People Share Their Emergency Room Horror Stories

"I saw a hand reach down to me and I kind of took that as 'time to go!'"
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[@stefaniit.r4390]

Emergency Room horror story: My bill The end....

[@gabyg.g6309]

The worst horror story ever 😂😂

[@isamash112]

Live in England... unfortunately i can't relate... but i feel really bad for Americans

[@gabyg.g6309]

@@isamash112 I live in Mexico and can't relate either but I guess it would be pretty horrible to pay for ER just to a simple stomachache 😂😂

[@isamash112]

@@gabyg.g6309 yep i know.

[@outerbanks1814]

I’m Australian so I can’t relate bc it’s free lol 😂

[@zurielsamn]

Couldn’t concentrate, cause the chest xray behind them is upside down!!!

[@blackbettybgb2453]

zurielsamn same!!☢️

[@chrisclarke226]

Never noticed that 😂

[@mariahfloat]

zurielsamn I was about to comment this also 😂😂

[@rishonjuanpedro5195]

Why would you do that to me? 😭

[@TheNormExperience]

zurielsamn hahaha I noticed that right before reading your comment

[@Orceh]

I like how that one girls ER horror story is that she puked a bunch and tried to flirt with the hot nurse. How is that a horror story? He's there to do his job, not to get hit on by sick patients.

[@tricky6]

FACTS

[@juliec5197]

It's HIS horror story!

[@elledowling267]

Orceh came looking for this comment. Glad it’s not just me that was thinking that

[@shnugglebugs5524]

Spoiler...

[@jillsyracuse]

She apparently thinks she's the only one who has suffered that embarassment....so so so WRONG! Lot's of people throw up in the ER. Some even do it ON the HOT INDIVIDUAL looking after them.

[@samanthamaria5183]

Young woman has any problem: doctors solution = baby

[@idahasselgren]

Yea like I came in to the ER a couple weeks ago with a swollen throat and a severe allergic reaction, the doctor asked me if I was sexually active. I said no and asked what that had to do with my f-ing throat

[@daniellis9234]

Ida Hasselgren it’s important to screen all women of reproductive age for pregnancy as a lot of treatments need to be deemed safe for a potential baby. It’s not personal and just standard of care.

[@samanthamaria5183]

ReneeE9234 I once saw a doctor who asked me if I was pregnant, I said no (as I had already taken about 5 tests) and was on the pill. He ran a pregnancy test himself and still did not believe the negative result, he then asked me if I would wish to have an abortion and sent me for an ultrasound to check if I was pregnant. Guess what? No baby, then he completely ignored my symptoms which carried on. Took myself off the pill, they carried on, found out I have a fertility problem. Some doctors are far too judgemental to consider anything else.

[@mynamo12]

Samantha Maria Exactly... Sorry that happened to you.

[@irooki9857]

girl: “I think I have a concussion!” Doctor: *baby*

[@nickstevens7249]

My cyst burst at the hospital because they didn't believe that the 16 year old virgin wasn't pregnant

[@MissPrissCutie]

I'm a ultrasound tech and scan ovarian cysts all the time. Unless the cyst was bigger than about maybe 5cm or 6 cm or its causing ovarian torsion then it doesnt matter if they catch it before or after it bursts. they dont do anything about it they just have you follow up with your ob/gyn

[@Supahsinger]

I has the same issue. I had a huge, persistent (wouldn't go away on its own) ovarian cyst that ended up causing pretty severe torsion when I was 13. My parents took me to the ER multiple times in 1 week with excruciating abdominal pain and they always wanted to do multiple pregnancy tests. I was THIRTEEN and yet some of the nurses were super nasty and disbelieving when I said I wasn't sexually active. Some of the nurses and techs were perfectly nice (I never blamed them for asking. It's important to rule it out) but more than one seemed to go out of their way to make me feel worse than I already did and shame me in front of my parents. I eventually had surgery to remove the cyst and fix the torsion (I think my surgeon said my fallopian tube was twisted 8 times or something crazy like that) but only after nearly 7 months of chronic, 10 out of 10 pain. Yeah...not the best experience. Particularly since I was so young. But I came out of it with a wicked pain tolerance and a strong desire to advocate for myself!

[@ShadowRose1622]

Ridiculous that women have to practically diagnose themselves because male doctors are so thick headed.

[@sammie_f1144]

I have an ovarian cyst that the doctors found on an MRI for my back. They said it's at 3cm, but that was last summer. My mom has cysts too sometimes they'd bulge up to the skin and you'd see a visible lump. This is my worst nightmare

[@avalasialove]

The doctor in the first story did not need to administer all of those pregnancy tests. HCG is much more prevalent in blood than in urine. If she really was pregnant the bloodwork would have showed it. Also, here’s a word to the wise: Don’t try to flirt with the people who are trying to take care of you. It’s inappropriate and distracts them from their work.

