Autopsy doctors, what was the biggest shock you discovered in a person's passing away?

[@forsythia8717]

I have a cousin who was so gaslit by doctors about her endometriosis that she started to believe she was delirious and hypochondriac. She was completely resigned to the fact that she would have to live in excruciating "phantom" pain forever. I was so worried about her that I researched and booked an appointment with a female gynaecologist two states over. Her reviews said she's a sweetheart who actually listens to her patients. A few examinations later, she was diagnosed. I'd never seen someone cry so much in my life. Having her pain validated and being told she wasn't crazy was much more important to my cousin than actually having the pain treated.

[@ndawn90]

When I finally found a surgeon who was willing to do a diagnostic laparoscopy for me, I sobbed in his office. Finally getting a diagnosis was incredibly cathartic.

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

did autopsys while he went to college, i know the usa is amazing silly but that cant even happen there!

[@thatone7793]

Both my mother and grandmother had endometriosis. I've been fighting with my GYN for over two years about pain I'm feeling. They put me on birth control that doesn't fully stop the bleeding and are totally okay with the fact that I've bled every day since October 2021. They keep telling me it's digestive issues so now I'm getting a colonoscopy here in February. Even though the pain is in a very specific, not-my-intestines spot.

[@iesika7387]

@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307 Cadaver lab isn’t an autopsy, it’s educational dissection. Every doctor does this in school.

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

@@iesika7387 Listen to what is said in the video then find the section i was talking about! Where it said he did autopsies!

[@garywatson3778]

My dad donated his body to science. When he died, the med school sent a van, they picked him up, then did science with him. Dad was also late to everything, so we all said he would be late to his own funeral. Joke's on us. That asshole didn't even show up! The nerve.

[@liam8370]

so even the body was lazy? well damn!

[@EvonneLindiwe]

😅.. made me laugh…May your Dad rest in Peace 🕊️🙏🏿

[@garywatson3778]

@@Meow4B That's understandable. We have both a med school and a crime lab academy, so who knows what they did to him.

[@tonic.1917]

I have a lot of weird health problems. I looked into donating to science-- you have to pay the University of Alabama to take your body! No thanks!!!

[@garywatson3778]

@@tonic.1917 That's not how "donating" works. LOL! I guess that's pretty standard logic for the Tide. Did I mention that I'm from Louisiana? 😆🤣😆

[@empressmarowynn]

I got my first period at age 11 and it was a nightmare ever since. Cramping so bad that I would sometimes shake, sweat, then pass out. So much blood loss that I spent decades anemic. Then in my mid-30s I began bleeding continuously. As in having my period all day every day for THREE YEARS. It was so hard getting anyone to actually listen. It wasn't until I began hemorrhaging about once a week that I was finally referred to a specialist. He did a hysteroscopy and immediately recommended a hysterectomy. Within 6 months I had it done and oh hey look endo absolutely EVERYWHERE. The only things that were clear were my ovaries so yay no early menopause but it's ridiculous that it took 25 years of complaints and literally almost dying due to severe blood loss for anyone to take me seriously. Doctors want to blame every woman's complaint on our period but then when it's actually a problem with our period we're ignored.

[@notmyname3883]

And the awful thing is, there've been FEMALE GYNOS for over fifty years now. So it's not just the men. Nobody hates a women like another woman.

[@SingingSealRiana]

. . . And e.periode should Not BE debilitating!!! If IT IS Something IS seriously wrong, even If you cant find endometrioses, you have to Take IT serious, Look and try to treat the pain!!!

[@annewelch-uk1of]

Doctors will not tell women to use this, but Raspberry leaf tea helps with period pain and for childbirth as well. It helps to shorten labor and reduce or take away the pain as well. I found the information in a book at the library. I had very heavy periods until I was about to have menopause. I had no idea they weren't supposed to be that bad. Fortunately, I didn't have pain as I always had a Christian Science practioner pray for me. I did have some discomfort the first day until the blood began to flow properly.

[@callarati]

Your story is very close to mine too. It got so bad and I got so anaemic that my gums & nail beds were white cos I cannot replace the iron fast enough with the amount I am losing 3 weeks out of every month for a couple of years. And we saved my ovaries too....!

[@animalpack4622]

This is why I'm so grateful that my doctors took me seriously and booked me for an ultrasound the moment I complained of irregular periods. I now know that I have some minor cysts on my cervix and that I have a clear cause that can be kept track of thanks to my doctor's diligence. I'm so sorry you had to go through what you did. I couldn't imagine it

[@megsmith6758]

The one about the baby was so sad, the mum finally got the child she wanted only to lose them to medical neglect

[@angelacooper8973]

They should have known to give her a C-section.

[@Mattteus]

Yeah, that one really got to me

[@sageseeker9197]

I'd sue. That's a lawsuit right there.

[@zuvasq]

@@sageseeker9197 That's crime right there

[@jcj]

​@@sageseeker9197 thats exactly what i was thinking i really hope the doctors who caused that got fired too😭

[@cyberra0180]

That one about the woman with endo hits close to home, especially with the doctors not taking her seriously. I had to suffer with PCOS (cysts on my ovaries) for a decade because my doctor would not take me seriously when I said that something was wrong about my period

[@Alex_zer0_Shoveller]

That sounds terrible I hope everything is better now and you found a doctor who is more concerned for ur health!! My mother had the same thing at 16 (in the 1980's) but I think hers were removed quite quickly after they found them ! It's shocking how many women suffer and even die because of things like this

[@thewhitewolf58]

I think the reason is the issue has to be rather large or highly noticeable for doctors to notice. Women tend to report every little thing and get seen as emotional. While men would usually rather die then go to the hospital so usually by the time we go in the issue is loud and highly noticeable which is why we are more believed by the doctors. Its just how it is. My issue is the period is treated as an all purpose solution to any medical solution so instead of trying to find the problem it is just the magical period acting up.

[@MyDuckSaysFucc]

@@thewhitewolf58as a woman with chronic pain, I never complain, and I try to never ever go to the doctors specifically because of my experiences with my chronic illness. The sexist mistreatment of women by doctors is not our fault, it’s not caused by women’s behavior. It’s caused by mystic stereotypes, some you just listed yourself. I would argue in many ways, men can be more emotional and more vocal about pain. But, that would be a generalization too. I think every different person has a different experience with pain and health.

[@Bucky_Winchester]

​@@thewhitewolf58a big reason why women gte the shit end of the stick in medical affairs is actually rooted in the little research that actually considered women. For the longest time they just focused on men and their treatments, how women react to certain medicine or whatever wasn't even considered. Modern medicine for women suffers bc society didn't give a shit.

[@sionatube]

The problem is also that since the female reproductive apparatus is so inside the body, it's not really visible when something is wrong. ...as if the doctors didn't have the right equipment to check that. It's ridiculous.

[@shekriptic2851]

My partner has pneumonia And the first hospital told him it was anxiety and “in his head” and if he came back in a few days they could prescribe him some anxiety medication- goes to another hospital Head doctor says he was “days from drowning in his sleep” Some doctors should have their licence removed

[@Jamiegrl3]

You should tell him to go back to that hospital and ask to speak to those negligent doctors and/or their supervisors. His story could potentially remind them they're not God and shouldn't ignore patients

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

I'm so sick (no pun) of doctors saying everything is anxiety. They really need to pay attention and stop discounting patient's illnesses as anxiety or depression. I have multiple herniated cervical discs in my neck as a result of a car accident. Three years after the accident, I semi blacked out before work one morning. I was carrying a bag of decorations to my car to bring to my office. Ended up going to the Emergency room by ambulance. At the ER, the attending doctor refused to do any medical tests. Outright refused. I explained to him that the blackout episode was "so far out of the realm of normal for me" and that something was wrong. I had very good insurance, btw. He told me if I didn't leave his ER, he'd have me arrested... The following day, I saw a doctor who came recommended and an MRI was ordered. Come to find out, the herniation in my neck was so bad that one of the discs was pressing against my Vegas Nerve causing me to have blackout episodes.

