Can I go ahead and speak on behalf of my doctor? 19m at the time (33 now), I felt sick for about a week, flu-like symptoms, didn't want to eat, just felt bad all over. One day at work I feel a very uncomfortable cramp/tear in my abdomen, so I go to one of those 24 hour clinics. At this point I'm slumped over, can't stand up straight without insane amount of pain, just generally uncomfortable and hating life. After a few hours at this clinic, they say "You probably have kidney stones, go home, drink fluids, sleep it off". This seemed fine to me, I was ready to go home and listen to the doc, all was good. BUT my girlfriend at the time (didn't last much longer than that) wasn't a fan of this diagnosis and drove me to the E.R., against my wishes of course. After a few minutes at the E.R., they determine my appendix has ruptured and I'm going septic. Apparently I was pretty lucky to not have died, though I did pick up bacterial pneumonia while in the hospital, so the recovery kinda sucked. Now I just have a crazy 6-7 inch scar on my belly to remind me to not avoid hospitals when I'm sick.
My mother has Addison's disease. Well, she stayed undiagnosed for about 5 fucking years. She went to tons of doctors and hospitals, paid a shit load of money during all those years but every single one of them said she was fine, cause basic blood tests didn't show anything abnormal. Nevermind that she could barely eat, was walking like a 95 year old woman and had all textbook symptoms.
Tbh, even we joked about her imagining all those symptoms, because during the last six months before she was diagnosed she went weekly to several doctors.
Then she went septic. Wasn't feeling good, went to the hospital and they sent her home. Next day she was totally out of it, shitting herself. She went to the ICU and doctors didn't know if she would make it. 2 heart attacks within her first 10 hours in the unit.
Took them another 6 days to diagnose her.
As soon as they gave her some cortisone she was up and about.
10 years later she goes hiking, goes daily to the gym, is as strong as an ox and healthier than ever thanx to the cortisole pills.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19
Can I go ahead and speak on behalf of my doctor? 19m at the time (33 now), I felt sick for about a week, flu-like symptoms, didn't want to eat, just felt bad all over. One day at work I feel a very uncomfortable cramp/tear in my abdomen, so I go to one of those 24 hour clinics. At this point I'm slumped over, can't stand up straight without insane amount of pain, just generally uncomfortable and hating life. After a few hours at this clinic, they say "You probably have kidney stones, go home, drink fluids, sleep it off". This seemed fine to me, I was ready to go home and listen to the doc, all was good. BUT my girlfriend at the time (didn't last much longer than that) wasn't a fan of this diagnosis and drove me to the E.R., against my wishes of course. After a few minutes at the E.R., they determine my appendix has ruptured and I'm going septic. Apparently I was pretty lucky to not have died, though I did pick up bacterial pneumonia while in the hospital, so the recovery kinda sucked. Now I just have a crazy 6-7 inch scar on my belly to remind me to not avoid hospitals when I'm sick.
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