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Oct 1, 2017 4:11 AM
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DreamMachine01
Lol I deal with this on a daily basis
tacticalsatan
Gotta love it. I printed this out for my nurses and they all loved it.
UnbelievablyAverage
@op what do you work as?
weirdloudman
Wait you actually WANT me to do that rehab?
Thismuchistrue
Doctor: "You're going to have to stop masturbating." Patient: "Why?" Doctor:"Because, I'm still examining you."
idontthinkheknowsaboutsecondbreakfast
I work for the NHS and this is still so true. So many people just don't take ownership over their health, it is beyond frustrating
BearToof
And I find it's particularly worse when the care is free or cheap, they have no skin in the game and the world owes them everything.
BearToof
I've worked at non profits and the like so that's just been my experience. Of course their are always some grateful people
iriepuff
Free at the point of Abuse innit
BearToof
Its so frustrating. You try to help people & give them info & they don't listen. It's not amazing drs/nurses get burnt out & stop caring
EnderMoth
I'm not convinced they care in the first place. 99% of the time I've asked pre-med why they want do it the answer's just money.
Digdug83
"I'm happy to help you anyway I can. Just remember though, YOU came to see ME and not the other way around."
TigerPalang
Also a title that works: "when a doctor kills you from malpractice."
Zixtank
The premise of many House episodes.
bunnyfloofington
Wanna hear a horror story? I posted one already but here’s a worse one: Went to ER bc couldn’t breathe and left arm was hurting. Dad was 1/?
bunnyfloofington
Worried bc chest & L arm pain. Have EDS so aortic dissection is always concern no matter age. Go to ER. Triage nvr asked for list of meds2/?
bunnyfloofington
3/? PA comes in and asks for list of symptoms having. Explain them. Also explain having asthma attack for last week. Coughing up lung whole
bunnyfloofington
4/? Time talking to her. PA orders blood tests and urine test. Have BAD veins due to chronic dehydration (common w/ EDS). Lung dr comes in.
bunnyfloofington
5/? He tests my breathing, listens to lungs. Lung dr gives breathing treatment bc lungs in bad shape. He suggests I take home script for a
bunnyfloofington
6/? Pretty high dose of steroids. He also suggests a steroid shot before leave ER. He tells PA to do this. She comes back in and kicks Dad
asinthelatedentarthurdent
As a vet, this is so true. Just switch the coffin with a freezer
NatsukiIsMyWaifu
Veterinarian or military veteran? I've been broken the past few days with people using vet as shorthand for both.
asinthelatedentarthurdent
Sorry, veterinarian. Vet referring to veteran isn't often used in the UK so I forget that sometimes!
NatsukiIsMyWaifu
It's cool. Thanks for clearing that up. I thought you were talking about a morgue that freezes bodies.
CardboardStomach
I'm gonna guess Veterinarian. I know health care for veterans is bad, but I'm not sure it's "putting your dead in a freezer" bad.
NatsukiIsMyWaifu
Lol
StinkFox
Bowfish247
xuumo
Pls die
Iamlesbian
Some human beings are capable of taking their health in a positive direction without doctor's ORDERS.
Arkleseizure
I understand, but I've also had doctors who didn't even tell me their diagnosis, let alone explain the treatment. It's hard to trust them.
Xandelle
That's because $$$$
iriepuff
That's because up to a third of consultations in General Practice (UK) are due to 'Medically Unexplained Symptoms' 1/2
iriepuff
i.e. Its a psychosomatic issue but few Drs will rarely say this to your face. Not all symptoms have an answer, but again pts lack insight
Arkleseizure
Absolutely true. But in my case it was a mid foot sprain. Naproxen, xray, and surgical boot. But he never examined my foot. 1/2
Arkleseizure
So he didn't catch the tendon damage that the podiatrist did a month later
Arkleseizure
The surgical boot made walking excruciating, and with no explanation of what was wrong or why it would help it was pretty hard to keep using
TheGrinchStoleYourShit
To be fair, as much as I appreciate you saving lives, I'd rather die than owe 6 grand for a hospital visit.
