Submitted by ExistentialQ t3_1262pux in tifu
pdxscout t1_je7d075 wrote
I once had immense pain in one of my testicles and went to the ER. After waiting for like 6 hours, the doctor looked at me and said I didn't have torsion. I asked how she could be sure. She said, "the pain is so intense you'd be vomiting."
sunshineANDrainbowsg t1_je8kf8d wrote
When I was 10 I had appendicitis. After intense stomach pain all day my mom, a nurse, took me to the ER. The doctors also dismissed after a brief examination because I wasn’t crying and looked normal. Luckily my mom is stubborn and refused to leave, or I might have died.
Long story short dismissing based on lack of pain without proper tests can be dangerous.
pdxscout t1_je8ticj wrote
Yeah, absolutely. I also felt dismissed by my doctor.
Squigglepig52 t1_je9vfny wrote
Well, did it turn out that you actually did have a torsion? Because, if you didn't, she was right.
Also - yeah, by that point, after an additional 6 hours waiting around, it would have been puking levels of pain.
pdxscout t1_je9yex3 wrote
I did not. But that doesn't change that I felt dismissed.
Squigglepig52 t1_jeanf7z wrote
Because you were. Which is the outcome when you clearly don't have the issue you claim to have.
They don't have the time or energy, or resources, to coddle somebody who doesn't have an actual reason to be there.
You were taking up time and space that could have been used to treat somebody with an actual problem.
aurieleesummers t1_je7jzdq wrote
Once you have seen it so many times you can tell 😂 some people can predict a diagnosis by smell 😅
Kroliczek_i_myszka t1_je83nep wrote
What do twisted testes smell like?
aurieleesummers t1_je8405z wrote
Apparently vomit 🤣
Kroliczek_i_myszka t1_je84b6w wrote
Ahahah touche
ExistentialQ OP t1_je7ffxc wrote
That is scary 0_0
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