[@prodigalpriest]

I hope you sued that ER doctor for malfeasance.

[@mpleading2588]

Pneumonia often comes with abhorrent lung sounds. Literally listening to his lungs with a stethoscope could have lead them to the answer. Any medical provider

[@michaelbujaki2462]

Not as bad as what happened to my dad. He went to a clinic with pneumonia, but the quack misdiagnosed it as a cold, and gave him a cough suppressant. That doctor lost his licence.

[@Sweenymee]

Why does people (doctors) just think that women are hypochondric with out checking their actual bodies for what they say hurts?

[@pennyforyourthots]

From what I understand, they're actually is a lot of missing information on medical science in regards to women. For a very long time medical science was done basically by men, on men, and for men. It was just kind of assumed that whatever worked on men also worked on women, which led to a lot of things that have sex based variations (such as autism or reactions to certain medications) or exclusively happen in the female sex to be understudied. On top of that, a lot of societal biases tend to still exists within the medical field, so old stereotypes about women still persist even if they are objectively not scientifically validated. It's also why people of color are also still mistreated by the healthcare system even when race is pseudoscience is no longer part of official practice.

[@GiordanDiodato]

it's a disease called medical misogyny

[@draculinalilith396]

Funny enough I have experienced something similar but as a woman who happens to be trans. When I looked like a boy people took me more seriously. Now that I look and sound like a normal woman even to doctors, I am unironically put down more for saying the same things I used to say, and taken significantly less seriously when I try to be serious. People take me more serious about some stuff like in relationships. I found out Like some people fr treat women with less respect and believe it. Very hard to explain and very frustrating to experience. It can even be dangerous for women. I personally was in a relationship with a guy who saw women as mentally inferior including me and treated me accordingly including physically and I’m small. I’m out now but the experience messed me up, I have a fear of angry men now where I literally shake in fear. It took me a long time to get help because people wouldn’t listen to me when I tried to explain, I would literally get blamed for getting r-worded unironically for dressing too nice at night and “asking for it” literally, I thought people only said that kinda stuff in movies. I ranted a bit but moral is it’s very very real and very very dangerous and applies to more than just doctors. Women deserve more societal respect imo.

[@deborahaumiller7391]

Mysogyny.

[@Sweenymee]

@@draculinalilith396 shiit! I feel like you trans people (either way) is the people that might be able to notice that difference in how genders get treated more than us ciss exactly because you passed as one before and the other one after the transition. Thank you for sharing! I've been through similar stuff(except being ciss, so I never got to feel the "male privelage". I see it, but it is a bit hard for me to understand when I don't want to change gender, even tho there are some perks to be gained by being male). I really hope us ladies will get more attention now, and even more with the generation after us! We deserve some humanity as well!

[@ICantBeInCharge]

My mother passed in May 2023 and donated her body to science. She had this set up before I was born, but I am still waiting to get her ashes back. It really freaked me out...the thought of people poking around in her body. But I hope that her body helped them learn something about Dementia, breast cancer, and mental health. Today was my first Christmas without her and it's still hard

[@sammi_cat4261]

I can imagine it must be really hard to not have her around. My mom wants to donate her body to science too. I was like kinda strange but I get it.

[@MsCurufinwe]

I can't imagine your pain, but saying prayers for you and your family. One day her memory will hopefully bring you more comfort than pain. God bless.

[@420luvsounds]

❤my heart goes out to you

[@yunabrooks]

I send you warm hugs and all the strength you need. ❤❤❤

[@dianagarrison3138]

I was a student of gross anatomy (medicine) and being able to see, feel, hear , smell the body was invaluable. I am donating mine for that reason. Know that the bodies are treated with great respect, and we were very appreciative.

[@roowyrm9576]

Doctors -listen and HEAR women when they tell you about pain and illness.

[@rox3725]

no

[@Sandy-eb5ey]

@@rox3725 Are you a doctor? Stfu.

[@blueshoes5145]

Don’t be a doctor then @@rox3725

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@rox3725 screw off misogynist

[@cyirvine6300]

Hello? Many don't! Especially about menstruation. They actually insist a normal period is a couple of tablespoons of blood. So you're screwed if you claim cups of blood. They won't believe you even if they measure hematocrit drops from 12 to 9 in a week!

[@briannakatrail]

The baby story is just heartbreaking, didn’t realize how dangerous pulling the baby out could be.

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

Neck damage can be possible too, from vertebra to arterial damage.

[@Alison-h8e]

Forceps are to be avoided if at all possible, my mother was an old Registered Nurse trust me they are one of the most deadly medical instruments in the neonatal unit in the hands of an unskilled doctor. My mother saw a premature infants head come right off!!! Doctor knew she was in trouble too, she was warned by other professionals on the floor. Tragedy, just sad.

[@knowledge-girl]

@@Alison-h8e Forceps are one of the leading causes of cerebral palsy.

[@mar-k7104]

The most horrific case I heard of (don’t read further if you don’t have a strong stomach) was when the baby was breech (butt/legs first) and not fully past the cervix yet, the doctors pulled so hard with that forceps (last warning) that they decapitated the baby. They had to have a c section to remove the head from her womb and the mother didn’t know exactly what happened until after waking up from the surgery. That’s my new worst nightmare for if I ever have a baby.

[@Juno-z4n]

Can you imagine going into labor with a full term baby only to have the baby aborted in a lame attempt to assist in delivery. Gross negligence and it resulted in murder.

[@Nat-eb1ix]

If you are choking, and you are alone, call 911 on your cell, then run and find the closest person. Leave your home/apartment. Knock on doors. Find someone walking their dog. Anything. The most important factor to not dying is alerting as many people to your distress as quickly as possible and hope that someone is trained to help

[@angelacooper8973]

You can use a chair to dislodge the object

[@PhineasFerb001]

You can also try to throw yourself over the back of a chair (no, seriously). When I say throw, I mean it. You should be hurting by how hard you’re throwing yourself

[@ladydragon5526]

Well actually it suggested that you find a chair, or a edged surface that you can perform a self heimlich maneuver by pushing against the edge the section located beneath your sternum in between your ribs😮 the same location in which you would place your hands for a heimlich is the same location in which you want to push in order to eject the object

[@SausageRoll4u]

How are you supposed to run when you can't breathe.

[@BrightElk]

I appreciate your suggestions but As someone who has nearly choked I think you will have a hard time running around outside for help. My husband was just in the room around the corner from me and it was hard to get him.

[@itt2055]

I am an organ donor and have requested that my body be used for medical science. This also allows my family from having to pay for a funeral and a grave site.

[@animetalk8132]

Which is expensive the funeral and gravesite not the organ donor

[@Puddingcup110]

There’s a chance your body can’t be used for whatever reason they give, keep that in the back of your mind too. Just so you’re not banking on one thing than after you’re gone a huge bill comes! Good planning ahead tho. Most peoooe are so freaked out by their own mortality they don’t plan for their death.

[@Puddingcup110]

@@animetalk8132After a body is used for Science, it is cremated and mailed to the Family.

[@rustyjones7908]

In my state you still have to pay a few grand for your body to be prepared for science.

[@itt2055]

​@@Puddingcup110life is a terminal illness. Every time life stresses me out I just remind myself that life is too short to take it seriously.

[@kathrinsides2838]

I suffered from abdominal pain from the age of 17, but I wasn’t diagnosed with endometriosis until I was 28. I had my hysterectomy at 30. And I have been diagnosed with a number of other chronic medical conditions since then. When I was 17, my doctor said that they could do exploratory surgery to see if there was something wrong, but it didn’t happen. I specifically asked if I would be able to have children, & he said yes. That was not true. I had suspected that I couldn’t get pregnant since my late teens. So I did warn my husband before we got married. I’m glad I was able to do that so there weren’t any surprises about that.

[@Krazii_kokonutz]

Yea that’s what’s happening to me now after 12 years I recently got my diagnosis and it’s a little too late…. I am so happy that i have evidence that I am not crazy. But I am sooooo angry!

