I was 2 years old and wouldn't stop crying. My parents took me to an emergency in a well known reputed hospital. When we reached there, within 10-20 minutes the doctor decided I needed an emergency surgery asap for some problem with my stomach which was life threatening. He also added I was crying because of the pain from my stomach. So they made my parents sign the required documents for surgery and prepared everything for putting me into surgery. There were 4 students as well along with him. My parents felt suspicious of the whole thing and decided to not go with the surgery after consulting with another doctor over the phone. The doctors at the hospital were furious, called the cops and the cops made my parents sign papers that put the whole responsibility on my parents if something happened to me. Later I was diagnosed with an ear infection. Imagine getting surgery on the stomach for an ear infection. So remember what Dr Mike said, You have the right to accept or deny treatment. Not all doctors are good/capable.
@fellwren9113
2 жыл бұрын
were they going to disect you or something!!!!
@yunarikku2723
2 жыл бұрын
Please tell me your parents sued, that’s terrifying! I’m so sorry!
@e.m.rivera8948
2 жыл бұрын
they called the cops??? they have no right to call the cops and force surgery!!! where was this???
@valeaves
2 жыл бұрын
What a dumb doctor, sorry. We‘re taught that, in children, pain often manifests in the stomach area, even if it‘s not the stomach that‘s hurting. Especially with ear infections (as they are quite common in little children because of their anatomy)!
@crystalmasters8582
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shiz
@stafana13
2 жыл бұрын
As a physical therapist, the amount of times I've had patients tell me that they don't know what surgery they had or what was injected in them is pretty scary...
@allisond.46
2 жыл бұрын
Oh God.
@Cantetinza17
2 жыл бұрын
I always bring my paperwork from before or any medication with me that way I can show them.
@greggen4033
2 жыл бұрын
How many of them are elderly?
@loritanner4478
2 жыл бұрын
Why? Their getting the big C shots without knowing what poison is in them. And these are people that read every label on their food pkg. Because they are afraid of red dye #4 or high fructose corn syrup. Really?
@millyvice4423
2 жыл бұрын
How would they? They are lying sleeping or basically knocked out and the doctors can do whatever they want. HOW would they know what exactly is being done to them? 🙄
@brittaniemerrick1044
Жыл бұрын
When I was 16 or 17 I kept blacking out in class. Like I was coherent and could hear everything that was happening around me but I couldn't respond. Despite my mom thinking I was faking it, she took me to an immediate care that was affiliated wit the local hospital. They had the ability to do a CT scan at this location. The doctor told my mom I was indeed faking it and sent me home. It was a few days later that I had a Grand Mal seizure that I coded from and landed me in a coma for a week. By the grace of everything good I am here today to tell the tale.
@mostlyghostey
2 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you are okay! I'm also so sorry you went through that!
@diogoandre756
20 күн бұрын
Thats insane... i had flu like symptoms for like a year (as a young teenager) and they tested me for months for so many things until they exausted all possible explanations and concluded it was something psychosomatic related to depression (I don't remember very well) but they *never* said at any point I was faking it. It's insane how any doctor has the balls to say something like that
@brittaniemerrick1044
20 күн бұрын
@diogoandre756 Yeah I never went back there.
@helpfulinterdimentionalfor8692
Жыл бұрын
Something I loved about my Doctor is that when I was diagnosed with ADHD and sent to get medicine, is that he took the time to educate me. He took a marker and drew a diagram on the noisy crinkle paper on how my medications would affect me and their different release mechanisms. It made me feel way more comfortable and confident in using my meds!
@HannahJones-yx1vu
8 ай бұрын
This reminds of of a story that my mom told me they this medical person when explaining the surgery that I had to have on my eyes as a baby or I would have gone blind he literally draw a diagram on his scrubs just to show my mom what was going to happen with the surgery
@user-mj8bg3fw8w
6 ай бұрын
I grew up with an doctor as father and everytime he was explaining something to me he made such little drawings
@pilvikkiitisso5010
2 ай бұрын
I once asked my doctor if i should be tested for ADHD. He looks up from his paper he was writing on and says "Why? It's obvious." That was 30 years ago.
@sarahwesley2961
2 жыл бұрын
I was about 13-14 when I had a pretty intense case of appendicitis. My mom took me to the hospital and the ER doctor 1. didn't do any kind of testing other than pushing on my stomach 2. kept dismissing me and my mom when we brought up concern about my appendix. The doctor insisted it was just period cramps and a hot bath + OTC pain meds would help. Being a young teen, I didn't argue with him, I just said "oh...it doesn't feel like cramps but if you insist" and I went home. That same night I collapsed and was rushed back to the hospital, only to discover my appendix had ruptured. I was in the OR within like 10 minutes of showing up. I don't think I've ever seen my mom as angry as she was because she literally could have lost her child to the negligence of a lazy doctor 🙃
@BlondeDGamer
2 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry you went through this. Could I ask what appendicitis felt like? My wife is at risk and I want to help her identify it more personally as we both get period cramps and our ohio ERs are not always kind as you can surely believe. Was it easy to kind of tell? Like sharp pain? I don't mean to press at a pretty bad event. I would be just as upset as your mother and it is shameful what they did.
@thedancingparamedic
2 жыл бұрын
@@BlondeDGamer the pain with appendicitis is sudden and is mostly concentrated to around the belly button or the right side of the lower abdomen, unlike period cramps being usually more gradual and in the lowest part of the abdomen. digestive issues and low fever are also common.
@anne-marieshaffer6241
2 жыл бұрын
When I was 16, I went to the ER with a bad flu and the ER doctor insisted I was pregnant. Even though I knew I wasn't and couldn't be pregnant, he forced a full blown pelvic exam on me. I was too sick to protest or advocate for myself.
@sarahwesley2961
2 жыл бұрын
@@BlondeDGamer It was genuinely one of the worst pains I had felt! It was extremely sharp and didn't feel like period cramps at all. It wasn't 100% localized, the focus of the pain was the lower right side but it radiated up. A big indicator that it wasn't my menstrual cycle was that I had pretty intense nausea and I felt extremely flushed. Once it got to the point of rupturing, I was very out of it and couldn't really talk from what I remember? I think from a combination of the pain and a fever. I'm 26 now so this was quite a while ago, but I still remember being in excruciating pain.
@insertquirkynamehere5258
2 жыл бұрын
The exact same thing happened to me. I woke up with a tummy pain if was really bad and I couldn't even get off the couch. My mother took me to the Gp who dismissed it as a tummy ache. The next day I woke up with a unctrollable shaking and trembling. My dad who is a doctor just had some intuition and called the hospital saying he thought I had appendicitis. A few hours later the surgeons came pressed on my tummy a few times and said she didn't think it was appendicitis however she would keep me there and if the pain got worse we could do a ultrasound. In the end it just turned out I had a high pain tolerance and a good body. I had to fake the pain and it was wirth it I spent a day with a ruptured appendix. Lol Parents have some sort of 6th sense
@theCidisIn
2 жыл бұрын
I had a surgeon either caused or miss a big tear in my duodenum during a gal bladder removal that made me throw up blood. I went back the next day and they sent me home because they said I was "drug seeking". Then they fixed it after I started throwing up blood. When I went to my check up for the first surgery I found out they never even told the original surgeon!
@Style_224
2 жыл бұрын
Yikes that a serious issue like why would they think that normal
@person6757
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a justified lawsuit.
@Style_224
2 жыл бұрын
@@person6757 yup it does
@Lizzie-uf3dt
2 жыл бұрын
The exact same thing happened to my mum. She nearly died because of doctor negligence, then the same surgeon yelled at my mum when she complained to the hospital. She wasn’t properly sedated and still remembers the whole surgery and is completely traumatised and is scared of hospitals. I’m so sorry this happened to you. Just out of interest, what country are you in? This happened to my mum in the UK
@this_is_patrick
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like it could've been a legal gold mine. I'm a layman, but what they did looks pretty negligent to me, especially with the way they immediately dismissed your complaint without even forwarding it to your surgeon. You should've called Saul.
@lesliemddunham7430
Жыл бұрын
Patient advocacy is extremely important. I’m so glad you brought it up. You have to be able to speak up on your own behalf especially when it has to do with your medical care.
@hilary3219
Жыл бұрын
Immediately went to look for this comment. It is so so so important. If anything feels wrong or off about a situation even a tiny bit, always ask or say something about it. No one knows your body and what your feeling better than you do. And if they act like they do even after talking about it, find someone else to see. Everything Dr. Mike says - spot on.
@ryanwellington7493
6 ай бұрын
Not so easy when you suffer from anxiety
@anayaalcazar3779
8 ай бұрын
“I genuinely didn’t know what was happening” and he’s a DOCTOR , how terrible to have this kind of experience but i can’t say I’m not relieved that he has been on that side of the table.
@steve_the_first
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like this story sheds light on how vulnerable patients can be in situations like this, and unfortunately even if it is within our rights to accept or refuse a specific treatment, I feel like I’m not exactly qualified to do so? Also my anxiety is usually through the roof when I visit a doctor, which makes it even more difficult to say no to something, because my main instinct is to avoid confrontation.
@TjPhysicist
2 жыл бұрын
omg so much this. I have massive amounts of dental trauma and combination of "too poor to go to the dentist for a few years" and "dentist i went to sucked". Now i'm scared to go to the dentist to begin with, the money problem hasn't gotten any better (omg dentists are so expensive) and on top of that all these badly done treatments need to be fixed. The worst part is, not all dentists acknowledge how bad the previous treatments were, or want to correct it (Rather than fully redo, or tell me to ignore what my body is telling me thru pain)...i feel its so important to LISTEN to your patients and acknowledge what they're feeling even if you THINK you know better...you may well do, but keep that to yourself. I basically went from not at all caring about dentists or feeling perfectly normal going to one to avoiding them at all costs. i CANNOT tell you HOW MUCH it helps to have someone acknowledge your trauma while treating you btw. i KNOW the root canals i had were bad, i can FEEL the difference in my tooth...you telling me they're fine is not helping.
@driving.me.crazy_
2 жыл бұрын
@@TjPhysicist Oof, lucky for me the dentists i went to were great, and they were quite cheap. My teeth still have huge cavities tho 💀
@erintomatoes
2 жыл бұрын
Yesssss me too
@martam307
2 жыл бұрын
I'm similar, but I've worked on it. My method is to ask logical questions with open ended answers and see where the doc goes. I imagine it's not about me and ask like I'm doing an interview. What are complications? Are they common? Are there other options/methods? Why are those alternative treatments not suitable for me? If something goes wrong, what are the symptoms/complications likely to be? How long will the recovery take? And so on. It's not confrontational, I'm asking for information, it's very sensible stuff to ask about, especially if the doc skipped over things like this. I might hate the doc, but if they sound logical and reply straightforwardly, I'll go along with it. One time, I had a doctor trying to brush me off and not answer my questions. I just said that "oh, I thought this should be my informed decision/consent, and right now I don't know enough, so I don't feel confident." and the doc very quickly folded and explained.
@zahraalhussein1912
2 жыл бұрын
@@martam307 Those are absolutely amazing questions to ask! Thank you for your story!
@jurassicaaaX_X
2 жыл бұрын
Everything you described is exactly what it’s like to be a patient with chronic illness.
@KatieZeitz
2 жыл бұрын
Yupp exactly what I was thinking. I have had chronic nerve and other pain for decades and most of my experiences with pain management have been similar to this.
@kelleyhigginbotham1555
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I absolutely abhor seeing new doctors or nurse practitioners. It’s insane.
@Rosi-ni9pc
2 жыл бұрын
everytime I meet a new doctor and they find out about my low blood pressure ...I say nothing to see what they make out of it...and it's very different EVERYtime.. like WHUT
@Jenivere_S-H
2 жыл бұрын
That feeling when you have chronic illness and find a good GP who listens and works with you properly on pain management and other long term symptom management/reduction, and you're looking at them like "please never move away or retire, I want the best for you but I also really wouldn't want to try finding someone this good again because not every doctor is like you"
@krisaaron5771
Жыл бұрын
All chronic pain patients are familiar with the infamous "Oh gawd, YOU again" look we get at the doctor's office. They can't cure us so they're convinced we only want opioids to "get high". If feeling somewhat normal is "getting high", then perhaps that is our goal. Most pain patients simply want to STOP HURTING, something that seems to baffle medical providers.
@Burningth0ughts
Жыл бұрын
My symptoms started at 13, severe hip and knee pain all my doctors (and family which made it even worse) said that is was growing pains and anxiety (I’m a girl) and I kept having these severe pains all the way till now. When I was 14 my new doctor wanted to send me to a specialist. My parents “did not want to spend money on teen angst” and so it took till I was 15 to actually go see the specialist(almost 8 months since my pediatrician said I should see the specialist) there my doctor looked me over did a physical exam and decided the best course of action was to get X-rays on my hips and knee, once he looked over the x-rays he diagnosed me with hip dysplasia and patella tendinitis. It took 2 years for me to get diagnosed and now I’m going to have to get hip replacement surgery and lots of PT. If my parents and previous doctors would of listened I could of gotten treated earlier. I am now 16 and my pain has only worsened (because hip dysplasia remind understanding it’s only curable with surgery) and if my pain worsens I’m going to have to use a wheel chair in order to not go through severe pain.
@rmw9130
10 ай бұрын
I'm so sorry that happened to you. When I was a kid I was told for months and months that I just had growing pains. I was finally taken to a rheumatologist and diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis after my dad noticed I was always limping around the house. It was not only medical personnel that downplayed my issue but my step-mom, her kids, my PE teacher....I felt so vindicated when I was diagnosed lol.
