Surgeon Reacts to Doctor Mike's Terrible Patient Experience
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Doctor Mike had a terrible patient experience that he described in his recent video. As a fan of Doctor Mike, I wanted to give my thoughts on how he was treated and comment on his terrible patient experience.
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Please please PLEASE, physicians, understand why many patients have trust issues with doctors. Don’t take it personal when they don’t trust your diagnosis or recommendations. You have to build that trust because some of your colleagues have ruined it for you.
I try to emphasize this to my fellow classmates (med-school) a lot of people have had bad prior experiences with all kinds of health care workers. It can be scary to be a patient. We need to be welcoming and build trust.
@@sunte91 if there is any one thing I would ask physicians to do, it’s to make it clear that their diagnosis is not infallible. Horses vs zebras if you will. As an example, when my husband had a large kidney stone, I wish his doc would’ve said, “it appears to be a UTI. I’m going to prescribe some antibiotics. If it doesn’t improve in x days, call my office to make a follow up appointment.”
Here is what he actually said, “ you have a urinary tract infection. I’m going to prescribe some antibiotics”.
On the ride home my hubby said to me, “so it’s just an infection.” Me: “we don’t know that.” Him: “he said it was an infection.” Me: “it is not possible for him to know that for sure with a simple urinalysis. I suspect it detected white blood cells in your urine. But if you have blood in your urine, there will be white blood cells.”
Truthfully I didn’t believe it was a UTI. And I was right. This is not an isolated incidence. I find it to be the norm. I’ve learned now to ask before the doctor leaves the room, “how long will it take to know if this is working and when should I come back if it doesn’t work?”
I shouldn’t have to ask. But I almost always do. I can’t tell you how many people get frustrated or give up because their doctor “misdiagnosed them”. I remember asking my FIL about a rash on his face. I asked why he doesn’t go to the doctor about it. He said, “I already did. He gave me some cream to put on it but it didn’t work”. So I said, “did you got back and tell him?” He said, “no. Why should I? He obviously doesn’t know what it is.”
@@mistylee717 took too many doctors to finally come to the conclusion that I have pcos. It's not a zebra but it seems to be treated as one. After years and years of being dismissed at every turn, finally someone looked at me and acknowledged something was wrong instead of dismissing me. No one thought to maybe take a look at my ovaries until I was standing in a puddle of blood in front of them.
@@katrinascarlet5637 I feel you. A physician I actually really liked said some of my pain was basically in my head that I now know (confirmed) was caused by 3 ribs dislocated and floating. 20 years of pain with no real diagnosis. I’m not upset when doctors don’t know everything. That’s too much to ask. But don’t just declare your search is over when you still haven’t found the problem.
That applies to good cops and bad cops. Most are good, some are bad. Shouldn't let a few rotten eggs ruin the bunch though.
Once I went to a gynecologist, who diagnosed me with Polyquistic Ovaries, got treated with birth control pills for ages, (I got a second opinion later on, and it turned out that I had nothing of the sorts), and the last comment he gave me before I left the room was: "I hope to see you pregnant the next time you come here..." Dude, I'm not even interested in kids. That comment was really uncomfortable and out of order.
I got a weird feeling from a male OB once when I was 18 and refuse to see another one. Won’t even put myself in a position to feel weird/possibly get assaulted. It’s so uncomfortable so I’m glad you walked tf out and didn’t go back
Pregnant on birth control pills
It was just weird. Luckily I was there with my mom, and she also thought that was completely out of place. That's not a statement you can blatantly make as a healthcare provider.
So in other words, the last thing that doctor said to you was "get fucked"
I think it was a very wrong and awkward phrasing of "I hope the next time you have to come in is because you're pregnant (as opposed to the treatment of PCOS)". At least, I hope that's what he actually meant. Even though of course not everyone would consider a pregnancy a merry event and it's wrong for him to assume it
“Nerves are weird” is the truest statement in medicine.
Honestly, lmao. Having been through chronic nerve pain, it's such a ridiculous thing to try to manage
Dealing with chronic health conditions has taught me that not all doctors actually care to help unfortunately. I’ve experienced so much medical gaslighting and legitimate misogyny over the past few years. If I didn’t have the support of my fiancé I don’t know where I’d be. I’m still searching for an answer and help. Unfortunately I’ve developed quite a distrust with male practitioners especially those that are older.
I’ve had doctors tell me they won’t prescribe medications because I’ll gain weight and will no longer be attractive to my fiancé, as well as doctors make sexual jokes towards me even with my fiancé in the room.
You are not alone in those experiences and feelings . I’m so sorry
You are not alone in those experiences and feelings . I’m so sorry
@@annalisajohnson5759 that’s unbelievably unprofessional and disgusting. I am so sorry you had to experience this over and over 😔
Yep I have given up trying to figure our my issue, I have had the issue for approximately 13 years. And seen a hand specialist and bone specialist and at least 5 physios, and they don't think it was weird that my left hand wrist grinds when they moved it.
When I found out that I was pregnant, I went to an OBGYN near my new home, and I left feeling SO unheard, it seemed like she was just on automatic mode and didn't ask me any questions, I seriously only went ahead with the consult because we were already there. We sat in her waiting room with my husband and we both realized that her most recent certification was from nearly 5 years before (if not more). She just gave me a list of blood tests and sent me my way. The moment I sat on the car, I told my husband I was never going back there!!. I ended up going to a friend's OBGYN and it was a completely different experience, both him and his nurse made us feel so comfortable, and when I showed him the list of tests the other doctor asked he was surprised because some only need to be asked for in very specific cases. From that day I don't tire myself from saying that if there's a single thing that doesn't feel 100% right when you consult with a doctor... Go to a different one ASAP
OBs are the WORST. In 30 years, I've never found a good one. I just let them knock me out every 5 years and insert an IUD and do a pap then so I don't have to see them anymore than necessary.
@@jennteal5265 While I have never seen a real obgyn, I have had good luck with male family practice doctors doing those things...well, not IUD, but pap smears and such. Women tend to be harsher, in my experience.
@@jennteal5265 I got so lucky with the one I had, until her office never called me to tell me they no longer accept my insurance and I had to find out by calling asking for my birth control RX to be sent🫠 I haven’t tried to find a new one but I’m due for a yearly so I have to go through that whole process soon
This is so freaking common. I have an amazing OBGYN (he was my moms and mine since I was 16 and my first pregnancy I was 31 so I knew him since I first needed an OB) and the ONE time he was out of the office I had to see someone else he told me I was fat, that my baby would be overweight, I’d have to have. A C-section etc… my baby was perfect, a little smaller than I thought even at 6 lbs 6oz, I had a completely natural birth and my OB said I was the perfect weight but that ONE experience really messed with me!!!
@@SimplyCheryl Sounds like that other one is an all around jerk, and probably a wife beater.
I work for a mental health and crisis phone line. It is disturbing how many calls I get from people feeling deep despair and even suicidal over being ignored, dismissed and/or mistreated by health services. I fully understand how hard things are for doctors/nurses, especially now. But many people are truly abandoned by the services upon which their well-being depends on and it wrecks their whole life.
Hi! I'm not asking this sarcastically. Especially because I know what important work you're doing.
Have you ever spoken to someone who's told you that the head physician of an ICU unit flat out said something like this to them, regarding someone dying of cancer - "I've noticed that your husband's blood pressure is going down, so you have ten minutes to say your goodbyes and then I'll give him a shot to make sure that he won't be in any pain and things will be easier for him"?? These were the EXACT words used. My husband was still eating, talking, watching tv, reading, and most importantly, he reported NO PAIN whatsoever.
