shoulder
My mom used to have a friend like that one lady with the allergic daughter. She deadass posts pictures of her kids in the machine getting a MRI.
Odd, I thought electronics weren't allowed near MRI machines. Sounds dangerous.
her phone can't be anywhere even near the MRI; even if the scan hadn't started or was finished, she wouldn't have her phone on her. if it were on, that's even worse. the magnet in the machine is very, VERY strong, and would take her phone out of her hands with insane force. this is either a lie or you're thinking of the wrong machine.
@Heather Kaiser wait do other hospitals not have that sheet of glass?
@@smiley4995 Yeah my question exactly. I volunteered in a smaller hospital and even they had a sheet of glass/small separate room to separate from the actual MRI
Dear psychiatrist... you of all people should know it's normal for young teens to "not want to be here", it's not a reason to stop treatment, hun.
you can lead a horse to water but you can't force them to drink; at the very least, it's protocol for any doctor to direct them to a patient they've fired to someone else who can help (and hopefully get along with better). otherwise, you're wasting everyone's time if the patient refuses to listen to you o:
@@MD-co4lu Hmm good point, I suppose it's more effective to help patients who are eager to improve, there's waitlists afterall. Hopefully the teenager ended up with help they were satisfied with.
Princess YuBeace a psychiatrist told me that I probably didn’t have panic attacks and that everyone experiences some issues, that sometimes the feeling of anxiety happens. I had been recommended to him after a hospitalization for suicidal behavior & was having multiple panic attacks to the point that I’d scream and curl up in corners and was panicked trying to make toast
It was so bad and when I went to my therapist she was like “what the FUCK that was so traumatic”
He was so awful & did the similar thing but like obviously I didn’t want to see you if you tell me I don’t have a real illness without knowing me
@@KM-ld9ln If you're literally unable to make toast without freaking out then that's not a normal thing everyone experiences what the fuck. Brb booking a plane to wherever he works to kick his ass and get him fired.
A lot of kids are forced by their parents to go to the psychiatrist. It's the therapist's job to make sure the kid actually wants to be here.
Asking this question can lead to the patient giving more informations about themselves and the people they get around with.
If the psychiatrist continued the discussion after that, then talked to the parents, leading to the kid not going to therapy anymore, I wouldn't be shocked. What was disturbing was the fact the therapist just told the teen to leave without even caring why he didn't want to be there, how were his parents etc.
Got a story about the reverse of this.
I knew someone who went to therapy for self-harming thoughts. She felt like she was getting better, and she certainly was, but the therapy center kept demanding she stayed because her presence was helping the other patients in the group. Patients that she absolutely hated because of their attitudes and how they wouldn't take anything someone in the group said seriously, least of all the people in charge.
She hasn't gone back for a while now, so I think it's safe to assume her family blacklisted that facility in case anyone else they knew needed help, because those people sure didn't seem to care.
Wow sucky therapy people
Hey if the patient wants to be set on fire that’s up to them 👍
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The parent who was taking pictures of her daughter for social media...I honestly think that could have been a case of Munchausen’s by proxy. The OP said that the girl’s brother force feed her the peanut butter, but that’s a story that would have to have been told by the parent as the anaphylaxis of the child probably rendered her incapable of speech. It is entirely possible that the mother did it to her daughter to illicit the sympathy of her peers. Of course, I’m not an expert on Munchausen’s or Munchausen’s by proxy, but it just makes too much sense to ignore the possibility.
no no, you're probably right. it all sounds very,,,,, off-putting. it's easy to blame a kid, esp if one kid is dying and they're both terrified of you because that's not the first time you've hurt them
London M Yeah, I hope somebody called child services and alerted them to the potential abuse. Munchausen by proxy is probably one of the most disturbing mental disorders in existence. Like, intentionally hurting someone you’re supposed to be caring for (especially a child) just to get attention and sympathy for your own narcissistic ego. It’s fucked up.
Didnt get fired but I had my wisdom teeth pulled and I woke up in the middle of stitches and I smacked my dental surgeon in the face. My bad!