@bereal8253
9 ай бұрын
@@rmw9130my god, how do so many people miss that? I imagine a limping person would be a very _obvious_ attestation to something being wrong. And OP as well, that is just so sad. I remember my mom said how much money she spent on me when I was crying for fourteen days straight and couldn't breathe. It left such a huge scar on my heart I don't think I'll ever forget that.
@mostlyghostey
2 ай бұрын
Im so sorry. You're younger than me when my chronic pain first showed up (I was 18) but I know what it's like to be young and have people be dismissive of you. I know it's so hard. I hope the best for you! ❤️ If you can (I know because the pain is bad this can be super difficult) try to stand up for yourself in your appointments. Some ways I found to do this are repeating what you have previously said, asking questions, refusing treatment until you understand it fully, and never let anyone dismiss you. Keep being annoying until they either listen or you know you need to switch doctors. You obviously watch doctor Mike so you likely know all that but still. I hope hope hope you can be pain free one day!
@mostlyghostey
2 ай бұрын
Oh! I just remembered in a lot of hospitals and even some clinics you can ask for a patient advocacy coordinator if you feel you are being treated unfairly!
@lshanahan955
Жыл бұрын
I got run over by a drunk driver and needed a joint fusion in my foot. Doctor found out I have PTSD and refused to do the surgery and changed the tx plan to a different option with less research and support. When I said I wanted to be able to weigh my options, she said my PTSD made me incompetent and she would be choosing thr tx plan. Needless to say, I found a new doctor
@lanelson6875
2 ай бұрын
That is unconscionable. Thanks for adding to your pain, huh?!
@lottieew135
2 ай бұрын
😱😡
@vickywasisht
2 жыл бұрын
"Intelligent men learn from their mistakes, wise men learn from the mistakes of others." Thank you Mike for giving us this perspective.
@origamiman7891
2 жыл бұрын
Me who does both:
@scottmatheson3346
Жыл бұрын
me who does neither:
@omniscientbarebones
11 ай бұрын
me who continues to make mistakes despite desperately trying not to
@user-nz8gr7em6o
2 жыл бұрын
I love how Dr. Mike, as a doctor, recognized how hard it is to have doubts as a patient but can't voice it out because we don't have the adequate knowledge to REALLY know what's going on. So most of the time we just rely on the "they're doctors, they probably know what they're doing". It's also the fear of being told or thought of as "Oh so YOU'RE the medical professional now huh?". I see a lot of social media of medical professionals doing a skit of "that annoying, know-it-all patient/guardian", and it makes me fear speaking-up.
@christeaaa
2 жыл бұрын
facts
@vaughnhaney7020
2 жыл бұрын
Last time I went to the doctor, I needed a blood draw. Thing is I have a SEVERE needle phobia. So I explained and very politely asked the guy doing it if I could let him know when I was ready as that degree of control prevents me from having full on panic attacks. I've done this at least half a dozen times with other nurses who happily complied with no problems ever arising so I know it's not an unreasonable request. Dude tells me not to tell him how to do his job, as well as generally being extremely stubborn about agreeing... Thankfully despite being very rude he did end up cooperating in the end, though he grabbed me very hard and caused way more extensive bruising than I typically get with blood draws...
@Loaves_of_Cat
2 жыл бұрын
@@vaughnhaney7020 I hope u get to ask who *can’t* draw ur blood at the office u go to, that guy sounds like a d*ck. Ur not even telling him how to do his job, just asking him to wait for u to be ready.
@justabloke7222
2 жыл бұрын
@@vaughnhaney7020 I always listen to stories like these where the nurses or doctors are egoistic. It’s so unfortunate because they can’t accept different ways to do things or if they did something wrong.
@vaughnhaney7020
2 жыл бұрын
@@justabloke7222 Yeah, I'm honestly afraid of having to go back to that lab for my next blood draw (I tend to need them regularly) in case I get him again. Honestly if I do I might try to specifically request a different nurse, but I'm worried about if that's not an option and he hears so I'm left with no choice that he might deliberately hurt me out of spite...
@lizziepomesky8307
Жыл бұрын
I went to a psych hospital for depression and my doctor told me my parents weren't ready for me to come home, and I needed to be transferred to a different facility for a year. Before I went I saw my parents and they asked why I didn't want to come home... my doctor told them I didn't want to leave and that's why they didn't push to get me out. I was in that hospital for 3 months before I got out.
@brinnc-o9065
6 ай бұрын
Hi, child of a psychiatrist here. From the second clause of the first sentence, I was immediately suspicious. A psychiatrist acting as the only available means of communication between a patient and their family has an agenda. Even if there is no agenda, psychiatry has a propensity for attracting narcissists and/or people with god complexes, so it can be quite a crapshoot. You shouldn't have had to suffer like that. I empathize with you, and it makes me so mad that a psychiatrist put you in such a shitty situation during such a vulnerable time in your life.
@LittleKitty22
4 ай бұрын
@@brinnc-o9065 Thank you for pointing all this out - indeed it's well known that a lot of narcissists tend to go into the medical field and especially mental health. The reason is simply that there they get plenty of access to vulnerable victims - who are guaranteed not to get believed. Some patients might also have a history of abuse, and nothing is as exciting to an abuser as a victim that's already been abused! A lot is also about making money - keeping people in therapy for years, pushing dangerous drugs at people etc. It's all just greed.
@kellmos571
2 ай бұрын
Ugh this breaks my heart I am so so sorry, I have read they do this to keep billing. This is just one of the reasons I won’t go.
@harleybriggs3496
2 ай бұрын
It sounds like they were trying to filter you into the troubled teen industry. I'm glad you didn't end up in it.
@MMuraseofSandvich
Жыл бұрын
The advice at the end boils down to: _You as a consumer/patient have the right to make informed decisions._ You can't make informed decisions if you don't understand what's the situation, the procedure the doctor wants to do, and why, and it is the job of the doctor to clearly explain those things to you. If they can't be bothered to explain, or if they're ignoring patients' concerns, I don't know if they ought to be treating patients.
@slaveteri
Жыл бұрын
i can't tell you how many times we have patients scheduled for surgery but don't have their consent signed yet because WE DO NOT GET SIGNATURES UNTIL THE PATIENT IS EDUCATED. The dr has to do the education. If they don't come up and do that, we don't even ask for a signature. And then in the morning the OR is coming to get the patient, consent isn't signed, and OR is pissed at US. We just tell them, "oops, sorry, dr never bothered to educate the patient. You'll have to get the consent down there!" There is no way we're going to take that kind of risk with a patient or gaslight them into signing something that don't understand.
@AccordingtoJexi
2 жыл бұрын
I never realized how truly crappy most of my doctors visits were until I started getting treatment at the Cancer Institute. As a cancer patient, in this particular hospital, everything is easy, explained well, doctors are easily available, etc. It's everything I expect medical care to be and I didn't realize how often that was not my experience prior to this.
@moniqueengleman873
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I feel the same way. I moved all my care to Stanford and they have discovered so many issues and began treatment right away. Like I've had Lupus for 15 years, and stage three renal failure. But nobody treated me. Now I am being treated for numerous comorbidities.
@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka
2 жыл бұрын
In Latvia it's quite opossite at cancer treatment , it's like being sent to a death row, doctors are mean there - no compassion , my professor were told - what do you expect ?With your diagnose you already should be dead ! Which made him furious , 5y passed cancer resurfaced , recently he passed away he was very nice person with great sense of humour, managed to write 2x books in one particularly speaking about our cancer treatment clinic which has one of lowest rating/review in Latvia!
@AccordingtoJexi
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka Wow. That's awful. I am so grateful I am getting such good care. I know not everyone is so lucky.
@lydiamillanar6235
2 жыл бұрын
So may lesson ive learned
@ytsamurai1962
2 жыл бұрын
I've noticed this as well while working in a hospital. The Oncologists seem like the most dedicated and compassionate doctors. I wish more primary care doctors cared about their patients to that extent.
@hmariekoehn
Жыл бұрын
My dad passed away in 2016. I immediately lost so much weight, and became severely depressed. I started to have these uneasy feelings that are so hard to describe, but kind of like vertigo. I didn’t feel like I was moving with my body. I then, began to pass out regularly. I told my doctor and her response was “oh it’s just grief, here’s some antidepressants and anxiety meds.” I continued to lose weight, and dropped to a whopping 79 pounds at 21 years old. I was DYING in front of her eyes and she told me it was grief. Eventually, one cardiologist listened to me and transferred my case to Stanford University. Turns out, I was born with a genetic connective tissues disorder and had developed a condition called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS, had extremely low potassium, had to get a potassium infusion at the ER, and my heart was in irregular rhythms with a high risk of going into cardiac arrest. The doctors told me I would’ve died within 2 weeks from how malnourished I had become despite me eating regularly. Safe to say, my doctor never questioned me again.
@Echo_the_half_glitch
Жыл бұрын
If you didn't get a new doctor you should have, that's just-ugh.
@Meskarune
Жыл бұрын
I have POTS and deal with low potassium sometimes but I don't actually know how or if those are related to each other. I have a mitral valve prolapse as well and problems with my digestion.
@hmariekoehn
Жыл бұрын
@@Meskarune how they explained it to me, was with POTS and the nervous system being so out of whack, it affects the way my kidneys retain fluids along with vitamins like potassium, magnesium, etc. I was put on Florinef to try to retain those nutrients and it seemed to help. The ER doctor actually told me it’s super common for patients with POTS to show nutrient deficiencies along with heart arrhythmias.
@hmariekoehn
Жыл бұрын
@@Echo_the_half_glitch I did end up getting transferred to Stanford, and thankfully they gave me my life back. Now I live across the county and am a nurse! :)
@sav2823
Жыл бұрын
I called POTS from the first few sentences. I was also born with a connective tissue disorder and have POTS as well. It's a very common combo. However trauma can also trigger it so it makes sense it started getting really bad when your dad passed (so sorry for your loss by the way). For some reason, despite it being kinda common? So many doctors dismiss it. There are so many ways one can get it, and there's been a spike because of COVID. Thankfully my doctors didn't shrug me off but I see stories all the time of doctors just saying it's anxiety :/ Sounds like a horrible experience, hope you're doing well
@magentaquicksand1448
6 ай бұрын
Really hope he reported him for the HIPPA Violation 😬
@jenjen52982
11 ай бұрын
So many people dismiss nerve pain and chronic pain without any idea of what the person who is struggling with it is going through. Thank you for validating the very real agony a bad nerve day can be.
@jenjen52982
10 ай бұрын
My doctor told me that opioids have a euphoric side effect. It took me close to an hour to get to the point where I realized that means some people have an effect other than just not being in pain. I am happy because I am not in pain. That is literally the only goal I have. You are seen.
@AnimeWolf56
2 жыл бұрын
For a period of several years I went to multiple doctors and practices to complain about leg pain. They all told me it was cos of my weight (I'm a little overweight but far from obese) and told me to exercise more, and ignored me when I said I can't cos of the pain. About 10 docs later, I moved houses and tried a new practice which had good reviews. Saw the new doc, and she was the FIRST doctor I saw to actually examine my legs. Turns out, one of my legs is shorter than the other, causing an uneven gait and extra wear on my joints and muscles, and causing the pain. Some special shoes later, I can now enjoy walking my dogs.
@deesnuts1
2 жыл бұрын
I had the same problem but luckily for me i complained about it when I was 7 or 8 years old and my doctor sent me to a bone and joint specialist who gave me special wedges for my shoe, no bs about it
@sweetheartxd287
2 жыл бұрын
Whenever I visit a doctor they ALWAYS SAY IT'S THE WEIGHT like bro I'm overweight I get it but not Obese!
@carelsby
2 жыл бұрын
Weight affects everyone differently but i think doctors should really rule out other issues before jumping to the conclusion about weight. Also in some cases even if it is about weight, maybe the patient cant do anything about their weight bc of food allergies, conditions like PCOS or intestinal issues, etc
@Oxaca73
2 жыл бұрын
@@sweetheartxd287 I'm obese and it still isn't the cause of all my medical problems.
@gobblinal
2 жыл бұрын
It's so f'g weird that so many doctors don't believe that fat people can get hurt too.
@johnl6371
2 жыл бұрын
In my medical training I was taught "first, do no harm" and "treat the disease, but care for the patient". We learn a lot about treatments and procedures, but listening is probably the most important skill of all.
@tommiegirl2441
2 жыл бұрын
This. Yes. Thank you.
@Jane-dr2wg
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! And recognize that the patient is the expert on their body and how it feels. They might not know *why* it feels that way or how to treat it - but that’s where doctors come in.
@laurabailey1054
2 жыл бұрын
I wish my doctors listened to me. I have spent the last 6 years feeling like I have been talking to a brick wall when it comes to getting care after I was hit by a car. My doctor has even tried to brush my injuries off as”aging”. I tell him I have been complaining about the problems for the last 6 years and been ignored. I swear some doctors ears are for decoration
@PsychGirlRaven
2 жыл бұрын
@@laurabailey1054 I got access to a medical journal And started pursuing my own treatments. I finally found an OD who looked at things differently and finally got a diagnosis.
@Iluvatar196
2 жыл бұрын
Listening AND skill of asking question.. because oftentimes we as patients dont know which information is important
@lucar9873
Жыл бұрын
I am both horrified by your experience and weirdly grateful for for a prominent medical professional to have had one like this. So many of us us chronic illness patients who see a large number of providers have had these business bizarre and traumatic experiences and most doctors just outright dismiss that they could have happened. I understand and earn and urge to defend fellow professionals, but this is our real life experience trying to get care. I am deeply sorry that it happened to you though.
