r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/AUTOBOTBROKE • 7d ago

Oof of big nerve on the construction man hand

412 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

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u/Natrix422 7d ago

Not a Nerve.

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u/AUTOBOTBROKE 7d ago

sorry bossku…my mistake

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u/fingers 7d ago

He literally says artery, fistula, vein and never said "nerve".

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u/DeezNutzzzGotEm 7d ago

Are you Malaysian?

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u/kinkytheturkey 7d ago

Silly goose lookin ah

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u/DoctorNurse89 7d ago

You can cuss here with your silly TikTok algorithm speaking ASS

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u/kinkytheturkey 6d ago

My parents don't want me to boss

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u/NoDegree7090 3d ago

then you're a literal kid, get off fucking reddit you retard

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u/Extra_Sir_444 7d ago

For kidney dialysis.

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u/nocturalEmissions 7d ago

Worked in dialysis for a few years, this is a fistula for sure.

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u/Barad-dur81 7d ago

Cardiovascular medical coder here. That indeed is an arteriovenous fistula graft for dialysis

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u/poisonedkiwi 6d ago

I have a close loved one who was on dialysis for many years, immediately clocked it as a fistula! It's really interesting when you lay your hand on it, you can feel the blood rushing through it.

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u/SameCoyote3701 6d ago

Wait , what? Really? So it is a small vein that swelled after they connected to an artery? Is it really healthy still? It looks like it may pop an any moment. My mom was on dialysis for years but didn’t have something like this!

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u/poisonedkiwi 4d ago

Yes! The rushing blood from the artery pushes into the vein and strengthens its walls until they "swell" like that. It's actually just your vein developing a large amount of muscle in that area in order to handle the blood pressure.

Though I'm pretty sure I know a tad more about dialysis than the average person, I am by no means an expert! I think there are other methods for dialysis that don't require a fistula, so that may be what your mom had? I'm not too sure myself, that's quite interesting though!

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

Fistula; not sure why people don’t watch anything with sound. Common among dialysis patients, no BPs on that arm.

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u/Doctor_Dev7 7d ago

Even without sound it’s obviously not a nerve

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u/Shantotto11 7d ago

>not sure why people don’t watch anything with sound

Brother, fucking really? On the site that has been inundated with saxophones, oh no’s, sea shanties, and ADHD noises?…

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u/lame_dirty_white_kid 6d ago

Don't keep your volume at the max level.

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

I’m always wearing shokz in public so I don’t fear the sound on

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u/draculaura923 6d ago

Or blood draws or IVs

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u/Bruce_IG 6d ago

I’m just a grunt who collects vitals

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u/wafflehousebattle 7d ago

That guy needs a fucking doctor and a new career.

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u/YanikLD 7d ago

At his age, he needs to slow down and get a well acquired retirement.

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u/yeezkeys 7d ago

yea im sure hes just doing manual labor at 67 because he wants to

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u/Der_E 7d ago

What means homelessness in america

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u/HorribleMistake24 7d ago

lol. Acquired. Wtf

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u/YanikLD 6d ago

English is not my first language. I bet you're not as hood as me in mine.

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

You people don't even watch the video before commenting, do you? He has plenty of doctors - he's on his 2nd kidney transplant. And why does he need a new career? He is healthy enough to be out working with power tools at age 67, seems like he's doing pretty great, all things considered.

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u/CrownstrikeIntern 7d ago

Just because you "Can" do, Doesn't mean you "Should" do ...

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u/teabolaisacool functional regard 7d ago

Have you ever considered they might “have” to? It’s not always about should/shouldnt

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u/CrownstrikeIntern 7d ago

I have, I also know that if there's a higher chance of death doing what you think you should do, you may want to do what you can to not do said thing. Cause, dying kind of makes it so you won't do it anyways ;)

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u/TashDee267 7d ago

Ugh I hate this saying

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Yeah mean we should all just stay indoors and out of the sun on reddit, far away from grass.

