Doctors, What’s the Worst Injury That Someone Refuse Treatment For? | Professionals Stories #64

[@navidfarkhondehpay1142]

Early 80s, zero paramedics, the ambul- the ambul- the ambul- the ambul- THE AMBUL- THE AMBUL- THE AMBUL- THE AMBUL- T H E A M B U L - T H E A M B U L - T H E A M B U L - T H E A M B U L - T H E A M B U L - This ambulance is definitely having a stroke, and is in need of a secondary ambulance

[@michaelfinlay1412]

the 2nd ambulance is dying of a heart attack, and the 3rd ambulance is needed

[@mouthlesshater]

@@michaelfinlay1412 the third one got into a crash.

[@michaelfinlay1412]

@@mouthlesshater ah we need more ambulances

[@lixx1221]

The fourth ambulances passed out from heat exhaustion, we need a fifth ambulance

[@mouthlesshater]

@@michaelfinlay1412 yes

[@deanr.j.4871]

“Ill just keep peeing out of my belly button” had me bent over cackling

[@AwesomeSaucePictures]

I wanna know how that works ngl

[@kelliewhyte_85]

I feel bad for patients under 18 with cancer who have shitty parents that don't believe in modern medicine or believe that only God will cure them. Poor kids never really have a chance.

[@CG64Mushro0m]

im starting to think that it should be illegal for their parents to decide for them when they have cancer and need treatment

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@@CG64Mushro0m yeah me too.

[@thornet6925]

England only has this problem with anti-vaxxers

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

I saw a story about a kid who had to have multiple amputations because of meningitis. Parents *knew* there was an outbreak but refused to vaccinate. Makes me so angry to think about it.

[@wannajminaufalwanahmadzain2594]

The doctor was the help god send to help cure people. The disease wouldn't just disappear magically. What a parent.

[@amberkat8147]

Those parents who killed their kid for their religion really upset me. Ditto for the pregnant Jehovah's Witness.

[@dethkruzer]

Parents who do stuff like that should be jailed

[@princessmoonbeam0719]

Oddly enough the bloodless hospital in STL very hard to get into for surgeries. Political people and other wealthy people book it up for procedures. Hard for JWs to get in there.

[@janholman6192]

The Jehovah's Witnesses use Acts 15:28-29 as the reason for refusing blood transfusions. Yes, it's actually from God's word, the Bible! It reads: "Keep abstaining from blood...". Plain and simple. That pregnant woman was faithful to the end.

[@bigawesomewatermelon9511]

@@janholman6192 That woman killed herself and her baby because a storybook told her to, and you're saying that was the right decision. I can't imagine being so undeserving of oxygen.

[@uap24]

@@janholman6192 U serious?

[@endlesswaffles6504]

I hate the idea that you would decline medical treatment and pray to get better. That medical treatment is the answer to the prayer.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Yeah. I do not get that at all. Reminds me of that old story where a man is drowning, and three boats and a helicopter come by and try to help, but he just said god would save him, and when he drowns and gets to heaven, he asks god why he didn't save him and god says: "I sent three boats and a helicopter- what more do you want???"

[@scorpion563]

This guy gets it.

[@thebaddestogre-3698]

@@gokuxsephiroth4505 I remember this story from my childhood vividly!

[@ArranVid]

You do not know the power of prayer. Yes, often the medical treatment works, but sometimes only prayer is needed when medical treatment does not work.

[@endlesswaffles6504]

@@ArranVid I do know the power of prayer. But this person is refusing medical treatment and sabotaging their own health.

[@BluetheRaccoon]

Throughout my childhood, my mother had unmedicated schizophrenia and polysubstance addiction. I have so much resentment, even years later, that a treatable illness caused so much damage.

[@MyHandmadeAdventures]

The ambu the ambu the ambu the ambu

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Honestly, I’m wondering if these people even *watch* the video before uploading it.

[@jynxijuxtapoze3508]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster they don’t. they will get views regardless so there’s no actual drive to make decent content out of the already-stolen posts, lmao

[@JaelinBezel]

I prefer the Wambu, personally.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

@@jynxijuxtapoze3508 But won’t they get less views if they ruin their reputation by uploading glitchy crap like this?

[@no_L_in_sight]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster I started to immediately stop the video when these kinds of glitches occur. I often listen to them while doing something else and I refuse to go back and read the missing part, when it should be their job to make decent content for their viewers.

[@nicolemascarenhas7973]

Currently working in a covid ward. There are several patients who have other complaints but don't have any symptoms of covid per se but are admitted there because they are covid positive. Had a guy who suffered head trauma. Subarachnoid hemorrhage, sub dual hemorrhage, contusions, brain edema the works. Admitted in the ward but refused all treatment, even mannitol drips that would reduce the brain edema. Tried to run away a few times but managed to convince him to stay. Not his fault coz a brain injury can completely alter a person (I've seen first hand) Finally re did his covid test and ut came back negative so was able to shift him back to neurosurgery. Hopefully they are able to treat him.