[@juliajung4329]

I got diagnosed with endometriosis this year and I was talking with my grandmother, she said she always had abortions when she was pregnant and had to do a lot of treatments to keep my mother and aunt. She mentioned how the doctors had no idea why it happened, she also had an histerectomy when she was young, maybe your same age. I feel sad that she didn't know why she lost so many of her babies and never knew why. Thankfully I know now

[@Nille0212]

I had endometriosis as well. Periods so bad the first 3 days I would take a mattress into my bathroom and but my TV at the doorway and sleep next to the toilet because I would vomit everything so badly I was weak afterwards. It took 9 years for a diagnosis. I begged for a hysterectomy after 5 more years of agony. At 26 I finally got it. I never had children (I lost 3) but I'm ok with that now. I'm just grateful I don't have to go through the whole process of being sick and in pain constantly from endo!

[@Christinakloehn-ip3tu]

these replies...this comment....I hope you are all okay and doing well! I'm sorry this happened to all of you guys!!....

[@colleens1107]

Nearly in tears over the newborn? OMG IM BAWLING HERE.and no those doctors have a huge medical malpractice suit coming their way. That poor mother. Also, as someone who has endometriosis (well not anymore, I had a hysterectomy) I felt that first story. Ladies, if you got abdominal pain that doctors aren’t finding anything go to a gynecologist.

[@trixfox45]

An gynaecologist might not always do stuff either. I have always had terrible period cramps and in general usually have pain around my belly (which also some foods cause, I think, so there is that) I have told my gynecologist that my periods are genuinely terrible for me and she never did anything about it. Since the beginning of this year I have been trying the pill, because I heard it helps. It did help but ended up getting massive headaches so needed to stop (my obgyn apparently just has two different pills to offer ? and asked to get checked if I have migraines with aura ,which I have to wait for till next year...) Ever since I stopped taking the pill my periods have been weird though. Usually get them one/two weeks later than before (which before were 1/2 days difference usually) and when getting close to them randomly feel quite bad cramps (luckily not for long) for about a week. My periods also seem to be lighter and the bad period cramps now start one day before and the first day and then are okish the second (was first and second day before). Sadly still need to take usually 2 painkillers the days with bad pain, which from one I have been getting side effects and try to avoid taking.

[@magnarcreed3801]

She probably should stop trying with such shit genes. Adopt a kiddo.

[@NazzyDragon]

find a new one holy hell@@trixfox45

[@NebulousCreature]

@@trixfox45please try seeing a different gynecologist if possible

[@trixfox45]

@@NebulousCreature I have been thinking about that too ,she is nice but really isn't much of a help.

[@tardismole]

Not an autopsy, but during my third year medical training. Observing a hip replacement. We all filed into the OR, couldn't see a patient because s/he was completely draped. The surgeon talked us through what he was doing and why; sawing, hammering, metal ball etc. And then he undraped the leg and began manipulating the limp to show us how it moves - up down this way that, like a piston. One word describes what happened next: Dominoes. All six students, including me, fainted in a heap. So dignified.

[@vanessahow]

i never saw people faint, thought it was only in movies HAHA

[@vectorwolf]

Hah! Yeah, long-bone surgery is hilariously brutal to watch, it's more like home reno than delicate surgery. Same thing with stuff like putting rods in broken bones.

[@michaelbujaki2462]

We will now separate the men from the boys who want to play doctor.

[@pjmacinnes831]

I have stage four endometriosis and the only way that I found out was because I had an ovary removed due to it being covered in cysts. When the doctor came in to talk to me after my surgery, he looked incredibly apprehensive and for a split second, I thought I might have cancer or something. But he told me that I had one of the worst cases of endometriosis that he had ever seen and that he couldn't believe I was just walking around like a normal person. He removed as much as he could and I am now on medication that may or may not control it. However, my mental state has drastically improved since he removed it. I didn't even realize I was in pain until I suddenly wasn't.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

Have a Mirena fitted. I had severe endo and it saved my life. No periods for 5 blissful years and no chance of pregnancy. No side effects Every 5 years get a new one. If you want to get pregnant, have it removed and your fertility is back. 15 years I had mine (3 x 5 years).

[@beddingdowninbedlam]

Chronic pain is absolutely wild like that. I'm glad it's improved and I hope the medication does its job!

[@retr0robbin]

If I had a dollar every time I’ve heard a story about a woman being referred to psychiatry instead of getting actual care, I’d be rich. It’s infuriating. Ive heard of a case about endometriosis where endometrial tissue was found IN THE LUNG of the patient. Totally shocking. Doctors need to take it more seriously.

[@fightinamrah]

It may also occur in any other organ - even in the brain!

[@FelineFosterFamily]

Yo! Thank you so much for the shoutout and defence of endometriosis. As a sufferer who took nearly a decade to be diagnosed, it’s nice to know others are on your side.

[@eyenpersu5248]

The first one... I was sent home in severe pain every month from the hospital with just painkillers, while they didn't know what I had, just cause I didn't have appendicitis. Turns out I had a 10 cm diameter ovarian cyst that in the end nearly killed me.

[@InternetStrangerThatCanRead]

I'm glad you're still here to tell the tale

[@eyenpersu5248]

@@InternetStrangerThatCanRead Thank you. I had to have emergency surgery in the end cause ovarian torsion (if you don't want to wince, do not look it up). I came very close to dying that day. I see every day as a blessing now.

[@eyenpersu5248]

@@Meow4B I have no clue either. All they did was have me pee in a pot and draw my blood... never anything else. It's incredibly frustrating. Women's health problems are still underestimated far too often... (my dad actually had the same happen but he got them to do another test, he obviously didn't have an ovarian cyst, but he had kidney stones)

[@Bl00Buttons]

@@eyenpersu5248 For anyone curious, but not wanting to look up the gnarly details, ovarian torsion is when your ovary twists (it can happen due to the weight of a cyst) and cuts off bloodflow. It is immensely painful. It is a _MEDICAL EMERGENCY_ and can result in death if not treated promptly.

[@karabelle67]

When I was pregnant with my first, I was experiencing so much pain as my daughter grew. I told my Doctor about the pain and he said it was pregnancy it's uncomfortable and hard but women for millenia have gotten through it and I would too. When I was 8 months pregnant my daughter was in breech position so I went to see a surgeon. During the ultrasound he sound 3 ovarian cysts and one cyst in my uterus that had been growing with my child. The pain I was feeling was my daughter hitting the cyst. Had to have a c-section, my daughter was delivered, then they removed the 3 lb cyst and the ovarian cysts. I have a new Doctor now and that doctor retired shortly after.

[@CatMage1014]

When my dad died, I had his body donated to science. Specifically his brain and spine donated to Yale's MS research department. He had the form of Multiple Sclerosis that never went into remission (Post Primary MS). The fact that he was 46 when he died allowed the scientists a rare opportunity to study PPMS in the body of someone so young, something that rarely ever happened considering that PPMS is the rarest form and people who have it don't tend to die young

[@onionbubs386]

I'm sorry about your dad. I have MS, though mine is very mild compared to most people, but I'm glad that even in his death, he's still helping people like us with the same disease. Though I know that doesn't take the grief away. I hope you and your family are doing well.

[@CatMage1014]

@@onionbubs386 Thank you so very much ❤️ I actually just last week got involved in a research study that is testing for signs of MS in people who have immediate family members with MS. Since my dad had MS like I said my first comment, I signed up right away and got to give a blood donation and cheek swab. I'm going to do a spinal tap and MRI as soon as I can to help more with their research ❤️

[@CecilBob-c4l]

Why on Earth was a 'decorative' rifle mounted LOADED!?

[@carolalexander1429]

No social media, or no media back then, country living, wild animals, parents outside boiling water, chopping trees, tending fields, feeding livestock, etc. People worry less when they’re busy, probably. It was over the fireplace and kids are busy all the time.

[@GiordanDiodato]

probably because it was the 30s or 40s and it was used in case of an intruder.