I freaked out, threatened them with the police, and ran to the administration building as fast as possible to get them to do something quickly and the murder was avoided... temporarily. The drop in blood pressure had been minimal and certainly didn't necessitate murder as a "cure" for it.
I made the mistake of going home to take a shower a week later, with no one to take my place for the hour and a half that I was gone, and when I came back, after having everything just fine when I left, he was in a coma and died about four hours later. I have no doubt whatsoever that my abcense was the perfect opportunity to "help him along."
This took place at the most well respected private hospital in Milano, Italy (I'm American) and despite the fact that five years have passed, I'm still absolutely furious about this. I've yet to find any grief groups here.
I don't know whether you've spoken to many people who've actually been told face to face that their soul mate is about to be killed, but I'm sure you're well enough aware of what goes on in hospitals, to reccomend to every patient you speak to, that there should always be a family member or trusted friend present with a hospitalized patient. Always!! 24/7!!
I haven't been to any doctor since this happened and I've never felt physically better!! Mentally and emotionally though, I'm a wreck. I'm telling you this to suggest that you warn people about never being alone in a hospital and to sincerely thank you for what you do!! Ciao! 🙂
I’m legitimately so over it!!! Chronic pain and disease that (is not in my head … ummm you can literally see physical disfigurement and blood test …) I am STILL dismissed and required to pay for this or that type of appointment… but the dr. Doesn’t actually care about me. I’m paying for a service… you made me wait 2.5 hours… upon arrival I’m told I have to pay more … I don’t care other patients are upset for waiting how about my 2.5 hours. UGH!!! All I can see she wants is patients that have a basic level ear infection or strep throat or something she can quickly diagnose and quickly send in the RX and get paid. She doesn’t want people who are sick .., their daily life is living in illness because… that requires too much from her.
My uncle has been an acupuncturist for 40+ years. Right after I had my ACL reconstruction surgery, he asked me to come in the next two days for treatment. He got rid of 80% of my swelling in those days to the shock of my physio who said I'd expect at least a week or two for the swelling to subside. Separately my uncle did say if I ever go to someone else for treatment and they flick the needle to never go back. There is no benefit to flicking it as it's just for show only. The simple movement of tapping the needle in (with a millimetre twist in some areas that are resistant to the needle) is all you need.
What do you mean by "flicking the needle"? That's how I would describe the holistic provider I once had, doing my acupunctures where he just flicked it in once and didn't mess with it, didn't even twist it and the only time it with him (Dr. Scott) was when he flicked one in my soot, but otherwise no pain. As opposed to another one that would twist the needle around and would really get a nerve in the process so that I started feeling anxious whenever the next appointment came up. I was supposed to see him 12 times, but he was about to retire so I only saw him 5x and was _relieved so!_ If Dr. Scott had still lived within comfortable commuting distance, I would have asked the VA to send me to _him_ instead, when I was offered acupuncture outside of the VA for my hip, because I never minded getting acupuncture from _him._ Is that what you were talking about, moving the needle around so it hurts like a mother...?
@@Lavenderrose73 yeah, that's not needed and could do more harm then good.
@@jasperj.d.g.4147 I never minded getting acupuncture until I went to this last one!
I started going to someone who does acupuncture and injections of local anesthesia into trigger points in the fascia and it has helped a lot with muscle spasms. Hoo boy those injections aren't fun, though, because he knows he has the right spot when the muscles twitch in response to the needle because that's the area with the most tension that needs relieving. It was fine on my shoulders, but the ones close to my spine and in my jaw hurt a lot because the muscle spasms put pressure on sensitive nerves momentarily. It felt like a knuckle punch to that sensitive spot on the upper arm, but it relieved my tension and pain a lot. Gotta go back every couple of weeks so that I can use the reduced pain days following it to do my physio exercises to more permanently solve the spasms (which is the point of the injections, reducing pain and improving mobility so that you can safely strengthen the right muscles for long term relief)
I get acupuncture (they call it "dry needling" so insurance will pay for it) at my physical therapist and it made an insane world of difference in jaw and neck tension and associated pain. Sometimes the traditional, non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical treatments are insanely good.
The saddest part is this experience is common for most of us… I don’t know how many bad experiences I’ve had with doctors from just bad advice to just being dismissed it’s more common than anyone can imagine!
Correct, unfortunately the good ones are the rarity.
I was hoping to hear that Dr. Mike reported this doctor to the medical board. A doctor doing an ultrasound with a tremor is NOT okay. Besides the poor technique, the doctor is exhibiting impaired judgement in this, and in several other areas discussed, especially HIPAA violation. Unfortunately, he needs an observer, and probably, forced suspension or retirement. I am a retired nurse, twenty-five years hospital, fifteen years clinic. If you are looking for a good practitioner, if you can, ask a doctor or nurse friend who you know to be above average intelligence and principled, for a recommendation. I worked with almost all the doctors in my community when I was working at the hospital. I knew the personality and practice of all of them, and could compare them. If it was an area outside my own practice, such as OB, I could point to a nurse to ask in that area.
My mother who worked in the hospital for 33 years also always said that. She knew the great docs and the poor ones. She'd talk about this with us when she returned home.
Maybe he did but you wouldn't want to announce it online to millions
@@NeuroticNightmares07 True
Unfortunately it doesn't always work to report them. Sometimes they end up having to take leave and then ending up as your doctor again, and if you have no say in it, you're pretty much screwed
Oh man my Mom was a nurse for almost 30 years in Philly and she’s said the same thing! Some doctors can be absolute tyrants and ooze arrogance and then there are those who are genuinely trying to help their patients. She knew how to weed out the good from the bad - and always explained that you never have to take one doctors opinion as fact. If you’re not sure, get another opinion.
My rheumatologist has terrible reviews even though he is the best in my area. Hes one of the only doctors I've ever been to that actually listens to what I say properly. The negative reviews are all from his horrible wait time. Like sometimes you wait like 2-3 hours after your appointment time to be seen, which really awful, but most people deal with it since hes so good. Some of the worst doctors I've dealt with have had amazing reviews, so I basically have excepted the doctor reviews are basically useless.
If I find a Dr. I like and feel that he or she are good Dr’s waiting 3 hours wait I would gladly do when it comes to my well-being and health issues! Would I prefer a shorter time? Of course! BUT I would choose the Dr that I have confidence in and doesn’t rush me through my appointment!!
My pain management doctor is this way too. Not stellar reviews, complaints about bedside manner. He’s listened to me when nobody else has and has helped immensely. I think it’s because most of his patients are older and they like to complain.
I find that a good doctor is one who has a long (but not too long) wait times and if they have repeat customers that gk down generations
@DNA People show up late to the earlier appointments causing a snow ball effect. If you're the first appointment you will not wait. The only technology that would prevent long wait times at a doctor's office is a clock, something everyone should already have.
@@NovaGirl8 That's my dentist. He's seen my mom's parents, my mom and her brother starting when they were kids, and me starting with my first tooth. His hygienist who just retired knew all of our family history lol.
This doctors voice is soo soothing.
I agree
In terms of asking for a referral, I recommend asking nurses, rather than doctors. Doctors will refer their friends, nurses will often tell you the truth.
