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“What Is Something A Doctor Completely Ignored You Telling Them About When Clearly There Was Something Wrong?” (19 Answers)
When TikTok user omqgabbi went to the doctor with a bunch of hearing problems, they just brushed her off, ignoring alarming signs. Eventually, she decided to share her experience in an attempt to inspire others to speak out against medical negligence as well.
"I couldn't hear low tones, like men's voices, very well," omqgabbi explained in a TikTok. "And ... if there was background noise, hearing was not a thing. I just — I had to intently focus on you to understand what you were saying."
"I tell the doctor I hear well in a perfectly silent room. What does he do? He puts me in a silent room and tests my hearing. He proceeds to be like, 'Wow, your hearing is perfectly fine.' He turns to my mother, thinking he's funny, and he goes, 'Maybe your daughter doesn't have a hearing problem, but a listening problem.'"
Turns out, omqgabbi has an Auditory Processing Disorder.
She also asked people to share a time when their doctor completely ignored them when it was evident something was very wrong. Sadly, they delivered.
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#1
Alright This Is Gonna Be Hard To Believe. When I Was About 21, I Went Into Pre-Term Labor (At Five And A Half Months) And Had A Stillborn
About eight hours later, the nurse brought my baby back in the room and told me that she was actually alive — that she was struggling to breathe and would I like to hold her while she passed away. And, of course, I held her for another eight hours. The doctor kept telling me she was dying. Her Apgar scores are low, she can't breath — I finally fired him. I had another doctor come in and after she checked her, they took her to neonatal intensive care, where she spent the next four months. Today, she's 26 with two sons.
Antonov Latanya 4 years ago
That's terrible. I looked after a similar baby 20 years ago. She was born right on 24 weeks and was only just on 400 grams (the cut off for resuscitation). She was also born in a hospital in the middle of the Australian outback. They asked the Mum what she wanted to do, she said she didn't want to resuscitate, and to just enjoy what time she had left. Baby had other ideas, and was still alive 24 hours later, so the Dr called the new born transport team in. I looked after her when she was 33 weeks old, she was fattening up in our nursery. She battled against everything and won!
Biljana Malesevic 4 years ago
I feel that. My daughter had bad jaundice when she was born. Doctor said she would be "brain damaged". She is studying at college now...
Wendillon 4 years ago
The hell was that doctor on....many many babies have jaundice at or soon after birth and they grow up to be just fine...
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Cold Contagious 4 years ago
That doctor is disgusting, but WOW what a fighter your daughter is! So glad he was wrong.
To get a better understanding of why these things happen, it's important to hear out the other side as well. General practitioner, medical researcher, and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research, Iris Gorfinkel, M.D., told Bored Panda that there is a number of problems doctors face at work that interfere with helping people. For example, some assume that doctors are more connected than they are, especially in Canada.
"I can't speak for every health system, but the bureaucracy and trying to connect points on a graph that don't necessarily easily connect, that's one big challenge," Gorfinkel said. "Patients often assume that we know more than what we do actually know about all the services that are available. And the truth is, there are a lot of services, and I'm happy as a family doctor to refer to those services and don't pretend to know where they all are."
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#2
At 2 Years Old, My Daughter Started Growing Pubic Hair And I Asked Her Pediatrician. He Said It Was Just A Burst Of Hormones And I Told Him He Was Wrong
Wouldn't listen, wouldn't do any other test. Fast forward - she's 4 years old. Now she's getting acne and really bad body hair, on top of a full bush. Pediatrician says, 'Yeah, that's kinda weird.' Four months later, sends us to an endocrinologist. He does one blood test and says, 'Yeah, her male hormones are slightly elevated.' OK?? Ten months later, we get an MRI. She has a very large tumor growing on her adrenal gland, causing them to turn on. She had the male hormones of a 17-year-old boy at age 5. Fast forward another month - we've been at St. Jude's ever since. My daughter has stage 4 adrenal cancer. A very rare form of it as well. She almost died.
Samantha PandaNotBored 4 years ago
Bloody hell . Poor baby , stage 4 cancer , this is bad. That doctor has this on his hands. He shouldn’t be a doctor at all . A butcher maybe
Tiredpossum 4 years ago
wouldn't want him with my meat.Prisoner is want he should be.
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BabaBizzle 4 years ago
My heart breaks for your child going through this! I pray she survives and you sue the hell out do those useless medical “professionals”....
Henry Cheves 4 years ago
Lots of love, I hope your daughter gets through this, we will all be here with you.
A second issue—and a huge one—is the time. "Typical family practice appointment might be 15 minutes, and a lot of the time ... that's not nearly enough. Time is a big constraint, and when it runs out, patients get frustrated. And in truth, I'm frustrated as well, not having the time that I always need."
Plus, some things are simply not within a doctor's control. Those are called the social determinants of health. "A person's occupation, a person's income, a person's educational level, we know that these are major determinants of how well we'll do physically and emotionally," Gorfinkel said. "Trying to meet them some way midway, especially when there are educational or cultural barriers, sometimes language barriers, they can be big challenges."
#3
When I Had My Youngest Daughter, I Gave Birth Vaginally And Then My Doctor Came In Because He Was Very Late To My Delivery
So, he starts to pull out my placenta and immediately I knew there was something wrong. I asked him, I'm like, 'Please, something doesn't feel right. Something is wrong.' He looks at me and says, 'No, it's OK. It's almost out.' So, he's like forcefully pulling it out and he proceeds to pull out my placenta attached to my uterus attached to my fallopian tubes. Everything comes out of my cervix. At this point, I pass out and they take me back to the OR and call a code white because there's blood literally everywhere. The last thing I remember is the anesthesiologist and the nurse screaming at each other back and forth and I hear my doctor say, 'We're doing a full hysterectomy.' I woke up an hour later and I had a double blood transfusion.
Elsker 4 years ago
OMG! THats not a docter, he's a butcher! He took away your chance to have more kids?? Hope you're doing well!..
Antonov Latanya 4 years ago
I had a Dr do that to my friend! Embarrassed they missed the delivery, then didn't want to wait to deliver the placenta and it inverted. Thankfully she didn't have a hysterectomy. They must have been using a lot of force, normally when you pull to hard the cord comes off, you can feel it in the cord when you are pulling. But you are also guarding the uterus, so they should have felt it. Maybe the placenta had grown into the uterus, placenta accreta.
Maris madness 4 years ago
I had the worst organ with my daughter. Nurses kept telling him it was time and without even checking he said no several times. Finally my mother in law went and found him, asleep. My daughter came out completely blue. My placenta had partially died and she was stuck in birth canal. She had to spend time in nicu and had a few health problems due to it but today she is an amazing 26 yr old, no thx to that piece of shite dr.
Sportsgal 4 years ago
Can you say lawsuit? Many people sue frivolously, but this guy robbed you of more children with his incompetence.
BluEyedSeoulite 4 years ago
Yeah, I've had 2 babies and they never pull on the cord. If they have to forcefully remove it, something is wrong!
