50 Unbelievable Doctor Stories That Went Viral After Someone Started #ShareAStoryInOneTweet Hashtag
Ah, Twitter. Moms use it, dads use it, even Derek uses it, too. It has become an equivalent of the office water cooler on the internet. People fire it up to exchange ideas, discuss hot topics or enjoy small talk. Recently, in the ever-increasing real of tweets, a new trend has emerged. Devoted medics began using the #ShareAStoryInOneTweet hashtag to post touching work moments, and they remind us why we're incredibly blessed to have them.
Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals are flooding the social network, explaining their passion for saving lives, and it's clear that for every patient complaint they can provide countless examples of sacrifice. Scroll down to check out the soul-stirring tweet-stories and upvote your favorites. (Cover image source: Paul Broben)
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Why can't I upvote this more? The world needs more people like this brother. This mother. This sister. We need- NEED- now more than ever to know we are one world, one family. We have the technology and money and power to fix these problems, but we focus on the wrong things.
I am very sorry, but I can't continue reading these because I can't stop crying. They are all amazing stories, and it's a bittersweet reminder that we should all live the best life that we can, because we never know when it ends.
My grandma died of stage 4 lung cancer, though she never smoked, when I was 8 years old. I think of her everyday, my best friend, and am grateful for the doctors. They said she would inevitably die soon, but lived for another 8 months. Thank you doctors!
Agreed. I'm a hospital registrar in the emergency room. The last thing I do is place an ID bracelet on the patient, lightly grasp their hand, and reassure them. It isn't much. Sometimes, it makes a difference.
I'll never understand how parents can be so cruel. When you're pregnant, it's "I don't care if it's a boy or a girl so long as they're healthy." And then they drop their kids like trash when they can't handle something. Parents like that should be ashamed of themselves and never allowed a moment's happiness.
I think because of character limits, they skipped a comma, but I read that several times like "dad had shot your mom" and "your brother wounded your sister" as if the dad and one child had both gone crazy. Had to read it a couple times to get it right.
It is so sad that things like this happen. Abortion is one of those polarizing subjects that people can feel so strongly about, and women are suffering and dying because of it. Fewer stubborn opinions and more humanity, please.
I happen to respond well to emergencies, and completely fall apart afterward. This poor mom must have felt so panicked and lost. I can't imagine seeing my child in distress like that and not knowing how/ not being able to react. It's a nightmare I'm blessed to not have, and hope I never have.
Family and chocolate cake. That's the way I want to go too. What beautiful serenity and knowing what matters.
Oh I love you. You are one of those wonderful people who helps students through the darkest, hardest days. Thank you, thank you a million times.
A gorgeous story. It's moments like these that change your outlook on life.
YESSS!!! I'm an aspie. So is my son. We suspect my husband is as well (that's why we get along so well - we understand each other's quirks). Vaccines do NOT cause autism. Even if they did, I would not trade my aspie struggles for whooping cough, rubella, measles, or any other disease I've been vaccinated against. I am a bright thread in the tapestry of life. I am different, and I am worthy.
It's so upsetting to see how often Dr.s are told to give up on patients.
Holding hands is very powerful. My brother was in an accident far away from home. Nurses in the hospital came everyday to talk and hold his hand. My brother, big man, said it was the kindness that kept him fighting and recovering. Most of the time we are afraid of touching. We shouldn't.
The most important thing you can ever do in this life, is let your loved ones know you care just by being present
Yes, it is so important. I was in the or, leaned over the surgical table getting a spinal tap done for the first time. I was so scared, and the nurse put my head on her chest and stroked my back and told me kind things. I was so shocked at the comfort i took from her gesture. I felt like I was with my own mom.
I read somewhere that the reactions of people in an emergency call on a Bell curve. 10% of people in an emergency are able to take charge and direct the needed response efforts. 80% will cooperate with what the leaders tell them to do. The last 10% will blindly panic and will sometimes interfere with rescue efforts. Nobody knows how they will respond in an emergency until they are in the middle of one. This is why first responders, medical people and the military train so much. They are least likely to be the ones who panic, but they train so that their training will take over if the mind fails them initially.
Amazing. What doctors go through is heartwarming and sad at the same time. My heart goes out to all of you :)
i have read something similar a while back - a father came in to find his child crying - with a head injury and both the child and the dog covered in blood - the father shot the dog. All the blood belonged to the dog which had gashed it's foot. the child had slipped in the dog's blood on the floor and cut his face
The greatest teachers/doctors learn as much from their students/patients as their students/patients learn from them.
You are a hero for speaking out and continuing to speak out until you had results.
Sounds like this unobservant guy was just trying to express his well-meaning concern. Maybe let's not get so offended about everything.
i am so sorry Chris. You got an award because you did not give up on a Person that gave up on herself. That was very very brave of you, to fight for someone who had no fight in him left. I am sure it made a difference, at least for the Family knowing you were theretrying your darndest, i am sure they would tell you so if they knew how you felt. Thank you for what you did.