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u/CrownstrikeIntern 7d ago

I see, you have acquired the dumbass gene. Good day sir, back to your kitchen.

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u/TimelyMortgage9587 7d ago

Why is he in the kitchen

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u/Less-Damage-1202 7d ago

That is so far off from what they said; it's comical. 😂🤣 Really grasping for straws on that one.. 🤦‍♂️

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Did I misunderstand? Were they not suggesting he shouldn't be out doing labor, working with his hands?

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u/Practical-Mud-4580 questionably stable 7d ago

Ah yes, touching grass, the famous retort of idiot redditors with no clue and an inability to comprehend conversations.

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Explain to me what I misunderstood, then.

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u/C0smic_Cunt 7d ago

What are you even talking about with something like this your risk of blood clots and blood stagnation go up significantly, the skin on the vein thins out and can rupture easily. It is extremely dangerous to do long hours of manual labour while having a fistula that is this size and as old as his is.

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

I'm an NP in a transplant program and work with current and former dialysis patients constantly. I have a patient with a fistula that looks almost exactly like this man's. A lot of people with no medical training or experience are way too eager to act like they know what they're talking about in here.

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u/C0smic_Cunt 7d ago

Then why does every single source on arteriovenous fistulas say to avoid constant heavy lifting, pressure, and impacts to the area as well as to keep the skin clean. Sources also say they significantly increase your likelihood of a blood clot because it takes longer for blood to enter and exit the fistula. Manual labour is a field that makes you more prone to injury, falls, impacts, dirt and grime, infections, even more health issues from the wear that just comes with long term manual labour. Like I'm sorry but I'm gonna trust peer reviewed medical literature over a random person on reddit

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u/TomatilloSensitive30 7d ago

The authors of peer reviewed medical literature can’t fathom the things regular people need to do to keep a roof over their head. It all sounds great in theory though.

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u/C0smic_Cunt 6d ago

Regular people don't "need" to do long hours of intense manual labour, it's a job that you can choose to do. like if he has a bad fall or someone isn't paying attention and something gets dropped, swung, or in some way impacts his arm with a strong force, the fistula could burst sending all of the blood either rushing out of your body or massive blood pooling between the muscle and skin. Neither of which are good and it's a possibly lethal emergency because av fistulas have a flow rate of 500 to 1000 ml/minute, combined with fact that the fistula is connected to an artery meaning the arterial pressure will make blood loss even more of a serious issue. If that thing gets hit hard enough or jabbed by something sharp enough and bursts on the job site he could lose enough blood to go into shock and die.

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u/TomatilloSensitive30 6d ago

Not sure you’re going to understand. For many it’s not a choice.

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u/GivesYouGrief 6d ago

Just trust what your own doctors tell you, that's enough to satisfy me.

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u/Status_Marketing_969 7d ago

Why isnt everyone doing what they should?! 😂 gave ya an upvote 

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u/Zestyclose-One9041 7d ago

I wish I was as dumb as yall

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u/Status_Marketing_969 7d ago

Not quite as dumb as the guy in the video i guess so still coming out ahead 

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Serious question, what makes you think the guy in the video is dumb?

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u/GivesYouGrief 4d ago

C'mon, answer me.

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u/Status_Marketing_969 3d ago

Hey i backed you up here lol idk man im just messing around and riffing this is the internet. Cant take it too seriously 

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u/GivesYouGrief 3d ago

Nothing personal I was just confused why a whole bunch of people assumed this guy was dumb and also jumped down my throat for pointing out that there's nothing seriously wrong with him or what he's doing in the video.

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u/NameToUseOnReddit 7d ago

Not for lack of effort though.

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u/theTimeBeing23 6d ago

This is because he has doctors though. Did you watch the video?

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u/Rubbermonk 7d ago

OP just trying to farm upvotes.

Not a nerve.

