Doctors, what patient lacked so much common sense that you were surprised they were still alive?

[@Marconius6]

That one woman refusing to give her baby life-saving medication absolutely should not have been allowed to take the kids home without calling CPS...

[@marikothecheetah9342]

Came to comment on that. CPS should have been called regardless her agreeing to medical procedures or not. Next time she won't bring that child to the hospital at all. :/

[@hedonismbot1508]

@@marikothecheetah9342 Aren't healthcare workers *required by law* to report such things to the proper authorities?

[@brianbelson9834]

100% agreed parents refusing medical treatment for their children and instead turning to “holistic medicine” is abhorrent to hear about because children are quite frankly the most vulnerable to illness and diseases yet never get vaccinated or even see a doctor, just pitiful.

[@marikothecheetah9342]

@@brianbelson9834 Yeah, that is why a majority of vaccinations are given to children.

[@KatieDeGo]

Unfortunately they can claim religious beliefs and not treat their child

[@DarthZ01]

the man who keeps shutting off his oxygen machines is so nutty. thats like saying 'man, my chest is uncomfortable, let me just remove my lungs before bed to feel better'

[@S3IIL3CT]

That helmet feels uncomfortable. Life vest too. Who needs those anyways.

[@Benjamin1986980]

I don't know, it might have been a deliberate act on his part. If I was stuck to that sort of setup with no hope of improvement. I would probably turn it off at one point as well

[@flowerpower8722]

@@Benjamin1986980 I know, right. It doesn't take much effort to imagine the terrible life.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

@@Benjamin1986980yeah I agree. I was confused about the “too cold” comment since I have an oxygen concentrator in my room and after running for 45 mins the room is a friggin sauna. I already decided if I have the choice between no treatment and say 1 year or treatment that makes me miserable and 2 years then I’d take less time easily. I hate when people are anti euthanasia when they would never let a pet suffer in a similar situation without calling it abusive. It’s always extending life regardless of the cost physically, mentally, and also monetarily. Like running a full code on your 93 year old grandma in organ failure because “she’s a fighter”. So now grandma has 5 broken ribs and has machines keeping her “alive”. What kind of life is that? People refuse to accept death and that it is natural… just because you CAN keep someone alive doesn’t mean that you SHOULD keep them alive.

[@lorenzocassaro3054]

At this point it's just natural selection, ffs!

[@LizFromDecencyUnited]

A friends wife called me one day, because her 4 yr old son had cut his hand on a broken plate. I was like, umm...ok, sure, I can come over, I guess.... Tho, I was wondering why she needed ME to come over and put a band aid on her kid's hand. (I had no kids of my own, had never been a mother, but oh well!) So, I get there, and she drags me into the bathroom...... It looked like a murder scene! There was blood EVERYWHERE!! Like, way, way more blood than a little cut from a broken plate! I immediately grabbed her son, held his hand up to see what was going on, only to see his entire palm laid open from one side to the other! An obvious, serious, ER and stitches needing injury! Bleeding like a faucet! As I was scooping the boy into my arms and rushing out the door, yelling at her to GET ME A FREAKING TOWEL AND HURRY!... she just kept saying! "It will stop soon! It WILL! His hand only has 'so much blood in it', 'right?' - - I admit, it took me a full beat to register what it was she'd said to me! Like, wait..what??? She thought that there was only a fixed amount of blood, IN HIS HAND, and when his HAND was empty, it would naturally stop bleeding! This woman had TWO kids!!! It took me the whole 15 minute drive to the ER, and then some, to explain to her how the human circulatory system worked and how she almost let her son bleed to death!!! (yes, I admit, I was a bit umm... harsh ...with her, but given the situation...) To this day it amazes me that a grown ass woman, who had given birth, TWICE, didn't understand where the blood in a person's body came from! And that NO, it's not just the couple of tablespoons a single toddler's hand could hold!

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

No word 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@LizFromDecencyUnited]

@davidpawson9047 I hear ya! Insanity runs rampant.

[@kristintarpley8350]

On the one hand (no pun intended), you can’t know that what you “know” is incorrect until it comes up in the presence of someone who knows better and who will set you straight with the facts. On the other hand…what in the world?!? We have all the world’s knowledge literally at our fingertips, yet we are constantly surrounded by the ignorant and misinformed. 😑

[@LizFromDecencyUnited]

@@kristintarpley8350 This happened just before the internet really became a thing. Not much before, but right close.

[@Wolfie54545]

@davidpawson9047The Darwin awards requires you to not have children.

[@johannes4123]

That third story, how does someone not realize that the keeps-you-alive machine needs to be kept on to keep you alive? You'd think that him nearly dying every time they turn it off would be enough to realize that maybe the doctors were right about them needing to keep it on

[@Breathe-In-and-Out]

I would think the ability to breathe would be worth the price of loud machines and annoying hoses.

[@generalgreevus8773]

Because they are stupid

[@Graytumor]

​@@Breathe-In-and-Out apparently not to those two

[@timecode37]

Maybe the story is fake, not like people make stuff up to get those sweet, sweet updoots. That being said, nothing is an endless as human stupidity, so it wouldn't be surprising if it was true

[@NeverSnows]

Natural selection. Don't be amazed lol

[@fuzzyizmit]

"Driving by memory"... upon hearing those words my whole body just shuddered. What a terrifying thought that some people think that this is okay to do.

[@sankalppatidar4975]

How do you even do that for 3 years man

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

@@sankalppatidar4975 How do you even do that once, at all? Like the blind speedruns thing, there would have to be all these setups.

[@AshLilyNeko]

IME old people KNOW that doing stuff like this is wrong, that is why they dont tell anyone or talk about it. if they didnt know it was wrong they wouldn't be ashamed to admit it. however the older people get the more they seem to revert to a toddler-like state where they are really only concerned about themselves and maybe family, so them wanting to be independent and still take care of themselves ends up trumping any consideration for other people's safety. I told my dad for years to get my lunatic grandpa off the road - he would drive well under the speed limit on highways, half in and out of the emergency lane for some unknown reason without allowing anyone to pass him. I told him that I thought he was showing signs of dementia. My dad said I was being dramatic, until he got in the car with my grandpa and he started driving the wrong way on a 45MPH road because "oh well it was just for a little bit" even though they were driving directly towards rapidly approaching traffic. This was about 5 years AFTER I warned my dad the first time about his driving. Terrifying to imagine what other insane driving maneuvers he did during that time, especially considering he was also an alcoholic. anyways this is why I firmly believe that after a certain age, maybe like after a certain average of people start showing signs of dementia, they should make people come back in for driving tests and vision tests at the DMV more often like they do for teenagers. the risk is just too much tbh. plus it would probably cut down alot on "silver alerts" where old people forget where they are and go missing.

[@MindCaged]

Like how would that possibly work? Even if you know the timing of the turns and everything are there no freaking stop lights? Or other cars? Can he /kind/ of see blurry stuff but not really, but /couldn't/ see the tent?

[@ShaimingLong]

@@MindCaged Chances are his vision didn't decline to that severity instantly, he had time to gradually adapt to driving with worsening vision until it got to the point it was too poor to rely more on memory than his limited visibility. Another point towards figuring out a means of testing licensed road users for their suitability to stay on the road as they age. As an aside, an old neighbour of mine has/had some significant breathing issues he was in strong denial over. He would often faint when doing house work and when sleeping his snoring was so bad he would wake up every half an hour or so gasping and groaning, yet up until the point he moved he was driving daily, would claim that other than being a 'little' over weight he was in perfect health, despite obviously being significantly over weight and having to wrestle his belly under the steering wheel getting in his car. If he hasn't already, I'm certain he'll die in his car, I just hope he doesn't take out other people with him.