I woke up during my wisdom removal too. I have decided that if dentists can't figure out how to provide adequate anesthesia, the should still be giving us the coke. By any chance are you a natural redhead? If so, they blame the waking up part on that.
@@lb1984 hey nop never had red hair - I am naturally a dirty blond (chatain in french)
That is a normal response I think
I'm going to get one removed in some days! The teeth hasn't come out yet, but it's preparing itself to do it and is causing pain. I thought it was local anaesthetic?!
@@Danny0lsen it usually is but I had all 4 removed and they were HEAVILY impacted also I am not comfortable with dentists so we had to use general in my case
Man. When my Grandmother was still alive, she was always "doctor-hopping" or doctor shopping as they called it in the video. She was just one of those people who thought she knew better than the doctor and would find a different doctor if she was told something she didn't like/agree with. It got to the point where she couldn't drive anymore, so my mother and I had to drive her to appointments, and we finally told her that we were not going to let her continue doctor shopping. She ended up seeing a new doctor, and as he was a family friend of ours, and Grandma knew we trusted him, she [reluctantly] agreed to stick with him. And he took great care of her for the last years of her life.
My pain doctor 'fired' me. Im still trying to figure this one out because it confuses the hell out of me. Basically, I was going to be out of town and asked for my prescription a day early because of it. At first he agreed.. but then later refused. He said he'd been giving the prescription a day early all the time. I was confused because if it was always a day early, it was still the same amount of time between prescriptions. Like if you're doing something on the first tuesday of the month instead of the first wednesday always, then its the exact same as doing it on the first wednesday, just on tuesday.
It baffles me to this day. Luckily i found a much less insane doctor soon after.
It is because the government is making things extremely difficult for doctors writing prescriptions for narcotics. Particularly acute problem in California. Pain doctors are trying to get out of the business.
Given the crackdown on the Pharm companies that are producing the pain killers, this probably had nothing to do with you.
3 day early refills every month x 12 months = 36 extra tablets/capsules per year (this is an extreme version to your 1 day early refills)
This happened to me, but with rent, in a house I was renting. I always paid a day early, from the beginning and when I went to move out, they said I owed them $150 for the last day, as I paid a day early. I had to pay it but it still annoys me
I know!!!! I’ve had the same type of issue with another schedule I prescription I’ve taken for nearly 20 years (for adhd) and it’s like, “how in God’s name did you get INTO medical school, let alone graduate if I (who is overall terrible at calculating or or otherwise analyzing many things on a numeric basis) can very easily understand that from one specific calendar day in one month plus 28 (or hell even the full 30 for Fs sake!) gets your finger to land on (if you’re counting it out like with a calendar physically in front of you like a kindergartner, which they obviously need to do) it is this particular date in the next month.... and guess what mothafucka that day is yesterday/today/tomorrow. 😫🤯🤔🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ it KILLS me every time they can’t figure out how to do that very basic level of continuous care that is required and that they are supposedly fully okay with and happy to provide. I could go on for days about this shit.🙅🏻♀️
Or the idea that it IS POSSIBLE to have a job that requires you to travel 25% or more of the time, or that you work remotely during certain months out of the year. I mean, I am 34 years old and I’m showing you documentation to the extent that I possibly can to validate the need for a slightly altered prescription for this or whatever month (like from my employer, travel confirmations with an American Airlines confirmation code and my name and exact date(s) of travel, etc etc etc.) it’s honestly the most infuriating experience I have ever been forced to go through, and all I was trying to do was ensure I could maintain my regular daily prescriptions as I had been taking them for several years in the exact same way at this point. Like, FINE. The DEA is going to be up your ass about this???? Have them call me and they can fly to the foreign country where I will be at the time and they can open up my prescription bottle and count out my medication one by one like you would for a toddler or elderly severely altered person and when they find out that unfortunately it’s not the immediate and catastrophic threat to society that apparently I pose on the daily taking this medication and that I gasp as an adult can be responsible for my own medical best interest, *hopefully* they won’t still charge me for their return airfare, and I never want to hear even the slightest peep out of you judgmental assholes.
