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Digestive Transit Time of Lego Heads: The FART Score Study
A group of six physicians designed a study in which each of them ingested a Lego head, with the goal of establishing the average transit time for an object frequently swallowed. Their findings were quantified and presented through a metric they humorously termed the ‘Found and Retrieved Time’ or ‘FART’ score. On average, the FART score calculated indicated that these objects took approximately 1.71 days to pass through the system.
From 1927 to 1952, Tobacco Companies…
From 1927 to 1952, Tobacco Companies used pictures of doctors in their advertising and used slogans claiming that doctors endorsed their brand.
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Doctors Confess How They Behave When They Are The Patient
Something funny that I’ve always wondered… who’s the doctor for my doctor? Does that doctor have a doctor? And what about THAT doctor?
Wouldn’t there be an imbalance of some kind eventually? Does every doctor have a doctor in some never-ending loop? This has to be one of life’s greatest mysteries, right?
Here’s another question: What do doctors talk about when they go for their own medical checkups and yearly physical exams? Do they correct each other? Argue over results?
Oh, to be a fly on the wall…
As humorous as this is, remember: Doctors are people, too! They have to go to the doctor just like the rest of us (even if they refuse to answer my question about this seemingly never-ending loop of doctors).
But there might, in fact, be an answer!
Doctors were candid about their own experiences at the well, doctor after Redditor Still-Tangerine2782 asked the online community:
“Doctors of Reddit, what’s it like when you go in for a doctor’s appointment?”
“Do you and your doctor discuss what’s wrong with you like it’s a group project? Do you not go at all because you’re your own doctor?”
“It depends on what I’m going in for.”
“It depends on what I’m going in for. As a background, I’m an oncologist so I’ve trained in internal medicine before. For most internal medicine-type stuff, I don’t bother going in unless I need something that I can’t easily get for myself (e.g. labs or images).
“For specialty stuff I wasn’t trained in, I go in and try to give them the best history I can, but let them do their own thing.” ~ alkahdia
“Fastest consultations ever.”
I don’t get involved in the management. I let the doctor seeing me lead that unless they missed something huge and I would just double-check.”
“The main difference is I can present the whole history and relevant info in about 30 seconds flat and the doctor with that info can just give me the management plan in about the same time.”
“Fastest consultations ever. Very methodical.” ~ triple_threatt
“I don’t go often but when I do…”
“Doctor here (neurologist) I’m not good at going to the doctor. I don’t go often but when I do I usually just STFU, especially if it’s a field of medicine I have no idea about (like say…derm).”
“That being said, the doctor usually knows I’m a physician as well, and so the language tends to be more technical.”
“I also find that we practice less defensively with each other since we can be more open (“We could do ABC tests but honestly what you probably have is X so take this and if it doesn’t get better then we can do ABC”).” ~ Telamir
“Academically minded people tend to ask lots of questions…”
“The pace and density of the conversations is different, I’m sure.”
“I’m an emergency physician who has, over time, treated various physicians in my community including internists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, some from my hospital and some not. Keep in mind that each specialty is quite different from the others.”
“The Rad Onc, for example, thinks and speaks differently than the Ortho Surgeon, and I felt like my treatment of each of them was really quite similar to treating a professor of engineering.”
“Academically minded people tend to ask lots of questions and research stuff while you’re out of the room, as compared to populations that request a more paternalistic bent and just want you to tell them what to do so they can get on with their day.”
“I’m careful to credit that the number of hours that went into my family physician’s training is the same as mine; simply a different topic.”
“She knows tons of stuff about management and screening for chronic disease that I don’t, and I … well I know how to intubate people, manage a bad LSD trip, or use a jar of bubbles to distinguish between kids that are scared and kids that are head injured.” ~ procast1natrix
“For the most part…”
“I’m an ER doctor, and sometimes I have other doctors as patients. For the most part, they’re pretty good patients because they can give a good description of their symptoms in a way that’s useful to me.”
“They usually ask good questions and are well equipped to have an informed discussion about their diagnosis and treatment.
“Sometimes it’s hard for me to dial back my ‘patient talk’ where I simplify medical terms for laypeople. Sometimes it’s challenging if their area of expertise is totally unrelated to the issue at hand and they don’t recognize their limited understanding.”