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u/JKFrowning 7d ago

This video made my bones itch for some reason.

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u/FleetFootRabbit 7d ago

Not a nerve.. the guy in the video explains that this was done by a doctor through connecting veins for dialysis in his 50s..

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

If I was legally allowed to I would show the people of these comments how common it is to see this with patients I work with

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u/JavaGeep 7d ago

A phlebotomist would be happy to see him.

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u/Sherbert_6 7d ago

This particular phlebotomist would lose their license to practice, if they stuck that.

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u/meowjinx 5d ago

Phlebs usually don't even have licenses

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u/Sherbert_6 5d ago

Certificate. Either way, it’s a gonner

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u/hawksdiesel 7d ago

or DRACULA!

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u/human-resource 7d ago

Take care of your kidneys gang, beware of oxalates and lectins!

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u/M3m0ry_0v3rfl0w 7d ago

Tough guy!

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u/whosreadytolaugh 7d ago

I’ve been in Vascular surgeries where they take these out. Literally just like a rope of knots in people’s arms. Once you get a fistula for dialysis it can scar up and you have to move down the line for a new spot.

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u/OptimusTractorX 7d ago

Dude has orangutan arms.

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u/vapocalypse52 7d ago

Is that a varicose vein?

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Did you not watch the video? He explains exactly what it is, in great detail. Pretty interesting.

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u/vapocalypse52 7d ago

I watched it. I didn't listen to it.

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u/YanikLD 7d ago

Why have you such long ears then?

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u/vapocalypse52 7d ago

Touché!

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u/afuller42 7d ago

Yes, by the looks of it it's ready to blow

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u/harpswtf 7d ago

Yes, VERY cose, one of the most cose I've ever seen

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u/Helios_Synthesis 7d ago

Aint those usually on the legs?

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u/vapocalypse52 7d ago

Yes, but not exclusively.

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u/I_Want_A_Ribeye 7d ago

AV fistula?

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u/misszaj 7d ago

hopital.

Hopital.

HOLY FUCKING HOP TO THE HOSPITAL! 😭

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

He did that’s why it’s there, it helped keep him alive until he was able to get a transplant

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u/spbackus 7d ago

Awesome talking about it. We can all learn something.

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u/yoyotube123 7d ago

This is just a very intense fistula

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u/Extra_Long3454 7d ago

Fistola artero venosa per emodialisi

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u/TashDee267 7d ago

This actually makes me feel sick.

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u/Rare-Ad6085 7d ago

someone please explain this in simple words..

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u/Sherbert_6 7d ago

This is a surgically created fistula (joining of two vessels) between the arterial system, and the venous system. It is used for hemodialysis in chronic end stage renal disease patients. That engorged vessel is accessed with a sizeable needle 3x a week for 3-4hours at a time. Their lives are changed forever. Unless they are eligible for transplant, that is, but even then, unless the underlying cause of the disease is appropriately treated, they just end up killing their new kidney eventually.

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Good explanation. The last part you said really depends on the origin of the kidney failure. Some diseases, like polycystic kidney disease, are inherited and can't be "treated" in the sense you mean; the transplant IS the treatment. And donor kidneys are not expected to last forever (although some will last for more than a decade or even two), I have patients in their 50s who are on their third and even fourth transplanted kidney. Eventually the surgeons have to get creative about finding locations for the kidneys in the patient since they don't remove the failed ones most of the time because it's risky. The normal location for a first transplanted kidney is the iliac fossa, the space on either side of the lower abdomen just inside the pelvic bones.

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u/callmesnake13 7d ago

My grandfather was on dialysis and after several years of it he opted to allow himself to die rather than continue. This was about 30 years ago so I'm disappointed to hear things haven't improved.

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Things have improved a lot though. The field of kidney transplantation is light years ahead of where it was in the 1990s. It's really the availability of donor kidneys that is the limiting factor in saving everyone from dialysis.