[@TheNormExperience]

Avalasia Love - I agree, but I have had to do something similar (the secondary pee test that is) when the doctor noticed the nurse had asked if I was sexually active in front of my family instead of one on one. Just as a way to be extra sure, and to avoid drawing blood unnecessarily, which I absolutely understand. But again, that was within the first hour I was there so they could rule it out. Them following up with an ultrasound makes less sense, especially because the girl telling the story never mentions if they actually palpated her stomach/abdomen/pelvis to see where the pain was, though I assume they would. But the unnecessary scheduling of Emergency Surgery does completely baffle me - if they had gone ahead with that and found nothing, they could have been SO sued! That IS scary. From what we’re given to go on by her story, it sounds like the doctor made up his mind and stopped there. Just looked for anything that might support pregnancy, ectopic or otherwise, and stopped looking, which is sad. Especially if it was just constipation!

[@CookiesTriedToEatMe]

It sounds like he tried to do a pregnancy test because of her weight, which is a really trashy thing to assume in the first place

[@avalasialove]

CookiesTriedToEatMe Like I said, the blood test he ordered should have already been appropriate because HCG can be detected better in blood than urine. Therefore, the blood test would have already provided enough proof. So ordering extra pregnancy tests was not only a breach of protocol, it was a waste of hospital resources.

[@Kiki-uz9ur]

@@CookiesTriedToEatMe She didn't look overweight though. So no I don't think it was her weight. I think it was the fact that she was a young, sexually active, attractive girl. Doctors always assume pregnancy when someone like that comes in.

[@rachaelking1006]

Avalasia Love sounded like a point of care urine hcg was ordered to me, not blood. Those are less reliable and can be falsely negative depending on training as well as interfering substances. Instead of doing two of the same test, he would have been better off confirming with a test performed in the lab whether serum or urine as they likely use a different methodology. Still, if he were that convinced, he could have ordered a quantitative hcg (serum) off the bat.

[@imtheboss1826]

Id like er employees to tell their horror stories. Bet there's plenty of em.

[@emilykaylin17]

Yep. Wayyy to many. I work in the ED & on my first day my patient broke out of his restraints, stripped naked and ran down the halls.. the hospital security had to taser him to get him to stop.

[@404kasha]

They made that video a bit ago

[@imtheboss1826]

@@emilykaylin17 not your fault.

[@TheNormExperience]

First Last - that’s actually what I thought this video was about! No offense to anyone involved, but having been in and out of ER’s frequently the past few decades I’d say the only horrible parts here were the unnecessary scheduling of surgery and the possibly life threatening allergy to a medication no one knew about beforehand. Otherwise these are just normal ER stories...

[@emirachelnatalie3397]

I thought that's what this video was lmao

[@Christianemaunel]

my moms worst emergency room story the day i was born

[@abelxa]

Christian Branch same

[@Abcdefghijajajaja]

Christian Branch wow hi again baby

[@caitlynrodriguez6882]

Christian Branch haha

[@Christianemaunel]

@@Abcdefghijajajaja lol hi

[@shell9403]

Ur mom didn't give birth in the ER, that would've ended up pretty bad

[@cassidyk1647]

My ER story horror story: Drove myself to the ER (to try to avoid ambulance costs) , don't ever do this folks ever, made it to the parking lot of the ER, opened my car door, and fell onto the pavement and had a seizure. Luckily a good samaritan went into the ER and got me help. Just call an ambulance, I know it's expensive (here in good ole USA) but I could've had that seizure while driving which endangered myself and others.

[@whychoooseausername4763]

Ugh, only in the USA. When I was in SF a few years ago, I saw a group of young people one of whom had passed out on the pavement due to alcohol intoxication. I'm a med student from a country that has Duty to rescue laws (even stronger than Good Samaritan laws that only protect you from prosecution for wrongful deaths if you make a mistake when helping a person in danger - in my country you can be prosecuted for failure to assist a person in danger), so naturally I go to help, put him in the recovery position, and ask someone to dial 911 (he couldn't get up or respond to verbal instructions, his friends were drunk and didn't know what to do, it was cold and this guy washing the pavement with cold water was about to douse him - he was basically on the edge of hypothermia or an alcohol induced coma). His friend comes screaming at me, almost menacingly, telling me not to call 911 because just the cost of the ambulance would land him in debt. I ended up leaving, but I wonder what happened. As a teenager at summer camp in Spain, I called the ambulance for a 14 yo in our group who had passed from drinking too much too fast. My friends were scared of us getting in trouble, but I made that executive decision, and later learned he arrived at the hospital with hypothermia and waiting longer could have been very dangerous. Cost never played a role in that decision making process.

[@giuliatafuri7984]

It's so strange to me that one of the richest countries in the world doesn't have free universal healthcare. Like, our country is in debt but at least if you're poor you can actually survive if you need medical assistance

[@ellaqyk]

When i was little i would have fainting spells whenever i cried and the preschool teachers knew to leave me there because even though the gaining was accidental it was best to let me get up on my own so they would stop but this one substitute thought i was dying to she called an ambulance that cost my parents a lot of money!

[@angiem2252]

omg i’m sorry i hope everything’s ok now!