[@burndowntheworld]

If you can drive for 3 whole years from just your memory and not be pulled over, then thats just insane.

[@AshLilyNeko]

honestly wonder if cops just kept going easy on her for being an old lady, which is equally scary

[@jenkor513]

No that is ridiculously good driving lol

[@QuikVidGuy]

There must be NO traffic in that town

[@S3IIL3CT]

@@QuikVidGuy or its a small place and everybody knows them already and gets out the way xD

[@eabryn]

No kidding. I can’t walk through my bedroom safely in pitch black without hitting something and I know it pretty well.

[@BoxOKittens]

That first one struck a cord. I used to work in animal care and it's insane how many people put their cats on vegan diets. CATS. aka obligate carnivores. Without meat they will go blind and their organs shut down. It's terrible.

[@maroontiger1361]

I don't understand people who do that. Like just get a rabbit for God's sake don't make your cat suffer because you're uncomfortable with their meat eating.

[@kaycollarfeild]

​@maroontiger1361 so many pets needing homes that just eat veggies and pellets like damn -

[@nowandaround312]

​@@maroontiger1361 I think they're convinced it's good for their cat's health, they don't understand that their cat is suffering until it's so severe they need vet care. That's no excuse though. If you have a pet you have a responsibility to research how to care for it properly. So many people are stupid and never bother to fact check anything.

[@aboveaverageazzuen2684]

Serously. If you are a vegan and you're not comfortable with having a pet who eats meat... There's plenty of other animals out there who are happy to eat veggies and tofu and pellets Get a bunnyrabbit. Or heck. Get some rats (please get them from the pet store and not off the street) Serously, there is a reason why they're called "Pocket Puppies" they're affectionate, they're smart and they are the cutest little things. Also, obligatory Rectum? Damn Near killed him!

[@darcybrummett7004]

I wonder how That Vegan Teacher’s dog is doing.

[@Ms3queen]

The dude on two oxygen tanks should have been in some sort of long-term care facility with constant monitoring.

[@S3IIL3CT]

why?

[@L-ghtlessSky]

@@S3IIL3CTbecause everyone there was an idiot

[@mcsy98]

@@S3IIL3CTbecause there had already been so many incidents of him and his wife messing around with the oxygen tanks that are keeping him alive, and it’s in everyone’s best interest that that doesn’t happen so he doesn’t die the way he eventually did. the dude literally turned off the only thing saving him from death like come on now, someone needed to watch him like a hawk 😭

[@S3IIL3CT]

@@mcsy98 I'm not sure if having him in a hospital instead is in everyones best interest honestly.

[@mcsy98]

@@S3IIL3CT a caretaker can go to their home if they don’t want to stay at the hospital, but either way at least he’ll be alive

[@sallylika]

My patient was supposed to receive a blood transfusion, I connected it to the IV and stated that it would take about 45 minutes for the transfusion bag to empty, and I would then remove it myself. After some time, I noticed the patient had removed the infusion line from his IV in his arm and placed it in his mouth, sucking on it like a straw. He thought he was doing me a favour by speeding up the transfusion process. I still cat believe this man had no issues just straight up gulping down almost a pint of human blood.

[@ValleyOakPaper]

Eww!

[@QueenMonny]

That's quite hysterical. Obviously idiotic, but hysterical. 😂

[@lorierush6561]

What????

[@gummy2bear358]

maybe vampires do exist

[@tjones3393]

I honestly don't know what my reaction would be. 😮

[@empressmarowynn]

My mom genuinely believes that having sex with multiple partners can make an STD spontaneously appear, due to too many different sperm mixing together (even if these different partners were months apart). Even if every one of them is completely STD free she thinks it just happens out of nowhere. She also thinks it can cause endometriosis. Any attempt to explain that she's wildly misinformed is met with skepticism. Telling her that I had symptoms of endo even as a young teen when I'd never even kissed someone yet still doesn't convince her.

[@mzdrizzle]

Guess you take after your dad, and thank fucking god…

[@Khaleesi_Of_Kittens]

Thats just stupid.

[@ghostlylover99123]

I don't think she was taught s*x ed correctly. Even if she was, I don't think she was paying attention.

[@boogiebear3095]

Me who is abstinent: why does my endo exist 😭 all joking aside, as long as everyone is checked and practicing safe sex, that’s what counts.

[@samwestminster9135]

I've met someone that thinks like this story. Genuinely thought that STDs just happen if you have too much sex. Virgin(s) or not. Only would be intimate with other virgins and would have sex rarely because didn't want the STDs to MAGICALLY APPEAR

[@witchy90210]

People never think doctors are the answers to their prayers

[@GAMER32231]

*somehow*

[@mcsy98]

I’m pretty sure they fully expect to see the clouds part with light shining through as Jesus descend from the sky

[@fredbearpostsfnaf9314]

No, that’s just the nuts and those who were not taught properly by a good church/place of faith. Many take the Bible too literal or don’t read full context of the Bible teachings. It says God will provide, but also says God said he wouldn’t directly perform miracles like he used to, but would always be there. It also says to help others and such. Yet they forget that means others helping them is also a sign of God, as love is a sign of God being there. Like, it’s similar to how people say God doesn’t support divorce or going against parents when it clearly says to do so in situations that make it necessary. If a spouse is actively neglecting or abusing their spouse, they can separate, and for kids to cut abusive/neglectful parents that are bad influences out of their lives. If you ever get told something that you know is wrong is said in the Bible by someone else, look it up, it probably does say it, but also look up other texts that cover the same topic. Starters, the Old Testament was acknowledged as being flawed and the New Testament is supposed to replace the old as an improved version. Bible says not to divorce, but then it also says situations in which you can. Those are two different chapters. You cannot only read one section written in a topic. Also, half the Bible is metaphorical, which it’s even stated in certain stories that it’s a metaphor. People don’t read the Bible very well, but the Bible being open for interpretation is also why many people have different views on certain quotes. Bible says God will provide, but also says you need to work and take care of yourself if able bodied. So, yeah.

[@fredbearpostsfnaf9314]

Dang I wrote a lot.

[@briarelyse5136]

If that were the case it makes every god or goddess true.

[@Lyrebird.Rainwing]

Poor cat, glad that person was informed of their stupidity

[@lizanna6390]

At least he listened to the vet.

[@boogiebear3095]

My late cat had hyperthyroidism and people would judge me for feeding her wet food… like really? She needed to eat, so I fed her. I free feed dry food to my cats, and give them wet food when possible. Poor little kitty.

[@id01_01]

Derg!!

[@Lyrebird.Rainwing]

@@id01_01 Indeed

[@kernel378]

And glad that they actually listened.

[@thecatsarealright]

Story 12 reminds me of a teenage couple who came to pick up the girl's newly prescribed birth control pills at the pharmacy I used to work at. To this day I'm glad they casually informed me that they intended to share the burden of hormonal contraception and take turns ingesting the pills. Had to inform them that, although it was a heartwarming idea, that's not how this works.

[@ValleyOakPaper]

🤦🏼‍♀

[@QueenMonny]

🤣

[@S3IIL3CT]

I'm glad you could teach them lmao

[@conlon4332]

I'm glad you were able to teach them not to do that. It would just mean the girl didn't get the dose she needed for it to be effective, and the guy might get some unwanted effects, especially if it was the combined pill.

[@conlon4332]

@davidpawson9047 What?

[@Lisa-x3n5x]

"No, because they speak Portugese in Brazil!" 😂😂😂

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Yeah, the kid will come out swearing in Portuguese....

[@danielvieira5831]

​@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 PORRA!!!

[@Rio-chii]

​@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 Brasil, caralho!