[@holvh4389]

Thankyou for all your work during this awful time, it’s very appreciated

[@Benjamin1986980]

That's one guy I can't blame. The part that does the thinking is the part that's not working

[@kelliewhyte_85]

"He wanted the crew to Frick in the general direction of off" BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sams_enfp]

"Henceforth, I have lost the ability to can."

[@Athlynne]

The idea of a colostomy is horrifying to me too, always has been. But I was recently in the hospital to get my gallbladder removed, and it kept getting delayed because BP is too low, heart rate is too high, bacteremia (infection in blood) makes it too risky. At one point, they said they were going to put a drain in to get some of the muck out of my gallbladder. I was anesthetized, and when I woke up, I had a bag hanging from my abdomen that would slowly fill with gross brown stuff and would be periodically emptied, from the bottom, by the nurses. I had it securely attached to my hospital gown with a safety pin so it wouldn't get caught on anything, and I was actually surprisingly okay with it. And finally, I was able to have my surgery. Still freaked out a bit by colostomies, but not as much now.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, I can understand not being comfortable with the idea of a colostomy, but I’d think dying painfully would be a bigger concern.

[@vickielawson3114]

Colostomy bag, I wear you on my side. Colostomy bag, your my joy and pride. People think you’re just a bag of shit, but you’re an important piece of kit, and I love you for it! Colostomy bag, I wear you on my side. Colostomy bag, you’re my joy and pride! (Lyrics by Josh Bakehorn)

[@ellie8461]

14:28 my dad is a firefighter-paramedic in our smallish town, he told me about a funny OD story that took place on his shift one day. The house gets a call from dispatch about a possible overdose at the local ice cream shop. They pile into the squad and head over. When the walk in, the patient’s feet can be seen lying out from the bathroom. The patrons, however, pay no mind to the near-dead dude in the bathroom, and continue to eat their ice cream. It was pretty comical, and they ignored the situation even after the other medics shot him up with narcan and transported him 😅

[@WhiteScarsEmo]

Must've been some damned good ice cream!

[@Benjamin1986980]

Didn't happen to me, but my boss when I worked at a medical call center. A little old lady called in and was apologetic because she really didn't want to bother the doctor. Her foot had fallen off, but it wasn't bleeding anymore and so it really wasn't worth waking people up. Apparently diabetic little old ladies have some insane pain tolerance and that was used as an example of when to override emergency status for years.

[@karlzaunbrecher8241]

4:23 I used to be a med tech and my responsibilities included crossmatching blood for transfusions. This is the only time I ever heard of an adult JW refusing a transfusion for themselves when their life was in danger. They did, however, routinely refuse transfusions for their children.

[@grmpEqweer]

🤨 I see.

[@hardtogetnamehere]

I had a patient refuse antibiotics for a UTI. Refused for 10 days before she was unconscious, then her daughter gave up permission to treat the infection but she had already gone septic and died on day 11.

[@captainhoratiobungleiii7147]

That's amazing! Any time I have had a UTI, I cannot get antibiotics fast enough. Who wants to pee fire every 20 minutes until they die!

[@user-wr3vt8uq4s]

@@captainhoratiobungleiii7147 It's worse than that. Happened to a family member. It went from a UTI infection into the bloodstream. Boom--105 fever, being iced down, days of IV hardcore antibiotics. The older you are, the more likely it will progress to something way worse. I can't understand the stories where someone ends up in the ER but then refuses treatment. WTF did you think was going to happen?

[@captainhoratiobungleiii7147]

@@user-wr3vt8uq4s I've had the sort of UTI when you pee fire and one where my kidneys got infected, but no peeing fire and weirdly, I would take the way more serious kidney one any day over peeing fire. Admittedly, the kidney infection one was caught pretty early. Never had septicaemia, so can't comment on that.

[@heleninglis9961]

My dad had a UTI go unnoticed, he began acting like he had dementia, talking nonsense & being really unsteady on his feet, falling a lot. (He was waiting to be assessed) 1 day he fell & my mum couldn't get him up, called ambulance, he was rushed in. He was septic. He died

[@margaretjudson1170]

"Guy is doing mouth to mouth to a tea pot while the girlfriend is lying dead next to him" LMAO!!!

[@kelliewhyte_85]

That sounds sad, not funny! :/ But I Haven't heard it yet.