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@carolalexander1429 not necessarily. sometimes they're afraid of intruders and it was surprisingly more common back then than today.

[@Uffda.]

I was taught to treat a gun like it’s always loaded. Don’t care if you just emptied it yourself, always treat it like it’s loaded. Never, ever point it at something that you aren’t trying to kill. That is a gun’s purpose. It is a tool for killing. Not a toy, not an accessory. I am from a kinda backwoods area, and when I was a kid my family’s hunting helped put food on the table. As did fishing, berry picking, etc… Which, when your income is meager, certainly helps. The firearms were always stored away, empty, and with a safety lock through the chamber. But, I was taught, it’s still loaded. Store it empty and locked, but always handle it as if it were loaded. I’m just repeating myself at this point, but so many accidental shootings are completely preventable and that’s absolutely tragic. So for anyone who reads this, if you’re ever in the vicinity of a firearm please remember, and if needed remind others- (even the experienced, we can all get a little lax about safety from time to time) *The gun is always loaded.*

[@conlon4332]

That's a good point actually.

[@lizz01221993]

My dad went to doctors and hospitals for a year complaining about abdominal pain. Only to be told it was just anxiety. Only to find out he had stomach cancer. Advanced so much during that year, so when it was finally discovered it was too far gone that there was nothing they could do to save him anymore. My poor father suffered for a few months before he lost his fight. I personally can never forgive any of those doctors for dismissing my father's pain and just going with "he had anxiety ". I could of passibly still had my father here, he could have met his grand daughter. Complete negligence on all of their parts

[@susanc4622]

Similar thing happened to my father who was put on all sorts of weird diets to aid his gut problems. After a couple of years of this, he took the scans the doctors were using to diagnose his ‘irritable bowel’ to a doctor in another city. That doctor put him in hospital immediately- didn’t even go home to get clothes- and operated the next day on his (by then) advanced bowel cancer. We all make mistakes at work but unfortunately doctors’ mistakes can lead to early death.

[@fightinamrah]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@lizz01221993]

@@susanc4622 I'm glad they found it and were able to do something.

[@lizz01221993]

@@fightinamrah thank you

[@whimsysmith2835]

Tried to donate my dad’s body to science this last September when he passed. Turns out there is a weight limit. My dad suffered from vascular dementia brought about by stroke which was likewise brought about by a lifelong series of heart conditions. But it was GERDS that killed him, he became unwilling and unable to eat or swallow. He wasted away and official cause of death was starvation. I wish they could have accepted my dad’s body, my father’s death was deeply traumatic, and I wish that students could have learned whatever lessons his body had left to teach because I would not wish my father’s death on anyone. To me that is the biggest reason to donate, so that perhaps future doctors will have more solutions and save other families from the devastating last couple of years that he and we went through. On another related note it should be legal in every state to be allowed assisted suicide as an option for hospice. Wasting away is a hideous way to go.

[@mimime5376]

So sorry for the loss of your dad and how he passed. I agree 100% with you on each state having assisted suicide as a law. Why would anyone want to see their loved ones in such pain? 😔🙏🏼❤️

[@Eclipse-co6ev]

As someone with a liver transplant. i can really not thank people enough who are organ donors

[@prodigalpriest]

Same here.

[@Saphirakii]

related to the first story somewhat. my mom had been complaining to her doctor for upwards of 10 years. She's in pain, her throat feels bad, she needs help. Doctor would up her pain meds until he felt he couldn't safely increase the dosage anymore. All the while, he and my dad were joking about women and their pain tolerance or whatever. Turns out she had a cancer node. It had grown to the point of physically protruding into her airway, and we found out because she was slowly losing her ability to speak and breathe with ease, so we went to the ER. She needed 3+ separate teams of doctors and specialists to make sure they could safely remove it. She refuses to go after the shitty family doctor for malpractice because her condition was described as "so rare there's only been 10 cases like it worldwide", so she feels it would be unfair to blame the doctor for not catching such a "rare" anomaly.

[@homesweetesthome1726]

Omigosh, she REALLY needs to nail his ass to the wall! He could have AT LEAST sent her to someone else! That's about ALL family doctor's are good for... the referrals. What an ass.

[@angelinemutsengi2148]

​@MeowNow494 i know this was months ago but I'm hoping you'll reply. Did he ever feel any guilt? Say sorry? Or was he one of those it is what it I'd I didn't know type people?

[@kai0tfoool]

Wtf? It was so obvious that it was misogyny to why she wasn't taken seriously. They would of looked closer if it was your dad. Also, idk how it's not known widely, but women have a HIGHER pain tolerance than men. It's been proven. So jokes on all men who make such sick jokes. Men can't even handle regular period pains let alone the endometriosis cramps.

[@randomrandi]

I have endometriosis. They couldn't find my left ovary on an ultrasound. Opened me up, Endometriosis adhesions had attached it to my colon. So glad that it is fixed now. The scar tissue was a big part of my recovery problem. PT helped and used a lympatouch machine to break up the fascia. So many gyns don't take Endometriosis and other conditions seriously. They just have a revolving door for pregnant women. If you think you have endometriosis, PLEASE GO TO AN ENDOMETRIOSIS SPECIALIST!

[@barbaraperry5023]

The visuals accompanying this are so headache- inducing, I couldn't get more than a quarter of the way through.

[@tukyleith]

Me too, it was making me dizzy so I closed my eyes to hear the stories but got sick of it. What a shame.

[@dynogamergurl]

Some of these videos get like that, I just look away or close my eyes if I can help it

[@albertdewulf7688]

Obviously I don't know how convenient this would be for you but perhaps you could just do something else at the same time? Just treat the video as an audio file and don't bother looking at the screen. I believe many people here probably do just that. Because yes, the visuals are obnoxious.

[@barbaraperry5023]

@@albertdewulf7688 What makes it even worse for me is hypersensitivity to sound(neurodivergent) means that I customarily watch videos with sound off, using closed captioning...😕

[@VidralliaArchives]

I can only listen to these videos. I don't watch.

[@cassandrahepp6445]

I have endometriosis. Dealt with a lot of pain but was always told it was "normal". I was 27 before a Dr took me seriously. He was also a new Dr. Previously I had seen a woman but switched because of the recommendation of a friend. I wasn't even seeing him for the pain but went for infertility concerns and mentioned the pain in passing. He didn't even hesitate to tell me he thought I had endometriosis and scheduled exploratory surgery (the only way to confirm beyond doubt). He was spot on. I had a reasonably bad case. He removed as much of the scar tissue as he could and I was able to become pregnant. Unfortunately, I dealt with recurrent losses after that and discovered I had a clotting disorder. I do have a precious little boy now, though.

[@robertsteinbach7325]

Good grief! This doctor could have a long career just diagnosing and treating endometriosis. Tell every one about him. Do you realize how many women have to live with unbearable pain for years until they see a doctor like him? You probably know at least 3 of them.

[@KitKat10281]

Narrator - THANK YOU for acknowledging the issues women often have to face in getting a proper diagnosis in healthcare! ❤

[@gabrielbumanglag3303]

I'm an MD that just graduated from Pathology residency. I remembered from a previous lecture that I attended to. They say that performing an autopsy is like opening Pandora's Box. Despite studying through the patient history, you never know what to expect or find unless you open up the cadaver. That is what I always kept in mind whenever I perform an autopsy.

[@KATinBLACK]

Shocking realization was in high school when we did our dissections on cats. Many of them had broken bones: ribs, legs, tails, one the skull was cracked. Our teacher kinda joked before starting that they might’ve been strays that died. He might’ve been right; looks like they were all hit by cars. I don’t know if that legal, or ethical, but I tried to be respectful of the cat and remind myself, “at least their short life can be used for good” As I got older, more and more dissections involved local shelter animals that were euthanized, so again I just remind myself that even in death, their lives are valuable and to be respected. Their bodies are to be used to help future animals that are still alive

[@patricktownsend6002]

Any thing but cats they are a god in one of my religious beliefs 😿

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

Oh, crap. I disected a cat in highschool physiology class and it had a badly healed femur. I pointed out to my teacher. Your theory stands...