As an interpreter i have only seen a patient "fired' once (not my client). they were 40 min late for their appointment and proceeded to walk into every room, clinic room, xray, lab, dr offices, everywhere wanting to know where her doctor was ( the doctor left for the end of the day after waiting for her no-show time and calling her to reschedule). By the time she was done, the police were there and the clinic manager had her trespassed from the building because she would not stop so someone could talk to her.
I think doctors are supposed to save people from burns. They shouldn't be setting them on fire.
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I know an ER doctor was sick of seeing during the time I had really bad panic attacks. These attacks made me think I was having a heart attack or a really bad headache. Sometimes just knocked off my feet with an unexplained pain I couldn't described. I thought I was dying. I didn't want medication, I wanted help. They found a bladder infection, but that was it. I needed mental help, but I didn't get that days after my fifth and final trip to the ER. The help came from the college therapist. This was back in 2012.
I fired a doctor for not discussing a change in medication. Went to the pharmacy to pick up what I thought was a refill of same med, same dosage and it had been doubled. Didn't pay for or take the pills, found another doctor same day.
1. I LOVE my family doctor. He actually listens and discusses alternative treatments. Gives medicine samples (insulin). Plus he's a neighbor (couple miles away). I fully understand and agree doctors or lawyers to fire clients. However, what about abuse, harassment, and snooty treatment from front aka reception personnel?
I had a doctor but couldnt change due to insurance. She was rude and thought i was lying. I had bad nausea that limited what i could eat. And bad stomach pain causing me to push my fist into my stomach to try help. When i asked to do a test to see why she acted like she was asking for a huge favor for even talking to me let alone do the test. Even saying, fine we'll do it but were not going to find anything. I did the exam where they put cameras in to see. Then going to hear the results she was a totally different person like actually pleasent to me. Turns out i had a ulcer in my stomach. Like now she believed me and was a whole other person. Idk y she was like that, maybe because im young. Ive had some doctors say well you're young and you look ok, its annoying cause i have issues both mental and physical and when one says that i feel im on the stand and have to prove myself to them for them to take me seriously.
The doctor has probably had people fake such symptoms in order to get heavy duty pain killers, which are then abused.
I criched every time they said „fired for not paying the bills“. I‘m in a country with statuatory health insurance, I cannot not pay my bills. I get that doctors want and need to make a living, but there are people out there dying because they cannot afford to go to the doctor. In my country, a doctor refusing to treat someone with serious health issues because they cannot pay, would end up in court for neglect. „Oh, you have a stroke? Too bad, you didn‘t pay the bills.“
Welcome to the American "healthcare " system.
That's not how it works, either of you. If you NEED care, no ER in the country can turn you away. They can and will save your life and make sure you can safely go home. And if you must be kept for observation, they will, and they will eat the cost. The problem with non-payment is precisely for non-life-threatening stuff with your regular doctor, like you get some blood work done and a routine vaccine and then don't want to pay.
An oral surgeon who was supposed to do my wisdom teeth extraction "fired" me because I had a bad panic attack and she couldn't do the surgery :T
In my opinion, I don't think she liked having patients with anxiety towards medical stuff like me, 'cause I had her for another extraction before this & I had a panic attack then too. When I came back to her for my wisdom teeth, she and her assistant didn't seem to excited to be working on me.
This doesn’t quite fit, but I was in the care of a certain psychologist for some time, and I later learned that despite being a qualified doctor, the woman was not giving me adequate or appropriate care. 8 years I spent seeing this lady once a week.... and it was basically a waste of time.
I guess we should have twigged it after we found out that the leader of the therapy group sessions she had me going to turned out to not be qualified or licensed.
The peanut butter allergy one makes me so mad. I have a sneaking suspicion that she cares about her dumb Facebook page more than her own children, and she deserves to have them taken away. Social media is not your number one priority.
I got fired from my parents physician when I was really young, about four. They had to give me my vaccinations, but I was so scared that when they tried to hold me down I kicked one of the nurses and she broke the syring. This happened no less than two more times, and I think the last one was deliberate. Doctor actually gave up and told my parents they should try another doctor, he wasnt going to risk his staff getting hurt.