Good advice :3
from what I understand of stories I've heard about doctors and nurses, it seems to be a toss-up either way. apparently there are good doctors and lousy nurses as well. I gave one nurse a piece of my mind when after telling my friend to let her know if her mother was still coughing, she delayed coming back and then said my friend's mother needed to cough to clear her lungs or whatever it was she said. I was pissed that she told us one thing and then didn't follow through and I complained to the charge nurse with my friend right there next to me to verify what I was saying. she was a close friend of mine, so you screw with _her_ family, it was like screwing with _mine!_
@@Lavenderrose73 I'm always surprised when I have a good experience with a nurse. Some of my earlier experiences were absolutely traumatic, like the nurse who dislocated my shoulder while yanking me up out of bed the day after major abdominal surgery (I also had EDS but wasn't diagnosed at the time) to remove a tumor from my ovary to my nurse who was hateful to me while in labor with my first and contributed to why my daughter needed to be resuscitated at birth, to other experiences that left me in worse shape physically and mentally. The nurses I've encountered lately are much nicer on average but they always make me nervous for fear of being hurt again.
@@Ventuswill A lot of people I know became doctors or nurses. They went into the field because they were interested in science or the prestige. But none of them seemed to me super empathetic.
I’m in my final year of medical school, but have a pretty significant history as a patient myself. It took years to have any doctors take me seriously. Especially it seemed that being a woman, I was given the good old “depression/anxiety” as the cure all diagnosis for something that wasn’t making sense. I’ve left medical offices and broken down in tears in the car. If you knew me, you’d understand how completely distressed I’d have to be to cry, as I don’t get stressed/emotional easily, and have a very hopeful outlook in general. However, what I saw over and over was so exasperating, it became overwhelming. The complete lack of regard for me as a human being, the dismissive attitude despite significant findings on labs and imaging, the thinly veiled implication of mental illness. The passing off between doctors, the assumptions… it was a disgrace. I seriously just kept saying “I don’t care anymore that I feel terrible every day. I just don’t even care. I can’t do anything about it, so I give up.” Then one day, I was like… why…would I give up on myself, when so many others have? I’m supposed to fight for myself even when nobody else is willing to… *Enter rage fueled passion* Turns out, ya girl has multiple autoimmune disorders. It took 9 years to get here. I get castigated for taking too long with my patients these days (which is understandable from a managerial perspective), but my patients have told me multiple times that they are grateful for the time I take with them. It’s sometimes easy to forget when you’re the one wearing the white coat that people make sacrifices of time and finances to be in that chair, and sometimes there is a lot hanging on ME paying attention to the person who is seeking help. Also, if we break the trust that we are supposed to build with our patients, it’s so easy for patients to completely leave the field of traditional medicine to sometimes dangerous ends. These are the thoughts I couldn’t write in my personal statement for residency, as I don’t want to appear like I’m trashing the medical field. Believe me people, there are good doctors out there too. Sometimes you just have to say “I don’t know what’s going on, but let’s look into this together-I will help you.”
Thanks for spending time with your patients. My friend is a doctor and was diagnosed with Lupus. Changed the whole trajectory of her career. I keep telling her she’s better than a lot of healthy doctors because she’s going through what her patients are going through. She really understands, knows the frustration, and can understand when patients are describing vague symptoms that something is going on, they’re not just imagining it. I’m so sorry you have autoimmune diseases, but your personal experience will give you an even better connection with your patients.💞
Would you please read my reply a few above, dated 1/24/23, and advise me on anything I can do? I am so desperate.
God I love you. The willingness to say "I don't know" is a gold standard of character, and you show that. Thank you for taking the heat about spending more time with patients, the whole medical field acts as if it's possible to give good care with the tiny appointment slots doctors are afforded. It's the medical field that's wrong, not you for taking your time. Even if you get lectured by management, you're achieving your calling by giving those patients that time and attention.
And I'm so sorry you faced such assholery and misogyny. There's something that makes your bones burn about being treated like an idiot and a problem just because you have ovaries instead of testicles. I hate that doctors let their bigotry blind them to invisible illnesses just because they hate acknowledging that women are sentient.
Keep up the good work. Sorry it took so long to get answers. Quite sure I have a csf leak. If I ever get better I hope to help others by working in the medical field. Csf leakers often get the whole anxiety depression shtick.
This ❤️❤️❤️ as a healthcare provider I also spend tons of time talking to my patients but I feel like not many people breaks things down in a digestible manner for them. I just hate seeing people in distress because they don’t understand what is going on 😭😭😭😭
So much danger out there! My doctor only refers to specialists that he knows personally. He's never steered me wrong.
And you're looking so good, Dr. Gary!
His eyebrow game is on point!
That's always a pretty good way to go about it, whenever I have to get a specialist I always go to my primary care physician and ask them to recommend somebody :)
He knows them personally, not professionally? So he's referring people to his friends. I do think that's the best way to inshore quality of care.
@@reneeburtness1526 He probably knows them personally and professionally. In my field the people I know personally I know how they operate on a professional level as well.
unrelated but this video kinda made me sit back and think about how much harder i have to try and work during my remaining years as a med student and later on in my practice to be the best doctor i can possibly become and keep learning so thank you.
Definitely related!
Thank you! Also the top comments here have great examples of people (especially women) being dismissed as though they have nothing useful to say and can only be mistaken or lying
Please don't fall into the discriminatory practice of being dismissive of women's health concerns and jumping on the misdiagnosis of anxiety and/or depression. And remember that sometimes patients know more than you think because they're the ones who deal with their health problems every day. Some of us are out here reading actual peer reviewed research and know how to read it. Too many doctors get annoyed and tell people to stop using Google.
This is why, as a disabled person, I don't trust doctors. I have had Dr. Mike's experience far too many times. I've been misdiagnosed more than I can think at the moment and I've had to fight being heard. The doctors who listen are the ones I keep. They are extremely rare and far between. Be patient with us if you have one in your chair. We're not used to being heard or listened to.
This video is an absolute gem. In a perfect world, it would be required viewing for every doctor and patient.
Keep away from DoDo's - I had several occasions to apologise to patients, not charge, and say apologetically that I cannot help him.
Almost every appointment I’ve ever had has been a negative experience. One GP failed to examine my breasts properly so I waited months to go back and I saw nurse who referred me immediately. I was then diagnosed with breast cancer that had spread to my lymph nodes. I’m ok now thankfully. Another doctor said I can’t possibly have autism because I’m in a relationship! I used to have acanthosis negricans on my neck (a dark discolouration) but was told it was “my age”. I changed my diet and it went away. One doctor told me I had a torn muscle that was spasming when in fact I had a pinched median nerve. Another doctor said another problem I had “wasn’t that bad” and that I was just depressed and needed a therapist. I know they’re under pressure time wise etc but I just don’t get listened to. I don’t know how else I can present myself or explain myself better to be taken seriously.
I’m sorry this happened to you ❤
sadly as a woman your chances of being taken seriously is slim.
I have this exact same issue with doctors. They just don't listen to me until my illness has progressed so much it is hard to ignore. One time I was told I just had the flu, got sent back, the next day I was back in, almost at death's door with pneumonia.
It is imperative you realize that you are not the problem in this situation.
I know this feeling. Also, what a crappy doctor to think that autistic people can't have successful romantic relationships 😒 It has a strong genetic factor, how did they think it got passed down if we were all forever single?? That doctor probably didn't even realize that autism isn't an intellectual disability and just assumed it was because it's not uncommon for autistic people to also have intellectual disabilities or because our natural behaviours and reactions can seem incomprehensible to allistic people so they assume we aren't smart.
I had a therapist once who said I couldn't be autistic because I "showed empathy" in our sessions. When I confronted her on that by saying that autism isn't tied to empathy and my autistic ex actually had issues with hyperempathy, she was like "which one of us has studied in school for this?" I don't even know why I went back for a few more sessions, I guess I was hoping she could still help with some of my other things that she had been good for in the past but I just couldn't relax or trust her again.
