I almost couldn't watch until the end of that one. How does a parent make that choice, knowing one of their kids would die? I don't think I would be strong enough to make that choice.
@@penelopegrier5073 They are thinking about, what kind of life would have 2 different people who are link together permanently. Plus I think having a link by the head make having an independant live way more difficult than a link by the back, or by the hips
I know that I in no way have had an experience anything like being a conjoined twin, but just thinking for myself, living like that, I would want to take the 50% chance at death so that I could actually live life.
I first learned this from a movie, I don't remember what movie it was (like 14-15 years since I watched it), and I later did some reading about it (close to watching the movie, so don't remember those sources either). What I do remember is that young children has not applied specific functions to areas of their brain, and that young kids (not sure what the age limit is, probably sub 3yo IIRC) can survive with half their brain removed (left or right). I'm not a doctor though, let alone a brain surgeon, but I'm guessing the young age operation was in their favor.
It was like watching the literal inverse of the documentary I saw recently about “Dr. Death.” These surgeons were able to give each of their patients life.
@@greenapple9477I’m pretty sure they meant 40 hours of total surgeries. Like multiple surgeries, all adding up to 40 hours. Not a 40 hour straight surgery
Totally! It's also shocking sometimes to find out how long other surgeries have been taking place. I had a colostomy and found out that Napoleon had one. Who knew they were doing that surgery way back then.
It really is beautiful to see the motivation behind studies of medicine. There are so many wonderful people in the world who deserve to live their life to its fullest.
Its fascinating but its helpfull just for rich people, once you have some disease or damage that isn't common there is not enough researches in that area and there are very few doctors in whole world that can help but it costs money that most people don't have
@@Generralethe guy who had a computer chip in his brain to let him walk. Elon musk is trying to do something like this, it’s called “neural-link” it’s really cool.
As someone who is short (5'4 at 20) I can say short person dysphoria is created by society. Most of my bullies were girls who picked on my smaller stature and I hear short jokes all the time. It used to bother me but I've learned to live with it and joke along as I found it better to make jokes than be angry which usually feeds into more bullying.
I was teased for being tall and that was mainly my friends doing it. but for the most part people left me alone probably bc they thought I could kick their ass
When my nephew was in utero docs discovered a benign tumour on his lung and we were warned that if it grew they'd have to operate but thankfully it didn't. He had it removed along with a portion of his lung when he was about 9 months old. He's 14 now and is 100% fine, it's amazing how far medical science has come and we're so, so thankful to have the NHS
Dr. Mike is such a respecting person. He doesn’t judge anyone on his channel. If it’s a mental issue he encourages them to get help instead of calling them crazy or weird. For example, he advised people who are thinking about having limb lengthening surgery to first think about the mental health components of it before undergoing with any kind of physical treatment.
Now that he got popular, his "no judgement" was not always a thing and caused quite the drama back in the day. Much like the "adam ruins the hospital" video he needed to do like 5 "Well, I didn't mean!!!!" follow up vids.
@@jacobp8306 he’s funny, but, yeah, he should be careful. I just think it’s okay to be weird and funny. Someone earlier worried about people being called weird. I think it’s been proven that it’s okay to be weird. I wonder though if perhaps some can rarely be too weird. It’s Not something to really freak over. If you are freaking out about how weird you feel, hopefully you all have means to seek assistance. (Edit: I missed a couple words.)
I was born with a genetic bone disorder called MHE (multiple hereditary exostosis) and I had my arm lengthened with an external fixator to combat the dislocation of my radial head. It was one of the hardest surgeries I've had. Because I go to a specialist in limb lengthening (among other things) I've met many people who have had limbs lengthened for various reasons, mostly due to limb length discrepancies. Getting a bone lengthened is such a difficult thing to go through, i would never recommend it just for cosmetic reasons.
I agree, that was pretty appalling. I have had *necessary* surgery multiple times, but my parents always told me that going under general anesthesia is a risk and shouldn't be done casually. Granted the risk in modern times is very small, but it's not zero. I van hardly believe this guy is a doctor but apparently he is.
It sounds like it'd be incredibly painful! I can understand people getting it done for medical reasons, but for cosmetic? Get over yourself shrimp! But I guess you can look at it like this: every time a doctor does another limb lengthening, it's still experience that will make them a better surgeon for all the patients, right?
I don't know the details but my uncle had polio when he was a baby and had a number of surgeries on his legs during in his childhood. Of course, this was in the 50s so I don't know what the available treatments were like then. One of his legs is still a little shorter than the other and he wears specially made shoes with lifts that helped compensate for that difference.
@@pandroidgaxie You can't believe a guy qualified to do limb lengthening surgery is a doctor? I'm pretty sure he doesn't only do it for cosmetics purposes, but even if he did, so what? He's a doctor, not judgemental like you. Is your problem with people getting cosmetic surgery or the doctors willing to do it? Either way, not your concern.
my husband is a bit shorter than me, initially he felt insecure but i made him realize from day one I did not care. he has a good heart that's it matters. years later he showed me same or ever more compassion and stands by me after gaining weight due to health issue and ppl started taunting or treating me bad, he is my pillar of support. we should feel good how ever we are.
I'm just flabbergasted that being 5' 7" was so unacceptable to that guy, that he'd spend so much time, money, and pain to get a couple inches taller. My dad is 5' 7", it doesn't interfere with his quality of life.
Best part of being a short dude dating (and marrying) a tall lady... Legs for miles!!! On my wedding day i wore three inch heel riding shoes, and my wife was barefoot. We took our vows looking each other dead in the eye.
It's completely gross to make fun of anyone for their weight (over or under weight) but it's another level of gross when it's due to a medical condition. I'm glad you and your husband found each other, two good hearts deserve to be together.
@@ameliarose47 thank you. He is the best thing that happened to me ..God has been merciful towards me . Growing up I had a tough time but now I am in a better place. :)
And vice versa. In the process of explaining it to a patient, you are obligated by the situation to yourself understand the procedure and consequences well. That is a particular learning phenomenon: the teacher always learns more than the student.
I agree he does not talk to you as if you are a child (which I hate) but, explains things in a educational way yet still is thorough. My husband is like this. If I ask something about cars that I do not know he educates me but, does not belittle me for asking.
Ankylosing spondylitis is so painful and life changing. Whilst I know we aren’t all like the man in China, we definitely struggle. It’s definitely not just a “oh my mum has a sore knee” type of arthritis.
I feel for you all, and my guy Li Hua was an absolute champ when it came down to it. We didn't necessarily see him in his day to day, but he seemed to keep it together through this.
The face transplant one almost made me cry. Not only did it say the wound was self inflicted but there will always be those people who judge others and probably talk about her behind her back and stuff. I’m glad she’s alive too and I hope she lives happily for as long as possible.
TW: Suicide As a survivor of MDD(major depressive disorder), seeing someone being so kind to someone else even with self-inflicted trauma rips my heart out. There are too many lovely people who have been unfortunate who deserve to be loved back. Looking back now, I've realized that every single person who has so much as looked at you or even just walked by you would care if you left. Who cares if you don't have people to talk to? There's still that old lady that you held the door open for, or the cashier at your local grocery store who smiles whenever you walk in. You are loved. And no matter how distant the words seem, no matter how much everything hurts, you are not alone.🖤
As one with the same depression, I’ve entered my first non depressive phase, and like you I’ve come to see how many would miss me ❤ wish you the best for the future
I have something similar to the one born without a uterus. I was born without a cervix and we had to remove my uterus because when I'd get my period it had nowhere to go and I'd reabsorb it. Super painful. I had to wait a year after the initial exploratory laparoscopy for them to remove it since they wanted me to wait till I was at least 25 (in Utah). My OB/GYN is amazing and managed to get me a hysterectomy at 19 years old.
Why on earth would you need to wait until you're 25?? I hope it's for anatomical reasons and not some weird patriarchal bullshit. I can't imagine you'd be having a standard pregnancy without a cervix, if you were able to carry at all. Anyway, I'm glad you were able to get the hysterectomy! And if you want to be a mother I hope you're able to find a way to do so!
@@yaboicolleen Yeah no I think it's usually for sexist/transphobic reasons. A lot of the guidelines when it comes to this sort of thing tend to be transphobic in nature, and even non-trans people who need them get caught in the crossfire.
@@yaboicolleen You have to wait certain amounts of time for sterilization by law or insurance, depending on state. I can imagine that even a needed hysterectomy would have red tape, esp for someone still in their teens. Like she's not gonna fckn grow it back, but 🤦♀
As an epileptic myself, the research study information you showed from the American Academy of Neurology hit hard and I wish would people would talk about it. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 13 years old, im now 21. I take medication daily to control my nocturnal and absence seizures, a months worth of pills costs about $180. My rescue medication is a 1mg of Clonazepam, i only get those in blister packs of 10-15 at a time because it is a controlled substance and they still cost $300 each time??? My life saving medication should not be the equivalent of a car payment. Big pharma loves to capitalize on people with chronic conditions.