I remember when I was forced to go to counselling as a pre teen, I told the counsellor I didn't want to be there and didn't think there was anything they could do, I didn't want to talk about it, I didn't want their help, I was forced to go until I aged out and I then was forced to go to a psychologist and he actually listened to me when I said I didn't want to be there. So we worked together so I didn't have to come and now I still do see him on occasion when I feel I need it, but I actually want to go when I do.
0:40 being rude to a stranger especially an adult sounds so daunting to me like man I would never even have the NERVE... it would also be so mean omg
Jesus Christ the USA really does have a narcotic addiction problem. I feel bad for legitimately chronically ill patients.
I have to go to monthly check ups to get a refill on my pain meds after having back surgery (I'm 17 so they don't trust me) doctor is making sure that the pills are doing what they are supposed to do while the store I go to to pick up the meds glare at me and seem to be VERY sceptical of me taking heavy pain killers. My anxiety Dosent make any of this easier either XD it's a struggle to stay alive and have my pain go away.
@@silverserienty9384 damn that's horrible, people really don't take a moment and think that MAYBE younger people can have genuine back and other pain problems
Gotta "thank" the Sackler family for that one.
@Heather Kaiser And get some juice cleanses and crystals while your at it? Maybe have a shaman take a look at you?
I know a few people with the same chronic, progressive diseases I have (thank God mine is less severe) who are addicted to their painkillers because it’s either that or constant debilitating pain. Some have had trouble getting their medicines refilled because of a$$hole pharmacists playing God with people’s lives.
Almost got myself "fired" by a specialist because I wasn't taking my meds regularly (if at all).
Mom and I got fired by another doc lol. We had mutual dislike of each other..
i got my old therapist fired,,, she refused to appear for my appointments, and then claimed i “photoshopped” screenshots of her missed sessions when her boss went after her lmao
Not me but my father is a doctor, he once had a patient who wanted to be checked, but he was literally like "oh wait, I need to answer this message" over and over while my dad was trying to work, he eventually told him if he wanted to be checked or using his phone
A dentist dropped me after I had a panic attack getting a root canal, I was terrified because they didnt numb me enough for the first one.
One time a psychiatrist insisted I had BPD after only talking to me for 5min.
Next appointment I brought the DSM diagnostic criteria on BPD. I fit none of the 9 qualifiers, and in fact for half of em I was the opposite.
He dropped me like a hot potato 🙄
(Btw a later proper, THOROUGH, psychological examination was conducted by someone who actually knew what they were doing. Turns out I'm autistic.)
About the psychiatrist, it was probably because she took for granted that you didn't wanted to talk about your problems to a person or even to a woman, so she didn't wanted to pressure you to speak out and make things worse, doctors tends to please their patients in non-risky situations, at least that is what happens where I live.
Not a Doctor, but a patient for a dentist. I was a really young kid; Maybe 6 or 7 years old? I was terrified of the big syringe they use to inject the novocaine and kept crying. The dentist told my parents he would not see me anymore if I couldn't calm down.
To be fair, I was a little kid looking at a giant needle the length of my face with giant metal circles and a tube full of strange fluid while a weird man in a mask held me down under blinding lights. Yes, obviously I was terrified. Thankfully it set no phobias in and I am able to go to the dentist just fine now.
Same.
To be fair, that psychiatrist probably had a reason for asking "do you even want to be here?" Usually that's not something they ask unless you're showing signs of not wanting to be there. I feel that as a teacher xD
Also for therapy, nothing is going to change unless the kid actually wants it.
Adie Cannon Psychiatry isn’t therapy it’s getting the medical side to look into certain issues and give medications for it. They’re not there to solve your issues they’re there to give you the right chemical balance to be able to solve your issues
@@saxonstanley7240 No, physicians or physician's assistants are the ones who are only there for the medical aspect of things. a psychiatrist can do the job of a PA and a psychologist all in one. they are 100% therapists
They don't usually allow weapons in the hospital.