[@bensoncheung2801]

111 👍

[@randomguy2981]

That one story about the wife and husband constantly unplugging his oxygen reminded me of a 4 or 5 year old kid who just found out they could take the batteries out of a toy, and get upset when it isn’t turning on while the batteries are out

[@gazettefan42]

My sister works for a vet and someone's dog was diagnosed with allergies and the owner said human and animal allergies are made up

[@umbreonic766]

reminds me of a client who brought in his cat saying his cat was having seizures & was bleeding… poor thing was absolutely riddled with fleas and had started biting himself so much to itch he mutilated his front legs. the “seizure” the owner saw was the cat going crazy from being touched he was so itchy. when the vet told the owner the problem the owner was ADAMANT his cat didn’t have fleas, he was having seizures… sir we are watching the fleas have a pizza party on your pet

[@red0421]

As someone who is milk white and gets rashes from face paint (literally got a rash in the shape of a star from face paint on my shoulder😂) I would argue the very visible, very bright, red rash is a pretty good bit of evidence that allergies are very, very real.

[@AshLilyNeko]

ah, the ol' "I have never experienced something so it can’t be real" bit

[@Hollyucinogen]

Me, a person with an allergy to gluten: ...😩...

[@E0003-j9f]

The itching and redness of my skin dissapearing because apparently nickle allergy isn't a thing

[@Dysan72]

Story 10: You think that's bad, one of the first patients to receive a LVAD, did something similar. And LVAD is a Left Ventricular Asist Device. Basically a small pump to help the heart pump blood to the body. Because this takes a fair amount of power, there is an external battery pack. Important distinction is this is not an artificial heart it is just there to take some of the strain off a failing heart, mostly as a bridge device until a transplant becomes available. So this patient was not a native English speaker. So there were some miscommunications about follow up care, and he ghosted the Doctor completely for follow up care, and his contact info was out of date, so he walked out of the hospital and disappeared. Several months (maybe a year?). He comes back to the hospital for something else, and they go to triage him. He has no pulse. Walking, talking, breathing. Looking fairly healthy. But no pulse. In the time between leaving and now his heart had gone from Failing to FAILED. But this wonderful little pump was still there spinning away pushing blood through his entire circulatory system, with no apparent issues. So this guy became one of the first pulseless people.

[@askandpushpaltiwary8537]

that's scary af

[@takay6502]

Wooow that's crazy but pretty cool too, I'm curious of what happened next?

[@LaeLiHeart]

but but how did it get new blood for his organs WHAAAAT

[@Dysan72]

@@LaeLiHeart it was pumping the blood through the whole circulation system. Arteries to veins, back to the heart, through the lungs, back to the heart again, and finally back to the LVAD.

[@Dysan72]

@takay6502 that particular patient I'm not sure. Others stay on it till they can get an actual transplant. Others just stay on it, and and I believe few eventually we able have it removed as with the LVAD, and less strain on the heart, the heart actually improved. But I can't find a source for that last one at the moment.

[@TAiiNE]

btw if you are curious as to the footage used in the background. It's a game called ABZU, made by the save devs that made Journey. It would be classed as a 'walking' sim as in if you wanted you could just swim right to the end in a few hours. But there is a LOT to explore, and a deep meaning storyline hidden away told in murals and the areas you go to make more sense if you discover these things. You go in to this story knowing the same information as the character you play, and come out of it at the end with the same information and its one of those, you interpret what the story is, what it all means. It has a unique art style and is very relaxing, if you like sea life its a bonus as there is such a wide range of creatures you can find.

[@bigheart423]

thank you, i really wanted to know what game it was!

[@TAiiNE]

@@bigheart423 It's really worth it. The unique art style, music, sounds it's all very soothing. Controls take a bit to get used to but there's no enemies you need to face and the worst that happens to you is you get stunned. But it has a deep storyline told by the environment encouraging you to explore.. Even the replayability I find is there as sometimes I'll just idle though a level enjoying the sights or interacting with the sea life, or exploring to see if theirs any hidden bits of lore I missed to further fill in the picture. I like it a lot, for a 'walking sim' it's darn good.

[@myeternalteardrop]

The one refusing medication for her kid because she "doesn't know what's in it". I'd have asked the lady if she knew what was in the herbal tea. Even things that are all natural are comprised of chemicals. There's literally nothing you can consume that doesn't have some sort of chemical makeup to it.

[@lilnibba2905]

Yeah but medicine is not natural and can cause all kind of harm, especially to babies

[@Chameleonred5]

​@@lilnibba2905This is sarcasm, I hope

[@lilnibba2905]

@@Chameleonred5 Just be a sheep I guess, you know even the scientists you love so much are forced to admit it. Have you not noticed how so many people are autistic nowadays? What about gay people or transgender people?

[@DeliciousDetail]

Even the air we breath is full of chemicals 😬

[@lilnibba2905]

@@Chameleonred5 Yeah everybody being autistic because of weird chemicals like acetaminophen and birth control in our water is sarcasm, keep believing the doctors they are smarter than you.

[@moonstar_draws6283]

Crystals, man…my aunt once had dangerously low levels of a mineral she needs and had to go to the hospital and it took her weeks to recover. While this was happening, my grandma(other side of the family), was like “oh she needs to hold [insert certain rock I can’t remember]! Its energy will transfer the mineral to her!” And then I asked her to explain exactly why that would help and she just ignored me. I mean, at least she tried helping

[@Keksemann666]

Low minerals is one of the few things you could technically solved with "healing" Cristals

[@FinkyOfNalanja]

She should eat stuff with [insert doctor's rock] in it instead!

[@grymhunter2849]

Even as a pagan that uses crystals in certain ways, I can tell you with absolute certainty that that is not how that works grandma.

[@moonstar_draws6283]

@@Keksemann666 Yeah but you'd have to like...eat it...or something

[@moonstar_draws6283]

@@grymhunter2849 Yeah I don't mean to like offend anyone who uses crystals or anything it's just that it makes no sense to me what she was trying to say XD

[@retiredtom1654]

I'm retired police. I clearly remember the last "Baby Not Breathing" call I responded too. The paramedics were there upon my arrival working on the infant. They asked me to transport them to the hospital as the ambulance was several minutes away. Sadly, the baby did not survive... the reason, mom & dad used excessive baby powder which coated his lungs preventing him from getting oxygen. As bad as that was, we later found out that those same parents lost a child a year prior... FOR THE SAME REASON!

[@kariissmol9172]

Another reason there should be an international parenting licence mandate

[@stealthbeastgaming]

That should be a criminal offense.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

nice lie…that’s impossible unless you’re outright saying they smothered the kids forcing them to i hale the powder

[@kirstygunn9149]

They should be banned from having children

[@guus19900]

@@bostonrailfan2427 Oh how sweet, here's someone who still thinks 'people can't possibly be that dumb'.

[@alexmiller3349]

Lab worker here About 4 months ago we had a child with meningitis, their CSF was basically entirely made of WBCs (for non medics here - that means puss in ones brain and spine) and they were in an intensive therapy unit for two weeks before they were discharged, safely, but not without consequences. The reason? Parents believed in "natural treatment" and gave them zero vaccines, not even the obligatory ones and brought the child for a "checkup" once they went unresponsive, then refused care for a couple of hours until social worker came and threatened them with CPS, only then they agreed to the necessary treatment. And this specimen certainly went into my collection of weird medical cases.

[@MrEricSir]

Having recently been catheterized while I was under anesthesia and then naively went to the bathroom shortly after waking up, the pain is INTENSE -- and that's if you had the catheter removed by a medical professional. Whatever that guy must have gone through is much, much worse than mopping up some blood.