Claire 4 years ago
There are 2 ways to manage the delivery of the placenta, active (medication and traction) or physiological (no medication and Mum pushes the placenta out). Most times the placenta is actively managed, because for physiological management the Mum needs to have had no interventions through out labour. It's normal to pull gently on the cord to provide traction to deliver the placenta, but never hard enough that it inverts the uterus. Normally the cord will break first, they would have to pull really hard. For the uterus to invert, the placenta may have grown into the uterus. There are also other health disorders affecting connective tissue that might cause the uterus to invert.
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Heather Cox 4 years ago
OMG. The placenta is not supposed to be pulled out at all like that. I'm sorry to say but this is why I don't trust male doctors in delivery rooms. I had to get stiches for a tear. This male doctor didn't wait for the anesthesia to kick in. When I was screaming in pain and crying he said I shouldn't be feeling any pain because he injected anesthesia. I felt humiliated and embarrassed. Hospitals are not really safe, good places to give birth unless there is something very wrong.
The fourth thing is the disease itself; sometimes it just doesn't have any cures. "I think one of the greatest things a doctor can do for a patient when faced with a challenge of an incurable condition is having that patient take on the perspective of running toward the light," Gorfinkel said. It's a perspective she also tries to share with her own patients.
"You have two attitudes in medicine. The first is, 'I'm afraid of disease, I'm terrified of getting sick.' This is ultimately what we all suffer from, right? We don't want to be sick alone. We don't want to die alone, and in pain, those are huge fears. But is there a better way to live our lives to make the most of the time we have? I call that running toward the light. In other words, why do you do healthy things, it's not just so that you won't get sick, it is so that you will live better today."
#4
I Was 15 When My Daughter Was Born And When She Was 4, She Grew A Large Lump The Size Of A Golf Ball On The Left Side Of Her Neck
I freaked out and took her to the hospital, where they were ke, 'Oh my god, it's totally normal. We'll just do a little incision and drain it.' So they did and it never healed. And every time I took her to the doctor, they rolled their eyes at the stupid teen mom who didn't know anything about healthcare and dismissed me. I started asking for referrals to the sick kids [unit of the hospital] and they refused, like I was questioning their medical judgement. ... One day, I hooked my feet around the legs of a chair [at the doctor's office] and said, 'I'm not leaving without a referral to sick kids.' Doctor comes out and says, 'Don't make me call security.' I said, 'Don't make me call the newspaper.' He gave me the referral, I got her down to sick kids. She was diagnosed with atypical mycobacteria and cured within weeks.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
That's a scary idea... Myco=fungus/mould, so you get Leprosy/Hansen's disease as well as TB/Tuberculosis as examples of mycobacteria: Slow-growing irreversibly damaging things that are hard to treat once a good foothold (nerves for leprosy, lungs for TB).
Carol Emory 4 years ago
Two situations with me: First was that my husband and I were having trouble getting my son to sleep through the night and that he wasn't talking like other three year olds. Took him to a doctor that was supposed to be one of the best pedatricians in the country. He tells us that we aren't being hard enough on my son and that his hearing is a case of selective hearing. Took a Playground Teacher from my Elementary says to recognize he had Autism.
Carol Emory 4 years ago
Second one was when my son was throwing up and tugging at his ears. He was crying all the time. I knew it was an ear infection because he'd had them before. But when taking him to the emergency room, the smug doctor says "Well who is the doctor here? We'll just test him and see what he has." A few minutes later I say "Well?" Doctor's meek response "he has a double ear infection."
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
So much for the "in current health system you can choose your own doctor".
I I 4 years ago
my son died from meningitis at aged 5 , then , less than 6 weeks after my 4 month old daughter became poorly , she was pail , blood in her stool , after 4 different doctors over 8 days she ended up in hospital clinging to life for 8 months , it seems like they thought we where overly worried as we'd lost our son weeks earlier , plus both under 25 , sad but true
The last thing Gorfinkel highlighted was stress. Burnout. A lack of life balance. According to her, many of the advances we've made in modern medicine—for example, electronic medical records—pulled doctors away from their patients.
"We used to look in the eyes of our patients and take their history, we used to place our hands on their body in order to understand what it was actually saying to us. And this, unfortunately, is rapidly becoming a lost art."
#5
In College, I Hurt My Ankle And After A Few Days Of Leaving It Elevated, My Calf Was Double The Size Of The Other Calf
I went to the emergency room and they told me I have a muscle cramp and to just massage it out. I knew this couldn't be right because I've been playing softball for 17 years — I know what a muscle cramp is. I went to the next emergency room and they told me again it was a muscle cramp and now accused me of just being a drug seeker. I go to the third emergency room, where they finally do a sonogram and find a blood clot in my calf, a blood clot in my groin — a piece dislodges and lands in my lung, giving me a pulmonary embolism. Had I massaged my calf the way the first two emergency rooms told me, I could have dislodged the blood clot, giving me a heart attack or a stroke. Ten years later, it took ten years to find out that I have an autoimmune disorder that causes me to be prone to blood clots. Medicine fails Black women.
Elizabeth Rolando 4 years ago
I went to ER after being up all night with major chills alternating with sweats. Like full body shaking, under 7 blankets chills and in the worst pain of my life. Went to work and they sent me to ER. I had a history of endometriosis, so they told me that is all it was despite me telling them this felt much different. They left me in stirrups for over 4 hrs in excruciating pain and shaking. Have me a s**t of morphine and said to go home. My husband came up and told the. Jude something was wrong. So now the doc will look further because my husband said something is wrong with MY body despite me crying it out to them. The problem? I had appendicitis requiring emergency surgery and turns out I also had a blood clot in my lung when they went to surgery and could've died during surgery but most definitely would have died had thy sent me home. Women are not heard in the medical field. I am also an RN.
Amelia Bedelia 4 years ago
Medicine fails people of all colors. Too many doctors just don't give a crap about actually helping their patients.
DDmaybeandor 4 years ago
This is why we need to talk to eachother. Statistically, people of color die of health related issues at a higher rate than white people in the US. The reason appears to have to do with money more than with race, as white people are more likely to have insurance. Our Healthcare system is broken.
Chris Creighton 4 years ago
I'm a doctor no less and went to ER and told them I was pretty sure I had a dvt or blood clot in the leg. The first er at the hospital I worked at, thought I wanted pain meds which I didn't. Too afraid of them. They didn't even examine my huge leg. The second ER three days later did a sonogram and by then, I had clot from toes to my vena cava. And I'm a white male. Old too. So maybe it's not just women of color. Not everything is.
Gorfinkel is really sorry about that because, in her mind, these are healing acts. "Doctors are spending—and this is actually a thing—80 to 90% of their time staring at a computer screen. So I ask you, is that necessarily healing?"
"If the problem is simplistic, yes, perhaps it could be done that way. But being the old school person that I am, I think the greatest healing is not done that way. It is still done with contact. I'm talking about contact on every level so that we can better understand one another; the psychological level, the spiritual level, the physical level..."