[@smartguy360]

She was nearly dead not dead

[@KnakuanaRka]

Sounds like he got into the really good stuff. 👁👄👁

[@margaretjudson1170]

OMG when it comes to drug addicts, just exactly when does a doctor admit the patent to a phych award?! I heard a story of a doctor examing a female patent with a drug addiction and found worms living in her arm. She actually named them! The doc admitted her to phych.

[@coolchrisj]

Their (they’re) a debt leave them be

[@EddieM1994]

Especially since drug addiction is a mental illness.

[@EddieM1994]

@@coolchrisj the real debt on society is people who don't know their there/their/they'res.

[@coolchrisj]

@@EddieM1994 sorry sjw my public school doesn’t teach correct grammar since 2/3rds of my classmates speak spanglish. Oh an THEIR broke since the state’s are busy supporting the obese an mentally ill junkies.

[@UnprofessionalProfessor]

@@coolchrisj THEY'RE*

[@hamstermunchies5558]

I have a relative who is unbelievably stubborn. She could be in a car wreck with a broken neck and she would would say, "I don't have time to be injured!" and continue to work. She doesn't understand or care that ignoring a serious injury or illness due to inconvenience just makes it worse and it will take longer to heal

[@merp1998]

Not me thinking krokodil story was referring to a crocodile bite 😂 18:38

[@SraTacoMal]

19:14: This, it is very weird. There is a program through my mom's work insurance where, for certain severe illnesses, if you are accepted by the program you can be treated at a specific high-tier hospital and the insurance will cover all of your treatment costs and living costs for you and one other person. When my mom was diagnosed with leukemia, she decided that if she wasn't accepted by the program, she was going to refuse treatment. She could afford the treatment, but I think she just didn't want to spend that much money. Fortunately, she was accepted, flown by ambulance-plane from Arkansas to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and after nearly a year she's fine.

[@sid7906]

Considering how goddamn expensive medical insurance and hospital bills are, I don't blame these folks.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

Lol um it's not like that everywhere you know? There are different countries besides America or were you not aware of that like a typical American???

[@lazyexistentialist4550]

@@kelliewhyte_85 Chill out

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@@lazyexistentialist4550 lol what for???

[@lazyexistentialist4550]

@@kelliewhyte_85 She was just commenting on the hardships many people in her country face and then you had to lash out against everyone who lives there? It just seems odd to me.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@@lazyexistentialist4550 lol I'm just pointing out that most Americans seem to be like that. Not all of them, just most.

[@lastofthefireflies3208]

One I saw. My friend was Morman. (Did I spell that right?) She had severe health problems and also 3 kids with very severe autism. (Non verbal, violent, can not accept change in environment or the people around them (ex. Dyed hair color, new glasses.) Her husband passed away and soon after she found out she was pregnant. The doctor told her if she had the baby she would go into cardiac arrest. She refused to abort even though her life was in danger. She did not make it and left behind 4 kids with no parents. It hit me like a gunshot to the chest. Not only did I grieve but I knew the kids would not understand and that they did not have family to go to. I bet they got separated in the system. I also hope the baby does not have autism but he will probably be adopted before it shows.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

"He refused transport to the hospital because he wasn't going to miss his son's graduation" Aww, that's idiotic, but so sweet- "From sixth grade" Oh. Right.

[@TheyForgotMySalad]

Omg this just reminded me of when I worked at DQ and a homeless man would come around a few times a week to get a small vanilla cone with senior and veteran discounts for $1.06. He wouldn't come inside the store, though; he would wave at whoever's was working the lobby register through the window, and we would know the drill. He always had the money in exact change in a ziplock bag and would hand it to us in exchange for the cone. He would say thank you and leave right away. The reason he wouldn't come inside is because he hand a gangrenous hand and arm from years of shooting heroin and getting abcesses. It was wrapped in a garbage bag, too, with lots of rubber bands. He said the smell would be too offensive to bring inside a restaurant. At least he was self aware.

[@viliabone1952]

Self aware?? Holy moly

[@DPWFG]

An old coworker of mine had to be driven to the hospital by our boss because after two weeks of us all telling her, "hey, that lump on your leg is getting pretty big," she passed out at work. Turns out the injection sight from her insulin got infected.

[@ACGreyhound04]

21:04 - 👍🏻 for Mr. Tickle reference, but also, EEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!

[@henrikhyrup3995]

My stepmother had a minor fall and felt a crack in her back. She refused to let my dad call a doctor or take her to the hospital and just wanted to let it go away by itself which it didn't do. So my dad spent his 3 weeks summer vacation taking care of her while she got weaker and weaker. One evening he had to carry her to bed when he realised she's unresponsive, so he called the night doctor. Doc showed up, talked briefly with my dad and as soon as the 'possible broken back' was mentioned he called for an ambulance straight away. My dad visited her at the hospital every day, and she kept telling him "I feel like I'm going to die very soon from a heart attack" while refusing all the treatment and examination procedures the medical staff would provide. She still didn't eat anything and after 9 days her body couldn't take anymore, so she had a massive heart attack and died.