[@onionbubs386]

I had to do that in highschool and ours had damaged lungs, so I'm guessing they belonged to a smoker

[@croissant2882]

Why the fuck are american high schools having you dissect dead animals but most of Americans dont know the basic history of the other nations? What is wrong with your goddamn country???

[@eileenbryan9107]

Your stories are very interesting. Unfortunately, I'm unable to watch because they give me a headache from all the movement in the background. And yes I have closed my eyes to just listen, but even briefly opening my eyes causes a headache. Please keep telling your stories and maybe I'll be able to find a way to listen and watch. 😊

[@fazeelathmohammad7940]

Same here

[@aliciarodriguez1630]

Endometriosis is excruciating, that poor lady. And the baby one, horrible.

[@IamTalathia]

Oh god the first one. Okay so real talk, for the better part of the past 20 years (I'm 40) I have had issues going number 2. Add to the horrible cramps and bleeding I'd get during my period. Two ER visits for a compacted bowel. Sent home from work/school for blood lose during periods. Lots of talking to doctors- no one would take me seriously and it was repetitively told to me that I just need to drink more water and eat more fiber or that it's just cramps. That it's from stress. ect ect. I'd talked to GI doctors and No One Would Take me seriously. Now I transitioned to male in 2011. I mean I started hormones so it shuts all that shit down for most trans-men, as far as periods go. But I'd still get break through periods and cramps that were so bad, and I literally had enough testosterone in my blood as much as a non-trans dude. It didn't make sense. Eventually someone came up in my blood work and my pcp wanted get a ultra sound of my uterus, she claimed my levels were weird and she wanted to make sure things were okay. I didn't tell her I'd be lazy with my hormone injections because FINALLY I was having someone look inside me again. The ultra sound and later MRI showed what they thought was a fibroid - my gyno and I talk (yes, I go to one. If you're a trans dude I don't give a single remote fuck how dysphoric it might make you you NEED to get your uterus checked out ever so often. Period.. haha pun.) Anyway the Gyno and I talked about just yeeting the whole thing out and that'd take of the fibroids, oh, and endometriosis because the mri showed I had it. ... As I tried telling people I think I did have it. ANYWAY. wheee. So, the big baby machine eviction day- they go in. They wake me up and abort the surgery. It isn't a fibroid. it was a tumor the size of a grapefruit on my rectum and THAT'S why I couldn't go number 2. The word rectal cancer was thrown around for a few weeks before they could do more tests, and after everything was all in the clear. Nearly two months after the originally surgery - everything but the ovaries* was removed and tumor removed. The tumor benign- nearly 3 months post surgery and I'm having very little bathroom issues and the dull gut pain from the endometriosis is gone. My innards haven't felt this great since I was 13 before I got my period. Holy Shit. None Of This Would Have Been Found if I hadn't transitioning into male.. those blood tests wouldn't have been done. No one would have discovered it. Gods only knows how long that thing was festering in there. *hormone insurance.

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

I'm glad you're a trans person who still takes reality and your health seriously. Hope your recovering well

[@Bucky_Winchester]

This sounds so painful. I'm glad you're taking your health this seriously and we're finally able to get the treatment you needed. It's ridiculous how medical professionals can dismiss you just like that.

[@IamTalathia]

@@Meow4B Had a nice long answer and youtube ate it. ajldkj. Anyway- tldr; my gyno had to use the transition code for it because my insurance denied it for the endo-scar tissue agony reasons. But they approved it as *finger quotes in air while eye rolling* 'part of my transition'. This is my own private insurance - not state. Which was annoying, because at the end of the day NONE of this had to do with my transition, rather my innards trying to assassinate me. But since I at that point was well past my delectable for my insurance - it was all covered. Its just so disgusting how sexist the medical industry is at times. As if women, or people like me, don't have enough agency over our own bodies. And the hoops we have to go through just to be heard.

[@neverbeen08]

I agree with the story about finding multiple sources of potential causes of death that were unrelated to the actual cause of death. Our gross anatomy cadaver died of congestive heart failure secondary to COPD while in her 70s. We found marble to ping pong size tumors throughout her reproductive organs & one kidney. Nothing was noted in her chart in regard to the tumors or any associated symptoms she would have had suffered from, likely for many years, prior to her death. It was noted that she had significant edema prior to death but it was attributed to COPD & CHF. That meant she would not have received scans or ultrasounds of that area, as they would have been readily visible. She also had fascinating hands and forearms to study. Our instructor theorized that she had a profession that required fine motor skills due to the extra muscles & tendons connected to basically her thumb, pointer, & middle fingers (to make a pincer movement & also to close the hand into a fist). Both left and right hands/forearms had these extra parts but were each unique, so while each hand needed fine motor skills they likely performed independent movements concurrently- as in one hand performed one function while the other assisted in the process. He said he had seen it a few times but it was rare. He theorized she could have even been a surgeon. FYI, for future gross anatomy students, one thing I did not know to prepare myself for was seeing my cadavers toenails painted. I’m not sure if all teaching institutions would have left the toenails painted or not but we were not prepared to see that & it gave us all pause. We began our dissections with our cadaver prone & that helped us to reframe our thoughts to allow us to learn from her while also respecting her & appreciating her for donating her body to help us learn.

[@susanc4622]

I wonder if a concert pianist would have shown the same signs in her hands and arms.

[@Roses-lilac]

An elderly man was admitted to the hospital suffering from chest pains and died within a few hours. As it was the weekend and he had been seen and treated by a junior doctor who thought he had a heart attack but died within 24 hrs of being admitted a routine post mortem was ordered. Turns out the poor old guy was murdered! By his nephew who gave him caustic soda to drink. This oesophagus was decimated. They had a row and the nephew thought the old man was not going to leave him the farm.

[@tigerflower853]

my mother, several women I know, and I expect even myself, all have endometriosis. my mother suffered for years and wasn't even able to have children because of it. finally, after years of wondering what was wrong, she got an answer, had a procedure, and was able to conceive my siblings and I. she now manages everything with an iud and is pain free. I'm so grateful that she was able to get the treatment and didn't spend her life suffering like that woman did

[@syery306]

the background is giving me a headache

[@Yourenotreal7]

I’m trying not to look😳

[@trishaburris1724]

I am deaf, so had to watch captions also have vertigo so had to completely stop watching.

[@92spice18]

Me too… I was going to mention it but didn’t want to be the one to complain. It’s moving way too fast.

[@bunnybugs280]

​@@92spice18Ditto!

[@bunnybugs280]

Thank you, as I had to close my eyes, yet rewind (several times) to read the closed captioning 😭

[@99Stutz]

If the lady had small metal pellets all over, that was a shotgun, not a rifle. The fact she survived and not all were removed suggests birdshot (lots of very small BBs)

[@redessa01]

My dad accidentally shot himself with a handgun he'd loaded with buckshot. He was walking to put it away and it went off, shooting him in the legs. He never got all the pellets out either. Sometimes it would set off the scanner in airports, depending on how sensitive they were.

[@richardbeckenbaugh1805]

I was shotgunned by a drug smuggler in junior high school. He’d cut the barrel too short so I survived. Every so often a double ought pellet works its way up from my stomach or out of my right arm. Happened when I was twelve. I’m sixty now and still have the occasional pellet work out. He shot me twice, once in the right arm and once in the stomach. The pellets didn’t pierce my stomach but lodged in the muscle and fat over it. The doctors removed some and just said the others will eventually work their way out. My arm was broken, a compound fracture. Doctors put some screws in, removed a few pellets, called it a day.

[@99Stutz]

@@richardbeckenbaugh1805 that's incredible

[@annemunro6388]

Would have enjoyed this a lot more except the background was distracting.