@GeologicalNerd
Жыл бұрын
I know this is an older video, but I have something to add to this. It isn't easy to advocate for yourself when you are forced into procedures (knowing they will not help) just to RECEIVE help. I have Ehlers-Danlos hypermobility syndrome, lots of bulging discs, all of my major joints dislocate. Yes, I am made to get injections for "pain" when I do not respond well to these medicines just to receive medicines. There is no where to go that will not make you get these stupid injections that will ultimately worsen my osteoarthritis. It's chronic, it's never going away unless I am wired together and never move again. I suppose I just don't understand why no one talks about these "additional" procedures that people are forced to get yearly, sometimes bi-yearly. It's pitiful. If you're disabled, your screwed. We can't afford to go to good doctors and there are no specialists that are willing to try and work with us. I've lived in three states and no where have I found a place willing to give me meaningful care. Alright, I'm done y'all. Sorry about that. Good vid though. All excellent points.
@hdb80
2 жыл бұрын
I was a hairdresser for 16 years, and trusting anyone to do my hair is a nightmare. I can't imagine being a doctor, trying to trust other doctors and practitioners with my health.
@tessat338
Жыл бұрын
My terrific hairdresser has this same problem. She needs someone like her!
@hdb80
Жыл бұрын
@@tessat338 It's the honest truth, it's so difficult when you KNOW they're messing up your hair!
@LinaMed
Жыл бұрын
Well, as a doctor, you don't need to trust them 100% since you understand what they are talking about, it's more like a conversation and compromises But as a hairdresser you totally need to trust them 100% and can only see the outcome at the end, knowing you could have done better if you are disappointed, I agree that's tough 😬
@hdb80
Жыл бұрын
@@LinaMed It is lol, honestly I watch like a hawk when they're doing my hair. I notice every little mistake or thing they do that I consider wrong, or less than ideal. Not fun hahaha.
@Kaykaykayk
Жыл бұрын
Are you able to straighten really tibgt curly hair without damage
@ReillyWilde
Жыл бұрын
A report to the doctor’s medical board for his HIPPA violations (sharing a patient’s personal info & identify) as well as his apparent incompetence to practice medicine is a fair & safe response to your bad medical experience. Being a doctor who has also been a patient definitely sheds light on both sides of the medical experience. Hope you’re healing well. 🍁
@silviesil1
Жыл бұрын
Agree! If Dr Mike does not report, he is PART OF THE PROBLEM.
@elstongunn4277
Жыл бұрын
Please know that it is spelled “HIPAA,” not “HIPPA.”
@ReillyWilde
Жыл бұрын
@@elstongunn4277 A misspelling from typing too fast. I’m aware. Thank you.
@michaell1603
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha reporting to the medical boards likely doesn’t do much. They get a slap on the wrist for things like killing actual patients. Lookup the infamous “Dr Death”. There’s been countless incompetent doctors and nurses who literally just move hospitals once they harm too many patients. It’s insane.
@kj_09
Жыл бұрын
@@ReillyWilde Ahh yes, I also experience spammer's hand from time to time.
@ItsAMeMilkTea
Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you’re advocating for a patient’s right to accept or deny treatment! It’s something I believe many people do not realize they have and advocating for yourself with a medical professional or authority figure is tough. I’m no stranger to this, but my boyfriend recently went to the ER for an intense headache in which he was nauseous, couldn’t hold down even water. When I brought him to the ER and he was admitted, not once did the doctor come to see him. Everyone but the doctor came in. The ONLY time the doctor came in was to convince my boyfriend to get a CT Scan. I want to point out that this doctor had another man come into the room and blocked the exit of the room, and didn’t introduce himself (didn’t even know if he worked for the hospital because he wasn’t wearing any scrubs). The doctor didn’t even give my boyfriend a chance to put his two cents in this conversation. It was essentially the doctor repeating “You need to get this CT Scan or else we won’t know if you’re really okay. It’s better to be safe than sorry. So we’re doing this. I’m going to put in an order for the CT Scan.” My boyfriend uncomfortably nodded his head. And I got so mad at the way they were making my boyfriend uncomfortable THE WHOLE TIME that I said “Well what about what HE wants??” Looked at my boyfriend and asked “What do YOU want? Because I want what YOU want. Just because they’re saying you have to get it doesn’t mean you have to- you have a right to accept or deny the CT Scan. It’s your health. Do you want the CT Scan?” And he started finding his voice again. When the doctor tried persuading my boyfriend to reconsider my boyfriend kept firm and said he didn’t want a CT Scan. He wasn’t given any meds only got vitals and blood drawn before this whole ordeal. No one asked him about what his history was, what had happened leading up to this in more detail, just left him in a room to struggle in pain and throw up. The doctor was real pissy after and never showed up again. When I was trying to find someone to get a cup of water for him, the doctor was on the phone talking loudly about my boyfriend while two nurses on the other side were joking around. Tried getting their attention for 5 minutes. Doctor made eye contact with me and decided to turn the other way to continue his call about my boyfriend (I know because he said the room number, name and age of my bf). Moral of the story- ethics and respect plays a big role in the medical world. The doctor is probably right- it’s better to be safe than sorry- but my boyfriend was not going to be safe in the hands of someone who clearly doesn’t care of his own patients’ well-being and comfort. He was even saying that if my boyfriend dies and we could have prevented it with a CT Scan that it would be a shame! If you ever feel uncomfortable about treatment, don’t be afraid to speak up. It’s your right as a patient to accept or deny treatment AND your choice MUST be respected (however, there ARE some exceptions to this). If you don’t feel comfortable being alone- bring someone you trust to be your back-up. Afterwards, the nurse had given my boyfriend a painkiller and anti-nausea medication. The hospital had him sign papers relinquishing all liability on the hospital if something happened to him relating to the refusal of care after his discharge. I let my boyfriend know if he changed his mind about a CT Scan I will bring him elsewhere because we both didn’t trust that hospital and their ability to provide adequate care. He’s perfectly fine now after being able to rest and rehydrate. Edit: After reading the comments section and reading so many others’ medical experiences, I would love to see you react to them.
@randabrown1536
Жыл бұрын
I have had horrible experiences with doctors, not only me but even my family and because of these awful experiences I don’t like nor do I want to go to see the doctor. I wish that there were doctors like you that cared about trying to get the root of the problem and caring about treating the patients, but most of them just treat symptoms and don’t care about helping people who ever gets the opportunity and privilege of having you as a doctor I would say they are truly blessed. Thank you for sharing your videos with us and being transparent and just being a great doctor.
@xplicitgoofy1015
Жыл бұрын
Yeah he went to some really bad doctor that was in for the profit I hate doctors like that like what benefit is that doctor getting from not finding the root problem the goal is to treat the issue not to assign medications for it to make it temporarily feel better so you can keep coming to them it is to cure so they get a good reputation now not all doctors are like that but a lot of doctors are like that at prestigious hospitals though I’d expect less of thst because doctors aren’t worrying about billing their patients since the hospital pays that but at non individual centers a lot of thst is seen which is crazy
@hollybrown9706
2 жыл бұрын
It's so scary to navigate the medical system as a non-medical professional, because as you said, us lay people don't always know when a doctor's explanation doesn't make sense, what treatments are and aren't evidence-based, if the risks are being accurately explained, etc. All we can do is trust that the information we're receiving is complete and correct. I'd love to see a video on what information we should receive before any medical treatment, what questions we should ask, and what independent research we should do before making medical decisions. Just explaining to lay people what red flags look like in a medical visit would be a huge help.
@christalyu635
2 жыл бұрын
Seconding this!! Help us out Dr. Mike!
@vancie
Жыл бұрын
This comment needs more attention! It is so hard to know what to ask. Often, when you go in for a problem it is already a stressful or even scary situation because you don't know what could be wrong (or worse, got the usual 'gonna die' diagnosis from Google) so when someone who seems to know what they're talking about, or at least has more credibility than the average person, says something it is difficult to dismiss even if you're uncomfortable.
@Amybunny15
Жыл бұрын
My mom was admitted to the hospital when her appendix burst. It was the first time any of us in the family had ever been admitted to the hospital (outside of my moms labors). We had no idea what is right/wrong, normal/abnormal, how the hierarchy system works as there are a hundred different people who will come in to do a million different things, who is in charge and who calls the shots. The nurses were absolutely amazing at taking care of my mom and all she needed which made us feel comfortable. Outside of that, case specialists, finance ppl, different doctors, ‘hospitalists’, made us doubt. But in the end we thought we know nothing and they know what they are doing. If they say she is okay they must know what they are talking about. In the end. They were trying to discharge my mom when we really felt she wasn’t ready. Turns out she had developed necrotizing fasciitis which was discovered when a wound nurse specialist actually took the time to look at her. The next month is a blur and a nightmare. My mom suffered and ended up passing away. As I write this I sob just at the memories. And even now I don’t know if this is just something that happened that couldn’t be helped or if there was someone or ppl at fault due to negligence. I don’t know if I should let it go and move on or try to get some answers. I don’t even know how one goes about this. Sometimes I think it might be better to let it be and move on and many others times like when I watched this video, I feel so hurt and wronged. My family has been scarred and has lost a fundamental trust in hospitals and healthcare. I wish we would have been more aware of things that happened that were not right and the doctors lack of interest actually SEEING my mom.
@anncata7368
Жыл бұрын
I usually google symptoms. Then rule out the absurd. The actually read about possible diagnoses. When I DO SEE A DOCTOR, I’m somewhat prepared with possible diagnoses and treatments and QUESTIONS!! Advocate for yourself not every doctor knows everything.
@creamdelacreme
Жыл бұрын
If your symptoms aren’t improving or worsening. Find someone new. And don’t go somewhere that’s cash pay. Having contracts with insurance companies can be a sign they are bonafide.
@Tinkerbird
2 жыл бұрын
Being chroniclly ill, this kind of interaction has happened to me on so many occassions. I have had doctors just talk to talk. I have had doctors say that what I am experiencing is not what was happening (when it actually was/is). I have had doctors treat me like there was nothing else to do unless I had it done their way. I have had an ENT focous on my vascular malfornation on my face (which was being treated by another doctor) instead of the horrid dizziness I was actually experiencing, treating my complaint as an after thought. You have to self advocate and be able to say 'no' in scary situations. Doctors are just humans; they cannot know everything.
@lil-WolfyWolf
2 жыл бұрын
being chronically ill is a nightmare unless you find good Doctor's, I thankfully have a couple good ones who listen to me & help me but it took time to find them
@StellaDraco
2 жыл бұрын
I've dealt with similar issues myself, as another chronically ill person.
@mellie4174
2 жыл бұрын
All of what you are experiencing is called medical gaslighting
@Whynotcreate
2 жыл бұрын
You say no and then they say you're argumentative 😑
@Ibarramarylin89
2 жыл бұрын
Or them saying, it's not pain; you're just imagining it. So frustrating. 😪🙄
@bekiroden2629
Жыл бұрын
I was 16 living in Aurora Co when I became very ill. Started with nausea and fever, water and saltines were ALL that would stay down. I developed a headache so my mom took me to the ER. Dr came in looked me over and said it's the flu drink water and take this anti emetic. I couldn't keep the pill down, went back because the headache was so severe I couldn't see and things were terrifying. Same diagnosis, only instead of a pill I get a suppository, thanks Doc. 4 visits in under 6 days, same tests same diagnosis same treatment, getting worse. A nurse finally insisted they do more when, on the 5th visit, my testing bpm was at 168 and I couldn't see!! 2 hrs later they think spinal meningitis.. turns out I was septic from an UTI with no symptoms. I would have died if not for that amazing nurse!!
@kristinhill1615
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for being a patient advocate and help explain patient-focused care while still respecting the science
@rach397
2 жыл бұрын
Video gave me flashbacks! I once had the nerve hit in my shoulder while receiving a B12 shot and it was incredibly painful. I told the doctor in the moment how much it hurt and he shrugged me off to say "B12 shots hurt", even though he knew I had been receiving them monthly for years. My next visit to that clinic (walk-in), I told the current doctor that he needed to use my other arm because I was still sensitive throughout my usual arm from my last injection and he was pretty upset to know what had happened and helped me treat the nerve pain. Mistakes happen, even for doctors, but it's too common that they don't listen and dismiss patients' concerns after. Thanks again for an educational video for both doctors and patients 🙂
@lindamackwer4082
2 жыл бұрын
Docs on Long Island don’t make mistakes. All done on purpose. Big money maker. Lost two family members.
@memorycelle
Жыл бұрын
👏 Agree! We need communications and health educators to be hired for every health office and hospital.
@rach7326
2 жыл бұрын
As a physician, I hope you reported him. He violated HIPPA as well as the fact that he is not listening to his patients, not doing the proper investigating techniques, as so forth. Who knows what he might have done to other patients.
@lucamednyanszky749
2 жыл бұрын
*HIPAA= Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ;)
@memorycelle
Жыл бұрын
@@lucamednyanszky749 🥰
@silviesil1
Жыл бұрын
Agree Dr Mike is PART of the PROBLEM if he doesn’t report!