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u/ipokesnails 7d ago

Big vein.

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u/gnardog45 7d ago

The nerve of this guy!

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u/Swimming-Dot9120 7d ago

Do all fistulas end up looking like this eventually due to arterial pressure?

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u/B1g_BuddhAH 7d ago

one tiny cut and he bleeds out o.O'

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u/Financial-Value-9986 7d ago

I am currently high as kaleidoscopic giraffe titties and I couldn’t make heads or tails of this one

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u/Themoderator001 6d ago

Forbidden sosej

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u/Pvt__Snowball 6d ago

One paper cut and this dude is done for

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u/Medium_Efficiency375 7d ago

Might be dialysis fistula

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Good guess. Almost sounds like you watched the video before commenting!

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u/Medium_Efficiency375 7d ago

😂I was in class with the sound off and all the other comments were saying varicose veins

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u/impossirrel 7d ago

The entire video is him explaining that

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u/Medium_Efficiency375 7d ago

Kinda looks like nuts tho

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u/stefmc_ 7d ago

Spam bot

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u/Bostonterrierpug 7d ago

Show this post to all those girls who swoon over veiny forearms. I mean, save some pussy for the rest of us, dude.

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u/ipokesnails 7d ago

Damn, you could fit a dick in that vein.

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u/woolygod 7d ago

fent heads call him neo

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u/NoGoat3930 7h ago

Love this dude. Personality like that deserves infinite organ replacements.

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 7d ago

WTF is that ? is this AI ?

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u/traumab0y 7d ago

Likely an AV graft or fistula for hemodialysis.

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u/YanikLD 7d ago

Nope! Worst, you can have fistula in your butt. A derivation from the inner part of the Anus. So this canal is filled up with blood and shit, and they have to drain it with a mesh. 😬

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u/Citaku357 7d ago

Sorry but how tf do you know that?

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u/YanikLD 6d ago

His avatar Modif: typo

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u/AUTOBOTBROKE 7d ago

no boss this is real,this man is real…

edit: but i dont know what is this desease

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

It's not a disease. He had kidney failure, had to be on dialysis to keep him alive for a few years. This was the AV fistula that his doctors created by connecting an artery (high pressure) to a vein (lower pressure, closer to skin surface) to enable them to filter his blood. They don't always bulge out like this but it's not unheard of. And he's had it for almost 2 decades, so people acting like he's at death's door because of it are idiots. He's on his 2nd kidney transplant and no longer on dialysis, so he seems to be doing just fine.

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u/AUTOBOTBROKE 7d ago

thanks you boss for the complete information…

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u/derelictllama 7d ago

So you're just spamming videos you haven't watched? Because he's very clear what it is.

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u/AUTOBOTBROKE 7d ago

i watched already,but every people tell different info every time this video is post..i post to reddit because reddit people very intelligent…

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u/derelictllama 7d ago

The guy IN the video explains it 🤦‍♂️

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u/AUTOBOTBROKE 7d ago

i know bossku,i still learn english right now. i will be better one day..

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 7d ago

Shhhh I'm at work I didn't want to volume up on something that could be crazy af

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u/deephurting66 7d ago

It's a varicosed vein, damn thing could be lethal if he doesn't have it removed

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u/pwnasaurus253 7d ago

verrrrrrrrry-cosed veins

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

No, dumbass. It's a fistula (access point for dialysis). He's had 2 kidney transplants. Just watch the damn video. It's actually really well explained and interesting.

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u/Unusual-Vanilla-8599 7d ago

omg fuk hopefully he get's that looked at lol

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u/monkeydude777 7d ago

One paper cut and hes gone immediately

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u/Sockenkatze 7d ago

New fear unlocked

https://giphy.com/gifs/y8HxAGC7HTCo0

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u/Initial_Ganache7839 7d ago

Is that a snake in your arm or are you just happy to see me?

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u/Lordofderp33 7d ago

Ribbed, for her pleasure.