[@glennquagmire34]

it should be illegal if a child dies because a parent refuses to give their child treatment.

[@urmasslow]

Why can't they wait until the child passes out?

[@Lushy-Nights]

@@urmasslow parents.

[@grmpEqweer]

Ok, so we have to make the parents pass out...🤔

[@Sapphiresenthiss]

Fell out a tree, cracked several ribs, had a concussion that left me unconscious for 15 minutes. Made sure the lungs weren't damaged, walked 3 miles back home. Took a shower and went to sleep. Yup, we can be weird sometimes.

[@LauraS1]

For anyone wondering what "DKA" means with regards to diabetics, that is "diabetic ketoacidosis" and you really don't want to develop that because it means your body starts trying to break down your fat but does so SO fast that it makes your blood pH go quite acidic, which can be deadly. It can put you into cardiac arrest, can cause you to develop excess fluid on your brain, and can easily put you into kidney failure, which could lead to dialysis if you survive the other stuff first. The least it can do is give you breath that smells like fruit soaked in nail polish remover (no lie). Don't mess around with your diabetes, folks. This happens more often with type 1 diabetics such as myself but it CAN happen to type 2 diabetics as well (there are three types of diabetes that I know of). Take your damn insulin, moderate your diet, and get yourself OUT of denial already or you will die by inches. If you are diabetic, I highly suggest you look up some of the videos here on KZbin about diabetic foot care and diabetic ulcers. That'll scare you straight if nothing else will. Nobody wants toes that are black and rotting off. Take care of your diabetes. I found my diabetes because I started drinking and peeing like a racehorse, was fairly disoriented a lot, and at the end, was losing over a pound a day in weight as my body literally consumed itself trying to fuel itself. It is not a diet plan I recommend, btw. It's pretty abysmal. When I was first diagnosed, my doctor's blood glucose meter reading was "high". I don't know what number that signified but she got real pale and ordered her nurse to bring insulin immediately. I apparently maxed out her meter. A few days later, we sorted everything out and I've been on a pretty even keel ever since. That was 22 years ago. So far, so good. Take care of yourselves. :)

[@draconiusultamius]

My grandma died of leg gangrene because she refused to amputate a few years ago. She was super healthy and in her 90s, then she went in for some elective procedure and something went wrong. The circulation to her toes was cut off too long and her foot wound up gangrenous, but she believed that dying with an intact body was more important for her dignity, and refused to amputate. I hear she died in excruciating pain. Perhaps the nurse in that story was responsible caring for her. Thank you to all the medical staff that need to put up with this sort of thing, it's not easy to watch a patient die, less so when you know that you can help, but your hands are tied, but you do your best with what you have, and the patient's wishes.

[@HeylinPrincess666]

Obligatory not a doctor but a hospital blood bank lab worker. I hear about the traumas because I have to be ready to give out emergency blood if the patient needs it. This guy was involved in a car accident and they had activated a massive transfusion protocol on him, basically meaning we give the floor coolers full of blood bags to give to the patient when they’re losing blood fast. They got him stable and got him to the OR and then to the ICU. Come to find out he later jumped out the window of his hospital room and they had to activate the protocol again.

[@TheMarioMen1]

That dude putting his intestines back in was funny as frick 😂

[@SI-ln6tc]

I remember a teacher said in med school (he never completed it or something?)they showed them photos of a WW1 soldier holding all his guts in his hands. There was nothing the soldier could do if his abdomen was split open but to hold it in his hands and arms. He said this was the type of things they show you to see if you can handle med school.

[@WayWardWonderer]

"ONLY in her early EIGHTIES?!" Seriously... If she was THAT old and wanted to die, let her! Respect her final wishes and don't judge her! That nurse needs some serious work on her bedside manner.

[@DuchessofEarlGrey]

I mean if she old lady was of sound mind and body otherwise, I get what the nurse was saying. But personally, I don't want to make it to that age. If I can't wipe my own ass, I'm checking myself out.

[@beagleissleeping5359]

My elderly second cousin. He found out he had cancer, but he decided he'd lived long enough and refused treatment for it.

[@grenade8572]

When the medecine is not enough to give you a good life quality, one can choose to not have treatment. :/ My mom is a nurse, almost retired, and she always to my brother and I that, if she has a bad illness later, she doesn't want we do everything to maintain her alive, if she has to suffer and has no hope for recovery...

[@lillianward2810]

I’m a case worker and I have someone right now who has a long history of refusing dialysis despite being in total kidney failure. A very young man who is paralyzed. He’s been in the hospital for two and a half months now but they’re having difficulty finding him a place to stay. No free standing dialysis facility will take him on with his history of noncompliance, his family has lost patience with him and he doesn’t want to stay with them anyway, and nursing facilities haven’t accepted him due to his age.