[@SevenGC89]

Not to scar you worse but what a lot of ppl prob didn't realize is when a urinary cath is placed a little tiny balloon is inflated at the inside end of that cath inside the bladder to keep it from just sliding out and the balloon is big enough that it would cause MASSIVE trauma if pulled out the way this dude did, I would honestly be surprised if he didn't have to self cath himself for the rest of his life now **shudder**

[@catlady9123]

​@@SevenGC89not all, mine was just longer, going up to my kidney after kidney stone surgery (to help the sand bits come out after blasting) and they showed me how to remove it myself after 5 days as I didn't live in the city I had the surgery done at and had to catch a flight back home the next morning. They warned me to make sure I relaxed in a bath first while also taking Tylenol, Ketorolac, AND Morphine 2 hours before attempting it. When I removed it, I was like, meh, that wasn't so bad, why all the fuss with the pain meds? HA! When the pains meds started to wear off, I couldn't rush fast enough to grab another dose 😂😂😂😂😂. I can't imagine just ripping it out, especially if there was a balloon at the end!!!! The pain when the meds wore off was EXCRUCIATING.

[@mentak2593]

Had a patient who was an insulin-dependent diabetic. He’d had both legs amputated, was blind and on dialysis- all as a result of his diabetes. I caught his wife sneaking in bags of full-sugar gummy bears, regular coke, burgers and French fries. Both were indignant when confronted about it.

[@bensoncheung2801]

34 👍

[@neurodivergentnetizen4535]

Apparently, farmers will never give up doing farm work unless they're on deaths door.

[@kahare9565]

Dr. Glaucomflecken has a hilarious short about this

[@Roadent1241]

Have farmers as neighbours. Can confirm.

[@MrInitialMan]

An EMT once told me that farmers are a different breed altogether.

[@LamanKnight]

And sometimes, doing farm work is exactly what will bring them to Death's door. (I can just imagine the Grim Reaper sighing and saying, "Oh, you. I was wondering when you'd show up. Well, come on in.")

[@verina_crochet_garden]

Even dead they continnue working. 😅

[@TetrisKing]

The first guy should get a reptile if he only wants a pet he can feed twice a week. 😂

[@CuoriRubati]

That's what I was thinking... why is he feeding his cat like it's a snake? lol

[@kataseiko]

The ER has two kinds of patients. The type where you say "why did you come to us with that" and the "why didn't you come in much, MUCH sooner" kind. There's maybe one or two patients that fall in between those two, per doctor, per year.

[@JomanJorito]

Why was one of the saddest parts of this video was when the shark died in the background game

[@FinkyOfNalanja]

That game is called Abzu, it's rad, but there's only about 2-3 hours of playtime. One of my favorite games.

[@sleepybluee]

I can't find it on playstore 😢​@@FinkyOfNalanja

[@KingOfTheMice]

Fr

[@MrBleakwinter1983]

Not any medical qualifications , but I was at a person's house who had a male and female kitten, I asked if they were going to be spayed/neutered , she said no they would be indoor cats, I said yeah but they male and female , she was adamant that nothing would happen as they were siblings . This from a pregnant lady .....

[@grmpEqweer]

A female cat in heat will pee everywhere, too. Un neutered male cats tend to spray as well. Spaying/neutering is also a good way to keep your cats from peeing on your stuff.

[@unleonsitooo]

​@@grmpEqweer And acting insane too, basically. Just like any teenager who starts wilding due to hormones, cats will do the same, just that, in cat way. So yeah, doing that is the best, unless you want to witness some really bizzarre stuff

[@mr.spoopy3027]

Don't forget. Cats are Alabaman. They don't give a fuck who they fuck, as long as its a female and they're a male.

[@thatone7793]

I'm a symptom researcher. The doctors in my area are of the opinion that the patient doesn't need information about their health conditions. I was told I had a hiatal hernia. No mention that I shouldn't lift weights even though I specifically asked. Only found out through an internet search. Asked if the hernia was caused by my GERD or if the GERD was from the hernia. I was told I got the hernia because I'm fat. Acid reflux issues are often the cause of hiatal hernias. I have plenty of other examples. When I lived in a different state, my doctors would sit down and take the time to explain what was going on. But here, I have to look up half of what I'm told and find out everything I'm not told. My doctor didn't even explain what a hiatal hernia was, let alone what to do about it or how to manage symptoms. Sometimes, relying on Dr. Google is all you've got.

[@Uffda.]

Hey, weird aside, but if you’re also particularly flexible or have like joint problems or chronic pain, fatigue, it may be worth learning about/asking about connective tissue disorders (i.e. Ehlers-Danlos and such).

[@mzdrizzle]

That’s because your docs are also using google. They spend eight years at university to fucking google shit.

[@gummy2bear358]

isnt that kinda malpractice

[@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102]

​@@gummy2bear358 it is, but Physicians' Colleges are worse than cops when it comes to protecting their own

[@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102]

Sounds similar to stuff that happens to my mother all the time - hormone specific problems get dismissed because of her body-shape (not even her weight - which isn't that bad (so they ignore it) her SHAPE), and they usually say there's nothing wrong with her thyroid... That she doesn't have. Because it was surgically removed from her body. Because of thyroid cancer. Which the doctor should have known because it's probably the first fucking thing listed on her medical record. Doctor didn't even read her file.

[@brockjensen2473]

Didn’t happen to me but to my sister who is a general surgeon. She once had a patient that was prescribed medication following a surgery. The medicine was to be taken twice a day at least 8 hours apart for 4 weeks. She explained this to the patient before being discharged from the hospital which he confirmed he understood. 1 day later that patient was rushed to the hospital because of an overdose, luckily the patient survived. Following the patient regaining consciousness my sister asked the patient what happened, was it an attempt to take his life, etc. The patient responded saying “the prescription said to take 2 per day for 4 weeks but I wanted to get better sooner so I took all of them to speed up the process”.

[@QueenMonny]

The girl whose appendix burst...can we assume she died? Because those parents should be charged with negligent homicide, if that's the case.

[@davidandrew1078]

Had a patient who used his hand to clean the chute of a lawn mower while it was running. Expected result occurred. Immediate surgery required.

[@TatiJBC]

Brazilian here! The baby born speaking Brazilian Portuguese reminded me of a (Brazilian) person commenting on a video that showed a talkative toddler. The child was from the USA and someone said: "So smart! She already know how to speak English!"

[@countleviathan762]

I knew there were parents out there like that but as someone that has seizures story four makes me shake my head. For me I started having mine in middle school but I could only imagine an infant going through something like that. It baffles me how a parent can disregard medical care for their child like that, especially for something that serious.

[@estherkeizer6080]

My daughter has had seizures a couple of time. It is a terrible sight to see and I can't imagine not seeking medical attention immediately. I hope you have outgrown your seizures.

[@countleviathan762]

@@estherkeizer6080 I haven't outgrown them since it runs in my dad's family, but luckily I have found the right medicine that works for me. So as long as I take my medication regularly I no longer have them. But I hope your daughter is doing alright, I know that having seizures isn't easy to deal with and can be very scary at times.

[@estherkeizer6080]

​@@countleviathan762 She doesn't have any seizures anymore.

[@darcybrummett7004]

13:22 I know common sense isn’t common but for grown adults to think a surgeon is being mean to not let the parents’ child eat anything X hours before surgery tells me said parents shouldn’t have kids.

[@TheGallantDrake]

The fact that they thought this was something other adults would do...

[@stealthbeastgaming]

That should've been a CPS call

[@DembaiVT]

I mean, so long as someone said "during surgery, if they have food in their belly, they will throw up into their lungs, and that will unalive them" in those words, to that parent, I agree. Too many doctors and nurses assume someone knows what the word aspirate means, if they are even told at all.

[@karlzaunbrecher8241]

1) Never ask the parents if the kid ate breakfast. They will lie 2) Never ask the kid if they ate breakfast. They were told to lie. 3) Ask the kid: "What did you have for breakfast?"