#6
I Woke Up One Morning With A Really Bad Headache
I said to my GP, it hurts so much when I cough, sneeze, bend over, laugh, anything like that — when I sit up from bed. I said that the pain went all down the back of my neck and that over-the-counter painkillers weren't doing anything. He said, 'Sounds like a tension headache. Take some painkillers!' After a week or so, I went back in agony saying, 'Please, there is something wrong with my head. Please, take me seriously.' He reluctantly referred me for an MRI and said about three times, 'It's probably nothing, but I'll refer you for an MRI, even though it's probably nothing.' I was also having problems with my vision.... I was admitted to the hospital the same day for severe Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
aka high blood pressure in the brain, also able to cause a tumor. i learned about them not to long ago, but they are extremely fatal. those idjits....
Stevie 4 years ago
IIH can not cause a tumor. The liquor around your brain doesn't drain as it is supposed to be causing pressure on the brain resulting in headaches, fatigue and vision loss and other problems. After over four years of unsuccessfully treating it with medication I got a shunt at the beginning of February that drains the appropriate amount of liquor now from my brain into my stomach.
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Cigdem Kanburoğlu 4 years ago (edited)
This one is a very rare diagnosis. I can not blame a doctor for not recognising it in a week.and because of that when somebody has this kind of rare disease it is usually too late, and a lot of emotional pain because nobody believes them. (doctor myself) But it shows you need to keep seeking help if you think something is off.
Tammie Johnson 4 years ago
Praise God that the doctor humored your "unsound angst" and they were able to diagnose you before it was too late. My best friend of 26 years just had the doctors diagnose her 18yr old daughter with IIH. She has always made straight A's and had perfect vision. Now she is failing all her classes in the final 3 months of her senior year because of the brain damage it caused. She is also having to have a brain implant that will prevent her from losing what little sight she has left after the damage left her legally blind. In a matter of hours this poor girls life was dramatically changed just as she was about to head off to college and start her adult life. Now she is having to face the reality that she will probably never be able to live on her own, much less attend college or pursue her dreams. I could not even begin to imagine having something like that thrust upon my life or kids. God Bless you, Dear!
Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
Thank goodness you're ok. It sucks that you had to force him to listen to you
Ezigma 4 years ago
Headaches are one of the most overlooked complaints from what I've noticed. Doctor's always just assume its a type of headache (tension,hormonal.cluster,etc) never something more serious. I complained of unexplainable excruciating pain from headaches for 20 years and no one has found out why because they all say it's a different type, or related to something. I still suffer from them but have given up.
However, sometimes things go wrong. To err is human. When Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon in Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, wrote of his own medical mistake, he noted that while healthcare can make "dramatic improvements", there is still human fallibility to contend with.
"No matter what measures are taken, doctors will falter, and it isn’t reasonable to ask that we achieve perfection. What is reasonable is to ask that we never cease to aim for it."
#7
From The Age Of 16
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
This started for me when I was 10. It got worse when I was 12. Nobody would listen to me or take me seriously. I finally got diagnosed with PCOS when I was 25, and with endometriosis a few months after the PCOS diagnosis.
Niffler_13 4 years ago
I was diagnosed with PCOS 10 years ago. Every time I go to the doctor I get told "You just need to lose weight" It's more complicated than that. It is an endocrine disorder and very few endocrinologists know how to handle it. I went to one and he asked me if I wanted Bariatric surgery and the second wanted to put me on a liquid diet for 6 months. Neither of those things help balance my hormones. So now I just suffer through it and take a multitude of supplements.
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
This is really common, and often takes years to get diagnosed because doctors think people exaggerate how bad their period is, or think any amount of pain is normal
Carol Emory 4 years ago
Had doctor's tell me the same thing. After suffering with it for 30 years, a female doctor suggested it was Endometriosis. I'd been taking Birth Control to keep the symptoms at bay, but every male doctor had been subscribing them with the typical week of none to encourage a period...usually with massive pain, bleeding and fatigue. This female doctor suggested and IUD since I had hypertension as well. My periods finally stopped, my blood pressure came down and I'm not so tired all the time. I'm tired of male doctors thinking that all women's symptoms are related to weight.
Rosemary Booth 4 years ago
I have PCOS but I was lucky enough to be diagnosed while in my 20s. If you have it just know that spironolactone is your friend, and unfortunately your chance for ectopic pregnancy skyrockets. I've had two, both ruptured. Definitely do not recommend.
The_tattered_hippie 4 years ago
I started my period when I was 9yo. Diagnosed with PCOS, Endometriosis and Adenomyosis by the time I was 12yo. I was getting D&C’s about once a year. Finally my only option was a hysterectomy @ 33yo. 😕
Gabunya Matata 4 years ago
that sounds horrible and so painful.... i'm so sorry this happened to you!! :( hope you're at least feeling better physically now that it's gone but also that's a very young age to have such serious problems.. and hysterectomy sounds so bad.. :(
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PCOS and Endometrioses are the most wildly undiagnosed illnesses other there. All because we are female and we are supposed to be in pain and bleed monthly. Never mind that there is a difference between cramps and PAIN, as well as bleeding that can be soaked up by a pad/tampon and gushing rivers of blood!
lara 4 years ago
My first periods started the first day of class in the ninth grade. It lasted for almost three months. My dad was a physician, he gave me hormone shots for it. It was like this all the time until I got married had a baby and was put on birth control pills. Some of my periods would last for weeks, then I wouldn't have one for months.
Isle_of_stressed_pilots 4 years ago
Same thing happened to me, but the opposite. I got my first period around 5 years ago, but my period has NEVER been regular. Sometimes there's 15 days inbetween my periods, while others there are months. At one point, I went to a doctor bc I hadn't had my period for 10 months (pregnancy was off the table). Doc said that its perfectly normal to get irregular periods and that I should just exercise more. After arguing with him and refusing to leave bc I wanted an ultrasound to see if I had PCOS (PCOS runs in my family), he finally agreed. Anddd what do ya know? I have PCOS lmao
Gorfinkel explained that the vast majority of mistakes that a doctor makes never gets out of their head.
"People are not going to know the majority of mistakes a doctor makes. And that's because most of these mistakes don't need to be known," she said. "They're relatively minor. They don't necessarily have an impact on a patient's health."
They may be mistakes on how something is documented—that's probably by far the most common error—and they may be mistakes that could've been but weren't. For example, a doctor sends a wrong dose to a pharmacy and the pharmacy then calls them to correct that.
These things usually happen under the radar; the patient doesn't necessarily even know they happened.
#8
Went To The Doctor. Told Them I Had A Bunch Of Hearing Problems. That I Couldn't Hear Low Tones, Like Men's Voices, Very Well
And that if there was background noise, hearing was not a thing. I just - I had to intently focus on you to understand what you were saying. I tell the doctor I hear well in a perfectly silent room. What does he do? He puts me in a silent room and tests my hearing. He proceeds to be like, 'Wow, your hearing is perfectly fine.' He turns to my mother, thinking he's funny, and he goes, 'Maybe your daughter doesn't have a hearing problem, but a listening problem.' (@omqgabbi has an Auditory Processing Disorder)
Aldhissla VargTimmen 4 years ago (edited)
Not hearing well in a noisy room is known as "cocktailparty effect". It's very real and a lot of people suffer from this!
