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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Yes, he called it like it was. I feel bad for the children of these “fools” too, because these so called childhood diseases are much more severe, even deadly, if you catch them as an adult.
Load More Replies...They are not only spoiled fools, they are putting other children's lives at risk
Absolutely - I came very close to dying of measles as a 3 year old in the UK in 1966. I think before the vaccination program was fully implemented. I cant understand why parents would risk NOT immunising in this day and age. Probably because they gamble that modern healthcare is now good enough to fix anything
All they risk is adding to the danger of a future outbreak in which some kids would not be so lucky
Load More Replies...I attended nursing school in the seventies. Half of my teachers were veteran nurses who served in WWII. I caught their enthusiasm and wonder that smallpox and polio would be eradicated in their lifetimes. Maybe even measles, mumps and rubella. Enter the anti-vaxxers and their willful ignorance and selfishness. Monumental ignorance and homicidal self centeredness. Words fail to express my disdain, my loathing for them. Please remove yourselves from our society. Feel free to be an incubator for pathogens somewhere in Antarctica away from research posts.
Well said. Roahld Dahl's daughter died of measles, and he wrote a poignant letter begging parents to vaccinate their children. Sadly, it is still relevant: http://time.com/3692439/roald-dahl-measles-letter/
Load More Replies...Another thought - if they developed an anti-cancer vaccine - would people refuse it for their children?
There IS an anti-cancer vaccine and parents ARE refusing it for their children. The HPV vaccine covers the four most common viruses that are responsible for almost ALL cases of cervical and uterine cancer in girls and mouth, throat and, penile cancer in men. These vaccines consist of three shots over the course of several months and provide lifelong protection for kids. ... Parents would rather see their kids die than vaccinate them. The reason? It would “make” their kids have sex. Do they really think their kids are that stupid?
Load More Replies...I do wonder - if people dont vaccinate because a disease is almost non-existant where they live - do they then take the children to exotic holiday locations where the risk is so much higher??
Yes. A “missionary” from an antivax megachurch in Grapevine Texas returned from Africa and was responsible for over 20 kids getting measles and a couple of them dying. The church changed its policy, too late. I think that man should be in prison for manslaughter - and the idiot parents should be charged with attempted murder and assault, losing custody of their kids permanently. ... There’s a law on the books in Canada that makes it a crime to “willfully spread an infectious disease”. Sometimes I wish those laws would be enforced.
Load More Replies...Condolences, dude, condolences. The only thing even remotely "bad" about vaccination is that it stings for literally one millisecond. GET. YOUR. KIDS VACCINATED. I don't know any way to say it better. JUST VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN. ITS NOT THAT HARD.
I cant understand how people can downvote those in favor of total vaccinations - when you have had family members die from whooping cough - when you nearly died yourself from measles, when you had schoolfriends affected by Polio
people dont understand how very dangerous life was for children 70 or 100, 150 years ago - so many didnt survive due to the awful diseases
Load More Replies...first world parents who don't vaccinate are brain washed google depending idiots.
People who parrot what MSM are brain washed morons... that would seem to include you.
Load More Replies...i just looked up - UK statistics of measle deaths from "reported" cases 1941 - 1,445 deaths - there will have been many more that didnt get officially notified back then. In the years from 2000 to 2016 there have been either 1 per year or none at all
I don't know what you tried to say with that comment, but anyways you just proved the logic behind of obligatory vaccinations against certain diseases, which then prove the so-called herd immunity, which agains prevents people from dying to those diseases.
Load More Replies...THANK YOU! Everyone I know in my elementary school was vaccinated back in the 90's and we had no autistic kids and no one developed it! I only met a single autistic kid when I was 15 from another town whose dad fathered him in his 60's... and every single person I know is vaccinated.
The journal article that stated that autism was caused by medical vaccines was scientifically refuted and the authors were found to be on the dole for someone. I can't remember who, but I am sure a quick search will bring it up. Its unfortunate that so many believed such a lie in such a short time.
Load More Replies...I cant believe a comment I made is now hidden with 9 downvotes and I am being called a selfish jerk and could be responsible for a death - i am unable to reply . I said that you cannot force an adult to have jabs, even though it should be mandatory-- - people even lie about their imunisations to get jobs where they are required. I have been vaccinated against everything going.and believe all people should be
That’s what happens when you tell us that adults don’t need to be vaccinated, or should be able to opt out. When adults do this, children die. This is not complex.
Load More Replies...There is something causing autism. The anti-vaccine people should be focusing on trying to find it, instead of believe a made-up story. There are pesticides and herbicides, and there is BPA that have not been ruled out as causing developmental disorders. And rather than 6 doses, children are getting doses with nearly everything they eat.
there's also a theory that autism is caused by "gut-health"--or our lack of it.
Load More Replies...Having worked in northern Nigeria where in 6 months I saw 30 people DIE of tetanus, I know exactly how you feel!
This. Where I live we recently had a tourist visit who turned out to have measles. They were only at one place for a couple of hours, but now anyone with a low immune system, such as those that have had transplants, who happened to be at the same place has to worry.
You saw kids die daily from Measles? When was this? Where did you practice ? There was only 1 death from measles in all of Kenya in 2018. " In 2018, measles outbreaks were reported in Kenya. A total of 404 cases were reported from January 2018 to Mid-September 2018. Among these cases, 20 (5.0%) were laboratory confirmed and 1 death (CFR=0.2%). The cases were reported in five counties; Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Nairobi and Kitui. " http://www.afenet.net/index.php/news/news/471-kenya-feltp-response-to-measles-outbreak-in-mandera-county
Yeahbut, anti vaxxers know better than medical drs, so there. (sarcasm, just in case. It's happened)
Unfortunately they believe they are saving their children's lives by not vaccinating. There will always be a few who have a bad reaction. They are taking that as evidence against vaccines. Only something bad happening to them personally will make them change their minds and then it is too late.
Load More Replies...Don't call people spoiled when we know our children don't get proper vaccinations any more. They put garbage in the vaccination. Children are up to 70 shots in their childhood now. That is so insane to do that to any child.!!!!!
Unvaccinated individuals who have contracted a preventable disease kill! Do your research. You will find a lot more support for this claim that your previous one. Or maybe talk to a parent that lost a child due to contracting a disease from an unvaccinated child who was too young to be vaccinated how they feel about optional vaccination. I bet their response would not be as nice as this.
Load More Replies...This is Roald Dahl describing his daughter's death from measles "but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly .... measles [encephalitis] as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her." Children still die from measles, and they still die from whooping cough. Most importantly, they don't have to suffer through this diseases, or put their lives at risk, and vaccines protect other children
Load More Replies...He was probably not following her, but he most likely gave her kid the vaccin and listen to the brave woman tell her story.
Load More Replies...I don't know really... Maybe the fact that you don't live in a third world country with basically no access to healthcare ? You know, the same healthcare that's provided thanks to science, just like vaccinne by the way.
Load More Replies...They are not affecting their own bodies. They are exposing all the other children who are then exposed needlessly to diseases that could kill them. Not vaccinating children results in the resurgence of epidemics like measles and whooping cough--that kill.
Load More Replies...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.
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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.
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.