RandomCombinationOfLetters
Unless you live in Europe. Free heathcare in Europe.
Digdug83
One of these days I'll get around to actually singing a DNR to keep this from happening. Then again I don't do anything so *shrug*
IHaveAPlanIJustNeedMoney
I thought you meant some sort of entertaining musical DNR, then I realised it was a typo :(
Zhurg
Famous last words
calcifear
For 6k? Shit, no. You can make small payments on that, etc. US medical system is fucked, but 6k ain't worth dying over. Ever.
MungoVitoGotHellaCats
I feel it to a degree. 6k I'll ride out. If I got the hundreds throw me in the trash fuck it.
tacticalsatan
I feel that. Shit sucks man
gotcl2
I feel as though “ok, get in” applied here to. Ha!
edgareplekjekk
The same behaviour exists in countries with free healthcare.
ArtOfKarolMichalec
It’s so strange you guys have to pay for it
TheGrinchStoleYourShit
pay is an understatement, sometimes it really fucks peoples lives up it's so expensive
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
Well, I mean, if your life is worth less than 6k, yeah, I totally get its a bad deal.
Bmxtucker
In this day in age. Yes, yes it is.
ChainmailleAddict
In fairness, 6k is WAAAAAAAY too fucking much for a developed country. Come on, you know it's true.
ChainmailleAddict
Seizure victims literally have signs telling other people "Don't call an ambulance for me" because it's too expensive. That's dystopian.
Thecynicalspud
Die, or spend your life savings on a visit for a sprained ankle and end up homeless.
BearToof
But why would you go to the Dr for a sprained ankle? To my understanding they might just wrap it and say take it easy for a couple weeks
MrPoopyDickButt
I broke my finger, off to the food bank for me!
CardboardStomach
It's more of a quality of life thing.I could die, or I could live a little longer in pain and poverty. Obv exaggeration, but that's the gist
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
So find a not for profit hospital in your area and go there, they have charity options.
CardboardStomach
A majority of hospitals in the US are non-profit. The problem still stands. Many do the bare minimum to achieve non-profit status.
DonaldTrumpsFlaccidHairpiece
"Bare minimum" I work for a non profit and I wrote off nearly 50 million on my own last year. Im on a team of over 20 people doing the same.
Zyrixion
Only 6k? Where do you live, canada?
NatsukiIsMyWaifu
Yeah, You hear so many stories about that. People who get operations they cant afford and their life goes to shit. Death is better than that
torisenblack
It's aalmost like the majority of people whose lives are saved and/or improved by surgery don't generate the same ad revenue if published.
GlassCannon570
Go to Canada then. *begins screaming O'Canada in a screeching voice with kazoos in the background*
TheGrinchStoleYourShit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSTWw6-ueIs
waitwasthatreal
Canada is very selective about who they let in.
1234canIhavealittlemore
Because anybody can just go to Canada.
Zyrixion
Give it another year and anyone in the socialistic left can probably start asking for political asylum...
bunnyfloofington
I have the opposite happen. I’m a patient and I have had countless doctors refuse to treat me or they have given me drugs that aren’t meant1
tacticalsatan
Maybe because you're crazy and don't know what you're taking about? I have Paitents who "self diagnose" and they're wayyyy off.
bunnyfloofington
4. I would start off by telling them Motrin is useless on me. But their theory is that it will work now bc it’s a new dr. Is this how you
bunnyfloofington
*5 not 4
bunnyfloofington
6. Would help your patients? If they say, “hey so I tried to take drug A and it didn’t work” would you then say to take drug A again?