[@okay5652]

The person who only feeds their cats only a couple times a week shouldn’t be allowed to have pets. That’s animal abuse. EDIT: It got SO much worse O.O

[@moonstar_draws6283]

I absolutely agree

[@Keksemann666]

Yes but he got told not to do that and did what a professional told him to do, maybe a little stupid but he shure is one of the better ones here.

[@SingingSealRiana]

What even was the Logic, Like with less regular feeding He should have increased the Portion size . . . .

[@Dreamscape195]

We only feed our cat a couple times a week… …but by feeding I mean filling the small gravity feeder as soon as it’s empty.

[@tfordham13]

​@arianewinter4266 probably something like it was a more natural feeding system

[@terence7009]

the biggest problem here is that people aren't overtly told that they're absolute morons to their face nearly enough.

[@autumnwright16]

Hospital worker here. I once had a woman be admitted with a gaping wound in her arm, very obviously infected. Checking off all the signs. Arm was swollen, area was bright red and hot to the touch, leaking pus and the patient was running fevers. She says its been like this for about a week. The thing that really got me though, is when she asks. "Do you think its infected? Will I need some antibiotics?" Uh, yes ma'am, as sure as I have all 10 fingers

[@craftyhobbit7623]

When I was doing animal care, one of my lecturers told this story about this bloke who had an owl (the lecturer was a bird of prey specialist) and the bloke was complaining that the owl wasn't eating - he asked the bloke what he was feeding it and the bloke said bird seed, like the stuff you give to budgies and canaries, based on the fact that the owl was a bird and birds eat bird seed... I find it ironic though that there are all these patients who won't go to the doctors for things, but when you've been having back pain, knee pain, leg pain for weeks going on months and you tell the medical person you see about it (when you're there for something else), they don't bother making you an appointment to check it out or the medical person dismisses it when you do, or they stick you on a waiting list that lasts months, or even ignore your request for an appointment. If a patient has had this done to them enough times, they don't bother seeking help because they think that the gp, nurse, hospital, etc, will just ignore it. I'm in the UK and I've seen it happen frequently.

[@nicolad8822]

Well don’t mention it as an aside then! Make it the main issue. Or go to a physio, they likely know more than the Doctor.

[@vaiyt]

People who don't know anything about how animals work taking care of animals is my most hated genre.

[@Anon26535]

He thought the cat was a snek. Easy mistake to make. They're both cute animals that eat mice and blep with their tongues.

[@nerissaangel5200]

Got in trouble with a mom of 9 that her kid that got the wind knocked out of them and was currently screaming was absolutely fine in the air department. I was 13 years old with no siblings and yet I knew that if you can scream then you can breathe

[@littleblackcar]

Domestic animals don’t have “in the wild”. They’re domesticated. Their natural habitat is in your house, being cared for by you.

[@kariissmol9172]

I agree, my dog will die if I even so much as attemt to feed him anything but wet food. He would rather starve than eat kibble. And I had to suffer because I tried to guve kibble, because he will try to get MY food.

[@levanataylor790]

Thank you -- I will quote that.

[@duc8250]

So basically, house is their wild

[@robertcain7630]

"common sense" is so rare these days it should be classed as a super power

[@RobHorrorLive]

Or at least change the name.

[@michelleprieur1]

Agree, but it's not just "these days". I'm a nurse and I'd say that a few generations ago was worse. Trust me.

[@Vic.Toria.]

My story to add to this is as follows: I run a small animal rescue in my home, I was contacted via text about a gerbil needing medical attention the family didnt know how to handle and didnt want to go to a vet- they drove almost 2 hours to me, show up in a nice vehicle, bunch of kids all well dressed etc so evidently money isnt the issue here- I get more info that the gerbil had been put in with another one randomly and they fought (this is nearly textbook gerbil behaviour, they will fight to the death and cause major injuries). Im not surprised and this by far isnt the first of this ive had, they get the gerbil and hand it over im not joking when I say its upper body was barely attached anymore.. organs were eaten, this poor little critter was chewed apart everywhere, missing limb, bulging eyes, barely breathing- how it was alive is beyond me... and then they have the kids come one by one and wish the gerbil well/say bye and thank me for finding a new home for it, wanted updates on the family that gets it etc. I have been breeding gerbils for 10 years, ive had 43 litters over 150+ babies, ive run small animal rescue for 8 years and ive NEVER seen an animal that badly injured.. I did the correct thing and immediately put the gerbil down before they had even left the driveway (they never knew). Common sense when it comes to animals is nearly not existent but this is always my stand out story...

[@Phynastor]

Honestly I had no idea gerbils would do that, many gerbils are caged together when you go to a place like a pet store and even if you googled all the things a gerbil needs like feed, bedding and stuff, you might not see in your research that there can be a danger of two same sex gerbils fighting eachother if they're not littermates.

[@Vic.Toria.]

@@Phynastor Yeah its a huge issue with gerbils, mice and hamsters that gets overlooked (somewhat less so with hamsters), but actually even siblings will do this. Its called declanning- and it can really happen to any pair/group, the more gerbils the more likely it will happen- too much space with a pair that leads to them able to 'set up' their own homes in different locations can lead to it, stress, incorrect diet etc. Its very easy to actually avoid but it does seem daunting when you hear it at a glance and dont know what to look for. I've been reputably breeding gerbils for 10 years now and only had 2 instances of declanning from myself which were both caught early, only one of those ended with some injuries that were rather minor- and never had a client have this issue. Ive easily had into the hundreds of gerbils now so overall its not a big deal to manage. The biggest thing with them is proper introductions, slowly done and taken with lots of watching behaviours and reading how they act (and being ready with gloves just in case an introduction does poorly). There is thankfully lots of information out there now about how to do these things and what to look for, how to do it etc. The most common way to introduce is called the Split Cage Method, its easy and takes some time but no ones really told about it from pet stores sadly and the results are often very deadly. Pet stores seem to do everything possible thats incorrect for care of multiple species of animals so sadly Ive come to telling people never to trust what these people are saying. They often do not give the correct genders (of which in rodents is easy to figure out through a simple google images or facebook group),. Recommending plastic houses with all the crazy tubes and fun add ons- which arent suited for any species they try to aim it for are hard to clean and very expensive. Wheels that are mesh which catch feet and tails- and are never big enough so they actually cause damage to the animals spines. Incorrect diets that lack major things that the animals need (such as protein, fruits, veggies etc) but are full of things the animal doesnt benefit from at all. And selling animals well before ages they should be and from mill breeders- most pet stores get animals from mass mill breeders which means the animal is not stable health or behaviour wise, this shows really well in gerbils as they tend to have seizures especially if overstimulated, a key sign of this is a behavioural aspect of not enough proper socialization with people and environments at proper ages, poor breeding of just allowing any gerbils who will breed to produce offspring, and being removed from their mothers much too soon. This happens to really all pet store animals but some show it better than others in regards to the poor effects it causes that you wouldnt know at a glance. Once you see it however, you can never un-see it and it really is terrible on so many levels. Im happy to answer any questions, chat or tell stories for anyone who'd be interested now due to trying to educate people on whats truly best that they can provide for their animals or people they know. Its hard to admit when people have been doing things incorrectly, but it really shows who cares when people take interest

[@kyarimaresuki]

A professional contact of mine went through some emotional stuff, trained to be psychic, and is generally super woo. This impacts how I do my work, but worse, how her pets are treated. She goes through vets because eventually they get frustrated with her demands and because she is always better at diagnosis than them. They eat expensive meats sent to the house, she rants about "big kibble", puts the pets through absurd tests from questionable internet doctors to see which "toxins" are in their bodies when something is off. The most recent vet trip, she was in a hurry and didn't see what they put in a bag for her. She was upset because it was actual medicine for her pet. No medicine for them. Extracts and homeopathy. Fortunately, her logic is weird, so certain (potentially more risky) drugs do get in occasionally if she approves. It is a wonder they go to the vet at all (kind of like the mom with a feverish baby). The pets generally seem alright, she loves them so much. But the fact that they suffer longer from minor infections, mites because of their "holistic" lifestyle is frustrating. Most afflictions they suffer from are super easy to treat, but Mom knows best. :/

[@yiotatort]

my husband not that long ago had dinner that didn't feel like it had moved to the stomach, that night and for the entirety of the next day anything that tried to follow the dinner came back up, including saliva. The dinner however seemed to be perfectly happy to stay put. On the second day after an entire day of not being able to eat or drink anything he went to the ER. They tried to give him sugar water, which followed the same pattern as everything else. He eventually had to have the dinner remnants surgically removed from his esophagus.