Agreed. I mean just look at insulin. We've known how to make insulin since the early 1900's, I think somewhere around 1920 and improved in the 1930's, and that process hasn't changed a whole hell of a lot. Insulin was right around 30 bucks for DECADES then is the past 10 years prices here in the US have tripled if not more because companies want more money. I know people who literally ration their insulin because they can't afford as much as their doctors say they need.
Holy... wow. That's absolutely insane!! I'm from Poland and here 30 pills of Clonazepam 2mg is about $4.5 😱 for a person with diagnosed epilepsy it'd be about $1 or free. Aspirin or OTC painkillers are more expensive than benzodiazepines 🧐🤷♀️
Big pharma is disgusting. They will charge a 3,000% markup on medication that costs them pennies to produce. If I lived in the US I'd be dead because I wouldn't be able to afford the medications I need for my anaemia.
try going full keto, it was used 100 years ago to treat epilepsy, sometimes worked, sometimes didnt, pro it may work without taking medications cons may not work without any side effects
My daughter had myelomeningocele Spina Bifida with type II Chiari malformation, we ended up getting into a group here in the Midwest that preformed Open fetal surgery which involved basically removing her from my wife still attached at the umbilical cord, patching her back, and then returning her inside my wife and closing her back up. She then held her to 36 weeks where she was c-sectioned out to make sure there was no chance of labor, within the first week we saw a 99% reversal of the Chiari type II malformation , think stewie griffin from family guy football shaped head before to almost normal with some hydrocephalus, she ended up getting a shunt at 6 months, and was able to wiggle her toes. She is now almost 7 uses a wheel chair for long distances but is still strengthening her leg muscles and can walk quite a bit of the way with just a walker!
Oh my goodness I'm an adult with this but it didn't present at birth more around puberty... had surgery on my neck in 2012 and got detetherthered as well as treated with a shunt for the hydrocephalus, I've had several of those over the years. In use a chair now due to a stroke after aquiring sepsis in 2017. But Im doing great and I love life and my family just find your people and keep at it!
Barring genuine medical necessity, our short kings deserve to be loved exactly as they are. The guy in the first case is already a drop-dead stunner. Goodness knows I've gotten absolutely bowled over by a guy my height or less, that just radiated charisma. CONCENTRATED KINGS FTW
Thank you! I am a 5’7 guy and I couldn’t imagine putting myself through such an agonizing recovery process just to be a little taller. If it really helps him that’s cool, I just don’t understand the desire to go through that
@@Alex-dt9lnWHAAA 5'7 is a very good height for men. Do women in the west not like that?!?! Any man above 5'3 is desirable in my country even tho we have plenty who'd be above 5'7.
@@zennaonthezThe average male height in the USA is around 5'10" to 5'11", average female height is around 5'5". We're bombarded from a young age with the idea of tall, strong, handsome, authoritative men. Me, I'm a female just over 5'6", and my male fiancee is 5'3". People ignore him, walk into him like he's not even there, he gets devalued and passed over all the time. It's BS.
@@bluelagoon1980 damn that's really sad, why does west put so much stress on physical appearance when what actually matters is being a decent human being.
I've been home recovering from spine surgery myself for the last 2 months. I was lucky that everything went perfect, because... knowing youre risking paralysis is quite stressful. But the damage done to my spine from an infection really made it to where I had no choice.
@@morganschiller2288 Oh ya. There was someone there monitoring for the whole thing. He introduced himself beforehand. So, yes... I did have one. 10 hours and the only bump in the road was how much blood I lost. Took 7 units to get my hemoglobin back up.
I had gastric bypass surgery in 2007 the surgery was when they just started doing it via laparoscopic. I was 590lb and now I am 200 . I am 100% sure it saved my life. I have NEVER regretted it.
I was shocked to see the animation of basically the entrance of the stomach being connected to the exit of it.. where is the food suppose to sit to digest before going to the intestines? >.>
@@Veganerd_ the stomach is SIGNIFICANTLY shrunk, but not totally removed. it prevents patients from being able to eat much of anything for the first months of recovery
@@Veganerd_ your food is also digested as it passes through the intestines, all it does, as the others said, is reduce the capacity, kinda forcing your brain/body to recognize it can't feed as much as it used to. the remaining tiny stomach still has all of its necessary systems
My favorite part of him saying “I play metal, I don’t know that many acoustic songs,” was that moments before he said it I went, “what would I play during this, I play metal, I don’t really know much acoustic songs.”
I'm surprised none of McKay McKinnon's surgeries were in this video. You should definitely cover him in the future. He's a surgeon who removes giant tumors that weigh hundreds of pounds. He was most known for removing a tumor the size of a bean bag chair from a woman named Lory Hugawin on a Discovery Health special, like 20 or so years ago. After that, they did another special, where he traveled to Romania to remove another similar tumor from another woman. Since then, he's traveled to several other countries to remove even bigger tumors from even more people. You wouldn't even believe the surgeries he does are possible! The dude's a hero!
It's heartbreaking that so many people are out there living untreated for so long that they develop such massive tumors. One would hope the tumor would have been removed right when it first developed, not left to grow for years and years, slowly disabling them until they are completely incapacitated. It breaks my heart knowing so many people are living like that.
@@orchdork775 I don't know about the others, but with Lori Hugawin, they didn't remove it when it was smaller because all the doctors she saw up until that point thought the tumor was attached to her spinal cord. They thought they couldn't remove it without paralyzing her. And her tumor didn't grow very much for most of her life, anyway. It wasn't until she had to have radiation or something, for an unrelated cancer, that it suddenly got so big in like, one year.
My grandma has 2 uterus, when she wanted to have kids, most of them died, mostly during the pregnancy. So seeing that nowadays they're trying to, kind of solve matters like this, it's amazing to me
I had bariatric surgery in January. My A1C this month was 5.4. my fasting glucose was 108. I have lost 80 lbs since September. It has definitely been a game-changer. And I'm not someone who sat around and ate all day. I have psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as a myriad of back issues that were inherited from both parents. I can stand up straight, no longer need a cane and I'm not in constant pain when standing. My Tremfya is $12k per dose.
The most beautiful part of Katie receiving that exact transplant is that Katie’s own skull shape is quite similar to the donors mother. It was an excellent match. I wish I could donate my organs and tissues when I die, but I can’t. I carry some quite bad genes and have multiple rare diagnoses that effect every organ, including the vascular system. So literally nothing except maybe a few select bits of my skin is usable. (Not even my bones- I have bone density issues and a genetic bone tumor.)
I love how Dr. Mike is so calm and composed watching medically accurate content vs how enraged and impassioned he is while watching medical dramas like House 😂
Well yeah, these are real stories with real people, not actors. On the other hand, those shows are terribly inaccurate with literally everything. They also tend to teach people things that either just not true or is dangerous.
Here in Brazil we had a program made by the government that provides those expensive medications to the ones who need them. We have to provide lots of documents and exams to show you need it and you're apt to take 'em and they provide it for you. Every three months you need new documentation provided by your doc to show you still need it. It saved so many people and improved the lives of so many others like myself. It's really beneficial.
My twin was the first in Norway to do the leg lengthening thing. It was done as a part of two other major surgeries on his hips, legs and soft tissue. He had hip dysplasia fixed, lengthening of the legs, his legs were rotated by numerous degrees as his knees always crashed when he walked, and he had several things done to his muscles and tendons to lengthen them and ease the tension on his ankles and knees. He gained about 10-11 cm of height. He was born with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and a whole host of other things and all of the stuff I mentioned was done in one surgery when we were 13. It took three years from the surgery day until he could walk unassisted again. The whole process lasted around 5 years from the discussions to the planning, researching, travelling out of the country to do prep work, analyse how he moved and walked etc. Those analyses was repeated after the surgery once he was walking unassisted again. He was the first patient in Norway to get this done. He was really short due to growth stunting after all of his brain surgeries. He's still a head shorter than me, and Im 158cm/5'2.
Was he able to talk or communicate in any way at the time he got the surgergy? It just sounds like it would be so horrible and scary to go through such a painful and traumatic surgery without being able to communicate when you are in pain or that you are scared or even really understand what is happening and why. I hope it wasn't like that for him. I just can't imagine looking down and seeing those braces drilled into the bones in my legs, not knowing why and not having any way of communicating my horror and fear. Anyways, how is he doing now after all of those surgeries? I hope they were able to increase his quality of life and that he alright!
@@orchdork775 Yeah he is verbal. He has dyspraxia if I didnt mention that so sometimes he mixes some words here and there. He was fully able to understand the hows, whys and everything. He has an insane tolerance for pain, but he always made it known if he needed pain management. But yeah, Im not sure how much of it my parents would have let him go through if he wasnt able to understand or let us know about pain etc. He has had a much easier time walking since then, but when he gets tired he tends to revert to standkng with his knees bent to almost the angle they had before the surgery. He thinks its the most annoying thing when I remind him to stretch his legs. He had a pretty big benefit from it after. Especially from his knees. Before the surgery he would always smash his knees into eachother when he walked. They were prone to dislocating and they were always bruised and swollen from the constant smashing together. That has not been an issue since then. Sadly, he hasnt been able to see a physiotherapist for a while, to strengthen his legs, which has seen a bit of a decline since he lost his physio. It's not easy to find a physical therapist who understands the complex issues he has.
thank you dr. mike for your every video you put out. You have forever bettered my doctor patient relationship, you have forever eased my anxiety about my health & you have made me very confident in the choices i make for my health. I can’t describe how grateful i am that you are here on youtube explaining things honestly and plainly. your channel means so much to me so thank you again.