[@kristall5928]

@@giuliatafuri7984 well, may be the richest but we are like billions of dollars in debt and someone has to pay for it. My parents weren't insured part of my childhood and I had severe asthma and other problems with my chest. I get it should be more affordable, but I also understand why it can't just be free. Also considering the epidemic of people faking to get drugs

[@JessSpade]

When I was 16, I broke my nose at cheer practice, went to the ER because it would NOT STOP bleeding. Im sitting in the waiting room and this man comes up to me and politely says “try putting the ice pack behind your neck, Should help with the bleeding” I do and look at him THIS GUY HAS A KNIFE IN HIS SHOULDER. Ah I love Brockton Hospital.

[@taylorsbeautybook1235]

Jess Renee omg brockton is the worst lol

[@sammoore9209]

Sums up the town of Brockton -Masshole

[@JessSpade]

Pastel Sweetie thats brockton hospital for ya. Ngl he was probably on some crazy ass drugs too.

[@lunamorningstarblaze7668]

Jess Renee it’s scary that he had a knife in his shoulder but it was quite nice of him that he helped you out even though he had it worse than you

[@JessSpade]

Luna Marie Sørensen dude I don’t even think he realized he had a knife in his shoulder he was doped out of his mind. Very nice but high as a kite.

[@drahcir6111]

Is nobody gonna talk about how the first girl just needed to 💩

[@miasmunchkins3948]

Richard Niemand Constipation is real! 😫

[@avalasialove]

Constipation is no joke. Stool that hasn’t passed through the large intestine can become calcified, making it impossible to pass without medical intervention.

[@vanessas7565]

Er Horror story: my stomach was hurting and I didn’t think the doctor found me attractive. Ok buzz feed👌

[@melo13melo]

I broke my leg when I was 14 and they had me sitting in a bed for hours because I didn't have to pee and they wouldn't do any x-rays before confirming I was pregnant. Eventually my mom told them to just pretend I was pregnant and do the god damn x-rays. At no point did they bother asking me if I was sexually active or pregnant. They just decided that assuming a 14 year old was pregnant was a good idea.

[@cassidyk1647]

This aggravates me to no end :( I'm sorry this happened to you! If you are ever in this situation or a situation similar again, keep requesting a blood test pregnancy test if you know you won't be able to pee. I had to do that the morning of one of my surgeries.

[@Amalia20030]

Ok but how tf would a broken leg lead to a pregnancy test? Like the pain it's in your leg not your abdomen. What made them think you could be pregnant? They made you sit in bed for hours, and I know how that much probably sucked, and besides the leg gets swollen and purple after a few hours if you don't treat it (I know that from experience. I slept a whole night home with a broken leg because I fell on concrete and i didn't think it was broken). I'm sorry you had to go through all that

[@cassidyk1647]

@@Amalia20030 before administering certain pain medicine or even administering an Xray, they have to make sure you're not pregnant because it could hurt the fetus.

[@melo13melo]

@@Amalia20030 They were fully aware my leg was broken. They wanted to do a pregnancy test because I needed X-rays done on my leg and X-rays can effect the fetus. Since they couldn't confirm I wasn't pregnant they wouldn't do the X-ray. That's why my mom eventually just told them to do the X-ray like they would on a pregnant woman. It still boggles my mind that they never bothered asking me if I was sexually active. Plus, the break was so bad my bone almost broke through the skin but getting me to pee in a cup was more important to them, apparently.

[@kristall5928]

@@melo13melo well, especially when you are with parents you can lie about that.They should've done a blood test instead of waiting so long. I understand it, and it wasn't like the broken leg would've killed you but still sounds like an annoyance.

[@alannaadams2374]

Started puking and saw a cute guy and didn’t end up dating him. Horror story. 😂🙄

[@ceciliac6970]

I know

[@ceciliac6970]

Right

[@paigerowland474]

@@ceciliac6970 ikr

[@ravenlunityc1271]

Seriously I almost died in an er because of incompetent doctors and shes worried about a sexy guy wth man

[@i3611]

@@ravenlunityc1271 wow

[@liacameron4257]

Wow, I would’ve been perfect for this. I was having really bad pains in my stomach and back and throwing up nonstop, I went to the emergency room 3 times. Each time they told me it was a uti or something to do with my lady parts and sent me home, no bloodwork or anything. My fiancé(now husband) and my mom finally convinced me to go again(to a different hospital) when I was starting to change color. We get to the hospital and they instantly take my blood and send me for a ctscan. My blood comes back and they were freaking out, my white blood cell count was 39(39,000) normal is 4 to 11 (4,000-11,000) which means I had a very severe infection and when the ctscan came back they came in and said “the surgeons on the way” we all freaked, not knowing what was going on then they rushed me into surgery. Apparently my appendix had literally died in me about a week before, it was shriveled up and black. I probably would’ve died if the other hospital was as bad as the first. And that’s only one of the two emergency surgeries I had before 18!

[@rylee1299]

Lia Cameron bro i had an experience with a bad hospital like that. when i was younger i was supperrrrr sick with a horrible fever. my mom took me to the er and they said i just had the flu and sent me home with some kids medicine syrup stuff. i wasn’t getting any better so my mom took me to a different hospital literally down the road and they freaked out cause i had something super wrong with me (i don’t remember the name) but pretty much i could have died in a few days without proper treatment. my mom absolutely hates that hospital now.

