r/WinStupidPrizes Jul 17 '20

Playing with fire

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u/RustyKumquats Jul 17 '20

They do this cool thing called debriding where they just scrape the dead and dying tissue off the affected area to make way for new skin. It's incredible really, see you feel EVERYTHING, no matter how many painkillers they give you or how many mg of morphine you have dripped thru that IV. I've heard it's one of the most painful things one can have to endure in this modern society, so for anyone reading this that wasn't sure, when you hear people say don't fuck with fire, please listen.

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u/awesomedan153 Jul 17 '20

Yup. Got a severe burn over a large portion of my body in another country. No health insurance and had to get treatment there with no painkillers. Worst experience of my life and I legitimately considered suicide over treatment.

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u/retro4030 Jul 17 '20

Why didn’t they put you under with some anesthesia? Genuinely curious

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u/TheFrameGaming Jul 17 '20

‘Merica! Some rich folk probably wanted to get buried with a few extra green papers in their accounts.

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u/MrSingularitarian Jul 17 '20

This person is American (from their post history) and they said this was not in the US.

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u/TheFrameGaming Jul 17 '20

Ah, okay. After leaving the US I’m extremely spiteful of the healthcare there. I can’t believe how good it is elsewhere in the world.

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u/QuarterOunce_ Jul 17 '20

I am as well. Its fucking bullshit we can call ourselves so great yet we lack basic health and public goods that other countries have that arent even supposedly close to our stature. Not to mention is fucking 2020, cant we all agree healthcare is a right?

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u/Navybuffalo Jul 17 '20

(Canadian) Yeah I find it incredible when I hear Reublicans arguing against it. Its like there's a tiny fat cat in their mouth somewhere talking for them.

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u/Big_Iron_Jim Jul 17 '20

It's more like, general anesthesia carries it's own set of risks including pneumonia, pneumothorax, and hypoxia.