Just want to give a huge shoutout to MD Anderson, and everything they do. They gave us 4 and a half more good years with my stepmother, after putting her into remission for what was supposed to be incurable lung cancer 7 years earlier. They're currently working with my dad as well, and while it has been so difficult, their staff and doctors are amazing, kind, empathetic, and thorough. Not to mention the talented doctors and surgeons that are doing groundbreaking work. It's a place you never want to be, but at the same time, it's the best place to be for the situation.
I was so excited to learn about the uterine transplant studies. I'm too overweight to participate but I'm working on it. I genuinely used to feel guilty because I (for several reasons) don't want to have kids but so many people do and can't. I hope someday I can give someone that gift.
Personally I think a lot of people actually don’t have the skills to be good parents, just “good enough” which arguably isn’t good enough. Many mental and physical chronic health issues are linked to early childhood trauma and toxic family systems. In fact, I believe most families have at least some level of toxicity which wouldn’t be so bad except not everyone wants to admit it and do therapy. It’s also very true that our planet can’t sustain much more of a human population - we have gone from 1 billion to 8 billion in only 200 years. How long until we consume ourselves into oblivion? What suffering are we causing by making more of us? We are an exponential function and despite what society says about being child free, it’s actually a very ethical choice. People should reproduce sparingly and only when they have gone through a lot to decide it kids are right for them - parenting classes, babysitting, etc.
I'm in the I don't want kids group too BUT I would love to be pregnant just to see what it's like so I thought about being a surrogate but from what I read you need to have a successful pregnancy first which I understand
Me too! I don't want (or even like all that much) children, and I absolutely DO NOT want to get pregnant, here I am just like PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME also not having periods anymore would be a huge plus
I have Perthes disease which caused a difference in the length of my legs. It’s slight, so I decided against it, but leg lengthening surgery was brought up. I’m also a 5’3 male, which is shorter than the man that got the surgery. Both things considered, I still have no idea why he decided to go through with it
I have one son that is 5’5. I am 5’7. He grew up hating being short. But now he is happy with who he is. I have always told him -Dynamite comes in small packages!! 😎🌟. His brothers are not much taller 5’7 and 5’8. Their Dad is 5’6.
Shame is very powerful and can cause people to become so humiliated and desperate that just existing in their body feels like torture. It feels like you are a disgusting, ugly person who is worthless and no one will ever find you desirable. It feels like your whole world is crashing down around you whenever you remember what you look like, and the reality that you will spend the rest of your in your body and that your appearance will only get worse as time goes on makes you feel such intense psychological pain that you have to pretend in your mind that you look different than you do in real life, or convince yourself that one day you will get enough money to afford plastic surgery, because the pain is too much to bare. A large percentage of the population in the U.S. will often go on horrible, unhealthy diets to try and lose weight that have them only drinking juice that causes them to have diahrrea for weeks, because that gets rid of water weight. I mean, that is a super common thing that you will come across on tiktok, where someone is selling some special tea or advertising some crazy diet... it's and normalized. That is on the mild end, because there are even people who attempt self surgery because they are so desperate. I came across a website/forum a long time about how to do medical procedures on yourself, and in my regrettable curiously I read a post from a woman who shared that she literally cut her own labia shorter with a razor blade because of how ashamed she was by its length. She even said she was glad she did it, and there were tons of people in the replies asking her details of how she did it, because they also wanted to cut off their labia. So yea, that's how bad shame can get. It will make you destroy yourself if you aren't careful, just like it made that guy spend almost 100k on a horribly painful, traumatic surgery.
As a short person, I’m maybe a little insulted by people who want to go through extreme surgery to be 2” taller. Two inches would not even get me to average! I’ve been through an incredibly painful surgery to restore my humerus, and I would never close that kind of pain!
Dudes are sometimes discriminated against by others because traditionally we are supposed to be dominant, and being short isn’t seen as dominant. Not saying it’s right, but it can cause some deep seated insecurity. Being 5’6” and a guy I can tell you it’s definitely a thing, since I was bullied for my height.
I understand where you're coming from. But you have to wonder why a guy is willing to go through that pain anyway.... I am sure others have told you this, but life as a short guy is certainly not a cake walk.
That is so sad. I’d never reject a guy that was under 6’z. My ex was 5’5 and it made 0 difference to me. The only reason why he was a loser is he cheated on me. Had two babies ( not mine) and gave up marriage and the benefits of it like the hospital I worked at paid it’s insurance at 100%. Becuase I couldn’t “perform” how he wanted me to. He was resentful I didn’t want to have relations 1 week after an ACDF. Or a week out of hardware removal. Its not just size. I’d date a hobbit if they were a real man
Being a man and short is something you can't experience. Your take on this situation can't be compared to the man's feelings on this anymore than you should feel bad for him because he can't get pregnant. Men are ostracized, shamed or at the very least, made fun of throughout school. Even Tom Cruise still has issues and I think he made it socially in this world.
The conjoined twin thing blew my mind, to be joined in possibly the most awkward place (imagine operating within the very fine margin between two childs brains) and both surviving is crazy.
I had a surgery that left one of my legs partially paralysed, although I ended up getting most of the use back in my leg, it was a crazy feeling to say that I took walking for granted. I feel we think of walking as a given and it’s such an easy thing to take for granted. I really feel for these people, because I can only imagine what they’re going through!
Leg lengthening is actually used more on patients with dwarfism. Their limbs will actually bow outwards given time and the only way to correct this is a metal rod down the limb while creating several breaks for the bone to reform. It takes over a year to accomplish and it is not easy to do. Many dwarves will do the surgery around age 16 as the growth plate starts to fuse.
14:36 I was born three months early and really really sick and my heart was barely working, doctors didn't think I would make it due to my heart and me being so weak to bacteria and disease. I'm turning 23 in March ❤
Doctor mike looks tired in this video…really appreciate the effort of posting videos despite all the busy work he’s probably got and that with lots of information in every single one of them ❤ .
Someone I went to high school with is currently in the hospital recovering from septic shock caused by contracting strep A after a minor surgery for a slipped disc and as a result of their septic shock (which they almost died from) they ended up needing both of their hands and feet amputated from the lack of oxygen to them causing the tissue to die and become infected. So crazy/scary and life changing, especially to a mother of two younger children, but at least they survived, even though it’s a very difficult road ahead.
This was eye-opening, especially the uterus transplant because I didn’t know you could be born without one and that there was a uterus transplant program. How awesome! ❤❤
@@MollyL5 Agh, I wish I was born without one too, but I wish you the best in whatever you want. Wish I could give you mine even. Have a wonderful day, night, or everything!
4:34 As a musician, who constantly has to hear the words "talent" and music coming from the "heart". I thank you and respect you to an even higher level. Thank you so much for saying this and being clear that it's all in the brain.
So when i was pregnant one of the thing's i asked is how do you know when something is wrong. He said the main is the heart beat.. then when they did an ultrasound if the area around the baby needed to be clear. I had the perfect doctor wasnt just nice but he took the time to explain everything and i was always at ease.
Watching these videos, I swear I'm so shook and amazed (in the best ways) about how far humans are able to take medicine. Like, I never knew something like a face transplant could even be performed, although I know it's rare... but it was still performed. It just boggles my brain the things humans are able to do in the medical field. Keep up the work Dr. Mike!
I had a patient down in Rome GA I worked on. She was a 80 something year old. Sweet as sugar. Poor chick had such severe kyphosis she was bent like a C. She had a previous thoracic fusion and over time her vertebrae broke the rods and screws. Well anyway they wound up fusing T3 down to S1 and you could literally see her flatten out as the surgery went on. It was so drastic. I had to ask my oversight if I could readjust her baselines because her condition improved dramatically. I wonder how she’s doing now. Hell I wish I knew how all my patients were doing. I have so many I’d love to call.
Both my brother and I have AS. Same as the folded guy. I remained married through out my life, so thus used my husband’s insurance. My brother’s wife left him, so he struggled to keep up his insurance. I got the benefit of biologics. He did not. Long story short, I went on to start a successful business that employed 50 people. My brother ended up crippled and on the public dole all his life. This is how the USA leaps over the dollars to pick up the pennies. Health care for all!
I love how ann is so anti - outrage culture. She takes all of this nonsense with such a good humor, yet she still acknowledges more serious /dangerous viral hacks with the amount of respect and severity those deserve. It's really a brilliant style of content. What are you going to do, say shes lying when she debunks hacks? Not only is she a food scientist, she shows her reasoning through actual experiments and disclosing all her variables. Really she's a great role model for online content creators!
Something about this channel... It's really nice to hear a Dr. speak about medicine who is not burned out from the Healthcare System in the US. I can tell that Dr. Mike genuinely loves caring for people and the continuing education and commitment that this requires. He would be a fun Dr to work with because I suspect his joy in practice and his zest for education is infectious.