bunnyfloofington
So they immediately stop listening when I tell them what I have and what I need. They decided to put me on fibro meds that everyone who has2
bunnyfloofington
EDS knows don’t work for muscle tears and dislocations. There’s a reason when someone dislocated their shoulder due to injury, drs don’t 3
bunnyfloofington
Give out gabapentin or cymbalta even! (Yeah I was given that too). I was given so many and even Motrin every single time I got a new dr. 4
bunnyfloofington
I was diagnosed by a geneticist at U of M. My joints dislocate all the time. I can’t make it up. So many drs don’t even know what EDS is 1
cheshirecat00
Try replying to your own comment so we know the order like 1/2 then reply 2/2 when finished,or start with 1/4, then 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 ect
bunnyfloofington
I usually do but my app glitched up and wouldn’t let me reply to comment #1 and I wanted it to stay consistent. Sorry :/
bunnyfloofington
For a person with my conditions (just to fill their wallets). I failed a semester of school bc they put me on fibro drugs to treat my pain2
bunnyfloofington
Bc these fibro drugs wouldn’t cause addiction (turns out they do!) and they fucking didntbelieve me that my joints dislocate easily. So 3/?
bunnyfloofington
They found it easier to make up a fake DX on me so they could give me bad drugs. They didn’t believe me bc I’m in my 20s so obv I’m looking4
bunnyfloofington
To get high and not just be able to pay the damn bills.. 5/5
MACTWISTIEMC
So many patients without any patience.
Arkleseizure
I understand, but I've also had doctors who didn't even tell me their diagnosis, let alone explain the treatment. It's hard to trust them.
samsonguy920
I had patience. I just sat to the end of Spiderman Homecoming's credits. My patience was rewarded in a way I didn't expect.
Zigor22
Unless you tell me nothing's wrong when I'm having an asthma issue cuz I wasn't "wheezing", even though it hurt to breath.
tacticalsatan
My favorite are when my Paitents think they know better than me. Like okay sure Martha, smoke with your oxygen. See how that works out.
ChristmasCookieMonster
"Quit drinking? Liver failure? Nonsense it can't possibly be my fifth of liquor a day drinking habit!" *heavy pull from pocket flask*
wowicanchangemyusername
Actual quote from COPD-Patient: "My son is on the phone, could you please tell him that a few cigarettes a day aren't harmful?"
ohdeepthought
I think here patients can't even get oxygen therapy if they still smoke because of the risks for everyone in the community.
gotcl2
Did anyone just hear something explode?
ohdeepthought
Had a 250kg woman DAMA after they convinced her to lose weight. She was being starved apparently with those VLCD shakes.
MistressLyda
In fairness, at that size? VLCD feels like starvation for many.
ohdeepthought
I'm sure they were probably only replacing one or two meals.
MistressLyda
And I am sure you are probably right, maybe. Though, it would still be enough to make starvation feelings kick in for many.
OfficialBenderRodriguez
A couple weeks ago I overheard patient asking a nurse for a cigarette, the nurse said he could get them a nicotine patch, patient said 1/2
OfficialBenderRodriguez
Aren't those addictive?
Cheesecakecrush
Had to rebuild a condo because a dude did that, it exploded, and killed him and 2 other people
Cheesecakecrush
Destroyed the unit he was in and heavily damaged the others beyond repair.
tacticalsatan
My Paitent almost burnt his house down and Inhaled flames which burnt the inside of his lungs.some people are just set in their ways.
Cheesecakecrush
I suppose its ok to be generous with these people. I consider them a threat, myself.
icculus760
"i diagnosed myself on WebMd..."
RulesOfImgur
"... It says I have cancer "
Digdug83
"Then why are you here? If you can diagnose yourself surely you can prescribe your own medication as well?"
MistressLyda
Well, no. I can easily tell when I'v gotten a UTI, or a new round of bronchitis, but prescribing antibiotics myself would be illegal.
thecharacterzero
I'm paying you doc
iriepuff
Yeah so of course the Dr should bend to YOUR views and wims. How did that work out for Michael Jackson?
thecharacterzero
More like the doctor shouldn't think he has a gold rod stick up how ass when a question is asked. And don't you use MJ's name in jest heathe
iriepuff
Dunning Kruger. Look it up. I know you'll have to.
thecharacterzero
thecharacterzero
I know who I am... and that's close. Just don't like being pushed towards unnecessary surgery and not having my input considered at all
iriepuff
Your George gif made me laugh. A good Dr should discuss options with you and not push you towards something without your consent