[@andream9470]

Wtf did he eat?

[@yiotatort]

@@andream9470 steak - it was like he'd swallowed a 6oz sirloin whole

[@JackFrost008]

@@yiotatort that always goes well.

[@Phynastor]

I'm kinda surprised they couldn't just intubate and push the food down into his stomach. That would really suck but i'd take that over surgery any day.

[@yiotatort]

@@Phynastor the esophagus was inflamed, so I guess they thought they might create a tear if they tried pushing it down, especially if they didn't have a clear idea of what was causing the block. Pulling it up and out through a clear passage might've made more sense. He was sent home pretty quickly once he woke up after surgery.

[@unofonseca2862]

Vet here: the owners that brought in their male red cat for back pain. They perfectly describe the cat vocalising and doing the lordosis. Lift the tail and lo and behold, its a female cat and its in heat. Couldn't bring myself to charge them...

[@grandheroking]

if they've "already done their own research" and think they know best then why do they even seek professional help....?!??!?

[@mcsy98]

They want a second opinion that they know they will just reject anyway 🤦 maybe I should study psychology just to see what goes on in their minds 😭

[@Chickenugget420]

You can research what could be wrong with your pipes but you would still call a plumber to fix the issue. Same goes for doctors. Research ≠ treatment.

[@fishyfish2935]

Dude nearly dies almost every day because he unplugs his oxygen machine and somehow they never realized he needs that machine to live.

[@ff-pj3de]

About the couple that shut off one of the husbands vital breathing… I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that they were probably old. Sometimes, certain people who are in certain stages of dementia can function very well in their daily lives, but have absolutely no way to adjust to new things and also no capacity to realize issues. Long term, certain important things cannot penetrate the fog. The guy should have been under closer observation. But if the couple could function well otherwise and what with costs and staffing, there is only so much you can do.

[@michellewaldrip8271]

My grandmother's next door neighbors were slightly more elderly than she was; the wife had Alzheimer's, and the husband was blind and - I think - not very ambulatory. Unfortunately, their children were not close with them and also lived out of state, so they were more or less on their own with their health issues. When things became beyond the two of them combined, the wife would sometimes knock on my grandmother's door for assistance. One time, this happened while my husband (boyfriend in that time) and I were visiting my grandma. The wife came over, because she needed help lifting her husband from having fallen on the floor, I think. Not sure what led up to the incident, but fortunately, my dh was game to go over to their home and help, because my grandmother wouldn't have been able to lift a man off the floor. Other times, the wife would come over asking for help with food or some such. My grandma would go over to the house with her and ask the husband when they'd last eaten, because the wife didn't have the short-term memory to recall it. Eventually, the couple were moved to an assisted living facility, doubtless because either repeated calls to their children out of state or social services' concerns prompted them to be moved to where they could receive care.

[@tofistig]

I understand the desire not to want to drink the endoscopy fluid, it is absolutely abhorrent in taste, and you have to drink x amount of it in x amount of time. I almost threw up from it, and I'd much rather do a dozen or more enemas than drink that prescribed fluid again. It is so nasty. I knew I had to do it though, and after, the nurses gave me a package of juice and I'd never tasted anything as good.

[@Jo-xn3yp]

The pacemaker story is the one that I find the most bizarre

[@yvonnecowan5994]

Former massage therapist here I cannot tell you how many times people come to me, expecting me to fix problems. The physical therapist, doctor or surgical professional has not yet been able to resolve. Especially since they are noncompliant all the way through. Then when I tell them to drink lots of water after their session, do light exercise and make sure and do the exercises I give them twice a day do they listen of course not and then they want to know why my massages and therapy recommendations are doing no good, see the above… All the time! All you can do is shrug take their $50 and hope that something somewhere is getting through.

[@WittyKitten]

As a South Asian, the turmeric story cracked me up! majority of Indian dishes contain it and having stained nails/skin from it is totally normal. I even avoid getting light colored acrylic/gel nails if I'm planning a trip to India or only eating Indian food for a period of time because the yellow stains everything lol

[@aboveaverageazzuen2684]

As someone who lives in what was once called "Tamil town" (another story behind that one for another day) I've seen many South Asians and Indian people who somehow Belive that antibiotics will cure them of everything. I had one guy who was at the densit office talking about how he wishes *gov't program to help small children get dental coverage* would help him.... Note that this guy has spent the last 25 minutes styling his hair and making himself all pretty like. And he says to the hygienist "Yknow I just love the feeling of my teeth when they're freshly bleached. Ooh just the best feeling yknow?" with that sleezebag smile that just really makes you go "Sir I'm a lesbian and married" the hygenist in all of her five foot glory goes without missing a beat "yes sir, well this is a program that is designed to help people such as your child who's in the exam room right now and could really use your help." My god, I just wanted to get up and clap for her because she shut that Drake Noir Bathing snake so quick

[@NeverSnows]

What if you brought your own utensils? Like, some forks and stuff.

[@denkisupremacy]

​@@NeverSnows not Indian but i am south asian, so here's an example: roti (chappati) and curry. can't eat that with a utensil - unless u wanna break up the roti and throw it in then spoon it out w the curry, but that is... not how you usually eat it. basically, no utensil can be used. you're probs gonna end up w turmeric stained nails!

[@NeverSnows]

@@denkisupremacy I see.... Rip.

[@sascharadke8450]

Reminds me of a coworker who keeps getting inflammation and/or infections whenever she has a wound. She thinks she has a weak immune system but she just keeps slathering even the tiniest cuts and scratches with wound balm because "It cleans the wound!!!" Yes, but you're meant to apply it with clean hands three times a day, not every hour after taking of your dirty work gloves. Plus she really suffocates the skin with these balms. But if you try to explain that to her... oh well.

[@Majella-1995]

As an Optometrist, had a patient once who cleaned his eyelids daily with rubbing alcohol.

[@Attaxalotl]

what exactly was his thinking there?

[@gummy2bear358]

is he blind yet?

[@LittleKitty22]

I knew a dude once who washed his hands in pure bleach. He was obsessed with bleach, he used it for everything. Washing dishes, washing vegetables... you name it, he used bleach.

[@neen42]

Ouch!

[@michellewaldrip8271]

@@LittleKitty22 Some kind of OCD?

[@61936]

Nature selection really lets a lot of people slip through its grasp

[@kerryh3833]

No it doesn't. The medical industry and health & safety culture of society, makes them survive. Natural selection would have ended them a long time ago.

[@HappyGick]

​@@kerryh3833 Bro, some people in these stories live through things that the average person WOULDN'T live through. They ignore their doctors. And they still live. That's what the guy is talking about. If you ignore doctors under life threatening conditions you normally die, but these people somehow don't die.

[@Sk8ngInDuval]

The pacemaker guy had my jaw on the floor for several minutes. How was he not dying of sepsis????