Exactly, there’s not much point to be tall but yet the society acts like it’s an essential. Why should we do something that doesn’t benefit the society and still get judged at last? What reward do we get at last for meeting the satisfying height? Nothing.
I love that the man getting the height surgery is just completely sure that he lives up to 100. "I got like 70 years left on this planet" - like bro, consider yourself lucky, when you get 50 more.
Wow, I'm so glad Dr. Mike touched on leg length discrepancies. I've never heard it talked about before outside my doctor's office (my personal case is called femoral dysplasia) and I appreciate some light being shone on it. Thank you, Dr. Mike. You made my day 😊
My friend growing up had leg length issues. She was born with hip dysplasia I believe. She basically had no hip sockets. In high school she had a surgery to stop the growth of the longer leg. Kinda wild. It worked but she still limps due to the hip issues.
@@m_d1905 yes! I was in a similar boat, except I was born with basically no femur in my left leg. I had many surgeries starting in elementary all the way up to high school (had many complications) to lengthen my left/stunt the growth in my right, while the main issue is fixed I still have some minor leg pain, and some narly scars that I love. It's wild what they're able to fix/do!
My husband has ankylosing spondylitis and we are so lucky that we live in a country that the medications are available and aren’t too expensive. Thank you for sharing Dr Mike ❤️
Hey Dr. Mike I would like to say that you make great educational videos and I learn so much through it. I was just wondering if you can make a more in-depth video on PCOS because my partner has this symptom and I would love to be better educated and knowledgeable and would like to know how I can help her and support her physically and mentally as well. Thank you so much!
My mom has ankylosing spondilitis and she still has to cook and clean. I help her to clean but I can't cook, her back started to arch and she had surgery and she is happy now, she is still sore but say better than her state before. Love you mom!
I would love to see a video about abnormal medical results. Like for instance, at 20 years old I had to fight my doctor for 3 months to finally be tested and diagnosed with avascular necrosis. Was told it was almost impossible that someone my age has it. Limped like Quasimodo for 6 months before I taught myself how to walk again, absolutely no help from my doctor or specialist. No therapy, just pain and me being determined to walk again.
Dr. Mike, you should do a video about connective tissue disorders. The population of people with connective tissue disorders is grossly underestimated as research and awareness is showing. A lot of the issues in this video are related to connective tissue disorders, as well as neurodivergence, autoimmune disorders, and GI problems. Unfortunately many have been forced into eating disorder clinics when they're actually experiencing gastroparesis.
9:46 Here in Norway prescriptions you have to take often or daily will be on what we call a “blue prescription” which will make it free after spending a certain amount (about 200 dollars) on meds, doctors and psychologists. Before you have spent that amount it will just be really cheap. The pharmacies also can’t set their own prices, so it will cost the same at every pharmacy. I have spent the amount this year, so my therapy, doctor visits, hospital visits and several prescriptions are completely free the rest of the year.
2:14 I think my dad had to have that, can't remember the reason why. He told me, a few times I think, that because of the surgery, he has to throw up a certain way or else he could choke on his own vomit.
I watched the full doctumentary on the "folded man" and it was incredible and made me go through a range of emotions: sadness to see a person suffering, happiness to see that all the surgeries went well and gave him a better quality of life, love for his mother who placed her life on hold to care for him and gratefulness for all the things in life that i have taken granted for such as even sitting upright. Bless his soul and i hope he and his mother live a happy life .
Shout out to all the doctors and surgeons who were able to pull these surgeries off! Don’t know what we would do without you all! Doctor Mike could you please do a reaction video to the Walking Dead’s medical scenes?! Start with the first episode and then I will start recommending more episodes!!!!
6:42 that’s basically what I have, I lost my right arm in 2019 and got a prosthetic/bionic one that works with thoughts or if I move my left arm my right arm moves with it, my right hand only moves with thought though.
3:44 Patient: _playing Wonderwall_ Neurologist: Ok, keep playing... _probes brain_ Patient: *Starts down picking Slayer at 300 BPM* Neurologist: .....should I remove the probe? This is pretty sick.
15:43 the most savage thing I ever heard Dr Mike say ‘She’s biased though cause she looks like her family member’. I can’t tell if he was being brutally honest or making a joke. Ahaha awkward.
Love the way you seem to explain things on a sliding scale of comprehension! My 11 yr old can watch and understand what he says and I don’t feel like I’m watching a children’s video. AND it’s attention grabbing & entertaining! Kudos to you and your team, Dr. Mike!
The fact these twins actually survived and didn't share a vital organ is crazy especially since it was a cranium conjoint
I almost couldn't watch until the end of that one. How does a parent make that choice, knowing one of their kids would die? I don't think I would be strong enough to make that choice.
@@penelopegrier5073 They are thinking about, what kind of life would have 2 different people who are link together permanently. Plus I think having a link by the head make having an independant live way more difficult than a link by the back, or by the hips
I wonder what their long term prognosis is. How long would they live and life long complications
I know that I in no way have had an experience anything like being a conjoined twin, but just thinking for myself, living like that, I would want to take the 50% chance at death so that I could actually live life.
I first learned this from a movie, I don't remember what movie it was (like 14-15 years since I watched it), and I later did some reading about it (close to watching the movie, so don't remember those sources either). What I do remember is that young children has not applied specific functions to areas of their brain, and that young kids (not sure what the age limit is, probably sub 3yo IIRC) can survive with half their brain removed (left or right).
I'm not a doctor though, let alone a brain surgeon, but I'm guessing the young age operation was in their favor.
Huge respect to the surgeons who performed all these major surgeries flawlessly.
Ikr? That couldn't be me I would fk someone up by accident. So I stay in my lane. Props to doctors.
It was like watching the literal inverse of the documentary I saw recently about “Dr. Death.” These surgeons were able to give each of their patients life.
Especially the 40-hour surgery to seperate the twins. That must've been exhausting, even they were rotated out.
@@greenapple9477I’m pretty sure they meant 40 hours of total surgeries. Like multiple surgeries, all adding up to 40 hours. Not a 40 hour straight surgery
@@pointlessvideos2321Late, but that still sounds kinda exhausting, especially for the parents.
I’m not in the medical field but it’s truly fascinating to see how far medicine and surgery have evolved over the years
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Totally! It's also shocking sometimes to find out how long other surgeries have been taking place. I had a colostomy and found out that Napoleon had one. Who knew they were doing that surgery way back then.
It really is beautiful to see the motivation behind studies of medicine. There are so many wonderful people in the world who deserve to live their life to its fullest.
Its fascinating but its helpfull just for rich people, once you have some disease or damage that isn't common there is not enough researches in that area and there are very few doctors in whole world that can help but it costs money that most people don't have
@@Generralethe guy who had a computer chip in his brain to let him walk. Elon musk is trying to do something like this, it’s called “neural-link” it’s really cool.
As someone who is short (5'4 at 20) I can say short person dysphoria is created by society. Most of my bullies were girls who picked on my smaller stature and I hear short jokes all the time. It used to bother me but I've learned to live with it and joke along as I found it better to make jokes than be angry which usually feeds into more bullying.
good on you
I was teased for being tall and that was mainly my friends doing it. but for the most part people left me alone probably bc they thought I could kick their ass
Same bruh
It's ok my guy (also 5'4 at 20) to beat the stigma is to exude the charisma of being 7'0 foot we gotta standout😂
I found it strange that he thought he would look better with his body totally out of proportion 😕
When my nephew was in utero docs discovered a benign tumour on his lung and we were warned that if it grew they'd have to operate but thankfully it didn't. He had it removed along with a portion of his lung when he was about 9 months old. He's 14 now and is 100% fine, it's amazing how far medical science has come and we're so, so thankful to have the NHS
Dr. Mike really is the definition of "explain to me like I'm 5" for medical stuff. Keep up the great work!
Cause I was watching the first story I read that as: Explain it to me like I'm 5' feet tall.
I mean he is a family medicine/primary care doctor. He probably has to explain these things to literal 5 year olds regularly
@@smith22041 lol 😅 same haha I missed the first “. The comment after yours cleared it up 😂.
I'm 73 and considered intelligent. I enjoy his explanations. There are some areas, some topics that I want to understand on a rudimentary level.
inteligent people do that. its alot harder to simple it down to layperson words than to leave it as its learned
Dr. Mike is such a respecting person. He doesn’t judge anyone on his channel. If it’s a mental issue he encourages them to get help instead of calling them crazy or weird.
For example, he advised people who are thinking about having limb lengthening surgery to first think about the mental health components of it before undergoing with any kind of physical treatment.
Now that he got popular, his "no judgement" was not always a thing and caused quite the drama back in the day. Much like the "adam ruins the hospital" video he needed to do like 5 "Well, I didn't mean!!!!" follow up vids.
every president who won election was taller than his opponent
@katherines.6537 you mean 15:38?
@Katherine S. He doesn't mean that she isn't, he just says a quick fact that humans are biased with their family members
@@jacobp8306 he’s funny, but, yeah, he should be careful. I just think it’s okay to be weird and funny. Someone earlier worried about people being called weird. I think it’s been proven that it’s okay to be weird. I wonder though if perhaps some can rarely be too weird. It’s Not something to really freak over. If you are freaking out about how weird you feel, hopefully you all have means to seek assistance.