[@Onnlen]

Majority of doctors don’t take women seriously. Even my rheumatologist thought I was lying and didn’t have lupus. Guess who is on infusions monthly now because it finally started putting me into kidney failure

[@jenniferlloyd9574]

Why do they think we're "lying"? I don't understand. Medicine has really gone downhill. Can an I share a story? When I was a young bride in 1988 (I'm old) my husband was in the Air Force. I'd been having strange symptoms, so was sent to see the flight surgeon. Here is our conversation to the best of my recollection: Me: I'm having fatigue, dizziness and weakness. Flight surgeon: When do you experience these symptoms? Me: Around an hour _after_ I eat. Flight Surgeon: I think you have reactive hypoglycemia. I'm going to order a five hour glucose tolerance test. You'll come back to see me in one week. He clinically diagnosed me that quickly and then the tests confirmed he was right! Nowadays, if I saw a doctor I'd be diagnosed with anxiety and refused testing! YES WE'RE ANXIOUS AND STRESSED! Our medical conditions aren't being treated!!!

[@Onnlen]

@@jenniferlloyd9574 You are absolutely correct. I’ve surprisingly had more support from my surgeons than most of my specialists. I’m even having to move rheumatologist practice because I’m following the doctor who believes me. I want to be healthy for my family

[@Lady_Ginnie]

The last one made me sad. The idea of dying all alone while being surrounded by people is a scary one. 😞

[@DeeLite220]

Poor guy panicked. If he had found another person someone may have been able to help. So very sad. 💔

[@m0t0b33]

well there's a lesson to be learned there: either do like Sheldon Cooper and don't go to the movie theater alone, or contain yourself during the movie and don't eat if you know you get excited. Or eat very carefully, don't try to chug the snack.

[@thatcasualdragon2975]

A few things: 1) If you are choking and you are alone, you can try to heimlich yourself by either using your fist slightly above your belly button, or hitting that same spot against the back of a chair or a table. If none of that is working, go outside! Someone might see you while you are choking and be able to assist or, at the very least, it will be more likely someone will see your body after you lose consciousness. 2) Don't just register to be an organ donor, register to be a bone marrow donor. It's super easy to register, the receiving family/their insurance pays your bills if you're a match, most of the time it's a really simple procedure where you don't even have to travel, and it's a donation you can make while you're still alive that can seriously save someone's life. 3) Donating your body to science can also mean donating your body to pharmaceutical companies, still science and important, but also for profit, so just something to think about when making your decisions. 4) it is incredibly common that any pain women experienced is downplayed or "all in their head" and it is very frustrating as well as detrimental to women's health.

[@rosedolch8637]

I tried hard to jam by belly against the corner of the bathroom sink 3 times before I gave up and then ran into the bedroom and jumped up and down flailing my arms in front of my husband before he noticed what was wrong and helped me.... It was a fuggen grain of rice!!

[@bonessasan]

I worked in a medical lab for a while, registering specimens but not doing any of the labwork. One day some specimens were delivered that were unusual. They were literally sent in paint cans. One of the main people in the lab said we should all come and take a look, it's not often you get to see polycystic kidneys in person. I don't actually know what size kidneys should be, but these were obviously much larger. The cysts were pretty big too: pea- to large marble-sized. The person was still alive, they'd gotten a donor kidney.

[@TheTSense]

The more I look into the cases of damage/death during birth, the more I read how you barely get a slap on the wrist for it. Some nurses go full ape-rage and rip the newborns head off, force beyond any training, need or common sense, and then they are forced to not show up to work for 2 days. You would think that these people out of all people would be careful with babies, but no, they act like they just shot up some steroids and are trying to do a new deadlifting record and they are NOT being fired over dead babies.

[@korayven9255]

Blame the biology of the human pelvic cavity for that specific problem. Childbirth isn't clean or easy. All too often the choice is either to use significant force to get the baby out _now_ or have either the baby or mother die in the process. Pick your poison, but judge only once you've walked a mile in their shoes.

[@MyDuckSaysFucc]

Medicine isn’t always straightforward, and there are always risks. If every medical professional was fired for accidentally harming patients, our hospitals would be far more understaffed than they already are. Which is very understaffed. And this is coming from someone who’s been treated horribly by medical professionals on multiple occasions. It’s hard to blame them when they are working in such a stressful environment.

[@TheTSense]

We are not talking about the same level of force here.

[@korayven9255]

@@TheTSense As someone whose mother helped with midwifery before she retired as a nurse, we absolutely are, and you just don't know enough about how hard childbirth can get to not let your base emotions overtake your logic and common sense. It sucks terribly, but baby head big, pelvic cavity smol, C-sec not always viable.

[@SausageRoll4u]

​@korayven9255 When there are ultrasounds to determine the size of the baby there is no excuse. None.

[@clonechoopa31]

4:42: Ballistics is a very weird science once you do a deep dive or two, you have stories of people getting shot in the side of the skull only for it to ricochet into the next guy standing beside him, and then you have stories of people getting shot in the foot and the bullet bouncing upwards to get lodged into the heart. I think there was also a story of two hitmen who tried to shoot a guy through the front windshield of the would-be victim's car but one of the bullets from one of the hitmen ended up in the throat of the other (if you drew the positions of the bullets' trajectory from both hitmen in reference to the vehicle's postition it would look like a V with the bottom-most point being the vehicle). All in all, bullets are freakin euclid-class scps once they enter you.

[@caroljames6371]

Interesting content but the video movement is nauseating.

[@happyheidishow-2s268]

It’s why I’m not watching it finished.

[@moniqueengleman873]

What the heck is happening. Made me ill....and ironically, I work in autopsy there are so many things. The children are the hardest.

[@unclestoma4699]

i had a buddy who donated his body to science and had got a bunch of funny tattoos before he died to mess with the med students

[@rashmi9373]

😂😂😂😂

[@MithrilMagic]

When I was diagnosed with endometriosis and Crohn’s disease, I was SO RELIEVED. I lived with excruciating pain and nausea for over 20 years. When I got my diagnosis I cried. For years I was told by multiple doctors that I needed to change my diet, take supplements, up my physical activity (I jog 5 times a week and swim 4 days a week) It was so frustrating!

[@mollycontent]

I almost p'ked at the gator story! That poor little dude literally lived my worst fear!!! And I work with them so I know from experience they can fall unresponsive from stress or cold :( poor thing!

[@johannageisel5390]

Yes, that was so bad. I wish they had told us if the gator could be saved! Waking up to being cut open without anesthesia must be horrible. Poor animals.

[@mollycontent]

@@johannageisel5390 yeah 😢

[@lisamoul263]

I’m a registered organ donor and my kids have been instructed to donate my body to science. I also work in the industry (eye bank). Organ, tissue, and eye donation are so incredibly important!!!

[@HimitsuYami]

The end of 15 just reads like "'What are you gonna do? Stab me?' - Guy who died from stab wounds"

[@AG-iu9lv]

THANK YOU for that first story. That's so massive and needs to be said more: women's health complaints are often not taken seriously when they should be.

[@incredibleflameboy]