Funny enough, I actually do have low empathy because I can't feel the emotions of others. But I have strong sympathy where I care a lot when I know a person is struggling emotionally or physically and compassion where I feel compelled to help others. I guess she assumed that I'm empathetic because I'm analytical and can generally figure out the motives of others if I think about it and am prone to dismissing harm against me by making excuses for the other person due to a history of emotional abuse when growing up. But I wasn't about to tell her that, because I had a feeling she would think I had been disingenuous, would tell me that I was wrong, or that it would reinforce her incorrect beliefs about autism. I'm pretty sure my low empathy is because of the trauma anyway, if I had felt the emotions of others at a young age while living in a very high emotion environment then it would've been way too much for me to handle, so I developed my understanding of the emotions of others in an analytical rather than emotional and intuitive way 🤷🏻
I gave feedback to a horrible doctor, kindly. They put drug seeker in my chart leading to a lifetime of hell that followed me. No one listened to me. No one. Turns out I have Ehlers-Danlos and Microscopic Polyangiitis. I was ignored by even respiratory doctor coughing blood for a year. Thank goodness the misdiagnosis at least got me prednisone which kinda stopped disease long enough to not kill me. Prednisone off and on monthly for years. At dx i was very sick. Also that doctors actions cost me my medical insurance.Thank goodness I finally got that shit off my record and was properly diagnosed after going to a new hospital and refusing to give records till after my appointment. So yeH patients who are poor or whatever rarely say anything. I still have literal panic attacks when i have a new team or doctor i need to see. This is why we need good doctors and nurses to call out bad ones if they see something.
A Certified Physicians Assistant did that to me. I have severe spinal stenosis plus other back related issues. I'm trying to get them to understand I'm not like that but we will see! And I voluntarily decided to not take stronger medicine and they still just mislabed me because they didn't want to help me.
I hate that whole "drug seeker" thing. It's hurt so many people with chronic and underdiagnosed illnesses and doesn't do anything to help real addicts either.
The drug seeking label is the worst! I was lucky they didn't put it in my chart, but I had just moved cross-country & didn't have a dr, so in severe facial pain, near my sinuses, I went to Urgent Care one night. Not a fly-by-night UC, but the one associated with the biggest medical group/hospital in the area. In fact, it's still there 23 years later. The idiot said I couldn't have a sinus infection b/c I wasn't crying & people who have Sinus Infections are usually crying. I told him I had no idea if that's what I had, but I was in severe facial pain/pressure. I never mentioned drugs, I never asked for drugs. I was after a dx, not drugs. He sent me home, accused me of coming in for drugs. I was in my mid-30's at the time & a professional. Not a typical drug-seeker MO. I also have a super high pain tolerance, I didn't cry with 2 broken bones I've had since then, there was no way I'd have been crying from a sinus infection.
Well, he was right about one thing, it wasn't a sinus infection. I needed a root canal. Who figured it out? Me (with the help of a dentist I had to urgently find 2 days later). I realize he wasn't a dentist but any idiot should have been able to suggest that it may be dental pain, but he was too focused on "drug seeking" that was in his imagination. I'm still pissed 23 years later that I didn't report him & go after his record.
OH MY GOD the whole concept of "drug seeker" is frankly unethical. It's a moral judgment. Moral judgments belong in churches, and nowhere else. Nevermind that treating drug addiction as a criminal problem is one of the most hateful ideas that society has come up with, extending that stigma into the world of medicine is so damaging to chronic pain sufferers and other patients. You just want your health to be good, you're not trying to kill babies or throw dogs under buses, why are you treated like a criminal? And if the doctor shows care and compassion and ends up giving a pain killing medicine to a patient who presents correctly for that treatment but is in fact secretly a drug addict, oh well! That means they've treated hundreds of other patients correctly, and statistically, that is worth it already. Aside from even that, if you actually care about people with addictions getting the help they need, build up trust with your patients so that people with substance abuse problems can seek advice and support for it and ultimately get the help they need, instead of being treated like criminals and being driven away from getting care.
I would like to know how u even find out that a medical provider has put that on your record? Also, what entity can remove it?
What really gets me is that he genuinely said with his whole fucking chest that it's the most outrageous story he's *ever heard of*.
Which makes painfully clear that he's not listening to or believing his patients when they tell him about their experiences. Because even a resident who listens is going to come away with dozens of horror stories from just their internship/fellowship. Let alone someone in established general practice.
So true!
frankly with everything I know about him I genuinely think he was just exaggerating to get the point across. he's literally made videos about people almost dying cause of errors or not being listened to, and routinely talks about how important it is to listen to your patients and respect them. so I really do think he was just being dramatic/trying to drive the point home. however, I do think that was NOT the right thing to say.
hearing that in the intro made me immediately think of Anne Wheaton, and how she spent days in pain, and how she and her husband spent hours in the ER, waiting to be seen as she had an organ dying inside her body. Or Serena Williams, and the nearly deadly experience she had surrounding the birth of her daughter. But yeah, being talked over by a doctor one time sure is the worst story ever...
Excellent comment.
The dr oz affiliation😒😒 absolutely all politics aside, the affront to the integrity of science… ouch
I definitely believe that once you hit a certain age in certain careers, you need to retire. My step mom was diagnosed with cancer years ago and I took her to one of her oncologist appointments shortly after her initial diagnosis. We were going to find out more info because at the time all we knew was it was cancer. The doctor she was seeing was even a friend of my Dad's. After waiting in the exam room for 20mins, he comes in, sits down without even acknowledging us and just sits there reading what we thought was her chart for like 5mins. Just pure silence. Then he gets up and leaves without saying anything. Comes back after another 1ins and does the same thing. I finally speak up and ask what's going on. Then he just starts reading off her chart in full medical terms the average person won't understand and when we tried asking to clarify and dumb it down, he'd get huffy and irritated. Basically told us a bunch of mumbo jumbo that made no sense. I'm asking about what stage she's in, what kind of cancer, treatment, etc. He couldn't tell us anything and was rude as hell. By the end of it I was ready to knock his teeth out, but my step mom just kept holding me to calm me down. He was in his late 80s and had been practicing for 50+yrs. When I told my dad he tried giving his behavior a pass because of his age. I told him he needs to retire then cuz his bedside manners are shit and since they were good friends he should be the one shewing him out for treating his wife that way after a cancer diagnosis.
I still miss my step Mom. We lost her 4yrs ago to stage 4 cancer. They couldn't even figure out where it started it had spread so bad.
I'm so sorry that happened, your father should have cared far more about his wife than he apparently did! if it's an age thing, then maybe you're right about the need to retire at a certain age, but I'm thinking it was more of a character thing than anything else. there are plenty of elderly people out there who actually would have given a crap, in my opinion.
I'm sorry for your loss. And glad you were with her for that experience. Family is priceless.
I'm sorry for your loss,but according to your speech you had a good relationship with your stepmom...I hope I had one with MY stepmother,cuz I don't..
I'm glad you got to be there for her when she needed you. Losing someone is always hard, especially to terminal illness. And bad medical experiences are common for people dying of long term illness. But I'm sure, while it wasn't easy for anyone, you made her time a happier one c:
Damn, I am so sorry for your loss. That doctor's behavior is a classic example of misogyny in medicine. And, your dad's behavior was a classic example of how it goes uncorrected in society. "Oh but", "give them a break they're"... yeah nah. Treating someone like an idiot is never acceptable, I don't care how old you are (or tired or sad or sick or whatever the hell else excuse you want to pull).