[@60darklord]

Can confirm, constipation is THAT painful. @ the 1st girl

[@mayapapaya5005]

I could also confirm that myself lol (I have problems with it ngl it's embarrassing)

[@JetBlackBritt13]

60darklord as someone with IBS I can also confirm

[@xoluciaxo_3721]

“Yea I didn't get a date with this hot nurse, not because he was WORKING AT THE ER or something, no it must be because I looked terrible.” Girl wtf? Maybe you need to get a checkup in the head

[@biomechanicalintegration6137]

LucJ he was probably gay

[@haha5368]

Or she was just kidding to lighten the mood stop assuming and being rude shhh

[@arimartiyeeedgymcmychemica7463]

@@biomechanicalintegration6137 just because he's not attracted to her doesn't make him gay

[@20somethingsworld97]

LucJ LMFAOOO SAVAGE

[@samihappi26]

and the fact that she was in highschool? girl stop trying to jailbait a successful career man!

[@justaregulareverydayfluffy8842]

My brother worked in the ER doing x-rays he said you wouldn't believe how many people go in with stuff stuck up their butts lol😂

[@lesideesdecandy6506]

Above All, United that’s a lot of info there sir

[@oonadoodles]

Les idées de Candy it’s good info. Now I don’t have to worry about going to the ER with stuff stuck up my butt.

[@SK-zj1fr]

All these people having people they know that works at the ER

[@recoil53]

And young enough to be on their parent's insurance. Who else can afford it? Anybody else and the horror story is the b ill.

[@melo13melo]

Working at a hospital isn't exactly uncommon. A lot of people probably know someone who is in the medical field.

[@noahlaferriere5515]

I feel like the first story is just an example of the hospital running up needless charges 🤦‍♂️

[@elm2908]

Yes this would never happen in Europe.

[@katbat1262]

...Sounds like her bloodwork had an indeterminate hcg (pregnancy hormone level). Too high to be negative and unfortunately it was detectable. Sometimes this is a lab error but you can’t depend on that. Her pain was likely also Right Lower Quadrant which generally requires greater work-ups in women. Certainly constipation can cause abdominal pain, but it sounds like they did a step-wise work up based on exam findings.

[@cassrees.m]

Woah the last guys story was absolutely crazy

[@ksuch3522]

Cass Rees and 100% fake 💀

[@JustMolinaTV]

Not fake at all. True story 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@devineyourlight]

Brian Molina Your story was lovely, God bless

[@xiiv.emilia]

k such you're an atheist. shut up.

[@xiiv.emilia]

Brian Molina i think that story's amazing and im so happy that God heard your mother's prayers and now you're okay.

[@tanya16030]

But I just wanna know why Rebecca couldn't stop puking lmao

[@ChasingCarson]

Tanya Pant either food poisoning or dehydrated lol probably dehydrated cause the IV helped lol 😂 but I still want her to tell us

[@Tingling10]

Tanya Pant That happened to me last year. I wouldn’t stop puking and I did even puke out the water that I drank. I didn’t go to the ER but did go to an urgent care about a day after(?) Just gave a shot on my butt and went home. Felt lethargic the whole week because of that.

[@alexisoelberg7448]

Probably the food and after that puking is very dehydrating. Which is probably why the IV helped

[@kotahwotah]

salmonella probably from the salmon. But I’m so scared of puking it traumatized me when I had got sick bad one time.

[@katief9205]

Alexis Rush dehydration doesn’t make you sick, it’s what happens AFTER you’ve been sick

[@michellepiascik917]

Dude, I was expecting more stories like "This one time I got a soda bottle stuck in my..." or I went to the ER and they confused me with another patient and wound up having surgery I didn't need. Not "My belly ache was just that" or "I was puking in front of a hot nurse...fml!" So lame.

[@avocadoface5853]

Ikr?!?!!!

[@shatonda1]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I screamed at "one time I had a soda bottle stuck in my ..."

[@avalasialove]

I think the last one was kind of a horror story. Imagine finding out that you almost died after getting a standard pain reliever.

[@alexkeane4597]

My ER horror story starts at the house I was living in during my first year of college. I was living in a digs(in a house where a family lived, I just chilled in their spare room) and I got my period, i had always gotten horrific cramps and nothing helped. So i got up to use the bathroom and as i am leaving i feel fuzzy and everything goes dark. I wake up to the daughter of the house banging on the door and people shouting at me to wake up. I was only focused on the fact that I was in my underwear coz I was sweating (ew). I opened the door and puked everywhere. The parents of the house weren't home so she called a neighbour who then called an ambulance. I had no idea what was going on, who I was or where I was because I hit my head on the sink as I went down. One thing I remember is the paramedics struggling to put converse on me. I get to the ER and they do the initial tests, blood, blood pressure, asked me questions. At this point I'm just still in excruciating pain, I was all alone, I wanted my mother who was 5 hours away and just barely turned 19. So they hook me up to an IV and leave me on a bed in the corridor, i rang my mam and broke down on the phone. They ignored me for 10 hours, gave me neurofen (kids painkillers). Then a guy from college who I only talked to like twice showed up and was like "hello I'm here to see you" no thank you I'm dying. Then after 10 hours and 3 bags of fluids they move me to a waiting area because they need the bed, the put my IV bag on a coat hanger and wait til it's done to tell me "oh yeah you just stood up too fast" . . . I made the 5 hour trip home that weekend and visited my OB, I had a concussion and a large ovarian cyst and the worst endometriosis this guy had ever seen. So yeah TLDR; I got ignored for 10 hours in excruciating pain because doctors thought I was a drama queen