There arent ant checks to stop anyone tho. No metal detectors or anything
Hospitals are for the ill and some healthcare workers truly want to help people
My grandmother was fired from her doctor of 40 years. My egg donor was taking her pain meds and Grandma would be drug tested and it wouldn't be in her system. He did take her back after my grandmother moved in with me. Benefits of living in a small town. Grandma would not press charges against her daughter...🙄
I once fired a doctor because when I told her I couldn't take a certain medication because it was making me suicidally depressed she told me that, I was just "Choosing to feel that way."
The 14 year old who was "fired," for not wanting to be in therapy. Show me a 14 year old who does? If that tiny bit of teenage rebellion was enough to send the counselor running, I think it was probably best. Yes, I know, if they don't want help you can't help them, but is it best to be the next person to give up on this 14 year old for being a 14 year old? 14 year olds don't know what they want, sometimes you have to try with them.
No Name psychiatry isn’t therapy it’s an actual doctor who helps with medication and other things, they are also the ones who know how to diagnose issues
@@saxonstanley7240 okay.
Fired my doctor when my insurance wasn’t going to cover my vyvanse any more, started listing off almost every adhd med out there.
Wow, fight your insurance! Patients have to advocate for themselves. Make an appeal
Um, so why would you fire your doctor because he was trying to find another medication that your insurance would cover? Makes zero sense.
Here in Canada they don't fire patients, they just stick us on waiting lists lol
When my daughter was born in 2019, the first pediatrician that walked into the room (and not the one that she has today) thought she would just walk into the room and start un doing her blanket and diaper. Here I am on the bed still a little loopy from pain medication. she walks into the room does not even introduce herself until after she starts un doing my daughter's swaddle and her diaper and then starts yanking on her legs and she's only like maybe 5 hours old. I freaking lost it. I go over and she's pulling on my daughter's legs(still). I literally shouted at her I was like get the hell out of here before I lose it even more(her exuce was babies are surprisingly durable and she wanted to make sure her legs worked) Two weeks later I had to get her a proper pediatrician. That's the only time I've ever had to fire a doctor
Feel free to use this story.
I would "fire" the older brother for force feeding a food that would have killed my daughter.
my older brother sprayed my eye with bleach when I was 4. older brothers are just terrible people lmao
Kids are stupid. You just have to deal with that. They don't understand "allergy" or they only think it makes you sneeze, not die.
When my parents and I were getting me started on medication to help me manage my ADHD and anxiety, the psychiatrist at the time put me on a high dosage that actually began affecting my weight. I became *EXTREMELY* skinny and it scared my mom. But we switched to a different psychiatrist after the first one tried to diagnose me as Bipolar. I have never in my life displayed symptoms of Bipolar. It wasn't until I was either somewhere in middle or high school that I was properly diagnosed with Aspergers. Aspergers basically makes it a little difficult for me to properly socialize with other people. But now I'm at a healthy weight and I'm on a dosage that we're all happy with. My mom didn't tell me until much later, but she wanted to punch the first psychiatrist in the face. I admire my moms' self-restraint.
My doctor’s office has a posted sign telling patients that any abuse of staff will not be tolerated...same sign in the areas hospitals.
I had an orthopedic surgeon send me to a different doctor in the practice because I have serious claustrophobia and couldn't deal with the MRI. (I literally had to get treated for PTSD for that) I tried to find alternatives to the traditional MRI but he just got shirty.
Joke's on him, the second doc was awesome and fixed my hip beautifully.
4:22 This "mom".....I hope the staff called CPS. Like, _immediately._
0:39 Some kids really don't want braces, so maybe she was actually being clever.
Yeah, especially since the US over-prescribes braces because god fucking forbid our teeth not be in perfect rows. Meanwhile Britain has fewer cavities and diseases, and yet we make fun of them for it.
5:29 'Doctor shopping?'
Going around from doctor to doctor (without their knowledge) asking for some sort of medicine to be sent to different pharmacies, so you can sell them.
I have to ask, what's a doctor shopper? it came regularly in the vid and i have no clue what this means and it's frustrating me more than it should.