I just had surgery on Friday and I have to say my surgeon was fantastic. She explained everything clearly , made me feel safe, and she did a great job.
My father told us this story about his experience with a doctor. One day when he was at work, he slipped and landed on his hip. Hours later and he was in pain especially when he walks. He went to the company doctor and told what happened. He was told to lie down and lift both his legs up. He did, the doctor wrote a prescription and that's it. No explanation. My father called his sister who also happened to be a doctor. His sister told him why the other doctor made him lie down and lift his legs. If there's damage with my father's spinal cord due to the slippage, he wouldn't be able to lift his legs. And the prescription is just pain killers. 🤷
He also wouldn't be able to lift his legs if he had a hip dislocation, or broken hip, or many other things.
Dr. Gary is so cute with his soft mannerism and voice.
11:21 “So I do try to think about that and try to think about the perception of other people and how they might view me on the internet and then when they see me.” Love that you take that into consideration. It definitely adds another layer of trust from the patient when you look like yourself.
I wouldn't advertise being in the Dr oz show ..that's more of a red flag than a positive.
Agreed
i thought that’s an edit 😂😂
Why? Because you dislike his political stances? Or because he pushed supplements? Pushing supplements isn’t really an “infraction”. Use them or don’t use them 😂. The bottle themselves all have the fda warnings about supplements “not meant to diagnose treat cure or prevent any disease” etc
@@michaell1603 because he advocates for fads and pseudoscience. he should lose his medical license and just be a homeopath
@@michaell1603 of course it's probably political..ugh..America..
Very nice video. You have a thorough and easily understandable style of explaining things that would do well in an academic setting, plus your voice has a calm almost monotonous timbre that makes it easy to follow along.
I generally avoid skin and beauty based videos because they are not to my tastes, but I have watched an embarrassing amount of your videos because they are so interesting to watch lol.
Kudos on the good work.
Thank you! Appreciate the support 🙏
Nice to see you guys together never would have expected this
surprised how often dr. Gary showed the image of his appearance on the "Dr Oz show"
That’s why I love my current doctors. They explain everything to me! I have worked in the medical field as an assistant, but I’ve had no medical background. I was an optometrist assistant. We had two doctors, and I could tell one had an astronomic ego. And he looked down on me because I had no degree in this field (not sure why they hired me). I did learn a lot and I had the other doctor explain a lot which helped me learn. I mostly did the reading and the puff of air. I loved connecting with people and I had to memorize HIPAA’s rules of course.
This doctor with this huge ego did not care about taking care of his patients. I remember shadowing him and being baffled at how little he connects. I had to explain to the patient the questions they asked that he ignored like “why do you need to dilate my eyes” for example or maybe it was something along the questions of astigmatism. He just assumed they knew. And when I did explain, he got mad because how dare someone like me explain such things. I learned these stuff from the other doctor. They are not common knowledge! He’s still working there and the other doctor and I just decided not to show up anymore as us quitting. The company didn’t care nor did they pay anybody enough.
So many pearls in this video for resident physicians developing their doctoring style! Thanks so much Dr. Linkov and Dr. Mike!
Thank you for talking about trigeminal neuralgia! My mom was diagnosed last year and it was kind of a pain to get a diagnosis because no one had even heard of it. She did all her own research and figured it out by herself!
That's how I figure out at least 50% of my issues. My dx abilities from another field, not medicine, make me better at it, than most drs. But also, something that everyone has is that they know their bodies, way better than any stranger does if if that stranger has an MD or DO behind their names. Plus, way underrated, they are able to spend hours/days/weeks/years analyzing the issue, while the doc spends 15 minutes, if you're lucky.
I hear that is such a painful condition. I hope you are able to find relief.
omg finally someone brings this topic up...I encountered 3 bad doctors in a row and it leads to my fear for going to hospital. I'm afraid that if I get really sick then I would just suffer because of bad doctors in my network
I have an aversion as well
@@mysmirandam.6618 same. Region helps change that; explore the us more. Which state is your home?
I have medical ptsd from a horrific doctor.
She was a civilian OBYGN doctor. I was active duty army. I was not allowed to switch providers. I went to the ER cause i was having a miscarriage, they managed to save my daughter, the next day i had a follow up with her. She told me i wasted tax dollars saving my babies life.
She never listened to anything i said, told me what symptoms i was dealing with, told me what i would be doing for labor and everything. The mistreatment was so bad i became actively suicidal.
I stopped going for appointments by the time i was 5 months.
Talking to other doctors since, ive since had 2 more kids, the complaints i had and symptoms i remembered all pointed to pre-eclampsia
@@katiearcher4475 omg you can die with that...I've had it twice and both times almost died they had to induce me early with my daughter and son.
@@mysmirandam.6618 yeah, it was a horrible pregnancy and has resulted in me having extreme panic attacks when i have to go to the hospital.
And im in such a high anxiety panic mode, that unless my husband is there i forget why im there and rush to leave
I have been dealing with chronic illness since birth. I have so many horror stories I don’t know where to start. (Lost count how many doctors scratched there head and wondered how I was still alive.) Going holistic was a big turning point for improvement. Since I have found a top doc in the area who transitioned to integrative functional medicine specializing in complicated cases. It was so amazing to have a doctor who was able to think outside the box and actually partners with his patients in the healing process. All that being said, you seem to be a caring doctor who also keeps up on his education. More doctors like you and my doctor are sorely needed to help patients live their best lives.
This experience is what I've had with 5/6 dentists I've been to. One of them drilled through the wrong tooth and left it open. Had no idea until it got infected and needed to be taken out entirely.
Just... trust no ads.
Yeah.
I didn't go to dentist for a long time because I was traumatized, mind you I was wearing braces when I was a kid.
Then I decided to go to one, it went pleasant, and I went there few times.
Then I moved, and still go there. But one day decided to go to nearest dentist recommended by my colleague for scaling. I think he slightly displaced my lower teeth.
That's it.
I drive 3 hours to visit my favorite dentist office again. They never fail to impress me,
It's fine skill that many lack.
I had one mess up a root canal twice. He didn't follow the actual root canal and was blindly stabbing with instruments. He broke off two pieces of metal instruments inside my jaw. When I went back for the third time to tell him something was very wrong, he blamed my wisdom tooth and told me I had to go get it removed by a surgeon and of course it was one he knew. I went to a specialist on my own that had nothing to do with him and she confirmed just how much he effed up. I needed surgery that involved cutting in through the side of my jaw and drilling in through the bone to reach the root of the tooth and the pieces of the instruments.
@@semerahpadi4484 I go to my good dentist no matter how long it takes me to get there and back because I know he's very skilled, professional, and compassionate.
36 yrs of life and I’ve had maybe a handful of good experiences with doctors. Which is horrible since I have chronic issues so I’ve seen tons and tons of doctors. (Plus we’re a military family so I move a lot) I’m now at a state of mind that my husband has to basically drag me to the doctors and speak for me bc I’m over it. I’m over being ignored and my intelligence being challenged at every turn. Also over being told I have to “advocate for myself”, if I have to do your job, give me that diploma and paycheck.
I'm 40, and because of past experiences and current diagnoses, I usually make my husband come with me (bless his patience, he never argues). I get a very interesting look, or sometimes raised eyebrow, when someone sees my medication list. I can see them trying to reverse-diagnose me in their heads. Sadly I have almost as much education as a doctor, but because I'm a woman, I still have to deal with this sh*t.