[@fakeflowers3036]

you would think that medical professionals would be better at listening to their patients.

[@DreamsInWild]

OOOOH that first story pissed me off. I went to the hospital once because I was having migraine symptoms, but no actual headache so I didn't realize they were all migraine symptoms. I had no idea what was going on, but it had lasted almost a week and I was getting worried. Like, I could barely walk. So anyway, I went in, and the first thing they asked me is if I was pregnant. I said no, and they tested me anyway, and even when the test came back negative they kept asking if there was a chance I was pregnant and wanted to test me again 🙄 It turns out there is a thing called "silent migraines", which I was eventually diagnosed with. The doctor gave me a shot of migraine medicine and I was feeling better literally within 20 minutes. I was in the hospital for HOURS. If they had just listened to my symptoms and tried that in the first place instead of wasting hours re-testing me for pregnancy, I could have gone on my way and not wasted everyone's time. I get that they want to test for pregnancy, and they should, but pregnancy isn't the ONLY possible answer when a woman has a medical concern! This is why I insist on female doctors whenever I can, and I don't feel bad about it AT ALL. It's the only way I can be taken seriously. 😡

[@cpwwjd69]

Thats the problem the medical profession. They seem to have a one track mind when it comes to women. Maybe we should say "how would you treat me if i was a man?"

[@meredithdavis6663]

cpwwjd69 we should

[@elm2908]

They do it so that they can charge extra for it.

[@DreamsInWild]

@@elm2908 Except I am Canadian, so I don't get charged for healthcare. That might be part of the reason in the states, but the gender bias is absolutely a factor across the world.

[@makeupmonsterGAGA]

2:51 thank you endlessly for the warning I can't even thank you enough

[@psyffee3755]

"I had a pain in my stomach for about *a month* " "I thought it was just gas" For a month?

[@TeamMinajAustin]

I got a backing of one of my earrings stuck inside of my ear when I was 12. At the ER, they didn’t numb it and cut it open to get it out and no stitches; they used skin glue and band aids. That’s my ER horror story. 🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@oink2815]

Katie Walz OOf

[@danaethiopoulou8237]

Had the same thing happen to me! Except my mom was brave enough to do it herself with numbing cream and a razor blade. She's not even the healthcare field and honestly I'm still amazed she did this. My ear was just fine after.

[@veneno2667]

The first story relates to me right now. My stomach is in so much pain I stayed home from school and my mom thinks it’s something more but I’m 100% sure I just need to poop

[@60darklord]

veneno 266 constipation is NO god damn joke!!!! Omg. It hurts so bad!!! My fiancé literally cried it hurt so badly

[@veneno2667]

Homie I cried TOO I couldn’t walk right this morning

[@45Vinylscratch]

@@veneno2667 hope you feel better soon, sounds very rough

[@veneno2667]

Thanks homies

[@foreverkenzie2397]

Magnesium

[@tacocatcutie9312]

Someone dies: Doctor: slaps him The other doctor: is he pregnant? Patient:🤨

[@ProudPlagueRat]

My ER horror story: I was 8 weeks pregnant and began bleeding, so went to the ER. I told them how many weeks, last period, when I took hcg tests, who my OB was, all that. The doctor would NOT believe I was pregnant. They took blood and urine to run tests, after a few hours the doctor came in and said "turns out you ARE pregnant" like wtf YES. He then said he didn't feel like going through all the trouble of an ultrasound, so to "just go home and pray" WHAT. So yeah, I lost my baby and passed it at home a few days later. I'll never go to that hospital again

[@hymenopteraisthebestorder]

You should get a lawyer and sue for malpractice if you have the evidence.

[@crazyboutpandas8613]

im sorry for your loss ;-;

[@emmakay8153]

No way...that’s absolutely horrible and I’m extremely sorry for your loss. I don’t get why they treated you as if you didn’t know your own body.

[@GraceSolar]

These are lame. When I was 9 I passed out four times on an iceskating rink the day after thanksgiving. Went to the nearby hospital, they said I was just constipated. Went to another doctor and turns out I have an inverted heart wave.

[@blakemama]

I also had a near-death experience, twice during bowel surgery 10 years ago. I remember that choice. If I had decided to stay, I'd have gone there. My sister-in-law (deceased many years) sent me back "home" twice.