@howellgame4850
Жыл бұрын
Headline: Doctor Mike has an experience as a patient much closer to what normal people have almost every time they go to the doctor
@acupiano
Жыл бұрын
Acupuncturist here. Acupuncture is an invasive procedure, and just like with any other provider we need to get informed consent, which includes explaining the risks and benefits. I've found that most providers in my field don't tell clients much because we work in a model that American mainstream society doesn't recognize as real or valid. But it is possible to enroll your client in their treatment plan, and I hope more folks do that. I work with my clients to explain what I want to do and why at every appointment, and to find the best approach together. Edited to fix typo
@skydragon84
Жыл бұрын
I see acupuncture as valid. And Chinese medicine as valid as well. As long as we're informed just like you said. And as long as no one labels it as a "cure-all".
@gayahithwen
2 жыл бұрын
You know, as much as I'm sorry that you had to go through that, I'm also genuinely kind of happy that you did, Doc. Not because I want you to get poor care, but because it's so vital for doctors to know what THAT feels like. To seek medical assistance, and be just completely dismissed by the people who're supposed to help you. Hell, you even got the bonus experience of your doctor bringing up your weight out of absolutely NOWHERE. While talking about your *elbow.*
@EmmaJohnsonShenanigans
Жыл бұрын
not related at all but great name car-in lol
@arrow2589
Жыл бұрын
Yuuup, I stopped going to my general dr because she said my grades where to good for me to have adhd. And that was after I was proven to have severe adhd by a neuropsychologist. Later I had Dr's insist my iud was fine after dr inserted it wrong and it was completely upside for two weeks before they would remove it. It was causing labor contractions and severe pain allover the entire time and they told me it was fine.
@OneLegFlamingo1
Жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh the weight thing. I injured my hip and after telling me he couldn't see anything on the MRI so clearly I was fine, the doctor said I was fat and should lose weight. I was 125 pounds wtf. I was young and felt so embarrassed I left without getting a diagnosis or treatment. Was in pain for years. I understand that excess weight can strain certain injuries, but that comment was totally uncalled for and I feel like he said it to bully me into silence.
@MarieAntoinetteBestQueen
Жыл бұрын
@@OneLegFlamingo1 what? 125 pounds isn't fat unless google didn't convert it into kg correctly. He should have at least treated you before being a sadistic a******
@Echo_the_half_glitch
Жыл бұрын
@@OneLegFlamingo1 I- 125 is a perfectly normal weight?! Its like some drs don't know what a normal or average weight is
@josiefike
2 жыл бұрын
My son was 3 months old, 10 pounds and throwing up everything he ate. I went to so many doctors and all they did was switch formulas! I told them over and over something is wrong!!! I finally walked into a random office and told the nurse what was wrong and begged for an ultrasound to see if it was pyloric stenosis. The dr, without even seeing my son, trusted this desperate mom. He order the ultrasound and I had a follow up visit with him and finally met him. Everything came back clear. He switched my son to elecare and ordered a swallow study. That came back normal. At that follow up, I told him that I noticed what looked like a golf ball in his groin when he cried. My son had an ear infection so we thought it might be a swollen lymph. Started antibiotics and saw him again a couple days later where his med student saw us first. The med student instantly saw the golfball as my son cried. He told me he thought it was a inguinal hernia. Went and got the doctor and it was indeed. My son had surgery a day later along with an Endoscopy. All they found with that was he had an intolerance to the protein in normal milk, something we already knew. My sons doctor explained prior to even meeting a surgeon that he was confident this would solve the throwing up. He explained it as a kinked hose and the only way for it to go was up. His surgeon wasnt so sure and he was the one who ordered the endoscopy. I told the surgeon that I was pretty sure he had 2 hernias, one and each side. The surgeon said the pobability of that was less than .003%. After taking my son back and getting an IV in, the surgeon came back and told us we were right that they saw the 2nd pop as he cried due to the iv. We singed a new form to have both herians repaired. Immediately after surgery my son was 100% better. Went we followed up with his primary, I told him about the surgeon saying it was .003% chance. The doctor say something I will never forget and I think is so important about medicine "there is a difference between probability and possibility" I have never forgotten those words! My son is now 5.5 and thriving! He has had no issues since! I thank God for his doctor everyday!!! He trusted a desperate mother begging for someone to listen to her!
@riyalise
2 жыл бұрын
this is insane, im glad ur son is better now!
@sidb9540
2 жыл бұрын
Pathetic medical care! hope you didn't have to pay the 1st few doctors who saw your kid! if you did, then such a sad state of affairs is our medical system at! Glad to see he is doing well now!
@FrenkTheJoy
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I can't imagine being a literal baby with a hernia! That must've been so scary for HIM, let alone you! I know they just can't do in-depth exams with everyone all the time, but they ought to take more care with babies since a baby can't advocate for himself or tell you in his own words what he's feeling.
@josephdahdouh2725
2 жыл бұрын
@@sidb9540 I think the medical education is to blame. Not the doctors. Unless the doctors where lacking in terms of refining their knowledge or care.
@LenaFerrari
2 жыл бұрын
After the first two sentences, I was said to myself "but they at least did an ultrasound to check for pyloric stenosis right?" Because that's an emergency, they needed to discard it immediately... Very disappointed that you had to beg for one. They should have investigated further regardless, because there are plenty of causes that can lead to this, and it could have been very dangerous. Sure, switching the formula is a good first step, but you must continue the investigation once it doesn't work Then the hernia: when you have an inguinal hernia in a kid younger than 1yo, the probability of it being bilateral is not 0,003% (that sounded absurdly low, so I checked UpToDate, which is a plataform with updated medical information meant for doctors to consult), it's actually 10% (up to 50% if the child is premature or had a low birth weight). It's shocking that they examined your baby and didn't notice a golf ball sized growth in his inguinal region. It's also very strange they thought it could be related to an throat infection, since the inguinal lynphonodes are not part of the throat drainage system. The antibiotics probably would have made sense, anyway, if it was a enlarged lynphonode, but a proper physical exam should be able to tell an inguinal hernia and a lynphonode apart, and there are exams that could be order in case of doubt. A proper physical examination would have spared you from all of this, but I guess doctors can't bother to examine their patients... (disclaimer: I'm not a doctor myself (yet), but I'm a med student, one year from my degree. I have finished pediatrics, both theoretical and practical parts, and based everything I said on research on medical sources to make sure that I wouldn't be saying anything incorrect)
@gracecarpenter8938
Жыл бұрын
I got a full on SPINAL TAP when I was 6 months old because doctors refused to listen!! I had a mild fever, so my mom called the pediatrician to ask how much Tylenol to give me, but the pediatrician frantically sent us to the ER, where they frantically tried to figure out what was wrong, while my mom was screaming at them. She literally thought I was dying. When they finally listened to her AFTER the spinal tap that she hadn't given me Tylenol yet, they said SHE was at fault for letting them do all that without telling them--she had been screaming it the whole time and they wouldn't listen!!
@Nozuka621
Жыл бұрын
I have had a lot of bad experiences with doctors and got a hard time trusting them now. It always feels like they don't know what is wrong with me and they just try to give me some medications to see if something sticks.
@kaiser9109
Жыл бұрын
Sure their not working on the symptoms and history present, they can only work on what they know but If all that and their still doing what you say then that should give concern I think
@LeviAckerman096
Жыл бұрын
Yup, same here.
@ArielEarthyorder
Жыл бұрын
Fr, I went to the doctor for a rash that would appear after tapering off of Prednisone, and without even looking at it (or seemingly without even listening either), she said it could be fungal, bacterial, etc, and since she doesn't know what type of rash it is, that I should continue using the fungal cream I've been using for a 2 months (with zero results) for an additional 2 weeks and let her know if the symptoms start getting better... I had another flare of my autoimmune disease, so of course as soon as I went back on prednisone, the rash went away before the 2 weeks were done. Now my rash is back again and I see no point in seeing the doctor again, as they just told me to experiment with medications until something eventually works...
@keturahdavis9545
2 жыл бұрын
Its honestly crazy how there is such a wide spectrum of quality in the medical field. This definitely sheds light on both, why people dont enjoy visiting doctors and also why people dont trust doctors in many cases. The cost vs the uncertainty of quality and the fact that they may easily be lying/being misleading or falseifying things is just not okay.
@sharpe34
2 жыл бұрын
Just remember the number one graduate of 100 at med school is called Magnim Com Laude. the 100th is called, doctor.
@cgt212ify
2 жыл бұрын
I’m one of the people who doesn’t like to tell doctors about my pain. And such.
@sunnylife7203
2 жыл бұрын
C's = MD....You can become a doctor even you were just scraping by in med school. The bright and talented doctors are far and few.
@pilsplease7561
2 жыл бұрын
The best doctor i ever went to was like 67 years old and was a tough old school kinda rough around the edges grouchy older guy but you could not slip any medical issue past him his experience was good enough he got everything right and treated it well and was the best doctor I ever went to cause he listened, gave his exam and opinion and treated you and you were in and out fast and he didnt over charge you.
@user-bx9ri2qv3y
2 жыл бұрын
@@sunnylife7203 I agree with that BUT to even get into medical school requires incredibly high grades as well as extracurricular work. I wouldn’t say most doctors are untalented or not bright.
@flyinrobin3
2 жыл бұрын
It’s so unfortunate how easily this can happen to people, especially when they don’t have the medical knowledge to combat the misinformation. Plus, the money issue! Ugh! I’m glad this all worked out for you, Dr. Mike!
@mochs62512
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the whole "cash only" was a HUGE red flag for me
@Loaves_of_Cat
2 жыл бұрын
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@flyinrobin3
2 жыл бұрын
@@mochs62512 Totally!!
@diazbecky85
Жыл бұрын
I ended up hospitalized with autoimmune hemolytic anemia because it took multiple doctors over multiple states over many months for anyone to take my care seriously. I was only admitted after my parents demanded a blood test for me, I was 10 at the time.
@wendygore2709
Жыл бұрын
I completely understand where you're coming from. I had to change MD' & pain management Doc's more than once. They either didn't listen to my concerns, did no hands on exam, then proceeded to make diagnosis/treatment, dismissed that it was "all in my head" or did a procedure that actually made my spinal issues worse. You have to be your own advocate, folks. If it feels wrong or like you're just a number or a paycheck, it's time to find a Doc you are comfortable with & actually listens to your needs. Thanks Dr. Mike, for sharing your own experience 🙏❤️
@Sarah_D.
2 жыл бұрын
Years ago, I had to have a major surgery. But, even though it was my first (and so far only) surgery, I wasn't the slightest bit afraid at all. And, that's entirely thanks to how open and honest the surgeon had been in our consultations. I had to have multiple procedures done in one go. He straight up told me that, although he had plenty of experience performing each procedure individually, I would be the first time he's ever had to do all of them on the same patient, and at the same time. Also, he had never done these surgeries on someone my age. (I was 16 at the time, but most of his patients were middle aged or older.) He also explained in detail how each procedure would be done, and he made sure I understood all of the potential risks and side effects, from the most likely down to the most remote and least-likely. Then, he gave me a good piece of advice that has stuck with me forever. He said that *ALL* surgical procedures, even the simplest and most basic ones, have some risk involved. And, if any doctor tells me that there isn't any risk, I need to immediately just stand up and walk out of the office and never go back. I haven't needed any surgeries since then, but I still follow that advice with just regular, basic care. When a doctor wants to start a new treatment or medication, my very first questions are about side effects, risk factors, and drug interactions. And, I've actually had a few doctors dismiss my concerns, and one even straight up lied about the side effects. Thanks to my surgeon's advice, I didn't hesitate to find treatment elsewhere. So, ALWAYS ask, ALWAYS advocate, ALWAYS speak up, and ALWAYS make sure your bs detector is turned on. (Btw, that surgery I had... it went faster, smoother, and had significantly fewer complications than anticipated. Plus, not only did I make a full recovery, but I also recovered in less than half the time everyone thought I would. I basically became my surgeon's favorite patient after that. Even a decade later, I was still a legend at his office!)
@AccidentallyOnPurpose
2 жыл бұрын
This. *Any* surgery, no matter how skilled the surgeon or anesthesiologist, no matter how simple the surgery is, and no matter how healthy you are has risks, including death. Although it's rare, it's there, and if a doctor tells you it's not, run away.
@Thenoobestgirl
2 жыл бұрын
I read that as "make sure your doctor is turned on" and was like alright, if you insist 😯😏😂
@cheekyb71
2 жыл бұрын
Gosh you are super lucky to have had that initial experience, I had something similar and here in New Zealand our patient code of rights is designed to have this outcome, it doesnt always, but most of the time it ensures it. But can you imagine if your first introduction to serious medical treatment was as Dr Mike explained here? You'd think that was normal and could get completely screwed! Yay for being your own advocate
@queenamalia5952
Жыл бұрын
I don't have a dramatic story like many of the comments do or Doctor Mike. But when I was in college, both my roommate and I woke up in the middle of the night with fevers and extremely sore throats. We went to the campus clinic and saw the same doctor. He told us both that it was a viral infection and there was nothing he could do. However, since I had just been treated for strep and my last exam had a high white count in my blood, he wanted to re-test me. He literally told my roommate "wow, that (her throat) looks like hell! Well, it's viral so maybe go back to the dorm and eat a salad." He called me not even 5 minutes after I got back to my room saying my white count was through the roof and I needed antibiotics. He didn't bother to call my roommate to get her treatment. Her mom was furious and drove an hour to campus to pick her up and take her to another clinic where she was treated for strep with antibiotics. The fact that this doctor didn't even test either one of us for strep just shows how lazy medical professionals can be 🙄
@retired5218
Жыл бұрын
A lot of doctors have the "God" complex, and think they know it all and are infallible. Best guess based on what the patient says but they need to test with blood work, MRIs, x-rays, etc. They aren't always right.