I love what you said about doctors need to empathetically listen to their patients. This is so important to me. I’ve had doctors treat me like a statistic, who prescribe treatments or make recommendations based on my age, sex, or other factors not related to my complaint. My vitamin D deficiency diagnosis was delayed for many years because my doctor assumed my fatigue was due to other causes. Years later I got another doctor who figured it out. He says that patients will basically tell you what the problem is if doctors listen long enough. ❤️
They aren’t paid to listen.
@@cynthiaking5308 I’m grateful for our amazing modern medical system, but parts of it are so broken. I’ll take a good doctor who listens every day over a robot who cites the insurance rule book. I have always admired doctors as people who truly want to elevate humanity because they care. But then, we have the real life administration of it all and .. well… it’s difficult and complicated.
@@pamelatify I’m an older consumer of the medical machine, and this year 3 of my doctors are retiring due to the fact they didn’t become doctors to push papers and click boxes. The time spent face to face has been squeezed dry. Every body is selling ‘telemedicine’ as the cure, but it’s not. People lie, and if the doctor can’t observe the patient what good is it? My brother in law swore right until he was put under he quit smoking. I’m surprised a pack of camels didn’t fall out of his mouth. But it is the best healthcare in the world, if you can afford it.
@@cynthiaking5308 I so get it. I just went thru something similar when my doctor died last year. I was referred to a telemedicine firm. First thing they did is take me off of my hormone replacement therapy stating that I had a 40% higher risk of stroke by taking it. They made up their mind before they even spoke with me. Severe hot flashes, brain fog, insomnia, inability to focus at work, threat of losing my job- none of that matters to them. I argued that statistically I was more likely to die in a car accident and injure several others due to the fact that I hadn’t slept in a month. They didn’t listen. Don’t care. I’m taking my neighbor’s leftover, out of date pills until I can get on another insurance plan. 😡😡😂😂
I agree, and if the patient isn’t succinct then it may not fare well for the pt as their verbose history eats into treatment or seeing other patients.
Sometimes you just have to let go. Deciding to push harder into his sport was the first mistake. My boyfriend lived with a worsening sciatica problem for decades. Finally he saw a chiropractor, who was very helpful. But the most important thing for his recovery was learning what not to do and then not doing it anymore.
Rule #1: Stop when it hurts.
Chiropractic has done wonders for me !!!
With a little cortisone now and then !
That's great and very true. My chiropractor fixed me up but I have to keep up the exercises he showed me in order to not have the pain come back.
@@joanna0988 My boyfriend is also in a permanent maintenance mode to keep his problem from flaring up again.
This is the worst medical experience he has even heard of? Wow…I’ve got some stories for you.
Yes, i was waiting for "and when i came out of anesthesia, the arm was attatched to my ribcage".
No kidding!!!
I hope he studies these comments and takes them to heart. Just reading the top upvoted ones is sobering.
Exactly!
I think it's more that Dr Mike knows enough to spot the thousand red flags and, if he hadn't, the Dr would've pumped all sorts of random stuff in him without even finding out if it was the right thing to do. It's possible that it Dr Mike wasn't a Dr, he could've walked out there in serious harm. Like, paralyzed arm forever. The Dr was that incompetent.
Eyebrows!! 👍
😊
Yeah, cool, huh?!
When I had anxiety because of bad things that were actually going on in my life my psychiatrist and a nurse tried to force me to take anti-depressants but I was pregnant and it was early so I didn't want to tell them so I just said "no, it makes me too tired to do anything" several times but they just kept pushing and basically called me stupid for not wanting to be tired all the time.
This was the worst case he heard about?
Dr Mike, you're a lucky, lucky man xD
Yes Dr Mike made quite a drama out of an experience that is really minor to the real world horrible experience patients have constantly (he is still fit, healthy and even has his money back, to longtermin harm).
I told a doctor what I was dealing with and their response was, "What do you want me to do about it".
"your job is to figure that out"
I've gotten that too 😭 and then I stopped going to them and it got really bad and I ended up back w them a year later, and they said "well why did you not say anything about this before" 😐
Yes now you understand...its so hard to speak up for yourself. And there really isn't anything to encourage speaking up against a professional with a license....its very hard. Even dr Mike couldn't stick up for himself
There's a very good episode of the podcast Sawbones (hosted by a family doctor and her husband) about doctors getting sick. It's a really interesting perspective on the whole "doctors make the worst patients" issue.
Someone who listens to that podcast too! I started early pandemic and got hooked
I'm going to look it up.
It's also important to stress when something needs to be done and your doctor is blowing you off. Partner was in the hostpital again post surgery."I think I have an infection again."
Doctor: No you don't have a fever.
Mind you, my partner is immune compromised and doesn't get fevers for infection, and doctor would know this if they properly went through their file (or just listened and would stop talking over them)
Partner: Well fine, then I want it stated in my file that you refused to run a test so when I go into septic shock later that's blatantly on you.
So..Doc runs the test, then sheepishly comes back in. "Yeah you have MRSA we're going to have to get you on antibiotics."
It's good to listen to doctors, but not blindly. You know your body, often times you'll know if something's wrong.
Dr. Linkov, you have the most soothing voice. You can make any patient feel at ease.
Follow your gut. Had I followed mine, I would have refused the small procedure ended up disabling me for life. Their reviews were all 5 stars
My neurologist is very badly rated online and he is by far the best doctor I’ve ever had. I am wondering if another practice posted or paid someone to post bad reviews. They seem nothing like the doctor and man I have dealt with for three years. So I can say reviews are not always good. I also went to a doctor with a four star review and he was the worst doctor he miss diagnosed me thank goodness a surge decided I wasn’t crazy and did an exploratory surgery and found my issues.
Maybe they got the wrong doctor? I just googled my orthopedic surgeon and his reviews were half terrible but I noticed that the people referenced a different city and physical description of the front desk lady. Sure enough my doctor and another doctor have the same last name but my doctor is Alex and the other doctor is Albert lol.
I had very unstable ankle and bad pain, after an MRI, they found the cartilage was shattered. I was given PRP injections, which hurt really badly, actually fixed it. A year later and another MRI, it was 100% healed.
PRP actually brought my husbands hair back too!
Your voice and cadence is so chill. Really enjoyed watching your video and enjoyed your perspective. Definitely going on my "winding down" list because you're interesting enough to pay attention to, but chill enough to allow me to just calm down and relax at the end of the day. Subscribed & Liked
It's easier for me to recount the good experiences with doctors/nurses than the bad, because there's many more bad. BAD bad. I'm talking misdiagnosed gallstones leading to weeks of ER trips ("you're just being dramatic, it's just GERD, no I wont give you an ultrasound based on your symptoms"), and having a baby OUTSIDE in the ER entrance to the hospital ("no I won't admit you, despite your contractions and dilation; you're not in labor so go home!"). Yeah. I avoid the doctor at all costs now, because my experience has taught me that medical professionals, at best, don't help, and at worst make it worse. 🤦♀️ I enjoy watching doctors on TH-cam because it gives me hope that there are competent medical professionals out there somewhere 😅
That sounds awful I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how nauseating going into labor would be in a bloody parking lot!! Idk where you live but I’ve been in a handful of states now & the medical care is superior in the eastern part of the us imho; maybe I got lucky but the doctors in the south are not to be missed!!
@@2okaycola I'm from Georgia. The best medical care I've recieved was in Indiana and I miss it 🤧 but it's alright, I've just learned I have to be super assertive, basically a borderline Karen, to get proper treatment. Thanks for the sympathy, it was rough. I was mostly at home for labor and when I realized I was about to start pushing we rushed to the hospital but didn't make it. Oh well. My son was 2 seconds away from being a car baby!