[@Isolet_SSB]

I once ate a Dorito the wrong way :(

[@Manon-ud3ph]

How.. do you eat it the wrong way?

[@kaiserwilhelmiiemperorofge2801]

*O H* *N O*

[@stardust7920042]

Rip throat

[@Yankeesiheart]

HOW DID YOU SURVIVE THAT?!!!

[@pog.fr0g637]

My throat hurts even thinking about this.

[@cindysoldout8205]

i was like 11 when i felt a huge pain in the side of my stomach went to the er ,thy made us wait 3 hours with no one coming then my mom blocked one nurse asking her when the doctor would come ,the lady told us they were trying to reach for a doctor because the ones that worked there was at the beach and he didn't answer his phone , 5 hour passed a doctor shows up , they took some blood sample and bla bla ... and then they decided to let me stay because my appendices was irritated ... but then they discovered that they had no room for me so they put me on this bed on the hallway .... alone

[@iluvjoejonas14]

the only interesting story was the last one

[@jillsyracuse]

Yeah, he actually has a "near-death," experience story.

[@madip7654]

God these "horror" stories are so bad lol... I have a horror story for you, a hospital administered the wrong meds to me by accident, I had a couple seizures, and then they tried to cover it up.

[@Claire.Chenault]

I went to urgent care and they found an ovarian “cyst” the size of a grapefruit right where my pain was coming from but still thought my pain was just constipation. Every other doctor I saw after that said it was a TUMOR and that I had probably had ovarian torsion (which is a common risk with ovarian massed and can be dangerous) that righted itself Urgent care prescribed me some horrible drink that’s supposed to act as a laxative that 1) didn’t work 2) made my pain even worse to the point I was vomiting and 3) other doctors after that said that’s literally the worst thing they could have given me lmao

[@stephanymartinez4969]

As someone who is terrified of vomiting I'm so glad they gave a warning

[@user-cy7bv2rm8m]

I really wanna hear this story from the doctor’s point of view. 😂😂

[@RiinaMary]

It's so frustrating how when a girl comes to the ER cause of stomach pain the doctor asks a million times if she's pregnant. Back when I was in middle school I fainted in class cause my stomach hurt. They took me to the ER and the doctor asked me multiple times if I was pregnant. He only believed me after I told him that if I was pregnant I would have to name the baby Jesus.

[@sakareeh]

That was funny

[@brandigaulin6082]

“Actors share their horror stories” that’ll be juicy

[@appletater1417]

something similar to the first story happened to me. I was at ballet when my side started to hurt ALOT. My teacher was scared it was appendicitis so my mom was called and picked me up. we went to the er but it was flu season so after taking blood work we sat waiting for 2-3 hours. Then I was finally seen and throughout this whole time my side was hurting. when the doctor came to see me he said "there is a 99 percent chance you have appendicitis but we don't operate on children" which was scary so I had to be put on a rolling bed thing (don't know what they are called) and rolled to the ambulance to head to a children's hospital. Anyways, the guy driving the ambulance got freaking LOST and it took another 30 minutes than it should've to get to the hospital. When I got there they did some more tests and said that I didn't have appendicitis and it might've been a cyst on my ovary. Oh, also my parents and I didn't get that news till the morning cause the doctors said that they would be "seeing me soon" once we got there and I guess "soon" to them was almost 8 hours later, but at least they gave me a room to sleep in. Only good thing was that I got donuts afterwards.

[@Mausiroo]

oh my god literally the exact same thing happened to me. Went to the ER with pain in my side and abdomen. I got an ultrasound where they found my ovary was enlarged. Slapped an IV on me and told me I was being transferred to a nearby children’s hospital for emergency surgery because they also didn’t operate on children. My ambulance driver also got lost which made the hour long drive even longer. Got the surgery and turns out I had an ovarian cyst. Small world! aha 😅

[@leobasketcase2986]

Not to be that person, but having a hot nurse when you’re sick isn’t a horror story, that’s just life. Try waking up during surgery to see a bunch of blurred towering figures with their hands on your face with no memory of why or how you got there, then having a mask slapped on your face when you try to move so you can be drugged again. I also had a really bad reaction to the gas they used, so I was in pain for the next week. That was my ER horror story.

[@hadassssah]

Violamae it’s actually one of my WORST FEARS to wake up during a surgery yet I’ve never had a surgery😟

[@mashleyden]

Violamae same thing happened to me!

[@howcanyoudothistome1]

Violamae no I agree. Her horror story was such a reach 🙄🙄🙄

[@leobasketcase2986]

random tings Rest assured it’s a very rare occurrence-I don’t recall the exact statistic, but I think it’s only around 2% of people who regain consciousness during surgery.

[@liagamer4265]

Its a horror story for her. She could have emetophobia. Or just be plain humiliated when shes sick.

[@lesismore49]

I got food poisoning and started puking at a fancy event in the middle of everyone. I was worries they would think I was drunk instead of sick. At least she's at the hospital where it's more normal.