@zvxcvxcz
Жыл бұрын
The US has the fast strep tests too... Where I am now they send the strep test out to a lab and won't have the result for 5 days... and 5 days of untreated strep is pretty ugly. No idea why they don't have the 5 minute test here, they certainly have the resources to.
@SophiaKalo
Жыл бұрын
same thing happened to me, I ended up going to emergency to try and get treatment 2 nights in a row as I was given antibiotics by a doctor but the absolute lowest dose because he insisted it was probably viral but he’d give them to me ‘just in case’. my fever kept going up and was hitting 39.5C degrees and my throat being so raw and sore that I could hardly swallow water let alone any food even though I maxed out my daily intake of Panadol 8 hours in the waiting room on the 2nd attempt being seen by emergency cause a nurse dismissed me since my fever had just broken (but I was still severely dehydrated and sickly). we had to wait for the night staff to leave and others to show up and me and leave before me with less serious issues before I was finally seen and they confirmed it was a really bad case of strep throat and put me on IV fluids and antibiotics.
@papayafun7226
6 ай бұрын
@@zvxcvxcz I am from Europe. They don't test for strep. In all honesty, both viral and strep feel terrible. I had throat pain so many times including fever, etc. From the latest information I could find, if you don't have immuno probems, it does not really matter whether you take the antibiotics against strep. It however takes longer to overcome and you will stay contagious for longer. This would mean that it will reduce your productivity and it is best to stay home. Resisting the urge to grab antibiotics would help to stay more vigilant against bacteria resistance, but I might be biased by how I was raised. It goes to show that healthcare also relates to culture.
@stanthebamafan
Жыл бұрын
Ever since listening to/watching doctor death, I’ve been apprehensive at the thought of finding a new doctor. I feel like a lot of his patients tried to do their due diligence, but he had good reviews and won awards and had a good reputation with doctors who didn’t actually know him. Like how do you even know if a doctor is good if they can just manipulate the system? Your story reminds me of doctor death. I wouldn’t be surprised if those reviews were fake.
@g.h.7661
Жыл бұрын
“Listening to dr death” is this some kind of euphemism? What does it mean
@RabbidTribble
Жыл бұрын
@@g.h.7661 It’s a podcast by Wondery about terrible cases of doctors harming patients. It starts off with the case of Dr. Duntsch, a Texas Surgeon who caused serious injury to 31 patients and killed two others before he was finally stopped.
@RabbidTribble
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!
@katherinerockhill9341
Жыл бұрын
This reminds of a doctor's appointment I went to when I was around 15. I have a history of a chronic pain condition and one day my dog pulled in the leash yanking my wrist. When I went to get it checked out he walked in talking about stress and was starting to recommend options before even asking me anything let alone an examination. During the exam I cried and yelled in pain, which is a lot for me because my pain condition has given me a strong pain tolerance. And he minimized my pain by noting "slight pain, acute discomfort" worst appointment of my life
@mostlyghostey
2 ай бұрын
I once saw a doctor for ingrown toenail surgery and not only did the med student that was with him do a better job operating on my other foot, but afterwards he prescribed amoxicillin even though I had made it very clear that I had a severe penecillin allergy. The amoxicillin made me so sick I had to go to urgent care. I understand so much the frustration of not being listened to especially when it endangers your health.
@ccl1195
2 жыл бұрын
Mike, this story got me emotional. To me, you entered what I call the "Medical System Twilight Zone" and that is what your story is about. My father is a retired chief of anesthesia and he was very good; I am not a doctor but I have a good science background. Growing up I had a nearly implicit faith in American medicine due to my family background. Now in my 30's some opinions have changed. My father worked with some "top guys" in our local area, "slick" as he called them, but even so he would always comment on their eccentricities, quirks and blind spots. When you reach the outlier regions, this is honestly an extremely weird field full of extremely weird people whose authority is protected by veils upon veils of money and hierarchy- echo chambers abound. My dad historically defended the system or had middle-of-the-road, talking point opinions on things for most of my life. Eventually that shifted a little. 2 years ago I drove my dad to the ER in the middle of the night for what was a massive bilateral pulmonary embolus, he needed the whole deal, vena cava filter, sleep study, supplemental O2, etc. He went down the insurance rabbit hole for his CPAP machine and supplemental because the hospitalist failed to put in a note about it, took him 1 month+ to get it due to bureaucracy etc. Faith decreased. The next year my sister developed a terminal autoimmune condition which induces seizures and death without treatment (she has recovered thus far with appropriate treatment). She was on the other side of the country from my dad- "we can't send you here, we can't send you there, hope you get better!" to a person who was barely conscious. Faith decreased. He was furious. Have you ever heard a neurologist say something like, "Well, if you do have a seizure under those conditions, perhaps you could attempt to crawl toward the door or the phone, and someone might help you?"- and say it confidently and without change in affect? We have. The same year while looking after her I went to urgent care for some vestibular/equilibrium disturbance and was harassed by my examiner about not completing the paperwork quickly enough, "Have you ever seen a doctor in your entire life?" (again, my father is a retired chief of anesthesia for whatever that's worth), while on the verge of having a panic attack. Was referred to the ER (docs were excellent) but that's beside the point. Again my dad was pissed. These twilight zones do exist- ranging from hostile docs and nurse practitioners, to top guys with no remaining capacity to listen and a mouth that never stops, protecting their medical authority and establishing no genuine connection with the patient at all. The most telling thing to me is that even you, who are a well-versed medical authority, who had interviewed the surgeon general of the united states, had your faith in yourself shaken even temporarily so that you didn't speak up while this guy went on with his Duckspeak for 30 to 40 minutes. Now imagine you're a layperson with no knowledge of medicine who has put your faith in the system to cure what ails you. Anyway Mike I hope you read my venting here, I love medicine, it can be man's salvation or man's curse depending on who you're dealing with, today I'm in hypnotherapy and ethics are very important to me. Thanks for reading, love this story, hope the discomfort of it sticks with you like it did for my dad.
@Redorgreenful
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your story. It’s important for people to know. I’m glad that you and your family were able to make it through, but you are right. No one should have to go through that.
@ccl1195
2 жыл бұрын
@@Redorgreenful Thank you very much, it's been a very painful series of years and that people have read my little monologue does mean a lot. I know other people have experienced things similar to these as well.
@thelegendoflivz
2 жыл бұрын
This is the best name for it I've heard.
@gmd_index4269
2 жыл бұрын
@@ccl1195 Honestly reading through made me feel a bit pissed myself, but honestly I think it’s best that anyone who has went through such experiences should spread some relative amount of awareness to those close-to, or around them. As this problem can =as you mentioned= save lives or take them. I had to use Equals symbols because KZitem changes the font if I use dashes.
@MarkerHealthcliff
2 жыл бұрын
props to the people who actually read this
@nogoat
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Now I wonder how many patients wasted their money because they didn't know that this guy was basically giving them wrong treatment plans Also, get well soon, Mike!
@steemb7325
2 жыл бұрын
@ٴ go away Edit: lol he actually deleted the reply I’m happy I actually accomplished something in life
@ivneetsehgal6265
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Saitoru2
2 жыл бұрын
i'm a jerk i was the one who gave you your 70th like
@LittleGameDev
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, I live in Canada but it's scary to think that doctor would have possibly made his arm worst.
@m_d1905
2 жыл бұрын
@@LittleGameDev Any doctor can make a situation worse especially those with a God complex.
@LMarti13
Жыл бұрын
Dr. Mike: "There's very little scientific evidence for acupuncture's efficacy but it's low risk so it's fine to use it as an option." * proceeds to describe how an acupuncturist gave him nerve damage with zero irony *
@mostlyghostey
2 ай бұрын
To be fair, I had a licensed medical professional use dry needling on me (It's similar to accupuncture but is more about localized pain and breaking up the signal of overactive nerve fibers) and I experienced the same type of nerve pain after one session. So regardless of whether it is a trained acupuncturist or an MD there can still be complications when you stick needles into places needles were not intended to go.
@feliciaalmen8665
2 жыл бұрын
7:27 I'm a nurse and when Mike said the doctor said the full name of a different patient my jaw dropped! HELLO LAWSUIT!
@Barbarianent
Жыл бұрын
No
@feliciaalmen8665
Жыл бұрын
@@Barbarianent Yup.
@thiagoleonardo2484
Жыл бұрын
@@Barbarianent YES. The "doctor" is not even paying attention to the patient that he is "examinating"
@mckenna5446
Жыл бұрын
Hippa BUrsting through the door like the FB frickin I
@feliciaalmen8665
Жыл бұрын
@@mckenna5446 🤣 exactly!
@risadarcy1565
Жыл бұрын
I was having my first ever (non-epileptic) seizure which was triggering my CRPS (very severe chronic nerve pain) and the seizure had caused my left hip to sublux too (I also have EDS) so I was screaming in the worst pain I've ever been in whilst actively seizing for 5 HOURS and a nurse told me "you have to stop screaming now, we have actually sick patients to treat"
@ThatAviationGamer
Жыл бұрын
she's the type of nurse that will try to cure someone with a cold over someone with a gunshot wound through the shoulder.
@jodil1209
Жыл бұрын
I have crps too. It is awful!!!
@southernfriedwestcoaster
Жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry u went through that
@elisdabeth7075
Жыл бұрын
This type of treatment is very common when you have neurological disorders/ diseases.
@zvxcvxcz
Жыл бұрын
Some hospitals get a lot of drugies and people that... aren't mentally all the way there. If it was someplace like that then it makes a lot of sense that the nurse would assume you are one of those patients.
@juliaatkins408
Жыл бұрын
I have the autoimmune disease, lupus (among a slue of other health conditions), so I see many doctors. I also work in healthcare and so I have a lot of interactions in this healthcare industry. The sad part is that these kinds of things happen all the time. When I wear my scrubs into a doctors office I am treated completely different compared to when I dress casually. It is crazy to me that I can go see the same exact doctor and get talked to professionally when I'm wearing scrubs and then talked to like a child when I'm wearing normal clothes. Dr. Mike talks about the fact that if you feel uncomfortable then you shouldn't get a procedure done and I thought that was so important for people to know. There was an occasion where my mother went to a neurologist because she was referred to by her Rheumatologist for this really painful test called Electromyography (they stick needles into your muscles to record the electrical activity of muscle tissue. From my experience this involves twisting and pressure applied from the needle and once the needle is in they send electrical pulses through your nerves.... very painful) When I picked her up she had blood running down all of her extremities and she was crying. I took her back into the office and asked for some gauze and bandages. Then I talked to my mother on the drive home she told me that he didn't wear gloves while using needles, didn't clean the areas he poked, didn't bother to bandage her, and hardly even spoke to her for her to understand what was going on in the first place. I myself had to have this test done and it is something extremely painful to get done. I couldn't imagine going into that experience with no warning of what was to come. It just goes to show that the bedside manner of many doctors needs to be improved. All healthcare workers, including doctors, should use compassion and empathy when treating their patients. Unfortunately, I have seen and had too many experiences to know that this is many times not the case. Thank you doctor Mike for pushing for people to advocate for themself and understand and take charge of their healthcare plan! We need more people like you in the healthcare field.
@mostlyghostey
2 ай бұрын
I had something similar. On my 18th birthday I was scheduled for an endoscopy. Crappy birthday I know but it was in the morning and I was having severe stomach issues and was very grateful to be being taken seriously. But when I got to the endoscopy appointment, instead of explaining anything the anesthesiologist injected me with medication and then the nurses started coming at me wildly with something to put in my mouth. I was so scared and even asked them to wait and explain what was happening but no one did. I passed out after that and woke up after the procedure. It was the scariest and worst experience in a hospital I've ever had. I hope your mom is okay. Give her a hug for me and let her know someone else understands.
@Karma-zx8qe
8 ай бұрын
If a doctor can be this badly misdiagnosed and not taken seriously by another doctor even, then what hope is there for the rest of us? Stay vigilant don't be afraid to question anyone about anything , no matter what their so-called Authority... I really love these videos because it's so validating and makes a person lose the fear to question these types of people. And challenge their egos, I always feel like I'm in a battle with someone's ego more than anything trying to get the help that I need ...
@DianaEricJ
2 жыл бұрын
As a recently diagnosed autistic adult, I have come to realize how we often don’t question those seen as the authority because that is our understanding of how the social interaction should go. Having a medically complex baby really taught me how to ask questions and advocate, but it took living in a hospital for months to learn how to do that. I often offer to be an advocate for friends and family now, because there is such vulnerability when you are the patient in a situation where you are not being truly seen and cared about as a person.
@commonsensespiritualist7809
2 жыл бұрын
I have no problem advocating for myself. I am quite capable of articulating needs and concerns. My problem 🙄 is the moment they find out I suffer from mental illness they become condescending, patronizing and will tell me "it's my fault " or in other cases "it's cause I'm over weight ". At this time, I have found a good doctor who respects me and talks to me. The specialists on the other hand, grrrrrrrrrr.
@tartfuel
2 жыл бұрын
You learned to be an advocate because of your baby (who I hope is doing well now), and I learned from advocating for my elderly parents. When people become seniors, many stop asking questions of their medical providers. I think it's mostly because they may be hard of hearing and not know it yet, or the doctor talks too quickly for them to understand, and they don't want to appear stupid, so they just agree to everything and have little idea what they're agreeing to. I, too, offer to advocate for other family members and my friends when I see they aren't getting the information they need from their doctors to make an informed decision.