I've got a similar story to the woman who got shot. I looked after this real cool old guy, you know full of stories about his interesting life but some seemed far fetched. Well, anyway we had a Chinese man come in and he only spoke a tiny bit of English and had dementia so communication got really difficult at times. The guy started translating for us and a few days later I asked him how he spoke Chinese. Turns out he was a polyglot and it seemed he was VERY gifted in that regard (he could speak like 8 or 9 languages) and said that during WWII he did some "bad things that he was ashamed of that he shouldn't really talk about" as part of his military career. Anyway this guy had been complaining about pain in his elbow since his admission but said he knew what it was but in my opinion the pain was getting worse as time went on, his pain relief had been increasing steadily and he was finding moving the arm visibly more difficult. I took him aside and privately asked him what it was, we had become quite friendly by that point and I figured it would be something he'd be too embarrassed to talk about with female nurses and he told me he'd been shot. Now, bare in mind this guy had had a stroke and was pretty old so my mind immediately thought he was maybe having some sort of episode or was confused but I was still concerned about the pain so an x-ray was ordered which came back showing an object in his elbow. Obviously this was a problem so I asked him privately again why he thought he had been shot because there was definitely something there and as it went, his ability with languages had landed him in some sort of black ops or spy unit during the war, he didn't think he could go into detail because he wasn't sure how secret it still was. Everything was going fine until he made a mistake and spoke the wrong language which prompted a German to try to arrest him but he knew he couldn't afford to be captured so he grabbed at the gun to escape. In the scuffle his hand had been over the barrel of the gun and it discharged firing the bullet through his wrist and finally lodging in his ulnar. He couldn't get actual medical help immediately because he had been found out and knew he would probably be executed so he fled the country until he hit a British patrol and got patched up. The dude was completely honest, turns out it was a bullet in his elbow, the increased pain came from laying on the elbow for longer than usual from his reduced mobility and he likely had increased sensitivity as his stroke was resolving. Turns out that the friendly, unassuming little old man had actually been a badass soldier in his day and probably had a higher kill count than the average COD player. In that same hospital a man had carried out the same suicide method as the steel wire too. He had worked on the hospital whilst it was being built and his life sort of fell apart leaving him homeless, I don't know all of the details on it but he ended up living in the hospital sneaking onto wards and using empty rooms to shower. Some staff kind of knew about it and turned a blind eye because he wasn't causing problems and they would sneak food to him when it was available. The guy just hit his breaking point, went to the top floor and used steel building wire to make a noose (it's assumed he didn't know it would be so harsh) and jumped falling about 50 feet post decapitation. The wildest part, we were told we HAD to try to save his life until he could be verified despite the fact that he had fallen far enough to liquify his organs and his head being a good 15 feet away from his neck. No, I didn't waste my time with attempting chest compressions and it still makes me angry that a faceless hospital director thought doing that to a decapitated man in a busy lobby with children around thought it would be reasonable.

[@YourLoyalHighness87]

2:26 at this point I think it’s safe to say that the “old decorative rifle” was in fact, NOT decorative at all, but clearly fully functional. Lol

[@noracola5285]

It also wasn't a rifle but a shotgun.

[@YourLoyalHighness87]

@@noracola5285 good to know.

[@kuscheltear]

shoutout to all the autopsy doctors and students out there. i wouldn't be able to do this job. especially when young children or even babies are involved. what you're doing is important for our science, medicine, and brings closure for relatives or even criminal cases. thank you!

[@robellard9079]

PLEASE consider how you ‘effects’ on these videos affect those with Epilepsy or suffer from migraines - I really wanted to watch , but this just started an instant migraine ( I’ve written this a few dates later ) 🥺🥺

[@ndawn90]

Getting diagnosed with endometriosis is a nightmare!! It took me about 8 years to get a diagnosis, and I work in healthcare!

[@czmAvery]

In my middle school frog dissection, we found really weird orange polyps stuck to all of the frog's internal organs. Initially, when I tried to tell my teacher, she waved it off as the frog's eggs, but at my insistence, she came to check our dissection. She admitted she'd never seen anything like that. I never did find out what they were. Probably some kind of parasite.

[@sionatube]

You dissect frogs in middle school? What the heck?

[@czmAvery]

@@sionatube Yeah, that's about when my state has its first biology classes

[@Fish-mc2gs]

Sounds like a male frogs testes to me. My teacher dissected a frog a few years back and it had exactly what you described.

[@czmAvery]

@@Fish-mc2gs there were well into the hundreds of them tho

[@dorito_chip_my_beloved]

same thing happened during our rat dissection unit. The ones on our rat weren't super orange though, more like a pale yellow, and we thought the rat just got squished or something and the fat cells had gotten displaced. As we dug into it we ended up seeing the blood vessels in all the lumps, and that they weren't even attached to the rat's organs at all. Our bio teacher said it was probably cancer.

[@CarolineMosesComedy]

I'm 18 and thanks to you, realized I'm not a registered organ donor. So, like you said, I paused the video and registered! Thank you!

[@Aromatic.Bleach]

That was a mistake. You need to look up why.

[@mistiinseattle]

Background is so flashy and busy it is impossible to watch

[@terecee1204]

Women just don't have autonomy over our bodies. I was told by a Dr that I might change my mind about wanting more children. My only child is 18 soon...I sure as hell don't want to have anymore at my age.

[@JG-vh1xc]

There’s something to be said about the subject being “dissection” with all the gore and science of it all, but the words “dead” and “killed” being censored presumably for KZbin

[@ToastyNoneofyourbusiness]

A former friend of mine (FTM) had endometriosis symptoms for YEARS before diagnosis. When we were 12 he went to the hospital for what was thought to be appendicitis. It wasn't, and i don't know how the docs didn't realize it was endo right there if it wasn't an appendix. Last i heard the pain was so bad he couldn't lie on his stomach, and that he finally was able to find someone to do a hysterectomy. Even though our friendship ended on bad terms (completely unrelated to this), i hope the surgery went well for him.

[@caroletorres1487]

It's hard to focus on what you're saying when there's all this movement in the background. I quit

[@mackenziedexter-hamar2392]

As someone with endometriosis, I got diagnosed at 12 via emergency surgery, the doctor I initially saw told my parents I was lying/being ‘dramatic’ despite the fact that I can collapsed during a basketball game from the pain, the second opinion immediately loaded me with pain meds and thought I was going septic from a dead ovary… ovary is fine but instead it’s a condition that has caused me nothing but pain (and other surprising issues I didn’t know were related)…. I would’ve rather lost the ovary

[@renafielding945]

One of my several amazing daughters wanted to study mortuary science at college. Then she changed her mind and is now probably the best piano technician in northeastern America.

[@traceyg6458]

I find your background makes by it very hard to read the sentences with all the flashing and tumbling, just an observation not sure if anyone else finds it as disturbing?

[@rosannavitale9922]

Very interesting subject, Sadly, difficult to watch due to background. Thank you.

[@Sandy-eb5ey]

The fist one - so sexist when women's pain are ignored or dismissed as "hysteria" or being "emotional". She had crap doctors.

[@stephenolan5539]

Look up the origin of the word hysteria.

[@soteed]

I enjoyed these stories but the background graphics were AWFUL! I had to scroll away from the screen in order to continue listening to the stories.

[@nialeemaria]

That endo story reminds me of having to go to THREE different ERs to get someone to check out my abdominal pain, even though I had an IUD and couldn't feel the strings. They just treated me like a drug seeker and said follow up with my gyno. Third ER, they finally did an ultrasound and found my ovaries were covered with cysts. Then it was “oh, you poor thing!” and they pumped me full of so much morphine it made me sick.

[@seameology]

Not a doctor but a secretary in an operating room. A woman came in for an exploratory abdominal surgery. When they opened her up, everything was necrotic inside. And it smelled down the hall, all the way to my desk. They just closed her up and sent her to a room. She died a couple days later.

[@mooster47]

The stories are interesting, but the visual effects are horrible - worse than showing the autopsy photos. What the ??? For others bothered by this, it's a little more tolerable at half speed, as annoying as that is.

[@fyoutube9410]

Ok, if an arm is twitching, you are not getting me back in that room again until that cadavar is gone!

[@sherilyncook5062]

Great content. Background caused massive motion sickness for 2 of us watching it. Please use something else. So many other options. Thanks.

[@adriamoore9136]

Thanks for mentioning that.

[@mskitten39]

This game play gives me severe anxiety. I had to minimize the video just to listen to the sound

[@ravenID429]

Minecraft parkour gives you anxiety? You probably shouldn’t be watching a video about autopsies then🤨

[@mskitten39]

@@ravenID429 autopsies I can handle lol. the parkour makes my eyes move in a manner that's uncomfortable that results in a headache and anxiety. That's the best I can explain but I hope it helps.