[@tori_forte]

Except she couldn't have had food poisoning, it doesn't set in that quickly

[@maia6519]

"turns out all I had to do was sh*t" me after sitting in the nurse's office for 4 class periods

[@ewelinastanulewicz8919]

The thing the last guy described sounds like an epilepsy attack. I had something quite similar and I am now being tested for epilepsy.

[@suristreet7280]

What are the results :(

[@ewelinastanulewicz8919]

@@suristreet7280 there are still a few tests to go but thank you for your concern 🥰

[@suristreet7280]

@@ewelinastanulewicz8919 Well, I wish you luck! I'm sorry you have to even test for that

[@jsarenefilms]

@@ewelinastanulewicz8919 how are you now? I hope you're doing well

[@ewelinastanulewicz8919]

Hi! I only now saw your comment. Because of the pandemic I'm not really getting any answers. Waiting for more tests and more doctors evaluations. Thanks for the concern xxx

[@83steps72]

I ruptured my ear drum and it was bleeding...the nurse gave me a giant hospital sized Kotex to hold over my ear

[@vaibhavchawla7706]

This is not what you call *HORROR*

[@hyperactived0ll]

Everyone: *shares ER story* My Hispanic mother who used Vick’s on me: *pathetic*

[@Christianemaunel]

whoever is reading this have a great day and hope all yoor dreams come true

[@Abcdefghijajajaja]

Christian Branch thank you baby

[@kaiserwilhelmiiemperorofge2801]

thanks

[@kronrasimi4660]

Thanks

[@ashlyncohen]

Moms are amazing.... they were in each of these stories...

[@kaidynbrooketidmore7669]

IF I SEE ONE MORE SHMITS COMMERCIAL IM GONNA THROW MY PHONE ACROSS THE ROOM

[@cassidythecat]

My mom told me once that when I was a newborn a nurse was feeding me and I started choking, almost died, and when she calmed me down/stopped me from choking, she just nonchalantly handed me to my mom and said "by the way, she (me) couldn't breathe and almost died" like WTF

[@leighbratton3896]

That last story is cool how the mom was praying and a hand came

[@laurelwells-georgia7124]

My experience with ER, my parents had to rush to one when I popped a stitch. It took almost an hour before I was called back, and I had at least 4 cloth towels soaked in my blood. An hour! Others were in for flu and I was bleeding like a fountain

[@sierraconnor5534]

I have had the same reaction to Torodol, and it was terrifying.

[@Christianemaunel]

I like how that one girls ER horror story is that she puked a bunch and tried to flirt with the hot nurse. How is that a horror story? He's there to do his job, not to get hit on by sick patients. also i wish i was that hot to get hit on by someone who is throwing up

[@smeggers]

Did you actually just copy someone else's comment???

[@Christianemaunel]

@@smeggers yes i did i was reaccting to what she said

[@smeggers]

@@Christianemaunel That isn't a reaction at all. If you were reacting to it, you would've replied to the original comment. You're not funny, stop copying others.

[@Christianemaunel]

@@smeggers sorry dude

[@janemh5866]

Christian Branch come on mate it’s not that hard to come up with a KZbin comment it’s not a thesis??

[@amstevens23]

Omg that first one frustrated the heck out of me

[@kealahoskins1786]

thank you for actually warning people about stuff that happens in the story, im an emetophobe and that was really useful thanks so much

[@hotcheeto1372]

brian's horror story was so just wow, it was so refreshing and inspiring to know that his family put all their faith into God at the er and he saw it.

[@avsaesthetic9705]

"in the fetal position" my friend: *OmL WaS sHe wItH a bOy* also this is sort of like the creepy curse christmas story. (the first story)

[@stasia7899]

The last story was definitely the funniest and the sweetest

[@alexusgiamona7561]

Wowwwww!! That last story is crazy

[@isabelyaport198]

Last story was so cool ! The other ones are not horror stories

[@bailey8805]

My story in the emergency room: so I never knew I was even allergic to anything until lone day I was like in heaven then I went to Mariano’s I ate this walnut I started to get hives. I also started to get my eye swollen I told my mom “it’s just because you were crying “my mom said. Just when I looked in the mirror I saw HIVES I DID NOT EVEN NOTICE. I started running to my mom and she said oh no! We need to go to the hospital 🏥 later... I got back home the next day ... my cousin said you had a 200 % chance of dying and I screamed AAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@quinnthomason234]

Such calming music for this

[@asianteashop5015]

The last guy tho, the angels

[@ok-sw2jo]

2:51 bro my emetophobia says thank you

[@emirachelnatalie3397]

yes aye!! like I saw one on David Dobrik's channel that was literally like 3 seconds (enough time for me to pause it luckily lmao) but I accidently pressed play when trying to exit RIP me l so so I froze up in fear for like 5 minutes, shaking, heart pumping, then I called myself down and have never watched David Dobrik since lmaoo

[@superior1018]

Meee toooo oh my godddd I saw the thing and immediately pressed paused and went to the comments lmao. I can’t handle that crap:/

[@LuisMorales-gw2fu]

There was this time where i was in a hospital 6 years old I remember I heard a scream of a man and a grown man strong 💪 bulk said this I won’t get the flu shot 💉 and I can’t believe a strong person is scared of little things

[@avalasialove]

Out of all these stories, Brian’s story is the only one that even comes close to a horror story. The way he tells it sounds so calm and peaceful. But when you think about it, nearly dying from an allergic reaction to the medicine is actually pretty scary. Thank goodness he’s alive!