(Edit: I missed a couple words.)
I was born with a genetic bone disorder called MHE (multiple hereditary exostosis) and I had my arm lengthened with an external fixator to combat the dislocation of my radial head. It was one of the hardest surgeries I've had. Because I go to a specialist in limb lengthening (among other things) I've met many people who have had limbs lengthened for various reasons, mostly due to limb length discrepancies. Getting a bone lengthened is such a difficult thing to go through, i would never recommend it just for cosmetic reasons.
I agree, that was pretty appalling. I have had *necessary* surgery multiple times, but my parents always told me that going under general anesthesia is a risk and shouldn't be done casually. Granted the risk in modern times is very small, but it's not zero. I van hardly believe this guy is a doctor but apparently he is.
It sounds like it'd be incredibly painful! I can understand people getting it done for medical reasons, but for cosmetic? Get over yourself shrimp! But I guess you can look at it like this: every time a doctor does another limb lengthening, it's still experience that will make them a better surgeon for all the patients, right?
I don't know the details but my uncle had polio when he was a baby and had a number of surgeries on his legs during in his childhood. Of course, this was in the 50s so I don't know what the available treatments were like then. One of his legs is still a little shorter than the other and he wears specially made shoes with lifts that helped compensate for that difference.
@@pandroidgaxie You can't believe a guy qualified to do limb lengthening surgery is a doctor? I'm pretty sure he doesn't only do it for cosmetics purposes, but even if he did, so what? He's a doctor, not judgemental like you. Is your problem with people getting cosmetic surgery or the doctors willing to do it? Either way, not your concern.
@@depressantdrug same problem I had, but with my hand
my husband is a bit shorter than me, initially he felt insecure but i made him realize from day one I did not care. he has a good heart that's it matters. years later he showed me same or ever more compassion and stands by me after gaining weight due to health issue and ppl started taunting or treating me bad, he is my pillar of support. we should feel good how ever we are.
I'm just flabbergasted that being 5' 7" was so unacceptable to that guy, that he'd spend so much time, money, and pain to get a couple inches taller. My dad is 5' 7", it doesn't interfere with his quality of life.
Best part of being a short dude dating (and marrying) a tall lady...
Legs for miles!!!
On my wedding day i wore three inch heel riding shoes, and my wife was barefoot. We took our vows looking each other dead in the eye.
I'm 6' and my husband is 5'3. Proud of his height, and he likes mine
It's completely gross to make fun of anyone for their weight (over or under weight) but it's another level of gross when it's due to a medical condition. I'm glad you and your husband found each other, two good hearts deserve to be together.
@@ameliarose47 thank you. He is the best thing that happened to me ..God has been merciful towards me . Growing up I had a tough time but now I am in a better place. :)
Dr Mike is the definition of "if you understand it well then you can explain it in simple terms"
And vice versa. In the process of explaining it to a patient, you are obligated by the situation to yourself understand the procedure and consequences well. That is a particular learning phenomenon: the teacher always learns more than the student.
@@ginnyjollykidd ooooh I like that way to put it
I watched the entire "Folded Man" documentary. It's so wonderful how they were able to help him. I can't imagine living like he was before surgery.
I can't either
Hopefully he's living a more normal life now
It really is incredible but... Did he try it?
I watched it too... it was actually very touching 🥲
@@The.thronglerIt might be too small even at that point.
I’m just thinking about how painful it was for all that blood to be in you head for 28 years.
Dr.Mike is soo good at explaining us medical stuff in a really easy way!
Ya he is
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I agree he does not talk to you as if you are a child (which I hate) but, explains things in a educational way yet still is thorough. My husband is like this. If I ask something about cars that I do not know he educates me but, does not belittle me for asking.
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Ankylosing spondylitis is so painful and life changing. Whilst I know we aren’t all like the man in China, we definitely struggle. It’s definitely not just a “oh my mum has a sore knee” type of arthritis.
My dad had it. He was in a lot of pain for decades. Mercifully it wasn't as bad as that poor guy.
I feel for you all, and my guy Li Hua was an absolute champ when it came down to it. We didn't necessarily see him in his day to day, but he seemed to keep it together through this.
It runs in the family and my Dad has it. No one deserves to have to deal with it.
One member of Motley Crue has it, (Mick Mars, I think), and God bless him he is in his 60s and keeps powering through it.
Yes I have it too. I am still recovering from it. I started showing symptoms since Dec 2022 but doctors couldnt diagnose it till March.
0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Leg-lengthening
0:26 - Steel Device
0:52 - Bone Extends
1:02 - 50mm
1:36 - Short Person Dysphoria
2:33 - Conjoined Twins
3:40 - Guitar Brain Surgery
5:02 - Kid With 2 Birthdays
6:40 - Walking After Paralysis
8:08 - The Folded Man
12:52 - Uterus Transplant
14:42 - Face Transplant
16:15 - Outro
16:16 - 600 Pounds +
16:33 - End
The face transplant one almost made me cry. Not only did it say the wound was self inflicted but there will always be those people who judge others and probably talk about her behind her back and stuff. I’m glad she’s alive too and I hope she lives happily for as long as possible.
TW: Suicide
As a survivor of MDD(major depressive disorder), seeing someone being so kind to someone else even with self-inflicted trauma rips my heart out. There are too many lovely people who have been unfortunate who deserve to be loved back. Looking back now, I've realized that every single person who has so much as looked at you or even just walked by you would care if you left. Who cares if you don't have people to talk to? There's still that old lady that you held the door open for, or the cashier at your local grocery store who smiles whenever you walk in. You are loved. And no matter how distant the words seem, no matter how much everything hurts, you are not alone.🖤
This made me cry...good tears. Ty, my beautiful friend for sharing. ❤
@@cassandrastone7297 of course :)
@@olliedoesthethings Thank you. I wish the same for you! ❤️
As one with the same depression, I’ve entered my first non depressive phase, and like you I’ve come to see how many would miss me ❤ wish you the best for the future
@@meimei I wish the same for you too :)
I think this is the first time I’ve actually been notified by TH-cam at the time of an upload
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I got mine 3mins after bruuhh
Same
I have something similar to the one born without a uterus. I was born without a cervix and we had to remove my uterus because when I'd get my period it had nowhere to go and I'd reabsorb it. Super painful. I had to wait a year after the initial exploratory laparoscopy for them to remove it since they wanted me to wait till I was at least 25 (in Utah). My OB/GYN is amazing and managed to get me a hysterectomy at 19 years old.
Why on earth would you need to wait until you're 25?? I hope it's for anatomical reasons and not some weird patriarchal bullshit. I can't imagine you'd be having a standard pregnancy without a cervix, if you were able to carry at all.
Anyway, I'm glad you were able to get the hysterectomy! And if you want to be a mother I hope you're able to find a way to do so!
@yaboicolleen seeing as it's Utah it probably was patriarchal
@@yaboicolleen Yeah no I think it's usually for sexist/transphobic reasons. A lot of the guidelines when it comes to this sort of thing tend to be transphobic in nature, and even non-trans people who need them get caught in the crossfire.
@@fantomp1773 hatred hurts everyone
@@yaboicolleen You have to wait certain amounts of time for sterilization by law or insurance, depending on state. I can imagine that even a needed hysterectomy would have red tape, esp for someone still in their teens. Like she's not gonna fckn grow it back, but 🤦♀
as an ill person myself this makes me feel better, i'm scared to death of hospitals, but the calmness of Dr Mike, makes me feel that little bit better
I hope you feel better soon ❤️
As an epileptic myself, the research study information you showed from the American Academy of Neurology hit hard and I wish would people would talk about it. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at 13 years old, im now 21. I take medication daily to control my nocturnal and absence seizures, a months worth of pills costs about $180. My rescue medication is a 1mg of Clonazepam, i only get those in blister packs of 10-15 at a time because it is a controlled substance and they still cost $300 each time??? My life saving medication should not be the equivalent of a car payment. Big pharma loves to capitalize on people with chronic conditions.
Agreed. I mean just look at insulin. We've known how to make insulin since the early 1900's, I think somewhere around 1920 and improved in the 1930's, and that process hasn't changed a whole hell of a lot. Insulin was right around 30 bucks for DECADES then is the past 10 years prices here in the US have tripled if not more because companies want more money. I know people who literally ration their insulin because they can't afford as much as their doctors say they need.
Holy... wow. That's absolutely insane!! I'm from Poland and here 30 pills of Clonazepam 2mg is about $4.5 😱 for a person with diagnosed epilepsy it'd be about $1 or free. Aspirin or OTC painkillers are more expensive than benzodiazepines 🧐🤷♀️
Big pharma is disgusting. They will charge a 3,000% markup on medication that costs them pennies to produce.
If I lived in the US I'd be dead because I wouldn't be able to afford the medications I need for my anaemia.