Literally as it sounds. Shopping around for a dr. So this is usually a person addicted to a benzo or opioid type med. If they cannot get their meds they will go to a new dr until they find one who will prescribe OR its a person on those type of meds that go to several dr trying to get several perscription for the same meds
@@jenniferweddington9759 I think Doctor shopping is also pretty common in cases of Munchausen and Munchausen by proxy since the person with the disorder realizes that if they go to one doctor to off and it'll look suspicious and that the more doctors they go/ take the person in their care to to the more attention they'll get
@@jenniferweddington9759 thank you!
@@ursulajoni15 not really. Definitely can have overlapping characteristics, however dr shoppers dont usually actually think they are sick nor pain
@@ursulajoni15 its also done so the person can either get the drugs they want/more drugs
I was given the depo shot without asking for it too. I knew what she did though. I told her I didn't want it and she forced it in me. I had the worst reactions to that stupid drug too. I wish I could go back in time and sue for malpractice.
The last one isn't malpractice...a doctor can choose to stop seeing someone in a non emergency situation anytime he pleases. Is the doctor a prick, sure, but that isn't malpractice
My “Doctor” (she was a crappy APN) fired me because she just assumed I was drug seeking. She wouldn’t even listen to what I had to say. I have a ducking rare disease and her lack of care could have killed me because all I needed was a damn referral to a specialist per my Insurance’s rules (i had just moved to the area) I hate taking medications. I am on 2 for Hashimotos and pcos but need one for my Addison’s still waiting to see the specialist I am badly needing my meds
Not a doctor, but my dad is a minister and he's had to stop counseling people who were doing drugs. That was causing their problems.
I have zero tolerance for being abusive to nurses or the staff.
People will be really nice to the doctor, then complete ass holes to the staff. Do they think the office manager and doctor never speak to each other or something?
I will meet you at the office on Christmas Day if I need to, but if you are nasty to my staff you are done.
My sister had a teacher who made kids who got caught chewing gum wear it on their nose in class all day.
I hate teachers with stupid rules. Yes, something is in my mouth, god forbid. Why are YOU interrupting the entire class to comment on it?
Yeah, the shitty thing about pill-seeking is that is turns some doctors super-defensive. They assume you're a pill seeker, even if you're just legitimately in horrific pain and have never abused opoids.
Like, I get it. You don't want to further someone's addiction or potentially help some become addicted. But at the same time, I've screamed my throat raw from pain before and prayed I would die. So, you know, it sucks when your doctor thinks you're just trying to get high and in reality, you can't stand up long enough to take a shower.
It does, but it's not entirely their fault either. Right now, doctors are scared absolutely shitless. They are getting arrested for writing one to many prescriptions, which is bullshit when you consider that a doctor serving a lot of seniors in one area is probably going to legitimately give more pain killers than a doctor working in a younger, healthier, hip part of town. Our attempts to stop the opioid crises also means fucking over people who need them.
If I had a dollar for every doctor that refused to take a woman’s symptoms seriously, I’d have enough money to fund valid research of women’s physiology.
Which would indicate that most of those symptoms are fleeting, which is why doctors tend not to take them so seriously.
I have fired several doctors, mostly because they simply don't care. The last one I fired told me that I "might have" broken my ankle - because I was fat (I actually tripped over a garden hose and heard it crunch). He then made me walk back out to my car, drive to another facility, walk from their parking lot to get an x-ray, and then go home. No meds, no instructions, nothing. Two (2) days later he calls me and says "yea, it looks like it is broken, come back in if you want (if you want???) and we can take a look at it". It took me another 3 days to get an appt to get the splint. By then my foot looked the size of a basketball and it was the color of grape juice. He took one look at it and had the guts to yell at me for waiting. I tore into him and told him exactly what I thought of his shoddy behavior. I reported him to the medical board. Wound up going to the hospital and getting a cast. That doctor there said it was obviously broken, even without x-rays, and should have been taken care of immediately. I am lucky to still have a foot. If you are not some super-model type, doctors treat you badly. I have never had one treat me with even the slightest bit of respect. Sure, I admit I am overweight. Get over it and do your job.
stories of doctors on reddit are the best
7:12 m*** ?
following this one lol idk what it is either
Meth
Thank you, was wondering about this too...