[@Kitty-mb4hy]

Maybe the young man just wants to die?

[@amberkat8147]

I feel bad for that father who didn't want to miss his son's 6th grade graduation and his son both. If he'd been willing to miss the 6th grade graduation maybe he'd have been able to be there for his high school graduation, college graduation, marriage, first grandkid, etc. It's so sad, and I can't really blame the guy because even with the best and most prompt treatment there's no guarantee he wouldn't have still died before those anyway. So he chose to try to be there for the one thing he felt he still had a good chance to.

[@QueenSunstar]

Worst for me would be the guy with a butcher knife sticking out of his neck and refusing to believe it’s there. He was taken to the hospital wearing a pair of shiny new silver bracelets after he went after me. This was one of those times I silently thanked my parents for putting me into jujitsu. It can be pretty useful on some calls, and it is hilarious seeing the faces of those dumb enough to try me realize they screwed up, and badly. It’s even more hilarious when they try me in front of their friends, and end up as the guy that got his arse handed to him by a woman, and a disabled one at that.

[@tangenty6987]

2 stenches that you'll ALWAYS recognize after one whiff: C. diff Wet gangrene (Never having had the displeasure, I don't know about gas gangrene.)

[@tishaw.8254]

“Flapping in the wind” 😂 I’m sorry, I’m going to 🔥

[@yehbuddy4251]

The 80 year old lady with gangrene was probably smart. My grandmother was perfectly fine at 80 too. By 83-84 she started showing dementia symptoms, and now at age 90 she’s still not quite in the late stages. Her case has been slow and painful. If I die at age 80 while I’m still independent of something easily treatable I’ll consider myself pretty damn lucky

[@kore5080]

Yes, but dying of gangrene is not a good death; as the post said she died slowly, in pain and incoherent due to the morphine.

[@memyselfinsanity9242]

My brother died from measles because my parents are antivaxxers. They are still antivaxxers and it's been almost 30 years since his death. I no longer have a relationship with them and I miss my brother and I'm vaccinated for everything

[@adelerodriguez2432]

I am so sorry for the loss of your brother. I had measles when I was about 4. I will never forget feeling so wiped out and being so sensitive to light. The vaccine hadn't come out yet.

[@onyxdragon1179]

Not a medical worker, but I have a couple of friends that are nurses. One of them told me that during one of their courses, a guy from Mexico came to give some lessons/share experience (don't remember if he was a doctor or nurse). The guy talked about how common cases of gangrene were, simply because people would get injured and refuse medical assistance because "Oh, it doesn't look so bad" or attempts ot keep a macho persona by toughing it out, and liquor did a pretty good job with the pain - and usually by the time they finally went to the hospital their limb would be too far gone to save.

[@rebekahbridges-tervydis5054]

Well, in truth? The worst thing about wearing a colostomy bag? Is finding shoes to match! You have be born before 1975 to get that joke. But, it’s still my favorite joke!

[@vickielawson3114]

What’s worse than _that_ is not finding shoes to match _and_ having everyone around you smell your poop in a bag.

[@rayshelld791]

Example...Steve Jobs. He could have been cured, but had to do it his way.

[@urmasslow]

Don't follow but yes Microsoft is way better than macintosh. Windows over apple any day.

[@SI-ln6tc]

His mistakes was that he didn't constantly monitored his condition. He also didn't do enough research on cancer and that sugars actually feeds cancer. Lesson. Fruitarian diet don't work for cancers.

[@vickielawson3114]

@@urmasslowApple makes easily broken crap. I don’t like that.

[@tesstucker3311]

Why don’t we call the ICU an “Aikoo” that’s so much cuter 😂

[@cryptidcreates6520]

My grandmother tripped while doing yard work and broke her neck (C2 and C3 if anyone is curious). She went inside, asked her husband to make her a sandwich, and ate it before she asked my grandfather to drive her to the hospital. Upon arriving, the only medication she accepted was 1 Tylenol.

[@MsPuffykinz]

Now that’s a gigachad

[@kelliewhyte_85]

Wow, she sounds SUPER bad ass!!!

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@Stolas not always. It depends where the break is.

[@cryptidcreates6520]

@Stolas you can, but that's usually only if something happens to you spinal cord, only her vertebrae were broken, so she is fine now

[@QueenSunstar]

My own grandma fell and broke her neck. She waited 24 hours to go in because she was having friends over. The bone she broke in her neck usually leads to quadriplegia. Quite a few doctors had to stop and go see her themselves. Apparently it’s next to unheard of to break this bone and still be moving everything normally.