Such a terrible lesson to learn in such a hard way. So sorry you had to go through that.
This is why I'm an organ donor. When I die, if I can save someone else, or just improve their quality of life, please take whatever you can. I won't need it anymore. Let someone else enjoy life a little longer.
RIP PC Sharon Beshenivsky. Never forgotten by a public grateful for her service.
OH NO! I feel so terrible to read this. I am so sorry for your loss and I honestly hope you get through it. My heart goes out to you.
Omg! What would drive a 10yr old to do this? World has gotten darker than I remember.
You tried, that in itself is more than anyone could hope for.
Amazing. Not as dramatic as other posts but this is still so important! Basic healthcare needs basic communication
Wow. This hits close to home. My second boy was born with fluid in his forehead, between the brain and the skull. He had surgery when he was just 4 months old. I was 27, dad was 26. We were kids, turned grownups. He'll be graduating kindergarten and turning 6 yo on December 9th. FOREVER THANKFUL FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES. Thank you for telling your story :)
Wow. I can't imagine. Thank you for giving him the gift of last words to his family.
Why so expensive?? It seems more expensive than India.. even after u convert doller into INR
OH MY GOD. People are so insensitive and rude! WHO LAUGHS AT ANOTHER PERSON'S PAIN! This is horrible.
Who are you? I'm curious if you were a doctor that the kid looked up to or a famous person?
Was the PE preventable? I lost half a lung but thanks to RE insisting on IVC filter, had another round of IVF and am now mom of a healthy 10 year old.
You are a brave person for doing what you do. I would have given up after such an experience.
Malnutrition has been a killer forever. However, it could be getting better (killing fewer people) or worse (killing more people). This doctor is saying that climate change will mean that malnutrition will kill many more people than it does at the moment, they just had to condense that to fit it into the tweet.
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Don't listen to the haters. Keep working hard to improve your skills on your passion!
I had a patient just like that in my inpatient psych unit. He refused to do any treatment for himself and his drinking. Dr gave him three weeks if he did not stop drinking. He died four weeks after discharge
This just makes me angry... If someone has stated he wants to die in peace you should respect his wish.
I know exactly what you mean. It's hard to stay on an even keel when you feel crazed.
Wow. My mind is so confused by being moved tweet after tweet. An overwhelming mixture of the happy endings and the not so happy endings. All shared by wonderful people from whom I'll try to take an inspiration in my life now on, even though I don't work in the medical field. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
i read half way could do no more - the upvotes got less and also - becouse no-one could read that far
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I just gave up being able to comment - all heartbreaking. I just hope so much that when my time comes, or in an emergency, I am in the care of someone as great as all these
I half want to go back and read to the end and the other comments - but it's too distressing
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same, literally don't know what else to say.
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i have only been in the presence of one person as they died - my mum.- of natural causes I cant even imagine how hard it must be to go through it daily with trauma/accident victims, children - is endless - so much respect
Oh my heart... There's something to be said for the humanity in these posts... Heart breaking, but also heart warming... I feel so humbled right now...
I'm repeating a comment that I made on one of the tweets that bears reposting. It's edited for brevity. If you want to be an organ and/or tissue donor, let your family know your wishes. Just having it on your driver's license isn't enough and your family can stop a donation. It's the same with CPR. Work with your doctor to create a POLST. It's a document, printed on bright green cardstock that records your wishes should you be unable to communicate. Once you have a POLST, keep it in an easy to access place in your home. The POLST covers tube feeding, use of a ventilator, CPR, and different options of each. When you are admitted to the hospital, if your wishes are not expressed to the doctor, you will be treated as a full code and administered all lifesaving measures. It's never too early to talk about such serious and depressing things. Look up Terri Schiavo.
Such beautiful people for sharing their stories, for taking the time out to help and care for another person that they may not even know. We should take our own life lessons from these people.
Each of the stories is so touching I could not stop the tears rolling out of my eyes Really kudos to people like you! You make the world a better place to live :)
I was a premature c-section when the doctors noticed moms bp was high. Almost all the amniotic fluid had drained out. 6 mos later the dr diagnosed me with Turner Syndrome 2.5 years later the same dr recognized that I had Meningitis A few decades later I'm still here Thank you medical professionals! 🙂
I'm glad you're here C. What an amazing doctor!!
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If you like these kinds of stories about the courage, dedication, and morality of medicinal professions, please check out Urasawa Naoki's "Monster". It gives off the same atmosphere of appreciation for doctors, nurses, and humanity as a whole.
I could not make it through all of these. Thank you to all these amazing people who see and care for humanity when they need it the most.
When I feel sad...I come back to this page and read a few....Brings me back from sadness.