@@joanna.felicjaWow... aspirin is more expensive than a benzo? 😵💫 Jesus, healthcare here is such a shitshow.
try going full keto, it was used 100 years ago to treat epilepsy, sometimes worked, sometimes didnt, pro it may work without taking medications cons may not work without any side effects
My daughter had myelomeningocele Spina Bifida with type II Chiari malformation, we ended up getting into a group here in the Midwest that preformed Open fetal surgery which involved basically removing her from my wife still attached at the umbilical cord, patching her back, and then returning her inside my wife and closing her back up. She then held her to 36 weeks where she was c-sectioned out to make sure there was no chance of labor, within the first week we saw a 99% reversal of the Chiari type II malformation , think stewie griffin from family guy football shaped head before to almost normal with some hydrocephalus, she ended up getting a shunt at 6 months, and was able to wiggle her toes. She is now almost 7 uses a wheel chair for long distances but is still strengthening her leg muscles and can walk quite a bit of the way with just a walker!
great to hear
That is AMAZING!! Do you have her story up in YT? Did they snip the filium terminale? I never knew SB and Chairi were linked prior to 2020
That’s incredible! I’m so happy for you all x
Oh my goodness I'm an adult with this but it didn't present at birth more around puberty... had surgery on my neck in 2012 and got detetherthered as well as treated with a shunt for the hydrocephalus, I've had several of those over the years. In use a chair now due to a stroke after aquiring sepsis in 2017. But Im doing great and I love life and my family just find your people and keep at it!
that must be so hard to see and go through
Barring genuine medical necessity, our short kings deserve to be loved exactly as they are. The guy in the first case is already a drop-dead stunner. Goodness knows I've gotten absolutely bowled over by a guy my height or less, that just radiated charisma. CONCENTRATED KINGS FTW
Thank you! I am a 5’7 guy and I couldn’t imagine putting myself through such an agonizing recovery process just to be a little taller. If it really helps him that’s cool, I just don’t understand the desire to go through that
@@Alex-dt9lnWHAAA 5'7 is a very good height for men. Do women in the west not like that?!?! Any man above 5'3 is desirable in my country even tho we have plenty who'd be above 5'7.
@@zennaonthezThe average male height in the USA is around 5'10" to 5'11", average female height is around 5'5". We're bombarded from a young age with the idea of tall, strong, handsome, authoritative men. Me, I'm a female just over 5'6", and my male fiancee is 5'3". People ignore him, walk into him like he's not even there, he gets devalued and passed over all the time. It's BS.
@@bluelagoon1980 damn that's really sad, why does west put so much stress on physical appearance when what actually matters is being a decent human being.
@zennaonthez every society heavily values appearance in different ways
I've been home recovering from spine surgery myself for the last 2 months. I was lucky that everything went perfect, because... knowing youre risking paralysis is quite stressful. But the damage done to my spine from an infection really made it to where I had no choice.
Glad yours went well. I do IOM
( If your doc requests it) its my job to make sure you don’t become paralyzed or otherwise injured during your surgery
@@morganschiller2288 Oh ya. There was someone there monitoring for the whole thing. He introduced himself beforehand. So, yes... I did have one. 10 hours and the only bump in the road was how much blood I lost. Took 7 units to get my hemoglobin back up.
I had gastric bypass surgery in 2007 the surgery was when they just started doing it via laparoscopic. I was 590lb and now I am 200 . I am 100% sure it saved my life. I have NEVER regretted it.
I was shocked to see the animation of basically the entrance of the stomach being connected to the exit of it.. where is the food suppose to sit to digest before going to the intestines? >.>
@@Veganerd_there is still a stomach, but it is significantly smaller
@@Veganerd_ the stomach is SIGNIFICANTLY shrunk, but not totally removed. it prevents patients from being able to eat much of anything for the first months of recovery
@@Veganerd_ your food is also digested as it passes through the intestines, all it does, as the others said, is reduce the capacity, kinda forcing your brain/body to recognize it can't feed as much as it used to. the remaining tiny stomach still has all of its necessary systems
My favorite part of him saying “I play metal, I don’t know that many acoustic songs,” was that moments before he said it I went, “what would I play during this, I play metal, I don’t really know much acoustic songs.”
I'm surprised none of McKay McKinnon's surgeries were in this video. You should definitely cover him in the future. He's a surgeon who removes giant tumors that weigh hundreds of pounds. He was most known for removing a tumor the size of a bean bag chair from a woman named Lory Hugawin on a Discovery Health special, like 20 or so years ago. After that, they did another special, where he traveled to Romania to remove another similar tumor from another woman. Since then, he's traveled to several other countries to remove even bigger tumors from even more people. You wouldn't even believe the surgeries he does are possible! The dude's a hero!
respectfully no just no
@@nameless6473 Why?
@@nameless6473 If you don’t like it then don’t watch, many others including me would want to watch such episode.
It's heartbreaking that so many people are out there living untreated for so long that they develop such massive tumors. One would hope the tumor would have been removed right when it first developed, not left to grow for years and years, slowly disabling them until they are completely incapacitated. It breaks my heart knowing so many people are living like that.
@@orchdork775 I don't know about the others, but with Lori Hugawin, they didn't remove it when it was smaller because all the doctors she saw up until that point thought the tumor was attached to her spinal cord. They thought they couldn't remove it without paralyzing her. And her tumor didn't grow very much for most of her life, anyway. It wasn't until she had to have radiation or something, for an unrelated cancer, that it suddenly got so big in like, one year.
My grandma has 2 uterus, when she wanted to have kids, most of them died, mostly during the pregnancy. So seeing that nowadays they're trying to, kind of solve matters like this, it's amazing to me
I had bariatric surgery in January. My A1C this month was 5.4. my fasting glucose was 108. I have lost 80 lbs since September. It has definitely been a game-changer. And I'm not someone who sat around and ate all day. I have psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as a myriad of back issues that were inherited from both parents. I can stand up straight, no longer need a cane and I'm not in constant pain when standing.
My Tremfya is $12k per dose.
Tremfya Is 12K a dose!?! Jesus!! My moms Symponi (spell) is 8,900 and I thought that was assinine.
It's time for the pharma companies to wake up to the fact that America can no longer carry the rest of the world's pharmaceutical costs.
My RA medication is $9K a month. It's crazy.
@@auntielhandmade2099 ...what I'm talkin' about. Now, if you want to get really indignant, price it through a Canadian pharmacy.🤬
@@morganschiller2288 my Simponi Aria infusions are 22K but insurance helps~ I get infusions every 8 weeks... It helps, thankfully.
4:34 I love how passionately Mike killed any possibility of musical sense coming from the heart lol
The most beautiful part of Katie receiving that exact transplant is that Katie’s own skull shape is quite similar to the donors mother. It was an excellent match.
I wish I could donate my organs and tissues when I die, but I can’t. I carry some quite bad genes and have multiple rare diagnoses that effect every organ, including the vascular system. So literally nothing except maybe a few select bits of my skin is usable. (Not even my bones- I have bone density issues and a genetic bone tumor.)
Its amazing what we can do nowadays, huge thanks to all medical staff for all that they do!
@@9000SubsYEliminoMiCanal 💀 Wtf
I love how Dr. Mike is so calm and composed watching medically accurate content vs how enraged and impassioned he is while watching medical dramas like House 😂
Well yeah, these are real stories with real people, not actors. On the other hand, those shows are terribly inaccurate with literally everything. They also tend to teach people things that either just not true or is dangerous.
Here in Brazil we had a program made by the government that provides those expensive medications to the ones who need them. We have to provide lots of documents and exams to show you need it and you're apt to take 'em and they provide it for you. Every three months you need new documentation provided by your doc to show you still need it. It saved so many people and improved the lives of so many others like myself. It's really beneficial.
My twin was the first in Norway to do the leg lengthening thing. It was done as a part of two other major surgeries on his hips, legs and soft tissue. He had hip dysplasia fixed, lengthening of the legs, his legs were rotated by numerous degrees as his knees always crashed when he walked, and he had several things done to his muscles and tendons to lengthen them and ease the tension on his ankles and knees. He gained about 10-11 cm of height. He was born with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and a whole host of other things and all of the stuff I mentioned was done in one surgery when we were 13. It took three years from the surgery day until he could walk unassisted again. The whole process lasted around 5 years from the discussions to the planning, researching, travelling out of the country to do prep work, analyse how he moved and walked etc. Those analyses was repeated after the surgery once he was walking unassisted again. He was the first patient in Norway to get this done. He was really short due to growth stunting after all of his brain surgeries. He's still a head shorter than me, and Im 158cm/5'2.
Was he able to talk or communicate in any way at the time he got the surgergy? It just sounds like it would be so horrible and scary to go through such a painful and traumatic surgery without being able to communicate when you are in pain or that you are scared or even really understand what is happening and why. I hope it wasn't like that for him. I just can't imagine looking down and seeing those braces drilled into the bones in my legs, not knowing why and not having any way of communicating my horror and fear.
Anyways, how is he doing now after all of those surgeries? I hope they were able to increase his quality of life and that he alright!