BigFish Artwire 4 years ago
No, guy, the cocktail party effect has to do with attention and has nothing to do with the original post. What she -and maybe you- have is a Sensory processing disorder (SPD). Google both to distinguish them
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Jessica Billings 4 years ago
My son has the same thing. I had to advocate for him immensely. *hugs*
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
I have legitimate hearing loss and I can hear better in a quiet room than I can in a crowded cafe. That doctor is dumb.
Suzana Stantic 4 years ago
Omg sounds like the thing I have... I am not diagnosed but have the same symptoms. Btw they put me in a silent room to test my hearing and said I'm ok...
Maria 4 years ago
Me too. Kept telling new doctors and being sent back for the same silent room tests.
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Blake Ingram 4 years ago
I have the same issue, especially in noisy backgrounds. Like when I'm at school, people have to constantly repeat themselves.
Sarah Grape 4 years ago
I believe APD has less to do with your actual hearing and more to do with the way your brain processes your hearing. also they may have been confused because, at least in my experince, it's something you're usually diagnosed with when you have trouble learning to read, not as an older person
But Gorfinkel said there are other errors that are important. Ones that have to be brought out into the open and discussed with the patient.
"The error of misdiagnosis, the error of landing on a diagnosis too quickly, the error of interrupting a patient to not fully understand their experience—these are all common errors too," the doctor said. "The best way around [these mistakes], as far as I can see, is open communication, talking about [the issue] so that things can get better in the future. [In these cases,] we can't change what was in the past, but we can change what plays out for future visits."
#9
Body Pain
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
This is one of my current concerns. I have an appt with my GP tomorrow and requesting a brain scan coz I have been having quite a few serious symptoms and getting more. A common theme that keeps coming up on google (I know, I know, you should never use Dr google, well I did), anyway I noticed a theme with almost EVERY symptom I have been having, and the thing that kept coming up was fibromyalgia. Fingers crossed it’s not but I would rather that than my biggest fear.
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
I got my diagnosis with Fibromyalgia earlier this year, I had all the symptoms. It's hard to test for though, they had to rule out other things such as arthritis rheumatism etc. I've noticed that cutting out sugar, trying to do even light excersises on my better days and getting massages (im lucky my fiance can do this for me admitedly) is helpful. A hot bath before bed helps too. I bought myself a weighted blanket too and it genuinely helps me feel more rested and i sleep easier with it. Just some things that can help. It's scary to get the diagnosis but there is a good community of fellow people out there and things you can try to feel better. I'm going to try acupuncture myself once the world returns to normal here in the uk Good luck!
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KombatBunni 4 years ago
My daughter has fibromyalgia as well :( It’s a hard thing to watch your child deal with such an awful condition and have doctors mess her around. I’ve told her many times to let me deal with them so that she gets the right treatment sooner, and I’ll bloodywell do it too
Amelia Bedelia 4 years ago
Too many doctors don't take women's health concerns seriously. We're all just "hysterical." It took me 10 years to get diagnosed with a genetic disease because doctor after doctor said my symptoms were all in my head and I was really just depressed.
J Nelson 4 years ago
I have fibromyalgia as well. When I complained to my mom all the time that this hurt and that hurt - she told me to just shut the hell up. Everyone has aches and pains. My son’s dad is a dr. Once he poked me on the upper part of my arm. I hollered, because it felt like he stabbed me with a screwdriver. Then, I got my diagnosis.
Kath O'Brien 4 years ago
Fybromyalgia is not an auto immune disease there is very little research on it but please don’t class it as something it is not I have had it for over 20 years
Samantha Hurrell 4 years ago
All too often they blame common causes without considering the less common ones.
Ezigma 4 years ago
I have fibromyalgia (among multiple other health issues) and shes right, its horrible. Just something like a hair touching your skin can be painful. The worst experience I had (with my fibromyalgia) was when I get shingles, 3x, and now have PHN. I feel for anyone going through it. Or any chronic pain condition, especially when not being treated correctly and left in pain.
Ultimately, the best reaction to these situations probably comes from the doctor themself who says 'How can I do better?' Their internal motivation to strive for perfection is what makes things better.
"Yes, there are external bodies that oversee ... but generally, they're there for really egregious mistakes," Gorfinkel said.
This brings us to the worst medical errors. The ones that weren't solved by speaking to the doctor. If something really bad happens, patients can talk to the licensing body of the doctor.
"My personal view is there is a way to improve things. And that's to make sure that both parties have a chance to sit down together. This is really the way it should be," Gorfinkel added.
"I have made mistakes. More than I want to think about actually. And I would like to think that these mistakes were chances for me to grow, both in terms of my knowledge, and in terms of how I practice medicine."
#10
When I Was In Grade 2, I Was Requested By The School To Do An Eye Test
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
You would think they could have a chart with numbers, or symbols with the necessary range of shapes to determine eyesight accuracy
Wendillon 4 years ago
As far as I know they're meant to so they can test illiterate folks and kids who haven't learnt the alphabet yet...
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
I guarantee this whole list is Americans. I once had an ER doctor ask me how I was going to pay for the visit. Usually if you don't have insurance they send someone from the office in and get your info. Not that time. It is none of the doctor's business how I am going to pay. He is supposed to treat me. I had a fit and called and complained. Within a week I had an apology letter from the head of the hospital. We need to get our ducks in a row here in the US.
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
I have aspergers so am on the autistic spectrum, but was reading at an adult age by age 5. However, I could not do math whatsoever, even by the time I got to my final years at school, I think it could be dyscalculia, but at the same time, wonder if it's part of my autism. Autism affects people so differently and whilst one may excel in a certain subject, another individual may not. It's crazy, but for high functioning autistic people, often times they will have a specific interest/skill that they will definitely excel in!
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I hope you can come to a place where you can be more confident in yourself, because you deserve to treat yourself well :) you arent a freak, and I can't pretend to know how you feel or what you have been through, I just wanted you to know you aren't alone in your concerns, I have had to come to terms with managing how I feel about my disabilities, which aren't visible or knowable unless I told someone. It can feel like being an imposter, but I work hard to remind myself when that thought pops up that most people are so worried others will notice something bad about themselves that we are all walking around worrying we aren't the same as everyone else: in a way, that makes us all the same :)
Load More Replies... Leslie Burleson 4 years ago
My kids too were diagnosed late. My daughter was 12!!!! She too couldn't read very well. I had no idea . The teachers were passing her and saying how sweet she was. We paid $11k to go to a place like Kumon . She's never had a problem reading again. Now she does it as a hobby. My son was 9 when he was finally diagnosed correctly . I didn't know anything about autism, and neither did most people back then. My youngest wasn't diagnosed until she was 18.... she had always been super social , she was a competitive athlete and did ok in school. It wasn't until high school when she developed major anxiety and social anxiety . In hindsight I missed some red flags . It wasn't for lack of trying . We went to every doctor, therapist specialist. People told me "they don't have autism because they make eye contact and engage in conversation". What?! I also got a lot of "he/she just needs a good spanking. This isn't autism, it's just bad behavior"... all said as he stared down my shirt .