[@FeuerblutRM]

Apparently, an older lady in my family (never knew her, she was a distant relative to my grandfather) died a while ago. She had an injury on her leg and never went to the doctor. Caught a colossal sepsis and must have suffered excruciating pain for weeks. When she was finally brought into ER her ENTIRE leg was BLACK and necrotic (= rotten!) and there wasn't anything else the doctors could do but to give her elephant's doses of pain meds and let her go since her kidneys and liver already shut down from sepsis. Absolutely wild. You might want to consider going to the hospital at least as soon as you notice YOUR EFFING LEG IS TURNING BLACK!

[@gummy2bear358]

is it ok for me to say that she is defo christian and 100% did NOT read the bible one bit

[@jaebyrd4608]

In regards to the last one as someone who suffers with eosinophilic esophagitis it’s annoying when doctors say if you can breath your not choking because throat swelling ( technically not choking) still feels like choking and can be fatal if not treated promptly. I almost died because a doctor brushed me off when I said I couldn’t swallow, turns out my throat was swollen almost completely closed they had to intubate me just to open my airway.

[@Anon_Omis]

Wait a minute, you can't get back an item that is stuck in you? Like, funny story, but that is someone's property.

[@wisteria3032]

finders keepers. jokes aside, let's say you get to the hospital with a wound and they have to cut your t-shirt to get to it. you wouldn't be asking to get it back. Even if you really wanted for some reason they probably couldn't because it would have come in contact with any kind of hospital thing. They usually just throw it away real quick. Let's just say that apart from valuables (purse and phone, documents and, if possible shoes - things that cost a lot and would be easy to take off you) you are not guaranteed to get out of the hospital with anything that was on you when you got in. If they had to somehow cut the dildo and take it out by pieces it would be the same, procedure-wise: you take it out of the patient and since it isn't needed for a biopsy you throw it away. It's just that in this specific case instead of throwing away in a bin they kept it. I don't even know if it was possible for them to give it back but I strongly doubt it was the guy's right.

[@虞石]

@@wisteria3032 I still don't think it's right to not give it back if the patient asks for it. It wasn't in contact with any dangerous substance, and the fact that it can be kept in a cabinet means it's safe. If that's the rule then the rule is just stupid.

[@joosyjulie]

I have sleep apnoea, I stop breathing in my sleep, (it's not snoring too much). On my two test nights, the longest I stopped breathing for was 2min 48seconds. I stopped breathing a total of 145 times or more each night. Without the machine I could easily die. I have a UPS (uninterupted power supply), between my cpap machine and the wall socket, so that if the power goes out, I keep breathing. Turning off my machine when I'm sleeping is a very big NOPE.

[@DIRTkat_ofc]

Brazilian here, normally confusing our language for Spanish makes us furious but that was uhh... unique to say

[@catsinq5726]

Speaking of failures in the education system when it comes to "intimate acts:" I had a patient come in for infertility issues. She and her partner had been trying for eight months. I started asking her standard questions about her cycle, its regularity, flow, etc. and there were no immediate red flags. Before starting her on extensive testing or drugs I decided to ask if her husband (or boyfriend) had been tested for sperm count, motility, etc., and that's when she explained her partner was a woman. I had to explain that she could not get pregnant that way and needed sperm from .. well .. somewhere. She was genuinely shocked.

[@13SScorpio]

I'm a Chemist (MedChem mostly) and when I just started Chemistry we (me and other chem students) were standing in the circle just talking. The topics of drugs came up and one guy among us obviously felt like bragging. So he proceeds to tell us all how he does painkillers all the time and that "weed ain't shit". When asked what painkillers he was taking he revealed it to be Paracetamol... (Not psychoactive but highly heptatoxic if overdosed)

[@d3AdLyf3]

A girl in school when we were really young had a few accidents in class. Years later I found out her parents had a rule, you can only use the bathroom at home, where it's safe... they also had weird food rules, there were locks on cabinets and the fridge, they had access to water in between meals, and when they did eat was just... strange. I felt bad for those kids

[@nax8159]

It's only "a bit" dramatic until you have to work with these people day in and day out for YEARS

[@doannad.1518]

I am an OTR, had a patient that was convinced she could regrow her foot after amputation

[@Attaxalotl]

Was your patient a lizard?

[@LittleKitty22]

I knew a dude once that claimed if one doesn't eat hard things like nuts or apples all the time, one's teeth would keep growing longer and longer. That's what happens in RODENTS... he claimed to be a DENTIST!!!

[@IsYitzach]

Narrator's use of "impressive" goes will with British use of phrase, "a bold choice."

[@georgiewatson8688]

This reminds me of Friends when Chandler asks Joey "how do you not fall down more?" 🤣🤣🤣

[@rael1hp]

Catholic here. There's a joke that comes to mind. A woman is dying of an unspecified cancer, and goes to the hospital. The doctor tells her she needs chemo, and she refuses and says "God will cure me." She gets worse and goes to a different doctor, who also says she needs chemo. She refuses and says "God will cure me." She gets worse and goes to a third doctor, who recommends chemo, which she refuses again and says "God will cure me." She passes away and goes to Heaven, and before God she asks him, "God, why didn't you cure me?" God looks at her and says "I sent you three doctors!" Your religion is not an excuse to not listen to a doctor.

[@annabelwilson809]

The guy with his pacemaker on the outside of his body, it is nothing short of a massive miracle that he didn’t die from infection

[@andacondanation1933]

Story three should’ve had a negligence and/or attempted murder charge brought up against them. 😟

[@OrdericNeustry]

The words "the guy pulled out his catheter" are going to haunt me for a while.

[@NeverSnows]

What would a catheter be?

[@CoastalSphinx]

​@@NeverSnows In this context, a catheter is a tube inserted through the urethra into the bladder. Urine flows from the bladder, through the tube, and into a container. This is helpful for patients who can't urinate normally - either because that have a problem with their urinary system, or they have recently had surgery there, or they cannot move enough to urinate in a toilet or bedpan.

[@NeverSnows]

@@CoastalSphinx i see. Ty for the explanation.

[@hyperslash2144]

Moment I heard lapis lazuli I immediately thought of android 17 and 18 😂😂

[@ayoisha4609]

Same

[@alexbrown1930]

Regarding Story 6: That is actually something that comes out certain Abstinence Only "sexual education" courses. In the one I had in High School, we were actually told that we could get any STD from one time having sex, "even with another Virgin."

[@ChinchillaQueen]

I have confirmation that i am a story at the ER near us. Specifically one doctor is still very confused that as to how i didnt notice being tired as hell from super low iron and potassium or why i did not show any other sign except swollen feet when i should have had heart and kidney problems too. Normal hemoglobin level is 11-13. Mine was a 5 for the first test and a 4.5 for the second. That is involuntary blood and iron transfussion level deficiency. I got a choice because i was moving on my own with no issues. I chose transfussions.

[@michellewaldrip8271]

My mom has hemoglobin problems, due to a cancer-adjacent auto-immune issue (I think). In any case, we know about the levels. Impressive that you have functional organs after that - my mom's doctor gets concerned when her levels sink to around 8 or 9. Do you have to regularly supplement extra iron and potassium now, or was it just an unusual imbalance?

[@ChinchillaQueen]

@michellewaldrip8271 regular supplements now. That particular day was a culmination of events years in the making. Blood tests and specialists afterwards informed me that it's a genetic inability to absorb enough iron and potassium. Gotta love it

[@michellewaldrip8271]

@@ChinchillaQueen Yikes. Thank goodness you know now!