[@defonthana]

Honestly there is no need to feat the stoma... if you do, please watch Maggies Channel Lets Talk IBD. She was 16 when getting it and the management and her positivity is really teaching. I rather would have that than horrible gut pain. And honestly just think of it... no more sharts ... no running to the toilet. :D

[@defonthana]

*fear sorry

[@dwarvernbard9782]

Blood sugar of a thousand! His blood would have the consistency and sweetness of syrup...

[@SI-ln6tc]

I'm not against certain alternative medicines like herbalism but its only good if the illness is small or just started. Something more severe you better use modern medicine. Esp. like things like infections etc. Certain illnesses needs to be constantly monitored if its getting worst or not.

[@jesnemo2677]

When I was still actively IVing my “friend” started procuring something that seemed different. At that point my tolerance was so bad i never got high but just quelled withdrawal. I shot it twice, each different locations and ended up with crazy abscesses/scars years later around time krokodil was supposedly hitting the area. Terrifying shit. Thank goodness it was at the end of my addiction and I got clean shortly after because I know I would’ve kept using it despite knowing what it was. Like other entry here, the psychological aspect of addiction is “gruesome.”

[@grenade8572]

I'm not english speaker. I've read "IV" a lot in this kind of video, but I just can't understand. Could you explain me ? But I understand it's terrible, and I'm happy for you that you're now out of that.

[@revenevan11]

@@grenade8572 IV stands for "Intravenous" meaning inside the vein. Medical professionals regularly place IV lines in arms, wrists, etc in order to deliver lifesaving medications or even just hydration directly into a patient's bloodstream... however, in the case of this comment it is being used in the "street" slang way, where "IVing" means using hard drugs intravenously, on their own, without medical supervision. This commenter ended up getting a very dangerous and corrosive shitty excuse for a drug called "krokidil" which permanently scarred the injection sites. Hope this helps! The term IV itself isn't scary or bad at all, it's very normal in medicine... but for drug addiction, when people are using drugs on their own by injecting intravenously, then it's as scary as you see in these comments and stories, since they're not exactly in a sterile hospital!

[@grenade8572]

@@revenevan11 Thanks a lot. :)

[@hadleytorres8171]

I was a heroin addict of the worst order at one time in my life. I couldn't find veins at one point and started shooting my smack in me Johnson. And I count myself lucky to not have a necrotic flesh in said Johnson. And that it still works. Life wasn't great one day.......

[@revenevan11]

Glad you've made a recovery, that must've been a horrifying low point!

[@Jenna2k]

CPS needs to be getting involved in these. Poor kids got unlucky with parents.

[@AlxaDelta]

Why did I decide to watch this while eating dinner

[@theblackcatgirl7013]

Never watch the doctor ones when eating. Never. Not even the detective/police ones. Learned that lesson a long time ago.

[@angelsweetie84]

I’m a nurse I could eat and listen to this all day. But also wish that wasn’t the case.

[@urmasslow]

Let's be real after the first week or so of these no one watches these anymore. Just listens 🤣

[@urmasslow]

@@angelsweetie84 paraprofessional in healthcare so yeah nothing bothers me either.

[@thecourier3152]

I think it should be required by law for hospitals to basically kidnap people that are a danger to themselves and also for parents that refuse treatment for their kids and do crackpot batshit holistic treatments should be jailed temporarily until the kid gets better

[@Tinf0iI]

that's a major violation of someone's freedom. i can see forcing kids to get treatment, since their decision making capabilities aren't fully developed, but adults should always have a choice.

[@romeoslover817]

Law 5150. In California.

[@VR0180]

And who exactly is going to pay for those forced treatments? That shit is expensive in the US and we use hospital visits sparingly.

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

@@Tinf0iI they clearly don't have enough sense to take care of themselves and make good choices so F their freedom

[@FloraGaleFlower]

Wow, this video only has 440 views yet. Also, did not know that you could survive a bullet to the head. That's quite surprising. And it's always sad when someone decides to die instead of getting treatment, or in this case amputation. BTW, that sounds like a truly awful way to go out.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

Yes you can survive it, but it's pretty rare.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

I've had cancer twice and a lot of chemo and I can assure you, if I ever get cancer again, I'm refusing chemo straight away.

[@FloraGaleFlower]

@@kelliewhyte_85 You have my respect.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@@FloraGaleFlower lol I don't think having cancer and chemo is enough to earn one's respect, but that's just me. :)

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@@FloraGaleFlower but anyway, thank you very much!!! That's super nice of you!!!

[@ColtraneAndRain]

Yep had the same with a breast cancer patient. The smell was horrific!

[@janedupree2327]

Video audio starts skipping at 10:19, might want to get that fixed.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

OK that heroin one with the infected injection site is fucking sad. I honestly couldn't imagine being that addicted to anything that badly, and I take opiods and am addicted to them, but nowhere near that badly. Sheesh.

