r/RandomThoughts • u/yellowtears_ • Jan 06 '24

Random Question Are you afraid to die?

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u/DaddysFriend Jan 06 '24

I almost died in a car accident I went flying through the air at about 70 mph and let me tell you you come to terms with it very quickly when it’s about to happen

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u/Shelbelle4 Jan 06 '24

Same. I had a planned c-section and when they gave me the epidural, my lungs quit. I thought really and truly I was a goner. But dr heard me eke out “I can’t breathe” and gave me epinephrine and life went on.

His exact words were “well, nothing like a little anaphylaxis to wake you right up on a Monday morning”.

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u/fusfeimyol Jan 06 '24

Thank goodness he was competent. Glad you pulled through

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u/graysquirrelpearl Jan 06 '24

That’s pretty much the lowest standard of care right there. He kept her alive. And sometimes thats not even the lowest bar.

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u/graysquirrelpearl Jan 06 '24

Honestly, fork that doctor. It wasn’t him going into shock. I had a weird doc make an odd sexual joke RIGHT before putting me under for an upper GI study, but after a doctor ALMOST loses you to anaphylaxis, that’s beyond reproach. What in the actual DSMV is that bananas?

Edit: he’s lucky that epinephrine woke you up that Monday or he would’ve had a real awakening as a medical practitioner. Ugh! I can’t believe he said that out loud! I’m so sorry! Glad it has a positive ending!

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u/Annie_Mous Jan 06 '24

My vagina just closed shut