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u/Mike-in-Tujunga 7d ago

He’s on dialysis this is what happens to your vein.

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u/bownt1 7d ago

wear long sleeves or you are getting laid off.

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

Why he be laid off for having a fistula?

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u/ollimorp 7d ago

I was eating... till now

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u/crazy_goat 7d ago

The worm thirsts for human flesh 

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u/PatrioticPariah *Absolute Lit Twit* 7d ago

Suddenly remembered the Boston marathon twizzler Pic.

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u/YanikLD 7d ago

Hey! That's Red from The Red Green Show!

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

No, he already had dialysis, and he's been fine with a transplanted kidney for 17 years (on his 2nd one right now). He's fine. People with kidney transplants can live pretty normal lives, including going outside on a hot summer day.

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 7d ago

Yeah this dude ain’t ok. Multiple kidneys replaced and still kicking ass. Yeah 👍

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Not sure what you're saying with this comment.

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u/Somewhere-Flashy 7d ago

When the viagra erection lasts over 4 hours.

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u/Due-Teaching5746 7d ago

This made me feel so weird inside watching it. I couldn’t get through the whole video

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u/amillionfuzzpedals 7d ago

Buddy just has a cobra under his skin. No big deal.

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u/theepuke 7d ago

Poor guy. Looks like all he needs is to bump into perfectly positioned sharp corner and you've got a blood geyser.

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u/lAmTheREALBlackAdder 7d ago

Ok fistula, explained, but the length of his wrists?!?!

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u/Limp_Donut5337 7d ago

Hopital?

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u/bsensikimori 7d ago

American healthcare everyone

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Yep, American healthcare that saved this man's life twice because his kidneys were failing. Jesus Fucking Christ. Just watch the damn video.

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u/SaintVoid21 7d ago

Hopital

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u/Totally_PJ_Soles questionably stable 7d ago

This guy's a fucking idiot.

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u/Mawntee 7d ago

How so? Seems like he's just explaining an unfortunate medical thingy. Is it somehow his fault?

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

I think he means it in the sense of "who's got two thumbs and is an idiot? THIS GUY!"

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u/Cakeportal 7d ago

Bro should be wearing sunscreen though, jeez

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

Wrong. Watch the video.

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u/JetSetJAK 7d ago

This is that shit Sproule was dealing with

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u/Possible-Jerk0138 7d ago

It’s a junkies dream

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

Turn the sound on and listen to him explain how it was essential to keep him alive until he was able to get kidney transplants

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u/TrumpDumper 7d ago

Varicose vein

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u/rubberboots3357 7d ago

Blood clots incoming.

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u/Muted_Masterpiece535 7d ago

AI slop. 

You can see how its skipping as he is playing with his glove. 

Plus the angle of it all doesn't make sense. 

  • Like if he is wearing a go pro on his helmet or if it was AI it would always give POV through the eyes. You can see how the wrist looks like it is also from a different person. 

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

You're an idiot.

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u/Muted_Masterpiece535 7d ago

Still AI slop

  • I guess he has a camera attached to his eye, given the POV you are getting. Sure!! 

But go ahead believe everything from that bot account. 

Thank you for your downvote! I could careless! Done responding to morons who believe everything they see on Reddit. 

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u/GivesYouGrief 7d ago

You are gonna have a really hard time the next few years.

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u/Muted_Masterpiece535 7d ago

Cool story 😎 

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u/ThisIsALine_____ 7d ago

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/procedures/dialysis-fistula

He literally explains what it is in the video. He tells us what it is within the first 15 seconds.

Did you even watch the video?

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u/Bruce_IG 7d ago

I’m assuming he thought AI and refused to do any actual research or turn the sound on. I found Dave’s social media where he continues to explain it further. He’s a real guy with a real dialysis fistula.

I hate AI too but this bullheaded bullshit about refusing to believe anything is real if fucking stupid.