If something tragic happens to a patient, there is a chance to use their horrible experience to help others. To improve the way their (and other) doctors practice medicine. It may not sound like much, but it's something. And something is better than nothing.
"When people are looking to sue a doctor, they're really upset about an error that was made. And rightly so," Gorfinkel said. "One of the things they look for is restitution in terms of is that going to change how things are going to be for someone else in the future. That is actually one of the key things we're looking for."
As the doctor pointed out, outsiders often think these people are looking for money, they just want a suit. Actually, a lot of the time, that's not true.
"What they want more is to know that that same error will not be made in the future. That the doctor has learned from their mistake, and that there will be systems in place to protect others from having to walk that same path."
#11
There Was A Few Times But I Will Talk About The Most Egregious One
I was going to a doctor for four years about my back. Like, literally every few months I would go in and go, 'Look, the pain is still there. Nothing is helping. I don't understand what is going on.' They would give me painkillers and [screw] me off. After four years, I got really exasperated. I was like, 'When are you actually going to do something about this? This has been going on for ages. Nothing has been done.' And, at the time, the doctor that I was seeing told me that every time I had gone in they had put it down as a separate, weight-related back issue. Don't get me wrong, being overweight can cause many problems, and indeed with your back. But this was because I fell down the stairs and tore two muscles in my back. Four years and they were noting it down as weight.
Verena Gitterle 4 years ago
They always say it is the weight, so they can put the blame on you
Mystery Egg 4 years ago
Indeed. I went to the doctor at the local private A&E the day after I had fallen over and hurt my ankle. It was swollen, incredibly painful and I couldn't put any weight on it. The doctor I saw was sullen and rude, told me...and I quote.. "it's probably gout because you're so overweight". I was soo embarrassed. He told me to take nurofen and sent me on my way. I didn't believe him and the next day my father took me to the NHS A&E and the doctor there was so lovely. Had an Xray and I had fractured my ankle!
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 4 years ago
Same thing with me. I had back issues for years, but the doctor's chalked it up as a combination of weight and to a epidural I had when I had my son. When the back pain got so intense I couldn't work, a doctor finally suggested x-rays and an MRI. Turned out to be two vertebrae in my back had fractured and never healed properly after I suffered a fall on the job. Thanks to their lack of action over the years, I had to pay for the whole thing out of pocket because enough years had passed that I was unable to have my employer pay the medical bills.
Callie Ge 4 years ago
I had a prolapsed lumbar disc, it was a recurring problem from a diving accident. But this time it wasn’t getting any better, the pain was excruciating, I kept going back to the DR, she kept telling me it was muscle spasms, even when she prescribed 400 mg of Tramadol a day for the pain. Over the next 10 years 5 different doctors diagnosed anything from muscle spasms, my weight (65 kg) to me faking to get drugs. X-RAYs were showing nothing. Finally Doctor #6, sent me for an MRI which showed not one but Two prolapsed Lumbar Discs AND An inoperable Synovial Cyst which causes the same symptoms as Spinal Stenosis. The discs went undiagnosed & untreated for so long that I’ve experienced spontaneous spinal fusion, I’m stuck bent over @ a 67o angle & slightly bent to the right.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
It's a shame how many doctors forget what's their job!! Doctors need to listen!!! Listen carefully and then research! It's not their job to jump to conclusions according weight, height, or age!! Too many patients get ignored because of these things and it's a shame not to have proper health care because of that!!!
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
I hate when doctors just say "lose weight" as if it answers your health issues. It doesn't and I know this from experience because guess what? I lost the weight and felt the damn same.
Paradise 4 years ago
I switched podiatrists last week because I didn't vibe well with the one I saw two-three times. Didnt feel he was listening. I have yet to see my new dr. But I had emailed about the meds he prescribed. I asked why I was prescribed meds for 2 weeks that take 2 weeks to work (which I looked up online, he did not explain that). Maybe I am just clueless but I just don't know why I didn't get a 4 week supply. How would I know to refill if I can't refill early and can't refill becore I know if it works? The nurse responding told me it takes 2 weeks but she also told me 1-3 days. Well, which is it?
Mark Howell 4 years ago
I am 6' 2" and 168lb and when I went to the doctor (NHS England) about a severe sinus pain, I was told I needed to loose weight. I suppose Anorexic patients are easier to treat.
#12
Having Your Heart Stop Twice Hurts
"They continued to blame it on my anxiety but turned out I had bad heart condition. Admitted into to the hospital, having your heart stop twice hurts"
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
I didn't know it would be painful, but makes sense, i thought it would be a tingly feeling and then blackness.
Hugh Cookson 4 years ago
Nope - having a heart attack is bloody painful ; had two, know this stuff ......
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Iapetos 4 years ago
I am so glad my own heart is pounding continuously, even though I have a feeling it's irregular sometimes.
KitKatss 4 years ago
Yesss I feel the same way, to know that there are people out there that have to deal with their heart stopping, I just feel so bad and wish I could help, and yeah I sometimes feel like it's irregular too 😕
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APD Is Often Overlooked
Antonov Latanya 4 years ago
APD is Auditory Processing Disorder. A disorder affecting the ability to understand speech. Currently, there's no known or definite cause. (According to Google)
A falz 4 years ago
I have this problem also. You tell teaxhers or bosses and try to explain it to them and get told you just arent listening or you are refusing to listen. Now at 61 i just tell people its like dyslexia but its with my hearing. Things get scrambled going to my brain. Was talking with a cs rep just 2 days ago verifing possible false charges in my account. So he was reading off purchases on the account. When he came to one purchase and named the product what i heard was some word and a cuss word. Knowing this wasnt what he was saying i asked him to repeat and i was still hearing the same thing. I explained my problem with the adp and asked him to repeat 2 more times still hearing the same thing. I went online while talking with him and figured out what he was saying and it wasnt what i was hearing. I said yes that was my purchase and apologized and explained i knew he wasnt saying what i was hearing. He was very kind and said that he was glad we could figure it out together.
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Eunice Probert 4 years ago
I have it when I'm tired. People on the tv will be speaking in English, but to me they sound like they're speaking a gobbledegook language that I don't understand.
Glory The Rainwing 4 years ago
ADHD here! My teachers think putting crap on me is fine. Ok, let's see... 15 assignments today AND tomorrow. We are gonna get permission to drink "English Breakfast Tea" A.K.A coffee-tea. also, listen to music in class. Still, they ignore me.
Sarah Grape 4 years ago
it also makes it very hard to learn to read, my brother and mom have this, it's harder for them to tell the difference in words like right and write, because the similar w and r messes them up. speech therapy has been helping my brother with this, and with people who actually understand what's going on, (becasue he's finally old enough to describe it) he is now only one year behind his class <3
#14
I Went To The Doctor With A Lump In My Breast
I went to the doctor with a lump in my breast and it was leaking pus from my nipples. And with my long family line of breast cancer issues I thought that it will be taken a little bit more seriously. He was telling me he will order a bunch of ultrasounds and tests he actually never did that. When I called ultrasound people they said we don't have anything for you, no requisitions, nothing. So you need to go to the hospital, emergency room right now, because it can be some serious bad juju. I figured out nothing was wrong but I got finding a new doctor and complaint about the doctor because thats some serious stuff
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
At least this is such an obviously-not-to-be-dismissed symptom that the patient immediately disregards! Not like others where they're Ok right it will go away in a month I'll hang on.