[@cassidyboyd9566]

Diabetes may not be cancer, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a serious medical condition. It’s not right to belittle diabetes because it’s ‘manageable’. Type 1 diabetes is an exhausting disease that requires 24/7 dedication. And even if you’re doing everything you’re supposed to… diabetes has a mind of its own. Everything in life affects diabetes and unless you have diabetes you have no right to belittle it.

[@debymello4756]

They didn't, they told how horrific it is when it's not managed and yet have to see people refuse to. Sounded more like reinforcing the importance of managing than like belittleing

[@Krosstic]

I can just imagine showing up to that porno scene and just standing there thinking “How the fuck does this even happen?”

[@wetwater8602]

That glitch tho

[@jd4083]

It saddens me when I hear people choose holistic medicine over cancer treatments because they dont trust modern medicine. Like... don't get me wrong, there are a lot of medications that are abused rather than treating the root cause- but cancer is the end-all-be-all of things not to fuck around with.

[@vickielawson3114]

You ended that on two prepositions. Try again.

[@emilybarclay8831]

@@vickielawson3114you understood exactly what they said. Stop being yourself, it isn’t working out for you

[@Rainbowdragon2]

When the story starts "man refuses treatment for broken penis" you know it's going to be good.

[@jadedstoner385]

I cant imagine going someplace for help and then refusing the help you came in for, if im going in cause of chest pains I expect a EKG as soon as im seated maybe its just me I have spent approximately half my life in doctors offices and ER's or getting tests ran I was born with a heart defect its just kinda routine now I have moderate pulmonary stenosis and moderate asthma

[@michaelkoukaras7515]

The penectomy stories although very scary, are not exactly permanent anymore. You can have a new penis grown from your skin and bone marrow stem cells.

[@vickielawson3114]

Not exactly as good as the real thing. It would still be a pretty awful experience.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

24:28 I dunno why, but I find this one funny in a really dark way. I feel horrible for it, but… the idea of a guy exploding himself with a sneeze feels like a Monty Python skit. On a sidenote, this story also helped me make my decision to never drink alcohol, ever. I suck at self-regulation and don’t wanna wind up like this guy. Considering the ascites and liver failure, I would assume he drank himself to death (though I’m no doctor)…

[@Coasters3356]

Some kid was bragging how he got a rod through his leg.. He said he didn’t get a tetnis shot either.

[@PotterBrony82]

I hear “full PPE” Oh crap.

[@Likely_Rainn]

i am extremely resistant to any treatment from doctors because i’m afraid of them. i don’t even know why i’m so scared of them. i’m afraid that’s how i will die because if i had some life threatening condition, i’ll refuse treatment and die.

[@grenade8572]

If it wouldn't be too difficult for you, you could search a non-specialist doctor you have a good feeling with. If you explain a doctor that you're healthy for now but explain you want to meet him to gain trust before something wrong happens to you, and the doctor agrees and is very patient, maybe would you be less afraid ?

[@atlas2296]

90% of posts are because stupidity, then there is that 10% who are just insanely unlucky

[@gunsmokegaloreyt6840]

The bots are slowly taking over

[@lynnepaquette4124]

These stories are so sad and horrific.

[@Beelzebubby91]

I don’t feel bad for any of these people unless they were a kid who’s parents refused treatment. Better for the world if they just died off. Other people who want treatment need to be seen and you’re taking up their time and resources.

[@silencehollow4545]

10:19 Sir, are you okay?

[@rochellethundercloud346]

Me.broke my foot.had no idea for like 3 days.no pain,nothing.3rd day,at work,someone hit my.foot on accident.cue me screaming in.pain,throwing up,and passing out.job ran me to the emergency room.x ray foot,surgery to set bones,frankenstein boot up to my knee for 4 months.yeah.

[@HyonkTea]

the ambie- the ambie- the ambie- the ambie-

[@grmpEqweer]

Being vegan, if you do it right, is good. If doctors okay it, intermittent fasting might help. But if doctors say to take insulin, you do it.

[@Mamda07]

Watched some yesterday, forgot how some bad of them were, and finished watching while eating breakfast... that was a mistake.. 🤢

[@deszalt4492]

Hopefully God don't have wifi in the clouds. Cuz, we laughing at his kids down here.

[@invisible123-l9d]

This is American. It's more likely that the patients cannot afford treatment, rather than they refused it.

[@SI-ln6tc]

For some reason I don't believe in Christian prayer cure. Giving the number of cases you hear on the news about prayers failing to cure or protect a Christian using prayer. I think they should show these types of videos to all schools.