@@orchdork775 Yeah he is verbal. He has dyspraxia if I didnt mention that so sometimes he mixes some words here and there. He was fully able to understand the hows, whys and everything. He has an insane tolerance for pain, but he always made it known if he needed pain management. But yeah, Im not sure how much of it my parents would have let him go through if he wasnt able to understand or let us know about pain etc. He has had a much easier time walking since then, but when he gets tired he tends to revert to standkng with his knees bent to almost the angle they had before the surgery. He thinks its the most annoying thing when I remind him to stretch his legs. He had a pretty big benefit from it after. Especially from his knees. Before the surgery he would always smash his knees into eachother when he walked. They were prone to dislocating and they were always bruised and swollen from the constant smashing together. That has not been an issue since then.
Sadly, he hasnt been able to see a physiotherapist for a while, to strengthen his legs, which has seen a bit of a decline since he lost his physio. It's not easy to find a physical therapist who understands the complex issues he has.
@IlikeKentuckyFriedChicken He's very much alive ❤️ We're together at my family's summer house as Im writing this. He's doing great.
thank you dr. mike for your every video you put out. You have forever bettered my doctor patient relationship, you have forever eased my anxiety about my health & you have made me very confident in the choices i make for my health. I can’t describe how grateful i am that you are here on youtube explaining things honestly and plainly. your channel means so much to me so thank you again.
Man, these are the kind of videos of Dr Mike that I love where he gives explanation for various medical situations and conditions
Just want to give a huge shoutout to MD Anderson, and everything they do. They gave us 4 and a half more good years with my stepmother, after putting her into remission for what was supposed to be incurable lung cancer 7 years earlier. They're currently working with my dad as well, and while it has been so difficult, their staff and doctors are amazing, kind, empathetic, and thorough. Not to mention the talented doctors and surgeons that are doing groundbreaking work. It's a place you never want to be, but at the same time, it's the best place to be for the situation.
I was so excited to learn about the uterine transplant studies. I'm too overweight to participate but I'm working on it. I genuinely used to feel guilty because I (for several reasons) don't want to have kids but so many people do and can't. I hope someday I can give someone that gift.
I’d love to be an egg donor, not as drastic as a uterine transplant. I too an too fat to do it. I have 0 interest in kids
Just so we don't hear about men getting a uterus transplant because they think they are women...
Personally I think a lot of people actually don’t have the skills to be good parents, just “good enough” which arguably isn’t good enough. Many mental and physical chronic health issues are linked to early childhood trauma and toxic family systems. In fact, I believe most families have at least some level of toxicity which wouldn’t be so bad except not everyone wants to admit it and do therapy.
It’s also very true that our planet can’t sustain much more of a human population - we have gone from 1 billion to 8 billion in only 200 years. How long until we consume ourselves into oblivion? What suffering are we causing by making more of us?
We are an exponential function and despite what society says about being child free, it’s actually a very ethical choice. People should reproduce sparingly and only when they have gone through a lot to decide it kids are right for them - parenting classes, babysitting, etc.
I'm in the I don't want kids group too BUT I would love to be pregnant just to see what it's like so I thought about being a surrogate but from what I read you need to have a successful pregnancy first which I understand
Me too! I don't want (or even like all that much) children, and I absolutely DO NOT want to get pregnant, here I am just like PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME
also not having periods anymore would be a huge plus
I find it interesting how most of these surgeries have been performed on Grey's Anatomy. I love how they take inspiration from real world medicine.
My coach needed a partial face transplant like 30 years ago and he’s doing great now!
Doctors like you not only are intelligent but also emotionally empathetic.
You Dr. Mike are amazing person. 💙
I have Perthes disease which caused a difference in the length of my legs. It’s slight, so I decided against it, but leg lengthening surgery was brought up. I’m also a 5’3 male, which is shorter than the man that got the surgery. Both things considered, I still have no idea why he decided to go through with it
I have one son that is 5’5. I am 5’7. He grew up hating being short. But now he is happy with who he is. I have always told him -Dynamite comes in small packages!! 😎🌟. His brothers are not much taller 5’7 and 5’8. Their Dad is 5’6.
Shame is very powerful and can cause people to become so humiliated and desperate that just existing in their body feels like torture. It feels like you are a disgusting, ugly person who is worthless and no one will ever find you desirable. It feels like your whole world is crashing down around you whenever you remember what you look like, and the reality that you will spend the rest of your in your body and that your appearance will only get worse as time goes on makes you feel such intense psychological pain that you have to pretend in your mind that you look different than you do in real life, or convince yourself that one day you will get enough money to afford plastic surgery, because the pain is too much to bare.
A large percentage of the population in the U.S. will often go on horrible, unhealthy diets to try and lose weight that have them only drinking juice that causes them to have diahrrea for weeks, because that gets rid of water weight. I mean, that is a super common thing that you will come across on tiktok, where someone is selling some special tea or advertising some crazy diet... it's and normalized. That is on the mild end, because there are even people who attempt self surgery because they are so desperate. I came across a website/forum a long time about how to do medical procedures on yourself, and in my regrettable curiously I read a post from a woman who shared that she literally cut her own labia shorter with a razor blade because of how ashamed she was by its length. She even said she was glad she did it, and there were tons of people in the replies asking her details of how she did it, because they also wanted to cut off their labia.
So yea, that's how bad shame can get. It will make you destroy yourself if you aren't careful, just like it made that guy spend almost 100k on a horribly painful, traumatic surgery.
As a short person, I’m maybe a little insulted by people who want to go through extreme surgery to be 2” taller. Two inches would not even get me to average! I’ve been through an incredibly painful surgery to restore my humerus, and I would never close that kind of pain!
Dudes are sometimes discriminated against by others because traditionally we are supposed to be dominant, and being short isn’t seen as dominant. Not saying it’s right, but it can cause some deep seated insecurity. Being 5’6” and a guy I can tell you it’s definitely a thing, since I was bullied for my height.
I understand where you're coming from. But you have to wonder why a guy is willing to go through that pain anyway.... I am sure others have told you this, but life as a short guy is certainly not a cake walk.
because the stereotype of women beind "under 6ft? dont waste my time loser"
That is so sad. I’d never reject a guy that was under 6’z. My
ex was 5’5 and it made 0 difference to me. The only reason why he was a loser is he cheated on me. Had two babies ( not
mine) and gave up marriage and the benefits of it like the hospital I worked at paid it’s insurance at 100%. Becuase I couldn’t “perform” how he wanted me
to. He was resentful I didn’t want to have relations 1 week after an ACDF. Or a week out of hardware removal. Its not just size. I’d date a hobbit if they were a real man
Being a man and short is something you can't experience. Your take on this situation can't be compared to the man's feelings on this anymore than you should feel bad for him because he can't get pregnant. Men are ostracized, shamed or at the very least, made fun of throughout school. Even Tom Cruise still has issues and I think he made it socially in this world.
That baby puts a different meaning to "I can bring into this world I can take you out of it"
The amount of women that can be helped by transmascs if uterus transplants are possible is huge and literally helps both parties.
The conjoined twin thing blew my mind, to be joined in possibly the most awkward place (imagine operating within the very fine margin between two childs brains) and both surviving is crazy.
I had a surgery that left one of my legs partially paralysed, although I ended up getting most of the use back in my leg, it was a crazy feeling to say that I took walking for granted. I feel we think of walking as a given and it’s such an easy thing to take for granted. I really feel for these people, because I can only imagine what they’re going through!
Leg lengthening is actually used more on patients with dwarfism. Their limbs will actually bow outwards given time and the only way to correct this is a metal rod down the limb while creating several breaks for the bone to reform. It takes over a year to accomplish and it is not easy to do. Many dwarves will do the surgery around age 16 as the growth plate starts to fuse.
14:36 I was born three months early and really really sick and my heart was barely working, doctors didn't think I would make it due to my heart and me being so weak to bacteria and disease. I'm turning 23 in March ❤
Happy early birthday 😊❤
The story of Katie is absolutely heartbreaking. I cried for hours hearing her story. I'm so glad they were able to help her💕
Doctor mike looks tired in this video…really appreciate the effort of posting videos despite all the busy work he’s probably got and that with lots of information in every single one of them ❤ .
Yeah, maybe a bad day or bad news as well.
@@rustcohle9267 looks like he’s just tired.
I noticed this too. So appreciative of how he still gives 100% of his heart and knowledge. No half-assimg here
I saw the folded man one! It was fascinating! And the way he reacts to being able to see his mom again is both beautiful and funny.
Someone I went to high school with is currently in the hospital recovering from septic shock caused by contracting strep A after a minor surgery for a slipped disc and as a result of their septic shock (which they almost died from) they ended up needing both of their hands and feet amputated from the lack of oxygen to them causing the tissue to die and become infected. So crazy/scary and life changing, especially to a mother of two younger children, but at least they survived, even though it’s a very difficult road ahead.
Everyone who is fine and lives a normal life is so lucky.
I am very grateful to be born normal.
Thank you god
Love the unbiased review of the 1st case.
This was eye-opening, especially the uterus transplant because I didn’t know you could be born without one and that there was a uterus transplant program. How awesome! ❤❤
It is awesome. I was born without one but would not mind a transplant lol
@@MollyL5 Agh, I wish I was born without one too, but I wish you the best in whatever you want. Wish I could give you mine even.