My two fave internet docs 👍🏼 well besides Mama Doctor Jones 😂🫶🏼
Love her too! We did a small collab way back.
Thanks for sharing Doctor Mike your channel is literally educating millions and offering a perspective people definitely need!
I'm an overweight woman, so medical negligence is just part of my life at this point. "Lose weight and take ibuprofen" is usually what doctors tell me to do, often without even doing an examination.
Not a fan of Dr. Mike, don’t like him, but his story is so relatable. I have had issues with docs and my chronic arm pain. Started when I was 16 due to trauma to the area and went misdiagnosed for years, and docs did not trust me and my pain levels. Peoples’ experiences like this one is validating that second opinions are a good thing, and finding the right specialist(s). Docs thought I had tennis elbow and after FIVE years and no treatment helped, I finally found a doc that referred me to get my nerves tested. It was always nerve pain, not the tendon.
I am glad Dr. Mike was able to get the help he needed, what a rollercoaster he was on. Solid video as always!
He has an awful lot of different camera shots going on.. slightly annoying ..vain .. narcissist come to mind
@@garyharden7311 or he takes the time to put effort in the quality of his videos. Weird…
Lol why aren't you a fan? I'm indifferent about him
@@blessingo7449 his handling of COVID during the early days was pretty disgustingly irresponsible in my opinion seeing as he’s not only a doctor but a doctor with a social media presence
also the way that he apologized for it was pretty slimy, posting it on his smaller side channel and not really acknowledging it on his larger channel.
@@bee4590 how did he handle it might I ask?
You and Mike are the 2 ‘online’ doctors that I trust. When I saw Dr MikeMs video, it was so shocking!
Mama Doctor Jones is good, too. Board - certified OB/GYN (and mom to four kids)
@@ginnyjollykidd yup her too.
I got hit by a car 6 years ago and have dealt with medical neglect from the moment I was wheeled into the emergency room. I had both a head injury and a concussion not even checked for by the hospital or my family doctor. My chiropractor caught it 2 months later. My head injury took 2 years to be diagnosed but nothing was done about it. My hands were injured and it took me over 4 years to get my doctor to listen to me and I still haven’t gotten any answers. I have severe dizziness from being hit and I am still trying to get answers and not getting any. I could keep going but the level of pain is increasing
You may want to try to find someone that deals with tramatic brain injuries. They may be able to help you the most.
I’m a veterinarian and I just discovered your channel. How cool that your best friend is a vet! I’m big into evidence-based medicine and I’ve spent a LOT of time investigating acupuncture. When you account for simple regression to the mean (i.e. “it would’ve gotten better anyway with time”) the evidence for acupuncture is abysmal. Many people say that even if an effect is placebo then that doesn’t matter, as long as it works.
That’s simply not good enough in vet med, because the animal will still feel the pain. The placebo effect in vet med is that the pet owner will see improvement where there really isn’t any.
I love the fact that your reactions don’t have a judgmental tone, but you simply address the facts as you know them.
The best doctor I had ever had 6 reviews all 4-5 but in todays age it was weird to only have a few reviews. I looked at his credentials and his website which was updated. He had been a surgeon for a long time so I went ahead. I went for a consultation and everything checked out. He did amazing. I healed amazing and the bedside manner was impeccable bc he helped manage my anxiety about the wisdom teeth removal. I was very worried about the nerve damage bc I had impacted ones. He educated me on how it’s definitely a possibility but he felt very confident that I would be good. His many many years of experience made me very confident. He offered up telling me about other patients (not names or anything) that had similar teeth that did great under his care. I’m glad I trusted my gut with him. The pain was a bitch after oh my godddd! But after 6 days I had no pain whatsoever and when I looked in my mouth it healed so fast it looked like I didn’t even have surgery.
4:00 whenever I look at reviews for anything (thing, service, apartment complex, etc) I'll skim over the good reviews but then jump to the 1 and 2 stars. I want to know when things go bad, how bad to they get. I understand when people are upset they can exaggerate and even lie to hurt the business they're reviewing, so I'll also look for a pattern in complaints. I'll also look at the ratio of bad to good, but then take that with a grain of salt since bad reviews could be removed or hidden, and good reviews could be aritificially boosted by offering reviewers perks for leaving a good review, etc.
Bro how is your scalp so smooth looking; I can't see a single hair or bump. Amazing.
your delivery and voice is so calming and soothing…and of course love these videos🤌🏽🤌🏽🤌🏽
Dang…I’m a nurse & I would’ve walked out after his 30 min diatribe.
So common to be treated with no respect, especially if you're female! So glad he touched on the aging dr's who don't know when to quit. I was interviewing docs for a medical plastic surgery procedure. One of them was elderly - this was a SURGEON & while I looked for & didn't see any tremors, he said a number of things that gave me great pause. At one point, when he left the room, I asked the nurse how old he was & when I got home I checked onlline & she lied, having shaved about 8 years off his age. He was actually in his late 70's. She actually lied to me about his age, when she knew damn well it was easily verifiable. Thankfully there were many other docs able to do the same procedure & I went with someone else. Not young, but not almost 80. He kept telling me that breasts should be pointy & teardrop in shape, not round & all I could think of was 'yeah, back when you were in your prime, that was the look'. We're all going to get old & I was no spring chicken myself when this happened, but it was really scary to encounter an almost 80 year old surgeon, who showed his age. I'm sure there are 80 yo's who are able to still practice, but it's hard to believe they're the majority. There's just a natural decline in all our skills, as we age, especially fine motor skills.
Dr. Linkov you make things so easy to understand.
the best medical experience I had was actually with an anesthesiologist. I needed an endoscopy to confirm a diagnosis & unfortunately have a great deal of anxiety around medical settings and panic attacks (wisdom tooth got infected after surgery & too swollen for pain med to work so I just had to lay there in immense pain while they cut out the infection & dug around for the tooth bit for 40min).
she then decided that it’s best to put me fully under for the procedure & held my hand and kept me focused on her until I was out. when I woke up I’d been moved out of the operation room so there were no tubes or wires etc and it was overall a good experience :)
The tooth experience sounds horrible, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I have my fair share of those types of experiences too, one resulting in surgery.
First take away... STOP boxing! Any neurologist he went to should have started with that. If they didn't they were just as bad as the doctor he complained about.
Strangely enough it doesn’t seem like he went to a neurologist. I think he went to a sports medicine physician.
It was probably the first suggestion but it was probably also the first one that was sternly refused by the patient, as these things often happen in real life.
Loved this. Love both of you guys! Keep up the good work.
Very interesting and informative content from my favourite kind of doctors. Surgeons. Calm and collected with steady hands.
I've found that when working with specialists, I NEED them to understand what is going on with me. That I am acutely aware of my situation and changes that follow the administration of new meds, or dietary changes. They have to be willing to listen to me if I am going to consider them part of my core care team.
Rather than an age-based limit, past a particular age, a test should be administered to check for tremors, concentration, etc.
I believe in acupuncture my father who is now passed had myasthenia gravis and dementia and Parkinson’s.. he wasn’t able to talk on the phone to my brothers who lived out of state the days we’d take him for acupuncture you would see a huge incline in his speech and memory and overall engagement!!It was amazing! Especially having being able to have him present and understand what’s going on after the acupuncture! 💗
I love your comments on reviews! Put a full video of on this!
Love Dr Mike and his honesty! Great video!