Parents who take pictures of their sick/dying children while on the way to the hospital or in the hospital room are disgusting. It's like they don't even care that their kid is on the edge of death (sometimes literally)
I could easily understand getting the word out about a sick child using social media but to keep taking pictures and posting them continuously. That is just ridiculous. Did she even care about the kid or did she have kids to get sympathy from facebook.
1. Whats doctor shopping?
2. Whats so bad at asking multiple doctors about the same problem? I get it that once you start the treatment with a doctor you need to committ, but sometimes you get the wrong treatment. I had a hole in my corneea and all the doctors i went to said different things. One of them pushed some natural brand she had an agreement with (and unfortunately i wasted a lot of money on those shits), other that i have a worm in my eye and so on until, after half a year of searching somebody actually figured it out (it was made by a chickenpox blister on my inner eyelid). But somebody else could have a life-threatening problem. It could be their paranoia toi but still
Asking for a second oppinion is a good thing, but some people will go to 8+ doctors to try and find out that will give them the drugs they want
@@evasmiljanic3529 as in confirming their google search and/or letting them indulge in an addiction?
Both. Or they will actually pursue treatment with two different docs, each giving different meds or whatever, thereby fucking up the other one's plan.
I don't get the psychiatrist one. I assume the doc probably told the parents "Look, he doesn't want to be here, I can't force him to talk, don't bother until he's ready." Not really being fired.
My doctor never mentioned I could snort my Wellbutrin!!! That sounds more exciting than just swallowing one every morning!
sometimes you just need to make taking your chronic medication more exciting XD
I fired the first rheumatologist I saw as even though he said that he didn’t “believe” in fibromyalgia, he drugged me to the hills for it. He had me taking 2700mg of Neurontin A DAY & it wasn’t the only one he prescribed. I literally could not talk (called Dysarthria). Not only was I working full time but I was also in seminary (& the whole difficulty speaking thing didn’t mesh well with my Hebrew classes that semester).
I also once fired my neurologist. I never felt like he truly listened and acted like he always had somewhere he’d rather be. The final straw happened at my first appointment following my total hysterectomy (at 26) & after discussing AT LENGTH (like for at least 20min) how the surgery affected my chronic migraines, as we were on the way out the door (myself, hubs, nurse & dr), he turns to me & asks, “You aren’t trying to get pregnant are you?” My jaw hit the floor & the nurse hid her face with my file. Seriously?! Did he hear a single word I said?! My husband was so mad. I ended up finding a new neuro at another practice that I loved but unfortunate after a few years, he moved away and of all the people in the world that couple fill this slot at this practice, it would be the neuro I fired. . .
Doctor wouldn't test me for hypothyroid, no family history, different doc, found hypothyroid, then found family history after the fact but you should just run the freaking tests.
Last person has no case for malpractice. Doc did no harm and you can't sue a doctor because they couldn't figure out what was wrong with you or refused to help you after you didn't follow their instructions. A doctor has full right to deny service to anyone they feel is trying to score drugs as many, many people do. I feel like there's more to this story but they really sound like a money hungry d-bag.
I don't know about that one. Refusing to do the test that another doctor did to find a serious issue like cancer seems pretty damaging. That could have killed them just as easily as a botched surgery.
@@olstar18 the patient refused treatment. a doctor has every right to stop seeing a patient who refuses treatment. I had a gyno who explicitly ignored and dismissed my concerns, put me on the most expensive birth control possible (ignoring the fact that it would make my already severe migraines and anxiety worse), and told me I was fine, that the pain was in my head. Fast forward two months, I'm in the ER for unrelated reasons and they found a 4.1cm cyst in a ct scan of my abdomen. this past May I had surgery to diagnose and treat endometriosis. This was a woman who did not care for me or my health, she just had a god complex and wanted the kickbacks from the bc. I suffered for several months longer than I needed to because she thought that, after talking to me for ten minutes and doing a very rough pelvic exam that left me torn and bleeding, she knew my body better than I did. I was told by multiple lawyers I had no case for negligence or malpractice
@@londonm3161 well then the law has a blindspot that needs to be fixed. also ive seen lawyers take on cases where there was no legal ground for much dumber things
Yeah. We had to cauterize their wounds
I hope they called cps for click click girl
It seems like working in the medical field dealing with patients is like retail with shitty customers
2:13 “The second had a waifu”
conspiracy theory: the mom was the one who fed her kid peanut butter so she could post pictures about it on facebook 👀
Usually that's the crematorium's job.