Veronica Vatter 4 years ago
I was in the same boat, but my PCP sent me to an ultrasound....that turned into. Mammogram...and another ultrasound. Luckily it was nothing, but damn that was scary
lara 4 years ago
YOU "figured out that NOTHING was wrong"? Leaking pus from your nipples is NOT "nothing was wrong." And NO doctor would order an ultra sound for breast problems unless he thought that your breasts were filled with silicon or water. You should have had, at the very least, a mammogram.
Julia Weichsler 4 years ago
At least in Germany, having an ultrasound is pretty normal when you've breast problems. A good doctor can than decide if you still need a mammagram or not. To be fair, every German gynecologists have ultrasound devices in their own doctor's office and wouldn't need to "order" it.
Load More Replies... madggo 4 years ago
Like in most of the other cases here the major error is lack of communication. An RSV bronchiolitis can only be treated symptomaticly. The most important thing is to monitor the condition and provide the support needed at the time needed. Probably no other action could have changed that course of that case. But this has to be communicated to the patient/ parent.
Samantha Hurrell 4 years ago
Surely if you have a history in the family, that's the first thing to rule out, not to ignore it.
#15
When My Daughter Was Almost 3 Months Old, She Was Having A Hard Time Breathing
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
damn! i hope all of these people got fired, they deserve to go to hell. their jobs are to save people. not to nod off and say "ahh, your fine!"
Ozacoter 4 years ago (edited)
Sadly lousy doctors dont get fired. Most of them are bad anyway.
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Welcome Welcome 4 years ago
GLORIA BENADO WITH A "B" YOU'RE AN ASS. STOP BEING A F*****G ASS!!
Katie Gardner 4 years ago
To Gloria, the person bitching about ppl’s writing... just because someone can’t write well doesn’t mean their illnesses should be dismissed. Should a doctor be allowed to ignore you just bc you are a hateful person?
Nugget 4 years ago (edited)
Also the op wrote 'toled' not 'tolde', meany Gloria misspelled a misspell 😂
Load More Replies... CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
My eldest son got RSV at 4 months old and was in the hospital for three weeks.
Bored&InSchool 2 years ago
my first thought is the fact that the d key is like a little more than two key away from the B key and b wasn't used nearby (like from/form misspellings)
RoseTheMad 4 years ago
I love how Gloria is calling people out on their spelling etc, yet her grammar is absolutely appalling.
#16
Doctor Refused To Switch My Birth Control Even I Was Having Some Major Side Effects From It
I had to find myself another doctor who could prescribe me a non hormonal iud. Because that was not an option in my doctors eyes. It was not going to help any of my issues. When i switch my birth control all of my issues gone .So not going back to that doctor
frederic eeckman 4 years ago
She has some issues she really needs to solve, and soon...
Load More Replies... Carol Emory 4 years ago
I had a Norplant that went haywire releasing all the hormones into my system at over a 3 year period instead of a 5 year period. Kept trying to get the doctors to take it out, but because we were on state medical assistance, they refused. It finally took me going to a doctor that was part of the class action suit against the Norplant makers. When he saw what had gone wrong, he bottled up the device and sent it to the lawyers.
graffitiwomen 4 years ago
@gloria benado what is your problem? You need to find a better hobby than judging people's spelling on Bored Panda. Maybe try doing something positive, I'd suggest volunteering but you seem pretty mean....
#17
My Doctor Wouldn't Listen Turns Out I Had A Brain Condition
Went to the doctor as I could hear my pulse in my ear constantly, they told me it was an ear infection, so they gave me antibiotics. This did nothing. Went back again and they said there was water behind my ear drum and that it would resolve on its own, that the liquid will come out slowly over time. A year later still no improvement.
crazy_cat_notAlady 4 years ago
wait. not everyone can hear their heartbeat/pulse in their ears? I also seem to have a constant electrical humming throughout the day. it's exhausting.
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I very occasionally hear my heartbeat but not all the time. My mum has tinnitus and it sounds exactly like what you are describing, it could be a possibility?
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Jennifer Belanger 4 years ago
I have this, turns out I had Sigmoid Sinus Wall Dehiscence. Had my mastoid reconstructed with bone cement and it's sooo much better. Basically the blood flow from my larger than normal sigmoid sinus just kept rubbing against my mastoid, thinning it out and then eventually boring a hole through the bone and then was beating up against my ear canal. Took multiple doctors and me pushing through tests to finally get diagnosed after travelling to Boston.
ultravioletmaglite 4 years ago
I have a problem with my Eustachian tube, the pressure is often not equal inside and outside my right ear . Sometimes i hear like if i was under water, in noisy room i can't understand what people are saying to me. That's when there is more pressure outside than inside. On the contrary, even a little sound can break my hear and i hate cars, kids, bags of chips, forks in the plate... sometimes, i hear my blood pressure, or the little bones in the ear tickling as i walk. Before i knew, i thought i was crazy and my mind made up all of this. Now i do the Vasalva's technic or others stratagems. Take care of your hears.
Paola Suarez 4 years ago
We have pulsatile tinnitus, I had have it for 10 years already. It doesn't get better, we need to manage our stress, there are some apps that might help, but unfortunately there is no "cure".
Siv Øiesvold 4 years ago
I have this. Pulsatile tinnitus is usually due to a small blood vessel that is coupled by fluid to your ear drum. It is usually nothing serious and also untreatable. I' hope I'm among the usual cases. ;) Rarely pulsatile tinnitus can be caused by more serious problems -- aneurysms, increased pressure in the head (hydrocephalus), and hardening of the arteries.
Susan Stead 4 years ago
I have this problem, too--it's a high-pitched pulsating sound in my right ear. I saw my doctor, who told me I had fluid buildup in my ears. So I went to the otolaryngologist, who confirmed that and performed an adenoidectomy on me. I STILL hear it a couple of months later. Drives me nuts sometimes, and I don't know what to do about it anymore.
Aroha 4 years ago (edited)
I have a high pitched tinnitus and the only cure is to stop thinking about it. I know, easier said than done, but your brain needs to tune this sound out and eventually it fades to the background. I have accepted that mine is bot going away, and I don't hear it in my daily life anymore.
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Lisa Shelton 4 years ago
I have tinnitus and hearing my pulse in my ears, along with dizzy spells, and it's Meniere's
Tracee Okrainec 4 years ago
That's called pulsitile tinnitus. If you hear your eyeballs move, etc - see an ENT that knows about superior canal dehiscence syndrome.
Antonov Latanya 4 years ago
When I started hearing my heart beat, it was because I was severely anemic. A few units of blood and it stopped.