[@hedvig7216]

As someone with severe emetophobia, I really appreciated the heads up!

[@meggy_5696]

I'm 14 years old and have been having kidney infections for most of my life.I hate to answer the question "*are you pregnant*"

[@mckenziedavis7736]

When I was like five I had the worse stomach ache of my life, I was just screaming and holding my stomach on the floor, well I go to get an X-ray and it turns out I was so constipated I literally displaced some of my organs and even moved my heart up a bit ( I think it was like an inch or so)

[@cctv5035]

That's absolutely insane. I can't imagine how awful that would have been :/ ouch

[@kathrynhissong7732]

Brian's story makes me so faithful!

[@whitneyhurst706]

That last one is insane

[@justchillin2999]

The last guy is like the only one with an actual horror story

[@sha9567]

My hospital horror story was ibwas awake during a surgery accidentally

[@TheStardusts_inthesky]

I really love the last story it's actually pretty amazing

[@carleebarnes6962]

All these people are like: *calls mom* See that’s how you know mom if the best

[@KillerCyborg]

1:17 Yeah I am a boy but I know that they checked my kidneys that way lol. It's weird af no joke 😂.

[@GeeklingNo1]

Killer Cyborg if a guy tests positive on a pregnancy test it means there’s a protein in their urine that shouldn’t be there. It’s funny that they legit make you take it tho

[@lyla343]

Omg I had the exact same problem as the first girl. She was impacted btw. I am 13 and last year I was impacted and it was probably one of the most embarrassing moments of my life when I found out. Anyway. It was hella painful. We did not go to the hospital right away though, we waited like 4 days.

[@caseyfinnegan4139]

These stories are wild!!!

[@bawartiel5756]

You guys are so close to 20 million subscribers

[@oink2815]

A pain in your stomach Woman :I am not pregnant!! Me being weird :well you must of ate an watermelon seed and there is a watermelon in your stomach

[@Jaelynfox101]

im sorry but none of these were horrifying

[@chel304]

The first one was bad. They really almost sent that girl into surgery over nothing.

[@Josh-kb5ox]

Yes they were

[@iamgosa]

@@chel304 it's not exactly nothing.. They have to think of the worse things first before settling on the less serious causes.. And for females unfortunately, there are more worse things that cause severe abdominal pain than males hence they had to take their time and do those tests.

[@ioanadiaconu4098]

The last guy literally had a near death experience...

[@chel304]

@@iamgosa yeah do the tests but not send someone into an emergency surgery with no signs besides pain and no reason otherwise. As it sounds more realistic to rule out major things first they usually check for less serious things first because they're more common. All they did was check for blockage (find nothing) and give her 3 pregnancy tests. Given I don't know WHAT kind of surgery it was so that would change a lot depending on what kind. But either or as someone training to be in the medical field that was completely wild to me. They probably would have been able to sue for thousands if she went into that surgery. Even the Doctor afterwards thought the idea of sending her into surgery was ridiculous.

[@julianacheriza1575]

The #1 story was hilarious!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pandapower6598]

All of them were like something about stomach pain

[@alexismarie1884]

Idk if it’s a horror story, but it was a Trip lemme tell you, I went in after throwing up for over a week and barely eating and long story short, I find out I have mono, two ovarian cysts and fatty liver from the mono. I think my overall stay was 15+ hours after switching rooms 4 times, and my boss yelling at me that I couldn’t make it to my work shift later that day lol not long after that I think I wound up in the er again with a kidney stone which I ignored for three days and worked 8+ hour shifts hunched over in pain thinking it was cramps 🙃 life’s fun my dudes

[@Sara-zt4cb]

how the hell is the doctor gonna do an emergency surgery without knowing the problem. smh

[@feisty2395]

“Exploratory” laparotomy. When they have no clue what’s wrong, so they just go looking

[@Mr007puffdaddy]

I feel so bad for them!

[@janaeallen7618]

Awww the last one was my favorite

[@audreygilzow2738]

2:49 It's Rebecca from the ballerina horror stories!

[@MrsDaedalus_]

Good lord, I had worked at a hospital in summer for four years at the check in desk and I've seen way worse. Even checked convicts in for treatments multiple times and I can go on. What they are telling in this video... is nothing.

[@Lolsmilieyface9]

i wanna hear more!

[@jordansutherland6451]

Thank you for the warning ⚠!!

[@Christianemaunel]

Welcome to another episode of why the frick did i watch this

[@Abcdefghijajajaja]

Christian Branch hi again baby

[@Mvulcan]

Buzzfeed, just stop... do you need to be on the next video I make? I’m continuing what leafy started so get ready

[@shhhhh952]

I once couldn’t stop throwing up and it was the worst!

[@starlyndiaz3628]

As someone who has server emetophobia, thank you so much for putting the vomit warning.