@lunawolfheart336
2 жыл бұрын
Advocating is so important. If my mom didn't advocate for me and push Drs to get me medical tests I'd be dead right now
@Lavenderrose73
2 жыл бұрын
@@commonsensespiritualist7809 sounds to me like the doctor who respects you should have a nice little chat with those specialists!
@Lavenderrose73
2 жыл бұрын
@Eating Richly I totally get that, there was a doctor I should have stood up to and gone to the counter and demanded a change of providers after the way she had started treating me. I've had male doctors who treated me better during a pap than this woman did!
@davidbarnett342
2 жыл бұрын
Seeing "Doctors" decide how they would treat my daughter without ever meeting her is my ultimate red flag. She suffers from a coalition of conditions and they make her care a very controlled balanced thing. We can't make big changes, or discard certain things we are doing now, and I still get docs who don't even come into contact with her trying to change everything. Imagine going to Children's hospital because your little girl has pneumonia and then some greasy guy comes in talking about having J tube surgery while you're there!!!!! Just "Oh hey since your here mind if we slice her up some? No its not weird that it hasn't been mentioned before and I'm just blind siding you with a SURGERY!" You are a cash prize to a lot of doctors and that's the American way.
@brothersandsistersofvalhalla
2 жыл бұрын
Here in Canada you have an electronic medical record that is shared between hospitals and doctors so if you go somewhere new they can access your file and better understand your situation. I've never once had a bad doctor visit my entire adult life and I have tons of conditions.
@livingdivinity6275
2 жыл бұрын
Private OPDs around the world
@danielle6228
2 жыл бұрын
It’s unfortunately not such a rare situation that these things happen. From my own experience and experiences of others, but also while I was still working in the field. Some people are very arrogant and make mistakes because of it. I also urge the people around me to do their own research and print out the information to bring to the next visit and to not make any decisions unless you understand what you are saying yes to. From personal experience with my own health I’ve noticed big delays in their knowledge being updated. To be fair, my disease is rare, but when the information is out there to find they should probably at least do a quick google search. But maybe that’s weird to expect these days. So instead I printed all the information and send it to them digitally, because it was valuable information. It’s sad that we have to, but advocating for yourself or your loved ones is crucial sometimes. But you already know that from experience with your own daughter. Im just glad that we have good access to information these days and are no longer blindsided and have no other option than to follow one person’s lead. We can actually have some control in this.
@danielle6228
2 жыл бұрын
@@brothersandsistersofvalhalla we have that too, but still it requires physicians to communicate with each other and I have seen it happen multiple times where treatments would interfere with each other. Im glad it worked out for you tho!
@valeriadelrio-rodriguez4953
Жыл бұрын
My worst encounters have been w.gastro docs. They either said they couldn't give me anything, i was crazy, or did no exams and jumped to diagnosis. Wasn't till a yr and a half later I found a doc who actually did a proper examination and diagnosis.
@navidmohammmadpour3751
Жыл бұрын
An Incredible Doctor & Advocate: A Critical Care Nurse's Review What truly sets doctor Mike apart, however, is his unwavering commitment to advocacy. He listens to his patients and their families, understands their needs, and champions their cause. He isn't afraid to stand up for what's right, even when it's difficult or unpopular. His dedication to his patients' wellbeing is genuine and also both inspiring and comforting. It have been lucky and have the pleasure to work with many great doctors like yourself. Please keep up the great work.
@PincheBecky0Effsgiven
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being so honest about your visit. I remember an urgent care doctor prescribing antibiotics for my son, who was complaining about a Choo Choo train in his ear, no fever, no other symptoms. I explained to her that he had tubes placed about a year earlier. She asked if I was a doctor or a nurse. Huh, neither, but I'm a mother who is not intimidated by your white coat. Took him to his pediatrician the next day. Sure enough, tube had fallen out and 1 was pressing on his ear drum, removed and my baby boy was all better.
@duzehalo
2 жыл бұрын
I was asked the same question by a GP once and it's infuriating :/ I may not be a doctor but I live in my body 24/7 so if I report anything it's literally a first-hand info, don't need a diploma for that :/ I'm happy you seeked another opinion though 💕
@Shushishtok
2 жыл бұрын
Ohhh that makes me so angry that she said that! Like they demand the respect without proving they deserve the respect.
@barbaravyse660
2 жыл бұрын
@@duzehalo Exactly!
@jonmayer
2 жыл бұрын
If a mechanic said the same thing, I'd run from that place. No different than a doctor who thinks they're better than you and can quickly make some money and leave.
@FrenkTheJoy
2 жыл бұрын
Man, I don't even know why you not being a medical professional was relevant anyway? Your son has an unexplained problem and you were giving info that was relevant to where the problem was. You don't have to be a medical professional to do that! KZitem doctors always tell us to speak up for ourselves but then doctors and nurses are really rude and dismissive so your only choice sometimes is to pay to see someone else.
@maryandramiller3376
Жыл бұрын
I had a bad experience with a dermatologist last year when he diagnosed me with vitiligo. I didn't want to do any treatment because I have very fair skin anyway, and for the most part it was barely noticeable. But he implied, without directly saying so, that it looked horrible and was quite extensive, and recommended some intense treatment options that I wanted no part of. Never went back to him, and never will. I'm fine with my situation and wish that he had not damaged my confidence like that.
@Dachdogoriginal
Жыл бұрын
This condition is more acceptable now. And don't let some stupid greedy doctor dictate your worth. I think vitiligo is beautiful.
@LeviAckerman096
Жыл бұрын
Vitiligo is beautiful imo. I think it's insane that a doctor would try to force you into a treatment and try to damage your confidence so he could get some extra money off of you. That's disgusting behavior.
@oiseaufeu
Жыл бұрын
I don't think vitiligo is a life threatening ailment in any way. It is super rare in humans and even rarer in pets (dogs and cats). As I understand it, it's just a pigmentation issue. It's not the way you look that defines you.
@K430.
Жыл бұрын
i have vitiligo
@me-myself-i787
Жыл бұрын
Just remember to put plenty of high SPF suncream on, and make sure to get suncream which protects against UVA and UVB. Vitiligo can make you more vulnerable to the Sun because of the lack of melanin in your skin.
@valv4008
10 ай бұрын
Thanks Dr. Mike this is excellent advice ! I’ve had too many negative Dr./ Patient encounters, we need to know we have the right over our own selves ! Whether physical or Emotional !, 👍🏼
@kawtheryasser5172
Жыл бұрын
I like how he is so excited about the acupuncture and that it worked, he is like super happy that it worked eventually 😂❤
@StellaDraco
2 жыл бұрын
To share my own worst medical experience: I spent about 7 weeks unable to eat anything, with severe abdominal pain, and unable to drink anything but water for about half of that. The first medical professional I went to see told me it was an infection, despite my lack of fever. She checked my throat (for ABDOMINAL pain and digestive symptoms) and never even looked at my abdomen, and when I said I'd considered going to the ER she told me I shouldn't "waste their time" because it wasn't an emergency. Second clinic a week later took blood but couldn't do much, they referred me to a GI specialist who was highly recommended but insisted that my pain had to be restricted to either upper or lower abdomen. When I told him that my entire abdomen hurt, he just told me to pick one. He did an endoscopy, which basically showed inflammation (which is typical of many possible things) and nothing else. After going through five specialists, weeks of tests, and basically just being told I needed more tests, I reached a point where the pain reached a nine. I went to the ER because I could no longer eat or sleep and couldn't really focus to do anything but sit there in pain. The ER doctor didn't know either, but had me admitted because I'd lost around 100 pounds during the course of the illness. Luckily, a resident in the hospital thought it might be pancreatitis, which it was. (To be fair, I give them some slack for not thinking of pancreatitis as I have no risk factors for it at all (don't drink, don't smoke, no fast food, etc.) but I really think something should have been done well before this went on past a month.)
@stinkymoldyfeet
2 жыл бұрын
How is not being able to eat for 7 months an emeregency? That is horrible. I hope You’re better now.
@annamix5026
2 жыл бұрын
As a 21 y/o female who has been in and out of the hospital a lot as a kid, I’ve had so many doctors not listen to me, tell me something was because of my period, tell me I needed a treatment when I didn’t, nurses try to give me food or water that I couldn’t have, etc. I’ve almost never felt comfortable speaking up because I’m scared they’re gonna get mad and treat me worse if I say something or report them. In the week after my kidney transplant I had 1) a broken capsule of an immunosuppressant given to me 2) a nurse try to please me by giving me tap water (iykyk) and 3) a nebulizar treatment given to me for 6 days for my “asthma” which I don’t have and isn’t on my chart. They also had barely any options for food when it came to my gluten intolerance. In every single one of those instances and many others, I was having to correct the doctors or nurses. I was on a transplant floor. They only worked with transplant patients. Why did I know better??
@jamiemasters2464
2 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel! I had undiagnosed celiac disease for 22 years because of Drs passing it off as period pains. It wasn't until I started a journal of what I ate to when it caused pain and how long I was in the bathroom for that my Dr started to pay attention, by that time it was so greatly affecting my quality of life, at 22 I could work, go out, eat because I was in excruciating pain all the time and I couldn't stay awake that I was ready to give up and just end it. Finally he sent me to a specialist and after by biopsy he confirmed I had not only celiacs but the worst case the surgeon had even seen. 3 years later I'm finally on the mend and feeling better...not great, but I'm living again
@samterry1062
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamiemasters2464 I have celiac disease too and one of the best things I've done to help heal my intestines is start taking a powdered collagen supplement. You might try that to help you feel closer to 100%.
@MNP208
Жыл бұрын
@@samterry1062 Please provide the evidence for a supplement if you're going to make recommendations here.
@Ssylphie
Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure if I know but I’m gonna guess that they gave you tap water when you were NPO or on a fluid restriction..?
@annamix5026
Жыл бұрын
@@Ssylphie no. It’s recommended (at least by transplant doctors in my state) that transplant patients shouldn’t drink tap water because it’s not clean enough for people who are immunosuppressed. And the only time that I’ve accidentally drank it, it made me sick for 2 days so it’s not just a precaution. But that nurse was willing to give me some the day after my surgery even after I told her my doctors said I couldn’t have any.
@AriccaChristine
Жыл бұрын
That makes me feel slightly better about my horrible experiences lately, I had a cardiologist tell me I couldn’t have had VTach bc it’s life threatening before reading my holter monitor info then when he saw it clear as day he didn’t apologise for being wrong without the evidence that was clearly there. He was just a jerk and this was literally insane, thanks for making me feel better lol
@xaviercrean6543
Жыл бұрын
I am very grateful that I discovered your page. Please keep up your great work making this content
@hydrolink5297
2 жыл бұрын
I had an interesting experieance. I had a knee injury, and my parents thought nothing on it, they thought it would go away, blah blah blah. I couldn't unfold my knee, i felt a lot of resistance, and also pain. Walked around with a bent knee for almost 4 moths! We were going from dosctor to doctor, and no one saw anything suspicios. We finaly went to an actualy well known doctor, it was a paid visit, and he immediately sent me to the hospital for an MRI scan. Found out, my meniscus was ripped. Had surgery 2 days after. After the surgery, the nurses thought i needed to walk, so they told me to walk as much as i'm comfortable with, so i walked a lot. When we finaly found a good phisical therapist, she told me, that I COULDN'T APPLY PRESSURE TO THE KNEE FOR ATLEAST 1 AND 1/2 WEEKS, whitch is what i had done a lot. Everything ended up fine, it soon will be a full year since the surgery, and i feel amazing!
@lasergames1798
2 жыл бұрын
dang, that's a pretty routine problem for multiple doctors to miss on.
@hydrolink5297
2 жыл бұрын
@@lasergames1798 Yeah. We could also have acted faster, even if we went to our family medicine doctor (she is very good), we might have been done on the spot.
@Fiona2254
2 жыл бұрын
When you have a locked knee it’s usually a meniscus tear. The tear is hooked over something and it won’t allow for full extension
@Fiona2254
2 жыл бұрын
Also: a surgeon shouldn’t be the one prescribing exercises after a joint surgery unless they also do sport medicine. They really don’t know much about rehab.
@hydrolink5297
2 жыл бұрын
@@Fiona2254 no, the surgeon didn't tell me anything, he just gave me the reccemdations on what not to do, and checked up on me. There was some confusion from nurses. Actual rehabilitation was done by an actual phisical therapist.
@kendallh.18
2 жыл бұрын
Stories like this are exactly why I want to be a doctor. I had a similar experience. In early 2020 I had a health scare and we still don’t know what caused it. My family has been to a ton of doctors and wasted a lot of money. I’ve had doctors treat me without testing me, make iffy claims, and at one point I was taking 9 pills a day and had a super restricted diet and nothing was getting better. Looking back on it, I wish we would have sought out other help, but when you’re desperate to feel better, you’ll try anything. I still haven’t found a doctor who knows what’s wrong. I actually left an appointment last week in tears because it’s so frustrating. Thankfully I am doing a lot better now, but it’s still frustrating that I never found out what was causing so much distress in my body. I want to be a doctor so people don’t have to go through the same thing. We need more doctors like Doctor Mike.