[@revenevan11]

These people need to at least realize that the doctors and modern medicine *are* the answer to their prayers 🤦‍♂️😡 It always reminds me of the joke about a guy stuck on his roof in a flood, refusing to get in any of the boats or helicopters that come by to rescue him, because he's "praying for god to save me." Well, he dies and when he sees god he asks "I prayed for days, why didn't you save me!?!" And god just says "what the fuck man, I sent like 3 boats and 2 helicopters to save you!!!"

[@donnamurphy5698]

What does TLDR mean?

[@debymello4756]

"Too long, didn't read"

[@vickielawson3114]

Takes a Lotta Dick Readily

[@vickielawson3114]

Tammy Likes Dilapidated Reptiles

[@vickielawson3114]

Turnip Licking Deserves Recognition

[@sams_enfp]

14:45 widespread saint elevation? Also, 25:50 is so f**king disgusting it made ME nauseated. I don't get nauseated easily. 🤢

[@MissGreen78910]

I am Catholic. I do not agree in abortion. However, one of my other religious friends had an ectopic pregnancy and refused to get the surgery, I say surgery as it is not a viable pregnancy. I actually had a fight with her about it but eventually convinced her that since the baby wouldn't be able to gain nutrients from her fallopian tube, I do not know if this is true, it wasn't a really pregnancy. She waited so long, however, she lost the tube entirely.

[@revenevan11]

You just said you agree with abortion, though. Plenty of cases almost exactly like your friend's are the ones we're all supporting abortion rights about. Sure, there's a difference in the definition of when a clump of cells should be considered human, but even outside of that if they will both die or even just have an elevated chance to, then the pregnant person should be able to get a lifesaving abortion *in a timely manner* and yet you've been convinced and nearly brainwashed by propaganda to the point where you say you support this for someone you know but also "don't agree in abortion" in literally the same comment. You *do* believe in / agree with abortion, even if you don't know it. Maybe you don't think it should be used in medically unnecessary cases, but that's only part of this debate, and you're on the side of the evil people who would rather let people like your friend die than give them agency over their own bodies and medical treatment.

[@rotmann2015]

Cancer treatment? Nah my homies got me

[@glennquagmire34]

5:35 WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK DID I JUST WATCH.

[@lotsoflambdas]

10:19 ai seizure moment lmao

[@Mitzi-chan224]

The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu.... The ambu....

[@toastisgod1516]

so no one else heard the ambulance glitch?

[@dal2842]

The amabiiat the ambit the ambit

[@sungear]

Some of these are darwin in action

[@Т1000-м1и]

1 day ago, one of those

[@sociocomm724]

My thoughts on this video: Bandaid box is part of my regular rotation of euphemisms for things now. "Fuck in the general direction of off" is going to be on a T-shirt from Cafepress the moment I'm done listening to this video. Ejaulate blood...mmmmhmhmmuahaha. And um...on a more serious note I can understand why a lot of Americans might refuse treatment given the general cost of seeking any level of medical attention...but Britain? That is some shocking levels of stupidity. If it was about just how long the wait list is to get treatment from the NHS then I could understand but this is just willful stupidity. Edit: one more thing....ehehehem...IT'S OVER ONE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND! Second edit: "left with his arms flapping in the wind" just left the most hysterical image in my head I think I hacked out a lung laughing! This man was Al Harrington!

[@iotatq3728]

Where the heck do they live? who walks across the street to get the mail?

[@vickielawson3114]

I’ve seen that at a few places. Sometimes people’s mailbox is across the road. Uncommon, but does happen sometimes.

[@theblackcatgirl7013]

Even as a woman that "broken" penis story sounds horrifying and had me squirming. I can't imagine it being real though so I'm just hoping that it isn't.

[@hero-bo7qc]

I didn't know one could break a p*n*s, sounds painful

[@crazymetalheadgirl3685]

It’s not technically a fracture, since there is no bone. However, it can apparently be quite painful. I do not have a penis, so I do not know.

[@kelliewhyte_85]

Oooh this one looks good!

[@RCButterfly]

My brother died in February of 2022 and he was an alcoholic and a diabetic who just couldn't be bothered with watching his glucose levels and adapting his diet for over 10 years. For anyone without a medical background, not managing you diabetes can cause organ damage, especially to the liver and kidneys. Then add to that the alcohol further damaging his liver and kidneys. In the last few years his mental state was so bad because you develop an irrational agitated state when your liver and kidneys become so damaged they are on the verge of setting down. I can't begin to describe the various necrotic wounds he had and the sepsis he had at one point. My brother had a lot of traumatic experiences as a kid that he never got over and he never really ever learned to cope with stressor so he became an alcoholic to help him deal. Never underestimate the impact mental health plays in your overall health people!

[@michaelowino228]

Hey

[@mztweety1374]

Was it Nikki Sixx??