Board Panda, you really need buttons like Facebook..like, love, laugh, wow, sad and angry because these are the emotions we feel as we read posts like these..
when my mum was in hospital dying all my family members came in except my younger sister and our father...no-one else had thought to go pick them up and neither sis or dad drove (l was in there already because l was her carer and had spent the night with her in the room) l left to go get them but alas mum passed before l could get back with them..it turns out she let go a few minutes after l left..l think she was waiting for me to go rather than to leave whilst l was still there (mum and l were really close) the one bit of heartening l took from it was that her eldest son was there, she'd actually had waited for him cause he was away on a business trip and had to fly back..so she was there for his first breath into this world and he was there for her last..beautiful but sad..
to honour them posting these stories l have gone through every one of them and up-voted just about all of them..they deserve that much..
Are there any filmmakers reading this? There are so many nurses here describing the AIDS crisis. If these women would be willing to be interviewed--this period and their actions should be documented.
I couldn't make it very far--but I'd like to hug every single person here. Thank you for all the exhaustion and hard work that gives us the humanity we all need when we are weak, vulnerable and ill. Thank for fighting for us and for showing us love and dignity.
lectured for living in a developed society. can't win hearts that way. sorry.
Wow. My mind is so confused by being moved tweet after tweet. An overwhelming mixture of the happy endings and the not so happy endings. All shared by wonderful people from whom I'll try to take an inspiration in my life now on, even though I don't work in the medical field. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
i read half way could do no more - the upvotes got less and also - becouse no-one could read that far
Load More Replies... I just gave up being able to comment - all heartbreaking. I just hope so much that when my time comes, or in an emergency, I am in the care of someone as great as all these
I half want to go back and read to the end and the other comments - but it's too distressing
Load More Replies... same, literally don't know what else to say.
Load More Replies... i have only been in the presence of one person as they died - my mum.- of natural causes I cant even imagine how hard it must be to go through it daily with trauma/accident victims, children - is endless - so much respect
Oh my heart... There's something to be said for the humanity in these posts... Heart breaking, but also heart warming... I feel so humbled right now...
I'm repeating a comment that I made on one of the tweets that bears reposting. It's edited for brevity. If you want to be an organ and/or tissue donor, let your family know your wishes. Just having it on your driver's license isn't enough and your family can stop a donation. It's the same with CPR. Work with your doctor to create a POLST. It's a document, printed on bright green cardstock that records your wishes should you be unable to communicate. Once you have a POLST, keep it in an easy to access place in your home. The POLST covers tube feeding, use of a ventilator, CPR, and different options of each. When you are admitted to the hospital, if your wishes are not expressed to the doctor, you will be treated as a full code and administered all lifesaving measures. It's never too early to talk about such serious and depressing things. Look up Terri Schiavo.
Such beautiful people for sharing their stories, for taking the time out to help and care for another person that they may not even know. We should take our own life lessons from these people.
Each of the stories is so touching I could not stop the tears rolling out of my eyes Really kudos to people like you! You make the world a better place to live :)
I was a premature c-section when the doctors noticed moms bp was high. Almost all the amniotic fluid had drained out. 6 mos later the dr diagnosed me with Turner Syndrome 2.5 years later the same dr recognized that I had Meningitis A few decades later I'm still here Thank you medical professionals! 🙂
I'm glad you're here C. What an amazing doctor!!
Load More Replies... If you like these kinds of stories about the courage, dedication, and morality of medicinal professions, please check out Urasawa Naoki's "Monster". It gives off the same atmosphere of appreciation for doctors, nurses, and humanity as a whole.
I could not make it through all of these. Thank you to all these amazing people who see and care for humanity when they need it the most.
When I feel sad...I come back to this page and read a few....Brings me back from sadness.
Board Panda, you really need buttons like Facebook..like, love, laugh, wow, sad and angry because these are the emotions we feel as we read posts like these..
when my mum was in hospital dying all my family members came in except my younger sister and our father...no-one else had thought to go pick them up and neither sis or dad drove (l was in there already because l was her carer and had spent the night with her in the room) l left to go get them but alas mum passed before l could get back with them..it turns out she let go a few minutes after l left..l think she was waiting for me to go rather than to leave whilst l was still there (mum and l were really close) the one bit of heartening l took from it was that her eldest son was there, she'd actually had waited for him cause he was away on a business trip and had to fly back..so she was there for his first breath into this world and he was there for her last..beautiful but sad..
to honour them posting these stories l have gone through every one of them and up-voted just about all of them..they deserve that much..
Are there any filmmakers reading this? There are so many nurses here describing the AIDS crisis. If these women would be willing to be interviewed--this period and their actions should be documented.
I couldn't make it very far--but I'd like to hug every single person here. Thank you for all the exhaustion and hard work that gives us the humanity we all need when we are weak, vulnerable and ill. Thank for fighting for us and for showing us love and dignity.
lectured for living in a developed society. can't win hearts that way. sorry.