@Cleerboy
2 жыл бұрын
i had appendicitis like a month ago and had a surgery and got it removed used to feel wild pain in my stomach that would last for days where I couldn't even move, thought it was gas problems so I slept on it until it happened to me the 3rd time where I made a visit to the doctor and sent me to the hospital for emergency surgery don't sleep on it once u feel better man, I could've died if it exploded inside me go do some tests, and scans for your body
@lindsayhall8485
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video. I once went through a bad doctor interaction and I felt so alone and confused. I knew I couldn’t have been the only one to experience something like this but I didn’t know who to talk to or what to do next. I felt pressured to do a procedure and not by the doctor but from threat of my insurance ending soon so time constraints. I would tell anyone and everyone now to bring someone with you to help you advocate for yourself and feel safe with. I would tell everyone that your general vibe with your doctor and how much you feel heard matters. Thank you again for talking about this.
@JackDespero
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. This is very important. Dr Mike is not only a medical doctor, but also someone fit and charimatic (and thus in this society percived to be as less of a "push around") and YET, he experienced this. Just imagine a shier / less knowledgeable person in the same situation!
@Ari_Wil
Жыл бұрын
I was a pediatric patient presenting with sudden, severe, periodic muscle weakness in my legs that meant I literally couldn't get out of bed without falling. When I told the specialty pediatric neurologist this, he said "so you were lounging in bed eating grapes." I left the appointment in tears because all I wanted was to know why I couldn't walk.
@Dachdogoriginal
Жыл бұрын
😳☹❤❤❤
@me-myself-i787
Жыл бұрын
@thicc kitty That would be illegal. Since he doesn't have video evidence or any other evidence of the encounter, name-dropping the specific doctor would violate defamation laws.
@owo1744
Жыл бұрын
@@me-myself-i787 Im sure the doctors visit was documented, therefore any video evidence wouldnt really be needed.
@gosiakawecka6178
Жыл бұрын
it wouldnt, theyre not accusing the doctor of commiting a crime, simply stating an opinion about him which happens to be bad. Not that big of a deal, really, the same as if u were just to leave a bad opinion and rating on google, trip advisor or whatever and decribed the expierience.
@feldon27
Жыл бұрын
@@me-myself-i787people have strange ideas about what's illegal
@caitystrong4599
2 жыл бұрын
To add to this, if you’re weary of something a specialist is recommending, run it by your primary care physician. Recently, I went to my OBGYN for pelvic pain. Nothing showed up on an ultrasound and it was recommended I get a diagnostic laparoscopy without any addition information or consultation with my OBGYN. I brought this up to my primary care physician who immediately made an appointment. He ordered a few tests to fill some diagnostic gaps and then gently, but frankly informed me that we were now looking for endometriosis. He gave me a ton of information and assured me that I did the right thing by checking in with him. I felt better just being informed.
@persephonehades7547
2 жыл бұрын
I've had the complete opposite honestly. Where primary care physcians are the ones who don't properly communicate things or take things seriously but the specialists do.
@lunawolfheart336
2 жыл бұрын
@@persephonehades7547 that was my issue for years until I found the Dr I have now. He actually communicated and makes sure I'm ok
@laureng3830
2 жыл бұрын
Plz plz plz check out Nancy’s nook for Endo. Diagnostic surgery without laprascopic excision wouldnt make sense but happens way too often. Please just educate yourself before making decisions as Endo is so poorly treated even by “experts”. best of luck!
@TheBariatricGeriatric
5 ай бұрын
I laughed and shook my head in agreement with so many steps of your story. I have dozens of wild and weird tales of my medical experiences as a patient; stuff you can't make up! Thank you for sharing it all! I adore you very much. ~Messa
@beckyn9338
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your experience. Dang scary.
@lexititus2323
Жыл бұрын
I would give anything for there to be a Dr. Mike in every hospital and practice. I can’t imagine how many patients would feel safe and how many more issues would be resolved, I just love how open he is, and how observant he is. I’ve been in therapy for two years now, with PTSD from traumatic birth, and so many things could’ve been different for me if my doctors weren’t so cruel. There is a new doctor at my OBGYN now, and she is an angel. She’s literally saved my life, I am so thankful for her ❤️
@meaganhamilton3160
Жыл бұрын
I think it's really important that you address victim shaming in this video because it happens a lot. There are so many negative situations where people are later asked, "Why didn't you say anything? Why didn't you do anything?" A lot of people do not realize that it is impossible to know how they would react in a circumstance that didn't really happen to them. I think it's also important that you gave encouragement and inspiration for people who could find themselves in a stressful situation because it is hard to stand up for yourself at times. Thank you.
@Vapormoon
Жыл бұрын
it's really hard especially when you're feeling very ill and your judgement is already impaired as it is, because at that point you just want the pain to go away so you go with everything they tell you. I'm chronically ill so I get hospitalized a lot and I'm very blessed to have a family where someone always volunteers to stay with me in the hospital 24/7 so I won't ever be alone, and they're the ones who advocate for me in that situation. I can't imagine what it's like if you're on your own. and the tough thing is I'm sure the drs aren't being malicious or even neglectful, most of the time they genuinely believe they're offering the right solutions so I don't even know what can be done to fix situations like this
@samlawrie965
Жыл бұрын
In Australia. I saw a (male) doctor when I had a suspected UTI. I'd had them before and knew the symptoms (burning, urgency to go). I told the doctor I had been peeing quite a bit of blood and his next question was "When was your last period?". I told him it was a couple weeks ago but I didn't think it was related, then he told me "The blood is probably just residual menstrual bleeding". I had to pleed with him to give me antibiotics and he literally rolled his eyes at me like I was hysterical and making a big deal out of nothing. Eventually did give me a prescription though. I always wish I had made a complaint or something. It was such a horrible experience.
@EmmaThw
2 жыл бұрын
As a chronic pain patient who was eventually diagnosed with fibromyalgia and a multitude of other issues, this is just normal tbh. I randomly get over-sensitivity issues, it does often feel like my whole skin is on fire, if I have a flare up or if I'm stressed it can get so bad that I can't even wear clothes without feeling like something is hitting fresh bruises or like someone is holding a lighter to my skin. Even the wind can make it feel like that. It is what it is, it's slowly getting better with treatment but it will likely never go away. The only doctor who has ever truly believed me on this is my current one. And she's a fibro expert. Doctors that talk and think they know better is the vast majority of them in my experience. Many of them don't even believe my diagnosis because they don't believe in fibromyalgia as a disorder. Doctors tend to suck, sorry you had to realise it the same way we, chronically ill people, have to learn it
@lunawolfheart336
2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy how many Drs don't think certain disorders are even real.
@Ariplaygames
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I always wonder how people say "oh some doctors..." when honestly at least for me it has been every doctor Ive ever been to. Idk why but even in different countries I still never get a good, not even a decent doctor. My best doctor experiences are ones who did nothing but didnt insult me or made my problem worst. I dont where people find doctors that work, but they truly seem to avoid me.
@Tom_McMurtry
2 жыл бұрын
I've had some good doctors but their expertise is too narrow for my systemic long covid issues. Mostly I've had bad doctors for that.
@colonelchaos9266
2 жыл бұрын
I feel this. I was listening to his experience and I was like “so most doctors?” 😳
@rarediseasepatient
2 жыл бұрын
Here. Well said, Emma. This is the behavior of the vast majority of doctors, and specifically toward women, and statistically, this behavior is worst toward women with autoimmune and rare diseases and pain. I'm afraid that you've simply had the average experience that women with chronic illness, rare & autoimmune disease, and pain have all of the time, DR Mike; we experience everything from bad behavior, to incompetence masked with ego, to malpractice every day.
@janetd4862
2 жыл бұрын
I have a couple stories about doctors…. Years ago, I took my 1 year old daughter to a specialist in Omaha for her cystic fibrosis. I didn’t much care for his bedside manner, but when were talking about when she should come back (he wanted two months), I said we’d have to do it a little later because that’s when my baby was due. With a look of shock and disgust, he said “You’re pregnant?” Then he got up and went to his desk at the other end of the room we were in. I sat there for a minute, wondering what just happened. He finally looked up and told me I could leave. That was in 1981, and I never saw him again. Two years ago, during gallbladder surgery, the surgeon noticed my liver was abnormal, and suggested I see a liver specialist. Being pandemic, I did a tela-health visit. First I got a resident - friendly, asked thorough questions. Then the big guy came in, and was very dismissive. With no preliminaries, he started off with “well, we’ll get you scheduled for a gastric bypass, and then we’ll….” I stopped him. Yes, I could stand to lose some weight, but where did he get the idea that I needed something that drastic? When he realized I wasn’t going to go along, he said “well, then go on a 1000 calorie a day diet, and come back in six months. And you’d better have lost the weight!” End of call. I never went back. I did go on the diet for four months. I lost some weight, and my labs all look great. He was a jerk.
@Can.i.get.uhhhhhhh
2 жыл бұрын
how can you even type this long i feel like its impossible
@sweetestofmelodies
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you're okay now!
@jansteyaert1
Жыл бұрын
I don't get healthcare in the us tbh. In Belgium, no matter what's going on (unless you need emergency care), you always go through the same steps. First line care: basically your GP. He will either help you if he can, suggest treatments like accupuncture or get you an appointment in second line care (a specialist). I had a tennis elbow a while ago. Went to my GP he prescribed meds, they didn't help, he got me an appointemnt with neurology in the local hospital... I'm not saying this is a good system, but it makes sense. In some cases it works very well, in others... not so much. For example I'm having chronic pain in an old crush injury. I need medication to manage that pain. My GP will never just give me that medication. They need to make an appointment with the pain clinic so that they can prerscribe the right drugs. Sure they know what they're doing, but I'm still in pain until I get that appointment and thhen they MIGHT prescribe me something.
@KateandBree
Жыл бұрын
But this is why I love the United States. I have chronic pain from Lupus with Reynaud's and Sjogren's and also old injuries (plus pre-arthritis.) If I'm having a lot of pain, the first line of defense is no long pain medication like opioids. Does it suck sometimes? YEA. Vicodin 750s, I miss thee (seriously.) My rheumatologist (who you should be going to) takes a good look at me and we discuss adjusting my medicine and fixing it from there. I don't always get in as quickly as I want or need to, but this if I had to wait as long as I did in the UK or Europe I'd end up in the emergency room (which happens enough as is.) I don't like my bills but the ability to get into my specialists fairly quickly and having truly great specialists that treat me like a human are two things that truly keeps me rooted here. (Otherwise, yea, I would pack up and move to Europe.)
@zvxcvxcz
Жыл бұрын
The US has a 2 tiered system in a sense. Those that can afford it probably have a family doctor they see regularly, but can also go right to a specialist on their own judgement if they wish. Those that can't afford it do what their insurance allows them to... usually seeing a random doctor every time at a crappy HMO or winding up in the emergency room because they didn't go see anyone sooner. And their waits to see specialists are quite long, through veterans affairs or medicare/medicaid... It's a very good system for those that are well off... much less good for everyone else.
@angelasimpson10519
3 ай бұрын
As soon as you said cash pay my red flags started flying. It's SO sad to hear of doctors misusing their "degrees" and not treating patients correctly. That's how people stop going to the doctor and getting the treatments they do need. I'm glad you listened to your gut!
@catherinewilhelm809
2 жыл бұрын
When I was a teenager with a constant migraine, I saw a neurologist who told me I wasn't dizzy because "the dizzy center isn't lighting up on the EEG." 🙄 When one of the medications they had me try was making half of my body go numb and giving me memory issues, I told them I didn't want to take it anymore because it was freaky and giving me panic attacks, and they said, "I think you should stay on it for at least 3 to 6 months. The symptoms ~might~ go away." Needless to say, I found a new neurologist.
@electrowave114
2 жыл бұрын
If it was giving you memory issues, that should've been a red flag to them right there to stop that medication. Good stars.
@lan92034
2 жыл бұрын
So did you figure out what was causing the migraines?
@catherinewilhelm809
2 жыл бұрын
@@lan92034 Unfortunately, no, migraines are very poorly understood and there isn't really a known cause. I am lucky to have a treatment plan that helps a lot, though!
@xchrysantha
2 жыл бұрын
I've learned the hard way that there is no room for "benefit of the doubt" when it comes to your medical care. I always believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt in general, but being overly "understanding" with doctors has had horrible consequences for me that I'm still paying for. I don't f*** around anymore, as soon as I feel apprehensive about a doctor, I bounce and go find a new one. It's not worth finding out at the expense of my health. And thank you so much for sharing your experience (and opening the conversations for others to share theirs), I always appreciate your compassion and empathy for patients, and it helps me stay hopeful for my medical future lol.
@CallMeCJorDandy
Жыл бұрын
A doctor fixing a Doctor's body is quiet interesting to listen into. Thanks for the Story Doc ! 👍
@rosewhite3074
Жыл бұрын
I wish my husband could see you just to get your professional opinion on what he should do/who he should see next. He's not yet 28 and had 7 knee surgeries, and lives in a constant state of (we think) nerve pain. He's been to numerous doctors, had numerous injections (made it worse), obviously surgeries. The state we are in doesn't have the best health care so I wish we could go out and just get other opinions, aside from the knee doctor he went to that recommend a total osteotomy of his knee but wasn't really sure that it would fix the problem. He lives on painkillers, and he's miserable more often than not. He pushes through it as much as he can but I just wish we could see others (that insurance will cover...his insurance will only cover in state) just to see if there's any other options.