12:56
Oh I've had a few dental hygienists that when they're cleaning my teeth will scrape and jab however they damn well please. So I've had to request the one lady there who can clean my teeth without taking my gums off. I don't even have bad teeth, I've never had a cavity, and I do my best to brush twice a day. I just need to floss more.
3:59 :snorts: Serves her right!
I got 'fired' by a migraine specialist because I couldn't attend 3 appointments because I had migraines, I called or got someone to call on my behalf every time even though I was barely conscious and vomiting almost constantly
Right but....wouldn’t it make more sense to try to go to an appointment with a migraine specialist while you actually have a migraine? Idk that’s like someone cancelling an appointment in the cardiology office I work at because they are having chest pain
Yes because I can do anything while I have a migraine (!)
Annie Read I get that but what I’m saying is wouldn’t it make sense to go to a migraine specialist while having a migraine?
Kat I doubt it there'd be nothing they could do to help in the moment except give me a bucket to vomit into
Im surprised that these videos arent more popular. Theyre pretty darn good
Let me guess, the mother who took pictures of her sick daughter is called Karen
So tell me, people from the U.S, how do you pay for your healthcare? Do you have insurance? Is it expensive? Ridiculously so? As a Brit, I’m quite curious. You see a lot on T.V but I want information from a person.
hi. bonafide chronically ill american. I'm still young enough to be on my mom's insurance, but it's not that great and take a couple hundred out of her paycheck twice a month when she gets paid. paying for insurance is very very expensive, and if you have preexisting conditions most companies will refuse to accept you. here in america if u don't have the money for your healthcare and you can't crowdfund it fast enough, you die. I have a tumor in my spine. If it turns out to be cancer I won't be able to afford treatment and I will die. having that talk with your loved ones is not the best feeling in the world. we are living in a dystopian hellscape
On the other end of the spectrum, there are those who have their insurance paid by employers, with or without a percentage paid by the employee. But it's not cheap--mine costs my employer some $8,800/year. (Of course, with what they actually pay ME, they ought to be able to afford it, LOL.)
Still, it's the cost of health insurance that's keeping me from early retirement--I could live on my pension, but not if I have to pay health insurance out of it for the next ten years.
London M there is wrong; the pre-existing condition thing hasn't been true since the ACA was passed like 8 years ago. But the general idea is true. Basically, we pay a lot for insurance, and a lot for care (although a shit load of that cost is not because of the private companies but because of ridiculous legal rules). And if you have no money, it sucks. On the other hand, we have easy access to care. Like, super-easy. I could go get an MRI right now, literally down the street. CT scan, X-rays, any kind of shot or medication I need, I could get within a day. If you have the money, there's nothing you can't get taken care of right away, unless it's some extremely rare problem that requires a super-specific specialist and fancy equipment that only exists in one state. Even then, I could get that done in a few weeks at most. When I developed a throat ulcer, I just left work, went across the street, got seen. They sent me a mile away to get scanned, and a day later, I got scoped. Done. I didn't have to suffer for several weeks before getting confirmation on anything. And I'm not rich, never have been. So while part of me understands the appeal of nearly free health care, I'm also so glad I don't have to have to deal with crippling problems for weeks or months before getting actual treatment.
Props to doc who kicked the patient out for racism. Back in my hometown, there was a nice family of people from India who ran a convenient store. Stupid racists were constantly harassing them. They sounded pretty stupid when they accused the Indian people of being Islamic terrorists from Iraq though lmao racist and they can't even tell races apart.
If you have prejudices with certain groups, just keep them to yourself.