As a physical therapy major… acupuncture is great, dry needling comes from Chinese acupuncture, however in his particular case I’d have rather used dry needling applied by an actual physical therapist who knows about human anatomy and neuroanatomy, rather than acupuncture applied by somebody who does not know enough about how to find nerves and where they are located to avoid them
I completely agree! I was in PT for roughly a year an a half to help with my chronic muscle spasms and nerve pain/damage (caused by HEDS+repeated injuries) about 4 months in I was started on dry needling and oh my goodness it helped so much with the pain that started making huge improvements with my main PT. It was pretty funny, my PT reccomended it but my physiatrist was on the fence until he decided to try it himself. Now he's a big supporter of its use rehabilitation and pain managment!
Dry needling is amazing. I broke my back in 2015. I had chronic back pain for 6 years. I did PT twice and never got better fully. I went to a new PT in 2021, and she suggested we try dry needling and after 3 sessions, my pain was totally gone. It's been two years since then, and I don't have back pain at all now. It seriously blows my mind how many people don't know what it I or how life changing it can be. I will sing its praises forever! If I get another injury, that's what I will go to right off with PT.
I dislocated my knee in kempo and accidentally popped it back in. I walked (limped) on it for a couple of days before going to a doctor. The doctor wouldn't see me and said I didn't need to be there and told his PA to treat me. The PA refused to believe I dislocated the knee because 1) it was mostly in place when he examined it and 2) I was "too young" to dislocate ny knee. I was 25! And in a contact sport! Plus when he was examining me he even commented about how he couldn't really tell if it was ok because of how swollen it was. And then when I told him how much he hurt he asked if it really hurt that bad or if I was exaggerating. He sent me to PT and it helped a little bit, but was mostly a waste of time and money. They kept treating me like I pulled a muscle. It took THREE MONTHS for him to agree to do an mri and the first thing he said to me was "oh hey, it really *does* look like you dislocated your kneecap! Do you want some surgery?" Why are you asking me if I want surgery? Do I NEED the surgery??? My knee's never been as strong as it was and I'm pretty sure it's because it took so long to be treated. This is when I worked in a hospital and our insurance through work only paid for doctors in the officed upstairs so I was pretty much trapped with him otherwise I would've left.
You voice is very calming and relaxing to listen to! awesome video
I am a physician too and it’s always good to introduce yourself as one while being a patient. The doctors became more cautious and we can actually have a discussion about what we were going through. Oh and, I never trusted reviews just like that. Talking to people you know who had experience is much better.
Reviews are tricky because people only want to leave bad ones. I've never had a bad experience with my gynecologist but there are a few crazy reviews for her online. I read one where the person blamed her for the death of her baby, but not due to any negligence, it was due to a congenital issue that I guess the patient thought should have been discovered and cured.
I've gone to look at reviews after having bad experiences with doctors and hospitals and it can be a mixed bag. Once I start seeing a lot of very similar experiences and especially similar to the one I have, I know they're not just a bunch of angry for no reason reviews. Then I see some very positive ones mixed in and I wonder if the doctor is biased in some way; if only we could see some demographics. Or if those reviews were by people who just blindly trusted that doctor and didn't know any better.
I think it’s important to differentiate between acupuncture and dry needling. It seems that Dr. Mike had acupuncture based on the distal placement of needles whereas the picture shown by Dr. Linkov seemed to show a dry needling technique. Dry needling is a technique that places needles proximally to an injury and is used commonly by physical therapists in the United States. They are very different techniques and I feel it is misleading to not provide the differentiation.
Gosh, I just LOVE your voice. I’m a great fan of both of you but hearing you back and forth definitely shows how much more your voice eases my mind whereas I can only handle listening to Dr. Mike for a few minutes before I start to get annoyed.
Great and very honest and informative. Thank you
Had a different but comparable experience in high school. Was given a giant prescription for Klonopin by a really unprofessional psychiatric "professional" who, among other things, tried to neg me into teaching her son how to play tennis and harmonica after learning I was a musician and played tennis. It screwed my life up because I got hooked on Klonopin and a year or two after I graduated her office was raided for being a prime prescription shopping destination.
I have had a bad experience with clinical psychologist. It was a small city and he had all 5 star reviews that were well spread out over the past few years. So i trusted and went. Just like the second doctor Dr Mike visited, this person too kept talking without trying to understand my problem. I stopped the consultation midway and walked out. Similar to Dr. Mike’s case, the consultation fees was very high (higher then what most hospitals charge for specialists). I’m glad I decided to walk away.
Sounds to me like if a person or a company has a perfect five-star rating and several reviews, we better be wary of them!
Your voice is so soothing
Your explanation was illuminating. Thank you!
My psychiatrist has really bad reviews but for me, between the three psychs I've had, he is by far the best psychiatrist I've had. Most of the reviews are about the front desk, which to be fair they aren't always on the ball but they're also swamped 90% of the time, and some people saying that the doc just wanted to push pills which is the exact opposite of the treatment plan for me. My previous doctor had me on a ton of medications, 12 different ones, and it got to that amount because they were adding medications for different problems I was having instead of just adjusting dosages on medications that I was already on that would possibly help or switching out one med for something different. Luckily my mom heard about my current doc through a patient of hers and she gave me the info and in the first visit he said why are you on all this? And he immediately came up with a game plan and started the process of taking me off a majority of my meds and switching out meds that treated one diagnosis/symptom for medication that treated multiple different things, kind of a two for the price of one situation. My doctor and his staff have done so incredibly much to help me and I quite literally wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for the changes they made to my treatment.
yea ive been in situations as a patient where i felt if i didint do what the doctor told me to do i was in the wrong, or when they pushed really hard for somethign and made me feel like it wasnt "should i do this or not" but "when do i get this done?".
You are very correct about updating your photo!
This made my Sunday morning 🌞 🧑⚕️
Biggest red flag: he passed up the opportunity to examine Dr. Mike, who would do that?!? "let's get that shirt off!" and that's just for starters.
Joking aside, I noticed my long term dentist began to have a tremor, it was awkward to ask about it, so I didn't. He chipped a molar during treatment, then denied that it was he who had done it! Who did I blame? Myself. I shoulda had the confidence to trust my intuition and find a younger dentist. Lesson learned at small cost, it wasn't a big chip and I left it. Any time I rub my tongue along it I remind myself to trust my intuition so it's become like a talisman. 🤣
I really enjoy your videos, Dr. Gary!
I never get the “car dealer” feeling I get from some other plastic surgeon videos. You seem very genuine, knowledgeable and pleasantly humble. Thank you for taking the time to educate us!
Any prejudices against car dealers???
@@branalobeee3867 Car dealers have a reputation of being very pushy and sleazy, as well as having a fake persona. Dr Gary is about the opposite of that. Doesn't even use a fake TV voice for his videos.
Your voice is so calming...
I had PRP for tendonitis in my right hand/wrist (3 sessions in all) in 2017 and couldn't be happier. Loved your review of Dr Mike's experience.
Maybe the Universe is telling Dr Mike to give up boxing. That sport, along with football, can give rise to brain injury down-the-line. I don't get any sport that allows smashing your head; can't be good. Dr Mike, try swimming or running...
I had a company on Amazon who wrote me an email to take down my review because I didn't give them 5 stars like everyone else and that was hurting their business when they were selling a half assed electronic prodict that got super hot. I think I know where those other "5" star reviews came from.
Oooohh, I hope you reported them to Amazon for that! They should have taken that as feedback and made improvements where they needed to be made!
Yeah, I had a company offer me $50 to take down a review. I didn't respond.
I'd love to see a video on Vaser Hi Def. Keep up the great work Dr. Gary
Good for you for your comments