@MixR700
2 жыл бұрын
This is what my first neurologist visit was like. I went in at 20 years old for severe migraines with a history of repeated serious head injuries (riding horses). They came in, asked me if I'd ever had an MRI, then said well we aren't going to bother until an MRI is done, and left.... like literally 2 minutes. Then when the MRI came back normal, they said "oh well, nothing is wrong with you, it's all psychological"...... yeah, 4 years later, my symptoms have gotten worse and worse, so I went to a new neurologist, who suspects it's likely a very rare disorder called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), which is a fatal progressive neurological disorder caused by head injuries. It's seen in football players usually, and it DOESN'T show up on MRI. 🙃
@rubrawolf
2 жыл бұрын
..can they do anything at all, or is it so long and thanks for all the fish? :
@tmalloy9
2 жыл бұрын
I hope for your wellbeing. If this is an accurate diagnosis, I hope you find excellent care.
@ykook7000
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it doesn't show up until they do an autopsy on a dead person and examine their brain
@bcreech17
2 жыл бұрын
CTE very often does show up on an MRI, depending on the tissue affected and the severity of the damage.
@dominikabazyca8732
2 жыл бұрын
Let me guess - you're a woman?
@BunnyBear98
2 жыл бұрын
I am in my early 20's and two years ago, I started having some chest pain and it was difficult to breathe most of the time. I saw what felt like 10 different doctors that all said it was probably my asthma (even though I've had asthma since I was 4 and know what an asthma attack feels like) so they gave me a new inhaler, which made it worse, and eventually gave me a different inhaler. After a month or so, the pain got a little better, it was still uncomfortable to lay down and breathing became a little easier. About a year later, I started having the same exact symptoms and I was always told by my doctors that I was "young and otherwise healthy", so they didn't do much. I eventually went to the ER twice for difficulty breathing, chest pain, and heart palpitations. The first time I went, the doctors took an x-ray and an EKG and came back two hours later to tell me the same thing, that I was "young and otherwise healthy", so they sent me home. The second time I went, I went to urgent care beforehand and the doctor told me to go to the ER immediately because it could be a pulmonary embolism. I didn't believe her, since I felt these symptoms before and I was told I was fine. I went anyway and got a CT scan and they found blood clots in both lungs and a lot of damage to the lining of them. I'm very thankful to all of the doctors that finally took me seriously and helped me get treated immediately.
@SaricaaX3
Жыл бұрын
Wow. I cant imagine what that must have been like. I'm glad you're ok now.
@BunnyBear98
Жыл бұрын
@@SaricaaX3 I appreciate it! That’s very kind of you!
@MNP208
Жыл бұрын
Your story of misdiagnosed pulmonary emboli is not the first I've heard.
@BunnyBear98
Жыл бұрын
@@MNP208 That's really sad... I hope they eventually figured it out and those other people are okay now..
@tinasamuel3747
Жыл бұрын
I usually do not like doctors talking about medical stuff for some reason but you make it fun so thank very much for your content
@2000broncosfan
Жыл бұрын
That description of true nerve pain reminded me of an injury I had in middle school. I was doing something stupid and slammed my shins into a wooden bench in my school's locker room, and they were almost instantly a deep, dark purple from just above the ankle to just below my knees. I could barely walk for a few hours afterwards because my legs felt so weak. For the next several months, whenever anything even lightly grazed the skin there, it felt like someone was holding a flame to my skin, and it was excruciatingly painful. In hindsight, I probably should've had someone look at it beyond the school nurse, even though it ended up healing and being fine in the long run. I'm just amazed I didn't break a bone.
@phantomthedragoness
2 жыл бұрын
I've had a few bad experiences with the medical industry, but one I remember the most is when I had my gall bladder removed. I was 14 at the time and around Easter, I noticed these tight pains under my breasts, like a snake constricting around me. It happened during the nights mostly, but not every night. I went to my GP, they did nothing about it. One night, a couple months later, it was so bad I went to the hospital. There, they took some blood tests and did physical checks, but found nothing. They assumed it was menstrual pain and legit said I was wasting their time. Months went on, still getting the pains and they were becoming more frequent and more painful. Eventually I went to a different doctor and he ordered blood tests, but he also ordered an ultra sound. Next day, he called me in and informed me I had quite large gall stones and my gall bladder was filled with sludge. There was no recovering it. Doctor put me on a waiting list, but because of how severe it was, if I got pain I was to go to the hospital straight away. Few nights later, I had a serious pain and I was back in the hospital. They gave me a tablet to ease the pain, unfortunately it made it so much worse that I was screaming and shaking in pain. Then I was given morphine to ease that pain. A day later, I was in surgery and my gall bladder was removed. At the time, I was the second youngest in my country to have a gall bladder removed. I got told I could have died if my gall bladder was left untreated.
@DatFrogGuy
2 жыл бұрын
jesus christ, i am so sorry that happened to you, but it just goes to show how unfairly treated people can be in relation to medical help
@zammmerjammer
2 жыл бұрын
Whoever told you it was menstrual pains needs a refresher in a basic anatomy class.
@ishantagarwal1082
2 жыл бұрын
@@zammmerjammer exactly, since when do menstrual pains occur in the upper abdomen?
@DarkDragon_Midnight
2 жыл бұрын
@@zammmerjammer those kinds of people (the irresponsible, lazy doctors) *always* say its period pains, thats just their way of saying "im too lazy to actually look into it and save you from potential death"
@Kitsune-no-Suzu
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man I'm so sorry you went through that! I actually had my gall bladder removed at 14 as well! Though luckily I had considerably less trouble getting it diagnosed, thanks to my mom having had the same problem in the past. She recognized the symptoms, and also gall stones CAN actually be hereditary and make some more susceptible. I'm glad you went for another opinion and got it treated in time! The pain of gall stones is truly terrible.
@allbrave8781
2 жыл бұрын
My worst experience with a medical professional was when I was told not to take my prescription drugs that HIS BOSSES prescribed me. I asked him why, and he said "drugs are unnatural and full of harmful chemicals, made by men in lab coats. You should find natural alternatives like eating more fruit and veg." To this day, I am furious with myself that I didn't file a complaint about him.
@stillhere1425
2 жыл бұрын
Lol they have their prejudices and fetishes, don’t they? One we went to was fanatical about water, and wouldn’t believe I lived with a tall glass of water at my elbow.
@carmilladragyns3969
Жыл бұрын
I was around 18-19 when my grandmother has recommended me to her gynecologist, at that time, because I wanted to try to get a prescription for birth control to help regulate my monthly cycles, but when we went to the appointment, I was very nervous because she wanted to examine me. I had never gotten something like this done! When she came into the room, she was very cold and distant, not really caring that I was almost shaking because I was so nervous, and when it came time for her to examine me, I said "No" because I felt uncomfortable. She then borderline tells me that the biggest reason why my cycles were so irregular was because of my weight! Now, I know that I'm a big woman, but my family has a history of having big bones and broad shoulders. I was devastated! It wasn't until I had turned 21, and had gone to another specialist, that I realized what was really going on. When I went to this other gynecologist, the office was so welcoming, super helpful, and I had a great conversation with the doctor that examined me. She asked me what my symptoms were, how long I would commonly skip cycles, all the necessary stuff, and I had asked her if we could perform a test to see if I had a condition that a dear friend of mine has and had the exact same symptoms I was experiencing. It turns out that I have PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Thanks to my new gynecologist, I am on birth control to help regulate myself, and I'm striving to try and make better health choices!
@WinterCrystal1009
Жыл бұрын
Yo I have PCOS as well! It took me half a year to actually diagnose it because while I had symptoms for several years, I thought they were normal. Because of how long it went untreated, I got severe hot flashes, which are not common at all. Doctors immediately claimed it was my anxiety causing the hot flashes, but none of the treatments worked. I went to an ER and the doctor saw this occur due to hormone imbalances, so he referred me to a gynecologist. That gynecologist found out I had all the markers for PCOS, put me on birth control, and now my hot flashes are a lot more tolerable. It's scary how such a common illness took so long for me to get diagnosed with smh
@YOLOMCM1324
Жыл бұрын
I luckily got diagnosed with PCOS back in 2021 when I was 15. I went to the OBGYN because at that time I hadn’t had a period in a year which meant something wasn’t right. Keep in mind at this time I was overweight and even my stepmother told me that could be a reason why. But I luckily convinced her to take me there and got every test I could on me. When I did a blood test, they figured it out from there which was later informed to me a few days later after my visit. Knowing that most people don’t find out til they’re much sadder is just sad to me and another reminder that we still aren’t getting the recognition that we deserve this condition. It’s not a game and isn’t a joke. It’s real and deserves to be treated with the upmost respect. It’s the number cause of infertility in the U.S. alone. 75% of women who have it remain undiagnosed. This needs to change
@carmilladragyns3969
Жыл бұрын
@@YOLOMCM1324 I completely agree!
@WinterCrystal1009
Жыл бұрын
@@YOLOMCM1324 100%! It's still mind boggling to me the sheer amount of effort it took for me to get a proper diagnosis when all it took was the simplest blood test in existence to say "oh, you got high testosterone, so you have PCOS." Seriously, the medical field is so disappointing smh
@scaliedog2777
Жыл бұрын
That conversation with the doctor- that's what women deal with with almost every medical provider we see. My dog is great: lets me ramble, I never feel stupid asking questions or bribing up my ails, even tiny ones. But he's the twelfth or thirteenth I've had in my life, and the ONLY one. I'm glad you experienced it at least once, bit I'm sorry anyone ever has to go through it.
@KristiWilson
2 жыл бұрын
Dr Mike: Was the doctor aware that you are a doctor? Did you report your experience? It sounds that he may need his license revoked or at least re-examined before he does real damage to a patient.
@cw9818
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was waiting to hear if he’d been reported
@sunshine3914
2 жыл бұрын
Obviously the quack didn’t know, but probably suspected he knew more than him, once Dr. Mike started to question. Hopefully Dr. Mike will start an undercover group to help expose all these quacks.
@debdamiano
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing.
@JD021
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah when he said he knew he had to "reach out to some ppl" I thought he meant to report this guy!
@silviesil1
Жыл бұрын
DR Mike is PART of the PROBLEM if he didn’t report
@cuetherantics9572
2 жыл бұрын
This was how my first neurologist was and I finally got in with a new one this month after 2 years of his BS. The difference was like night and day. After one visit, she managed to lower my pain by 75% with treatment and her office staff is trying hard to fight for me to get the tests done I need. Sadly a lot of the "top doctors" are like tenured professors these days. I much prefer a younger doctor after encountering so many older ones who should have retired 10+ years ago.
@callummclachlan4771
2 жыл бұрын
Thankfully my neurologist has an excellent understanding of what I have, despite it being pretty rare. I also have a GP who is excellent too. Mentioned the possibility of Lambert Eaton (thankfully not) which does have similar symptoms to what I'm suspected to have. Unfortunately at this stage Myasthenia Gravis is chronic, and it could kill me (respiratory distress). But I feel the odds are pretty low, all the support and my basic survival instincts. Probably more likely to be killed in a car accident. Plus I don't need to worry about going into debt over something I have no control over, something the immune system does seemingly randomly for no benefit. I imagine it could be close (or in) the hundreds of thousands at least.
@mmmmmmmmaria
2 жыл бұрын
happy you found a good one. i miss my neurologist so bad. she managed to put my lifelong chronic migraine into amazing remission, taking me from debilitating flares and having to take buckets of super expensive triptanes 6 days a week to a couple flares manageable with a couple nurofens every month or so. i've asked other neurologists about the drug she prescribed me for this (it was a new off label usage) and no one has even heard of it being used for migraines and it worked miracles for me. sadly she doesn't take patients anymore and i have other concerns i'm sure she would help me greatly with
@mkuti-childress3625
2 жыл бұрын
A neurologist walked out on my husband and me! I kept getting concussions and didn’t know why it was happening. This doctor seemed amazing-he obviously had a big ego, but he chatted with us and described his brilliant career-and he promised he would find out why I kept hitting my head. The first thing he did was order an EEG, which made perfect sense. But at my next appointment, he told me my EEG was normal, so everything was fine! My husband and I just looked at each other like, “huh?” Then I told him I was still having serious problems and what about finding out the problem? He just got angry and walked out on us. I was SO confused. Then he came back in, grabbed the bag he had left, and told us the way out. Then he left again. My husband and I were completely taken aback-neither of us knew what had happened. He assured me I had said absolutely nothing that warranted his reaction. The head of the neurology department called, apologized to me, and offered to see me. In the appointment, he admitted that they don’t have any concussion specialists and there is just a lot they don’t know about concussions. A vestibular therapist was the one who finally figured it out. He found out my proprioception (the sense of where you are in space-kind of) was way off, and he basically invented exercises for me to do that finally solved my problem. But it concerned me none of the neurologists knew anything about it or how to test for it-or even where to send me.
@harleybriggs3496
2 ай бұрын
I had been having severe abdominal pain for a while and had been diagnosed with gallstones. However, my gallbladder was so inflamed when it was diagnosed that they were unable to operate at that time and scheduled me to have my gallbladder removed a month or so later. A week or two later, I was in debilitating pain again and went back to the ER. They did bloodwork and told me I was fine, I didn't have inflammation, and could go home. I insisted that I was NOT find and asked them if they could do the surgery the next day if I stayed in the hospital that night. Extremely luckily, they said yes. If I hadn't advocated for myself at that moment, I likely would've died, because they found severe pancreatitis when they did the endoscopy in preparation for the surgery the next day. I'm okay now, but it's crazy to think about.
@QuiteFranklyFrank
Жыл бұрын
This was a great video, thank you for the story and the advice, it's helpful!
@jakiesarmiento
2 жыл бұрын
So sorry you had to experience that. That’s the only kind of experience I’ve had with doctors 😢 Glad there are people like you out there making a difference.
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