#18
Went It To Have My Son Early
Stephanie Did It 4 years ago
gloria benado needs to get off this thread. By her own standards, if she can't capitalize her own name, she deserves to be sick and should not procreate.
graffitiwomen 4 years ago
I think we should ignore Gloria as she has nothing positive to contribute to anything. Don't feed the gloria!
#19
Kidney Failure
Mr. Derpy Dino 4 years ago
im pretty sure one of my dads best friends died from this. but a lot of these are fatal, and the fact that they got IGNORED!?!
Llewella 4 years ago
My youngest son, at 13 looking like maybe 8 jears old. Not growing, no signs of puberty, extreemly overweight, hardly eating and always throwing up. Every docter telling me he is secetly eating junkfood and just a bit behind. After 2 years of this finally a doctor orders a bloodtest! Autoimmuun disease
Jackie Porter 4 years ago
I'd been vomiting constantly for weeks. I'd been to my gp who said it was a bug. Meds and fluids didn't work. I rarely ate, even water was brought back up. After a few more weeks of going back to the doctor I saw a different doctor who ordered a blood test. Within 24 hours I was told to present myself to the local A & E and told I had kidney failure. My potassium level was so high that I was told I could have had a heart attack at any time. I had two weeks of dialysis and further steroid treatment which resolved the kidney failure.
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Paul Davis 4 years ago
I've only got a degree as a Registered Nurse but even I would have recognized at least half of these symptoms for what they were immediately -- would have thought doctor would ask for tests for the rest that I wouldn't have recognized. In my experience it doesn't actually take as much intelligence to become a doctor as it does having money or connections. They do have to have a degree of work ethic to get through school, but again, being a doctor does not mean you're necessarily smart at all. A huge chunk of nursing work seemed to be keeping an eye on what the doctors were doing -- and, to be fair, what other nurses were doing, because of course dumb and crazy people can manage to become nurses too.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
NEVER SAY ONLY AS AN RN! My mom held her RN for 45 years and was the best diagnostician I ever encountered, including my own medical doctors an dmy own medical school profs.
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Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I had an enormous blood clot block two third of the blood flow to my intestines for at least 1.5 years. I got diagnosed with gastritis again and again, and despite passing out being a regular thing, pain after eating, and a history of abdominal clots i got no help. I went back again even though it had only been 5 days since I had begged the emergency dept to make the pain stop, I just had a feeling I had to go there, now. My operations began that day, seven in total spread over several weeks, half my small intestines gone, lungs damaged badly from embolism, complete sepsis infecting liver and kidneys and other organs: they kept me open for a while until my final operation, so they could wash my organs every day. If it hadn't been left til the last minute I wouldn't have almost died, and if I hadn't trusted my instincts that day going back even though I knew they would not want to admit me, I wouldn't be here. I don't remember much after arriving at the emergency dept that's when it sta
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
*started. I still trust doctors btw but I make sure I advocate for myself and make sure I'm not brushed aside again.
Load More Replies... Maris madness 4 years ago
Anybody else find it concerning that this neglect is happening mostly to women ?
Ozacoter 4 years ago
There is big problem of sexism in medicine. Womens pain is considered less serious and often called anxiety. Our bodies are less known because all traiditional books and research are from male bodies. And women only diaeases like pcos or endometriosis are almost always unknown or ignored by doctors.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
My story isn’t so bad compared to these but here it goes. Just a few weeks ago my son was coming to me crying and complaining his eye was burning and right in front of my eyes I noticed his eye going red, his eyelids closing about half way and a lot of fluid running down his face. I took him to the hospital, first visit was given some eye drops in case it was early stages of conjunctivitis. After a few days there was no improvement. I took him to the optometrist and they said they can see a white speck and to go back to the hospital. This time round, even after telling the Dr about what the optometrist saw, he was trying to convince me it was just allergies. Even when I was adamant it wasn’t. I had to raise my voice before he even considered any other alternatives, he did an annoyed sigh and then checked my sons eye using a dye. Well what do you know, my son had something embedded into his cornea. It was so small they couldn’t tell what it was but an eye specialist did manage to get it out.
lottie 4 years ago
My 14 year old son had a small fall, and complained of immediate back pain and leg 'fuzziness'. Went to the doctor several times, was told to rest and gentle stretching etc. Third visit said 'it may be a slipped disc', we'll get you some physio (no physio happened). Eventually after several months we were finally referred to a paediatrician - who took one look at his back (first time anyone had actually 'looked' at his back), and said 'his back shouldn't look like that' and sent us for an urgent MRI.
Turns out my son had 'broken' his lower vertebrae in half and the whole spine had slipped forward into the Pelvis (Grade 4+ Spondylolisthesis). This was also crushing the nerves to his legs which were by now almost completely numb.
He had to have major spinal decompression and fusion surgery aged 15. Thankfully he's doing great now, but will have life-long back problems and restrictions. MRI-604f62...63db8.jpeg 
Paul Budhram 4 years ago
I'm so sorry about what happened, but i'm happy he's doing better!
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
PLEASE READ. I have an MD. I chose nto to practice. I do volunteer patient information and advocacy, for the patients. IF THE DOCTOR'S FIRST RESPONSE SEEMS ODD, GO TO A SECOND DOCTOR, THEN A THIRD, THEN A FOURTH AND DO NOT TELL THEM WHAT OTHER DOCTORS SAID. That forces them to start over, and not rely on an idiot's notes. That is how I was taught. If you need my credentials, I can say I have co-authored in research on patient-centered medicine, and that's the sum of it. TAKE THE POWER. FIRE THE DOCTORS. DEMAND REFERRALS. In the age of Google/Dr. Oz, many docs think they're running into "armchair docs" and it's costing lives. Peace out.
Victoria Pitt 4 years ago
Yea. That's the problem I had. I found a new doctor and she took my diagnosis from the old one. I was like uhhhh, the reason I switched doctors was to get a second opinion.
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KLo86 4 years ago
I don't understand how a doctor benefits from not doing everything they can do diagnose/treat a patient? Is it laziness? Are they too busy to focus on something they think is trivial?
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
From what I've seen, it seems to be a funding/understaffing issue coupled with ridiculous caseloads. I don't think they mean to let people slip through cracks, it's just a crappy system in many places :(
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deanna woods 4 years ago
My doctor determined that I had the autoimmune disease vasculitis and claimed that she wanted to help me start getting better. She never referred me to a rheumatologist and refused to focus on my supposed vasculitis during any of my other appointments. She even said that I didn't have eczema because black people can't have it. A dermatologist later confirmed that I have eczema. If this lady had been a good doctor, then she would have caught the spinal stenosis that I got diagnosed with a couple of weeks ago.
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
Some ignoramus in the comments is complaining about people's spelling and grammar- this sort of attitude contributes to denying these people healthcare! How can you be so cruel!