[@hannahsings19]

The hospital never turned off my dads defibrillator/pacemaker and when my Aunt went to the funeral home to cut his hair, he was twitching. It was so distracting to my Aunt, she had the director call the hospital and have it turned off

[@thefroggy8335]

Good I hate doctors who say "it's just period cramps/being part of a women" I am 100% sure I have endometrioses and the only reason I'm saying I might not have it is because my doctors don't believe me . I have horrible cramps and have bleeding that's caused me to go to the hospital from becoming anemic and bleeding more blood than I had for periods. I've had cramps last for upwards of 24 hours and the pain is worse than when I broke my ribs. Yet my doctors think I'm being over dramatic and think I'm just in their own words "experiencing what it's like being a woman". Pisses me off since I haven't gotten anything but some birth control that barely helps me. Also yes, I've tried to go to other doctors but I'm currently I don't have the money to hop doctors and my parents don't have the time or ability to change doctors so I'm taking what I got here. I'm just glad I have something to help as the pain does get unbearable. Still though, hate that I have to stay with a doctor who thinks bleeding half of their body weight is normal.

[@nicolad8822]

Shout endometriosis every time you go to the Doctors. An ultrasound is hardly an expensive test for them to authorise to start with.

[@deboracopeland4795]

I went to my dr for over nine months with severe symptoms, she said I had anxiety. Finally ended up in ER where they did a scan. Turns out I had a tumor almost 20 lbs. women don’t get taken seriously by drs.

[@Stick_and_stone]

17:28 that's just sad in my opinion. Shoutout to you, you may be popcorn-choking guy, but now roughly three thousand people know about your existence, so at least it had a small impact on the world. F

[@AspieGirlArianaHale]

I was diagnosed with “endo” & PCOS, but the health service where I live don’t care about my pain; even reducing my pain meds. I’m now bedridden. 😢

[@minanes6549]

Great stories but the headache inducing movement makes it unwatchable.

[@Z.A.M.1359]

The first one actually made me feel physically ill, and almost made me cry. Painful periods are NOT NORMAL, they should always be looked into for possible medical conditions. Also, endometriosis can cause severe abdominal pain between your periods. I had endometriosis in middle school. That pain is no joke. There were times I couldn't unfold myself from a fetal position. It is also traumatizing to have your own body turn on you. I was lucky they thought it was my appendix at first, because it got them in the mindset that the pain was a symptom of a larger problem that needed to be found. They couldn't dismiss it as me being a wuss about period cramps. No doctor should be allowed to become unempathic to people's pain. If a doctor starts thinking it must be for attention, then they need to realize that as a sign of burnout, and take steps to fix it. Not fixing this kind of burnout could kill people at worst, and at best, will leave people with life-long medical trauma. She didn't have to live in pain, her body scaring itself over and over.

[@Linaelinaeya]

The endometriosis ones are really bad. The doctor should just refer the patient to a scan, literally it doesn’t even cost them anything. That’s just negligence.

[@bonniemcmaken3966]

Unfortunately, scans don't always show endometriosis. I had stage iv (the most severe) and it didn't come up on an ultrasound (which is the standard scan) and barely on an MRI (which is a lot less common). Yet, when they did my various surgeries there was always significant scar tissue.

[@cathybaldry7822]

I chocked badly on seasame seeds that were on a bun. My mother a nurse of 50 years stood there and did nothing. It took some other person who was there to assist me. It was a horrible experience and my mothers blatant disregard for my health did traumatise me.

[@emissary8071]

For the rifle story, who the heck doesn't unload a gun before having it be a decorative piece?!

[@Bazroshan]

My Aunt kept going to the doc complaining of bad digestion and stomach pain. Her doctor called her a silly woman. She actually had stomach cancer of which she eventually died. This turned my Uncle against doctors so much that he refused to seek medical advice when he fell ill, saying 'What I've got, I'll keep'.

[@joycegallowayparker9652]

PLEASE change to a different graphic for display! The one for this one was going so fast that I became nauseous and dizzy and had to turn it around, so I wasn't able to read the captios!

[@idontcheckmynotifications7138]

22 years of endometriosis and just found out. Was gaslit for a very very long time. Can barely walk most days.

[@josephtaub20]

After more than 40 years in forensics, including studying at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and attending a fair number of autopsies, I can tell you this: Coroners are NOT necessarily doctors, and even pathologists are not necessarily forensic pathologists. I have encountered some really messed up cases: A doctor went to the scene of an old lady found dead in bed, with neck/face bruises and vaginal bleeding, The doctor diagnosed old age. The mortician discovered the ice pick hole in the chest---AND the rope tied around her neck! Rape kit showed sexual assault. Another: victim sitting in passenger seat of car; blood all over car. Local medical examiner find skull inside skin shattered like glass and decides hje died of being beaten with a 2x4. How you could swing one in a car, even with the window open, the dr. refused to address. When I found a bullet embedded in the inside of the other car door, the body was sent to the state medical examiner. They were somewhat hindered by the fact that the original examiner had discarded the brain. Xrays showed a clear path into and out of the skull (original doctor: I don't \Xray dead bodies!) The entry wound was difficult to find from the outside (very thick afro); the exit wound was big enough to stick a thumb in--beside the nose, under the clot of blood the original examiner never cleaned off. Skull shattering like that is very common in close-range gunshot wounds, due to the shock wave of the bullet entering. Another pathogist declared a death due to a contact gunshot wound to the head, an obvious suicide. She never knew there was no gun found in the house but the victim's wife was found, alive, with a knife broken off in her neck and described the home invasion by a former employee of the husband. Another case: declared a homicide because there were three gunshots, including three in the head and one in the body. Turns out it was a very determined suicide. About 3 to 7% of all multi-shot deaths ARE suicides. Doesn't always work, though--I was examining a car in which the victim was shot 5 times in the head at contact range---and boy did that make him mad!!! The victim was watching me examine his car and was worried I might damage it! You can always tell a doctor--but often, not much! Sorry for the length of story....

[@MireilleLaverty]

I took a college anthropology course, and my professor was a forensic anthropologist who told my class about an interesting autopsy performed by a pathologist she worked with. A man’s remains was found in a local river. When the pathologist started to open the chest cavity for examination, a whole bunch of fresh water eels sprang out. It was like that old timey joke prop of the candy canister filled with springy fake snakes. 😳

[@Pengalen]

Story Six, those doctors/medical professionals should be barred from ever practicing medicine again.

[@annnichols3091]

Again, former Army medical librarian. We had books with full color photographs in my library that strong young soldiers couldn't get through -- and I don't mean the full-color trauma surgery book.

[@1917yee]

I have endometriosis and this is one of my biggest fears. Finally got a referral for surgery.

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

Billy Tipton. He was an incredibly talented piano player who would self sabotage whenever he was on the verge of making it big. He had three wives and a long relationship with alcohol. He died in 1989. The surprise came during his autopsy. Billy was a man ahead of his time- because Billy was actually a woman. Billy had lived his life as a man and shied away from fame because he was terrified his secret would be revealed. In those days he would’ve likely faced criminal charges as well as losing everything he’d worked for. A human being lived in fear and faced a lifetime of anxiety all because the society he lived in couldnt just accept him for who he was. RIP Billy. You deserved better.

[@AshtonCullinan]

As a med student this was my thought at 0:56: DON'T DO YOUR CADAVER LABS AT 2 A.M. ITS SO FUCKING TEMPTING I KNOW, DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE, I'VE MADE THAT MISTAKE TOO MANY TIMES!!! I've learned the hard way, I've had the exact same thing happen to me. It's more common than you would think, mainly because pacemakers are more common than you'd think, especially because they're mainly used in old people and old people are the ones most commonly dying and donation their bodies to science.

[@wolcek]

"I've left my body to science, but I'm afraid they've turned it down"

[@Soulessnight4]

13:28 he ran into her knife, he ran into her knife 10 times

[@aleksandrac9335]

He had it coming he had it coming he only have himself to blame

[@Soulessnight4]

@@aleksandrac9335 quite literally in this case, since he egged her on.

[@angelacooper8973]

@@aleksandrac9335if you had been there if you had seen it

[@NotSoLegendaryGreen]

Listen, those with uteri know their bodies. They know what period cramps are and will generally never say a word about them and deal with it. It’s when they DO say that they’re in pain that the red flags should wave like a goddamn beacon. Take note of this, medical professionals.