[@sunburstisland2560]

Looked it up. While the guy in the last story obviously wasn't choking, and food stuck in the esophagus can usually be treated easily at home, it does mention you could have severe chest pain as a symptom, which could be alarming. They also do sometimes need to dislodge stuck food as well, even though it's not common. It said that they would need to do the procedure within 24 hours, so making an appointment might not always work. I do think in these cases, driving to an ER and waiting makes more sense than calling an ambulance.

[@HarrysIrishPrincess]

Why do some people think they know better than a doctor? If a doctor tells you not to do something, listen. It's not hard.

[@SingingSealRiana]

Sometimes they do, thats the Problem. Medicine IS an extreamly wide field and you cant know everything and a Patient that only Had to Focus in on of two Things might BE more Up to Date then a doc, or have a medication interaction in mind, the doc plain forgot . . . Sadly this leads to absolut idiots thinking they can Just make Things Up and Docs in Return to distrust their patients that actually do know what they are talking about. Like for example, telling a Patient, to Just Drink more when there IS Zero correlation between their dizzyness and water intakte IS plain Not helpful. Or whatever a certain medication has the desired effect in that Patient or Not etc . . .

[@DaveTexas]

@@SingingSealRianasweetie, no. Just no. The fact that you don’t even know when it is or is not appropriate to use capital letters tells me everything I need to know about your level of education. EVERYTHING you said is wrong.

[@GromMolotok]

If you really don't trust your doctor, get a second opinion from another doctor. Not from random internet searches, or a random neighbor, etc. My wife was misdiagnosed once. She didn't believe what the doctor told her and went for a second opinion. That second doctor correctly identified the kidney stone. This incident also meant we switched primary care providers afterward, of course.

[@marcorizzoni9766]

@@this_isntmyname Wait, in that country does that happen? Because in mine doctors are paid a fixed monthly amount plus eventual overtime (plus something if they do also research job, teaching job, and/or congressman job, depending of how often and how much they do). Their employer (usually the state, but potentially private hospitals) wouldn’t pay them for drug prescribed nor would they have any reason to do so. The hospital doesn’t get anything if the patient has to buy drugs, and the hospital has to PAY for the drugs that they use on patients under their care there and get eventually reimbursed. And it would be straight off illegal for anyone else to pay the doctors to prescribe drugs. It would also something pretty hard to conceal from the tax system, because it doesn’t even seem to be a small amount of money. It would be pretty easily traceable.

[@LaeLiHeart]

sometimes docs don’t know better and just dismiss people more often woman one of the many dismissals is oh it’s just period pains

[@athenarocks7657]

I could never work in the medical field. I’ll be damned if I’m working harder to keep a person alive and than they are.

[@nellitheretrogamer8666]

A story I read, from a country where sexual education is more or less nonexistent: a young couple went to see a doctor because they'd been married for two years and hadn't managed to get pregnant. After some questioning, it turned out that they hadn't had sex at all. They thought that sleeping in the same bed would be enough to have children.

[@Koji-Alistair]

How are people this dumb? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@eulalia3446]

I knew a similar couple who thought you put the man's part in the woman's belly button to get pregnant.

[@Koji-Alistair]

@@eulalia3446 I think I've heard a story about that. 🫠

[@kimielle]

A couple who were stationed at the same army base as my dad couldn't get pregnant. Turns out they were using the back door.

[@Koji-Alistair]

@@kimielle it's like they skipped Sex Ed 101 and went straight to Advanced Confusion!

[@mellertid]

It's unpredictably kind of almost wholesome and then so, so bad. Sometines at the same time. Having encounters like these regularly would break me.

[@bwiebertram]

The pacemaker guy was something out of a movie

[@stevedavis5704]

The reply I always heard about just praying for help was “What if the medical people were the way God answers your prayers?”

[@BaronVonMott]

"I'm smoking to purify my lungs" And the Darwin Award goes to... 😂

[@Dani-it5sy]

When doctors lack so much common sense that you are surprised you survived. Followed by the longest compilation ever.

[@Heligany]

I just got my medical notes via a SAR and the number of times where the notes distort something I said so it makes no sense is a bit concerning. You wonder if they really didnt get the point you were making or if its deliberate. It backfires sometimes though, my GP was reading through a letter sent by a consultant once and she was saying my condition was being made worse by lack of use of medication. But my GP knew we had been through ever version of this medication and none of it had any effect on my condition; she had advised me to "try everything again". Neither I or my GP thought this made any sense at all. Mostly though notes are written to make to writer look good/ better especially if they discharge you in the same state. Distortion of facts is very common.

[@E0003-j9f]

Some are funny, but some anger me because it genuinely puts others in danger. Can't believe parents like that exist

[@mobgabriel1767]

The woman asking if her baby would come out speaking spanish reminds me of a guy who i went up against when playing tertris, he correctly assumed that i'm Brazilian and after i confirmed it he said "tacos" wich we do not eat here in Brazil

[@ptb1ptb2]

Two virgins having sex can't pass on (exclusively) STIs. However, people can lie about being virgins.

[@Ruthavecflute]

Atually its not impossible. Babies can get STIs from there mum. Baby grows up, and you've got an adult with an STD who could be a virgin

[@minette36]

I have fibromyalgia. My mother keeps saying it’s “because of all that medicine.” The pain and depression meds?? the vitamins supplements???

[@minihttydedits1658]

Bro thought he could just enchant his eye with Sight III 💀

[@jonix24mejor]

This reminds me of my father that just out of pure stupid fear of being in a hospital, he refused to go get cheked, he really thought he could tank a 39° recurrent fever for days and just get past it. Its been like 1 and a half months, he, in fact, got worse, and he has been in constantly bad health since that day, still ask to himself why does his poor ass soul suffers so much?

[@intercat4907]

I was a Corpsman. A Marine limped past me going into the barracks looking ... rumpled. I asked. He'd "fallen out of a window". I said, "On purpose?" He said "No" and I let him in. They'd been doing a "brotherhood/trust/bonding" thing and holding each other out the window by their ankles, and dropped him from the 3rd floor. Amazing he landed well; not overtly suicidal ... whaddya do?I'm a grandfather now, and maybe so is he.

[@kariissmol9172]

And people still ask why women have a higher life expectancy

[@coffeecat086]

Oof! Corneal abrasions or injury are absolutely are no fun. From someone who is totally blind, and when I am legally blind in the other, because life sucks, sometimes and I was born about three months before I was supposed to be, which started most of it, eyes are precious things. Please take care of them.

[@Chaos_God_of_Fate]

Jesus almighty, that bra pacemaker story.... I'm not sure I can believe that one. That dude should have played the Lottery and spent all his luck points properly while tending to the pace maker as he should have- sheesh, that's like multiple lives of luck just wasted! Someone in that family must really need Him around.

[@lauramanuel7619]

They do have a trophy cabinet. After hearing about the guy with a sweet potato that had to be surgically removed from his rectum, I was treated to the tales of: what has come out of people’s rear ends and the large container of “trophies”. Yo be fair the histology lab kept gall stones as “trophies” too. There’s quite a range of them.

[@Mayfrancisxavier]

This video makes me feel so much better about my life and my decision-making.

[@TheoRae8289]

One of the biggest obstacles in undereducated communities is that many are raised to view all medical professionals as thieves who make up illnesses from whole cloth for money. So they will literally wait until the last possible moment to get any sort of care (these are frequently also the same people who don't even attempt to get medicaid, go bankrupt, and still vote against their own interests). I unfortunately have waaaaay too much family experience. 😮‍💨 The sheer number of people who don't know anything about their reproductive organs, regardless of age, is why I'm trying to start a specialized business rooted in education. The city I'm looking into has one zone that's split into multiple parts where I can set up, and two of those parts are in undereducated areas.

[@dinoblacklane1640]

Considering how 'for profit' US healthcare is, it doesn't surprise me that most Americans view doctors as evil. Going to the doctor and getting billed a year's salary will do that