Gin. No tonic 4 years ago
My shoulder was injured. Doctors said I'll be fine in a month. I wasn't. Then "let's give it a few more weeks". Didn't work. I was in constant pain, unable to properly sleep. I kept going to the doctors every few weeks/months for pain trying to find a cause. They didn't see the problem with my shoulder, and prescribed over-the-counter painkillers. After two years I was in so much pain, I couldn't hold my a cup, and my shoulder was always in a sling. I finally got a consult with a surgeon, who diagnosed me in 5 minutes. Apparently, my shoulder was torn and partially DISLOCATED for 2 YEARS. I had a surgery within a month and got fixed.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
A common story. If you are not better from an injury within 6-8 weeks, demand a surgical consult. That lesson is for everyone, btw, b/c we forget we can FIRE THE DOCTORS. :-)
Load More Replies... Paul Davis 4 years ago
I've only got a degree as a Registered Nurse but even I would have recognized at least half of these symptoms for what they were immediately -- would have thought doctor would ask for tests for the rest that I wouldn't have recognized. In my experience it doesn't actually take as much intelligence to become a doctor as it does having money or connections. They do have to have a degree of work ethic to get through school, but again, being a doctor does not mean you're necessarily smart at all. A huge chunk of nursing work seemed to be keeping an eye on what the doctors were doing -- and, to be fair, what other nurses were doing, because of course dumb and crazy people can manage to become nurses too.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
NEVER SAY ONLY AS AN RN! My mom held her RN for 45 years and was the best diagnostician I ever encountered, including my own medical doctors an dmy own medical school profs.
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
I had an enormous blood clot block two third of the blood flow to my intestines for at least 1.5 years. I got diagnosed with gastritis again and again, and despite passing out being a regular thing, pain after eating, and a history of abdominal clots i got no help. I went back again even though it had only been 5 days since I had begged the emergency dept to make the pain stop, I just had a feeling I had to go there, now. My operations began that day, seven in total spread over several weeks, half my small intestines gone, lungs damaged badly from embolism, complete sepsis infecting liver and kidneys and other organs: they kept me open for a while until my final operation, so they could wash my organs every day. If it hadn't been left til the last minute I wouldn't have almost died, and if I hadn't trusted my instincts that day going back even though I knew they would not want to admit me, I wouldn't be here. I don't remember much after arriving at the emergency dept that's when it sta
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago
*started. I still trust doctors btw but I make sure I advocate for myself and make sure I'm not brushed aside again.
Load More Replies... Maris madness 4 years ago
Anybody else find it concerning that this neglect is happening mostly to women ?
Ozacoter 4 years ago
There is big problem of sexism in medicine. Womens pain is considered less serious and often called anxiety. Our bodies are less known because all traiditional books and research are from male bodies. And women only diaeases like pcos or endometriosis are almost always unknown or ignored by doctors.
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago (edited)
My story isn’t so bad compared to these but here it goes. Just a few weeks ago my son was coming to me crying and complaining his eye was burning and right in front of my eyes I noticed his eye going red, his eyelids closing about half way and a lot of fluid running down his face. I took him to the hospital, first visit was given some eye drops in case it was early stages of conjunctivitis. After a few days there was no improvement. I took him to the optometrist and they said they can see a white speck and to go back to the hospital. This time round, even after telling the Dr about what the optometrist saw, he was trying to convince me it was just allergies. Even when I was adamant it wasn’t. I had to raise my voice before he even considered any other alternatives, he did an annoyed sigh and then checked my sons eye using a dye. Well what do you know, my son had something embedded into his cornea. It was so small they couldn’t tell what it was but an eye specialist did manage to get it out.
lottie 4 years ago
My 14 year old son had a small fall, and complained of immediate back pain and leg 'fuzziness'. Went to the doctor several times, was told to rest and gentle stretching etc. Third visit said 'it may be a slipped disc', we'll get you some physio (no physio happened). Eventually after several months we were finally referred to a paediatrician - who took one look at his back (first time anyone had actually 'looked' at his back), and said 'his back shouldn't look like that' and sent us for an urgent MRI.
Turns out my son had 'broken' his lower vertebrae in half and the whole spine had slipped forward into the Pelvis (Grade 4+ Spondylolisthesis). This was also crushing the nerves to his legs which were by now almost completely numb.
He had to have major spinal decompression and fusion surgery aged 15. Thankfully he's doing great now, but will have life-long back problems and restrictions. MRI-604f62...63db8.jpeg
Paul Budhram 4 years ago
I'm so sorry about what happened, but i'm happy he's doing better!
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
PLEASE READ. I have an MD. I chose nto to practice. I do volunteer patient information and advocacy, for the patients. IF THE DOCTOR'S FIRST RESPONSE SEEMS ODD, GO TO A SECOND DOCTOR, THEN A THIRD, THEN A FOURTH AND DO NOT TELL THEM WHAT OTHER DOCTORS SAID. That forces them to start over, and not rely on an idiot's notes. That is how I was taught. If you need my credentials, I can say I have co-authored in research on patient-centered medicine, and that's the sum of it. TAKE THE POWER. FIRE THE DOCTORS. DEMAND REFERRALS. In the age of Google/Dr. Oz, many docs think they're running into "armchair docs" and it's costing lives. Peace out.
Victoria Pitt 4 years ago
Yea. That's the problem I had. I found a new doctor and she took my diagnosis from the old one. I was like uhhhh, the reason I switched doctors was to get a second opinion.
Load More Replies... KLo86 4 years ago
I don't understand how a doctor benefits from not doing everything they can do diagnose/treat a patient? Is it laziness? Are they too busy to focus on something they think is trivial?
Lauren Caswell 4 years ago (edited)
From what I've seen, it seems to be a funding/understaffing issue coupled with ridiculous caseloads. I don't think they mean to let people slip through cracks, it's just a crappy system in many places :(
Load More Replies... deanna woods 4 years ago
My doctor determined that I had the autoimmune disease vasculitis and claimed that she wanted to help me start getting better. She never referred me to a rheumatologist and refused to focus on my supposed vasculitis during any of my other appointments. She even said that I didn't have eczema because black people can't have it. A dermatologist later confirmed that I have eczema. If this lady had been a good doctor, then she would have caught the spinal stenosis that I got diagnosed with a couple of weeks ago.
Katherine Boag 4 years ago
Some ignoramus in the comments is complaining about people's spelling and grammar- this sort of attitude contributes to denying these people healthcare! How can you be so cruel!
Gin. No tonic 4 years ago
My shoulder was injured. Doctors said I'll be fine in a month. I wasn't. Then "let's give it a few more weeks". Didn't work. I was in constant pain, unable to properly sleep. I kept going to the doctors every few weeks/months for pain trying to find a cause. They didn't see the problem with my shoulder, and prescribed over-the-counter painkillers. After two years I was in so much pain, I couldn't hold my a cup, and my shoulder was always in a sling. I finally got a consult with a surgeon, who diagnosed me in 5 minutes. Apparently, my shoulder was torn and partially DISLOCATED for 2 YEARS. I had a surgery within a month and got fixed.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
A common story. If you are not better from an injury within 6-8 weeks, demand a surgical consult. That lesson is for everyone, btw, b/c we forget we can FIRE THE DOCTORS. :-)
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