Have a wonderful day, night, or everything!
I mean, half the population is born without one.
@@MollyL5I have two. Maybe I got yours? Lol. I’d give you my extra, but they are basically fused together.
the folded man is really one I love to watch over and over again~
It demonstrates amazing skill!
Same. And it’s just so sad he lived like that.
The guy with ankylosing spondylitis really touched my heart, and the turn around made it all the more wholesome.
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As a musician, who constantly has to hear the words "talent" and music coming from the "heart".
I thank you and respect you to an even higher level.
Thank you so much for saying this and being clear that it's all in the brain.
So when i was pregnant one of the thing's i asked is how do you know when something is wrong. He said the main is the heart beat.. then when they did an ultrasound if the area around the baby needed to be clear. I had the perfect doctor wasnt just nice but he took the time to explain everything and i was always at ease.
Watching these videos, I swear I'm so shook and amazed (in the best ways) about how far humans are able to take medicine. Like, I never knew something like a face transplant could even be performed, although I know it's rare... but it was still performed. It just boggles my brain the things humans are able to do in the medical field. Keep up the work Dr. Mike!
I love that Mike keeps up with research and innovations beyond the minimum to keep his certs.
At 5'6" I'd love to be taller. But I ain't breaking my legs and going through months of torture to make it happen.
Same.
that baby will have a real funny lore
"did you know I came out of my mom's womb not once... but twice"
Bro took “your going back right where you came from “too seriously 😂
Dr Mike always brings out the best content. We wish him nothing but the best.
I had a patient down in Rome GA I worked on. She was a 80 something year old. Sweet as sugar. Poor chick had such severe kyphosis she was bent like a C. She had a previous thoracic fusion and over time her vertebrae broke the rods and screws. Well anyway they wound up fusing T3 down to S1 and you could literally see her flatten out as the surgery went on. It was so drastic. I had to ask my oversight if I could readjust her baselines because her condition improved dramatically. I wonder how she’s doing now. Hell I wish I knew how all my patients were doing. I have so many I’d love to call.
Both my brother and I have AS. Same as the folded guy. I remained married through out my life, so thus used my husband’s insurance. My brother’s wife left him, so he struggled to keep up his insurance. I got the benefit of biologics. He did not. Long story short, I went on to start a successful business that employed 50 people. My brother ended up crippled and on the public dole all his life. This is how the USA leaps over the dollars to pick up the pennies. Health care for all!
I love how ann is so anti - outrage culture. She takes all of this nonsense with such a good humor, yet she still acknowledges more serious /dangerous viral hacks with the amount of respect and severity those deserve. It's really a brilliant style of content. What are you going to do, say shes lying when she debunks hacks? Not only is she a food scientist, she shows her reasoning through actual experiments and disclosing all her variables. Really she's a great role model for online content creators!
Something about this channel... It's really nice to hear a Dr. speak about medicine who is not burned out from the Healthcare System in the US. I can tell that Dr. Mike genuinely loves caring for people and the continuing education and commitment that this requires. He would be a fun Dr to work with because I suspect his joy in practice and his zest for education is infectious.
Guys you do not need to be 6ft tall. Don't listen to what the media and what some girls say. You're perfect the way you are.
That guy obviously don't think so lol. I hope he gets permanent damage for being so vain
Short kings rise up (settle for a step stool if you have to)
More like, being tall ducks and you shouldn't want it for yourself
Exactly, there’s not much point to be tall but yet the society acts like it’s an essential. Why should we do something that doesn’t benefit the society and still get judged at last? What reward do we get at last for meeting the satisfying height? Nothing.
I love that the man getting the height surgery is just completely sure that he lives up to 100.
"I got like 70 years left on this planet" - like bro, consider yourself lucky, when you get 50 more.
Wow, I'm so glad Dr. Mike touched on leg length discrepancies. I've never heard it talked about before outside my doctor's office (my personal case is called femoral dysplasia) and I appreciate some light being shone on it. Thank you, Dr. Mike. You made my day 😊
My friend growing up had leg length issues. She was born with hip dysplasia I believe. She basically had no hip sockets. In high school she had a surgery to stop the growth of the longer leg. Kinda wild. It worked but she still limps due to the hip issues.
@@m_d1905 yes! I was in a similar boat, except I was born with basically no femur in my left leg. I had many surgeries starting in elementary all the way up to high school (had many complications) to lengthen my left/stunt the growth in my right, while the main issue is fixed I still have some minor leg pain, and some narly scars that I love. It's wild what they're able to fix/do!
7:30 I actually recognize that place I believe that is in Woking where I go cycling sometimes!
My husband has ankylosing spondylitis and we are so lucky that we live in a country that the medications are available and aren’t too expensive. Thank you for sharing Dr Mike ❤️
It is truly amazing how medical procedures have improved over the years.
Hey Dr. Mike I would like to say that you make great educational videos and I learn so much through it. I was just wondering if you can make a more in-depth video on PCOS because my partner has this symptom and I would love to be better educated and knowledgeable and would like to know how I can help her and support her physically and mentally as well. Thank you so much!
If I was that baby with the tumor I would insist on having two birthdays 😂 still happy the baby was ok😊
Right?! C’mon!! 😂
That was just the demo, not the release date :V
My mom has ankylosing spondilitis and she still has to cook and clean. I help her to clean but I can't cook, her back started to arch and she had surgery and she is happy now, she is still sore but say better than her state before. Love you mom!
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0:34 DONT CLICK ON IT
Ok i won’t
why
Don’t click on what?
JUST DO IT!
- Shia LaBeouf
Its not that bad
I would love to see a video about abnormal medical results. Like for instance, at 20 years old I had to fight my doctor for 3 months to finally be tested and diagnosed with avascular necrosis. Was told it was almost impossible that someone my age has it.
Limped like Quasimodo for 6 months before I taught myself how to walk again, absolutely no help from my doctor or specialist. No therapy, just pain and me being determined to walk again.
Dr. Mike, you should do a video about connective tissue disorders. The population of people with connective tissue disorders is grossly underestimated as research and awareness is showing. A lot of the issues in this video are related to connective tissue disorders, as well as neurodivergence, autoimmune disorders, and GI problems. Unfortunately many have been forced into eating disorder clinics when they're actually experiencing gastroparesis.
1:45 - higher satisfaction, higher salaries, HIGHER positions. Yea they’re tall, we get it Dr Mike 😂
Zip it
The thing is thats not true, most ASTRONAUGHTS are shorter then average
9:46 Here in Norway prescriptions you have to take often or daily will be on what we call a “blue prescription” which will make it free after spending a certain amount (about 200 dollars) on meds, doctors and psychologists. Before you have spent that amount it will just be really cheap. The pharmacies also can’t set their own prices, so it will cost the same at every pharmacy. I have spent the amount this year, so my therapy, doctor visits, hospital visits and several prescriptions are completely free the rest of the year.
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I think my dad had to have that, can't remember the reason why. He told me, a few times I think, that because of the surgery, he has to throw up a certain way or else he could choke on his own vomit.
I watched the full doctumentary on the "folded man" and it was incredible and made me go through a range of emotions: sadness to see a person suffering, happiness to see that all the surgeries went well and gave him a better quality of life, love for his mother who placed her life on hold to care for him and gratefulness for all the things in life that i have taken granted for such as even sitting upright. Bless his soul and i hope he and his mother live a happy life .
Thanks for doctors who performed these operations 👏👏
Shout out to all the doctors and surgeons who were able to pull these surgeries off! Don’t know what we would do without you all! Doctor Mike could you please do a reaction video to the Walking Dead’s medical scenes?! Start with the first episode and then I will start recommending more episodes!!!!
Tell me I’m not the only one that cried when Katie said she was just so grateful to be alive. 😭
6:42 that’s basically what I have, I lost my right arm in 2019 and got a prosthetic/bionic one that works with thoughts or if I move my left arm my right arm moves with it, my right hand only moves with thought though.
Me and my whole family watch your videos the SECOND they come out, keep up the awesome work!
YESSSSS I've always wanted to see your reaction to the folded man
6:49 Imagine bro becomes Doctor Octopus
Doc Mike, you are so smart.
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Patient: _playing Wonderwall_
Neurologist: Ok, keep playing... _probes brain_
Patient: *Starts down picking Slayer at 300 BPM*
Neurologist: .....should I remove the probe? This is pretty sick.
15:43 the most savage thing I ever heard Dr Mike say ‘She’s biased though cause she looks like her family member’. I can’t tell if he was being brutally honest or making a joke. Ahaha awkward.
Definitely a joke!😂
1:08 I do wonder how the rapid growth will affect his fascia, skin, scar formation etc.
Love the way you seem to explain things on a sliding scale of comprehension! My 11 yr old can watch and understand what he says and I don’t feel like I’m watching a children’s video. AND it’s attention grabbing & entertaining! Kudos to you and your team, Dr. Mike!
my respect keeps increasingly exponentially when i see these insane level of science that doctors undergoes and use to save lives
Dr. Mike: "even something as simple as a sneeze can break a bone"
My brain out of nowhere: "SNEEZE! SNEEZE! SNEEZE!"