“The worst patients are those who have just a little medical knowledge and think they know everything. Some version of: ‘My aunt is a nurse, and she said a need a whole-body MRI for this runny nose…’”
“As far as self-diagnosing, I usually deal with my own minor medical issues. If I noticed signs of something more serious, I would go to someone else.” ~ Yeti_MD
“It’s actually a strategy I’ve adopted…”
“Doctor here (family medicine).”
“I self diagnose most things, but for my 1-year-old daughter I decided a while ago that I don’t want to do that for her. So her pediatrician doesn’t know I’m a doctor – I never told her. I want her to treat me like any other parent, and explain everything to me like I’m 5 years old.”
“I’m afraid of being too nonchalant with my daughter’s health that I’ll miss something (or the doctor assuming I know more than I really do).”
“It’s actually a strategy I’ve adopted since on myself; if I go to a doctor (say a gynecologist for a routine check-up) I sometimes just don’t say what I do so I can legitimacy ask dumb questions about things that I should really know – or so that the other doctor won’t leave out important info that they assume I know for fear of insulting me.”
“On the other hand, my regular doctors do know, such as the gynecologist who saw me through my pregnancies, and that enables more complex and nuanced discussions about health decisions, as in debating questions and giving me options that he wouldn’t necessarily do with it he patients, because he can be sure I understand the medical pros and cons well once I’m given a basic explanation.” ~ HermioneGranger8888
“It is a bit dependent…”
“Doctor here – it is a bit dependent on the field of medicine involved.”
“For example, I don’t know much about neurological issues so if I went to see a neurologist I certainly wouldn’t be chipping in.”
“For more generic conditions I have previously offered my thoughts to my doctor about what it could be. Ultimately I still go to the doctor as they can prescribe drugs/order tests for me that would be difficult/questionable for me to do myself.” ~ drbigmac69
“When we do go in…”
“Doctor here. In general, we are not good about going to the doctor. For me, it’s physicals about half as often as recommended and that time I had strep a year and a half ago that didn’t resolve with whatever antibiotics I had in my medicine cabinet.”
“When we do go in, it is like a group project. We usually hash things out together but ultimately I am going to defer to someone with more expertise than me in that area who can make an objective decision.” ~ nellyann
“I always go to someone who doesn’t know me…”
“I always go to someone who doesn’t know me, and I wouldn’t say that I’m a doctor as well. On the other hand, my significant other is a doctor too, and whenever we feel something we do discuss it like a group project in which he always refuses any treatment until his symptoms get to the very worst.” ~ eatfart420
“It can be weirdly stressful…”
“I try to act like any other patient. Medical people can very much sabotage their own care by taking shortcuts or perhaps declining to approach their own problems the way other patients do.”
“It’s a mistake. I have seen harm done that way. I don’t come in for trivial things like self-limiting infections or things that are harmless because I know that they are. But I do go see my regular doctor for problems that really bother me or for routine exams like anyone else.”
“It can be weirdly stressful to be the doctor or the patient in this kind of interaction. I’ve learned to not let it bother me when I am the doctor seeing other doctors. It can be harmful to the doctor as a patient if you let that kind of interaction get to you.”
“I try not to generate stress for other doctors who see me and know what I am. That could be detrimental to me.” ~ Zapranotho777
“I keep my mouth shut…”
“Forensic pathologist here: I keep my mouth shut and let my doctor be a doctor. I have a pulse, so I am not the expert here. Doctors that self-doctor are scary and arrogant, in my honest opinion.” ~ TheresNoIinAutopsy
Well, it’s safe to say I learned a lot.
These answers are remarkably insightful. Next time you go to the doctor, you’ll have a newfound appreciation for them and what they do.
Doctors are people just like you, with concerns about their own health. Given their experience and knowledge, it also takes a lot of humility to just let other professionals do their jobs.
Dr. Werner Forssmann fed a catheter…
Dr. Werner Forssmann fed a catheter into an artery in his arm and on into his heart without knowing what the consequences would be. He then made an X-ray as proof. This procedure eventually revolutionised heart surgery. In 1956 he was awarded with the Nobel Price for Physiology or Medicine.
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Therapists Divulge Their Biggest ‘Holy Sh*t’ Moments With Their Patients
Going to therapy is the first big step you should take if you feel like your mental health needs assistance.
If you need it, do it. Don’t be ashamed.
That being said, there is a lot therapists have to deal with on a daily basis, not all of it good. Sometimes they can’t help but judge the people they’re trying to help.
It’s not explicitly said, and from the sounds of it they maintain their professionalism, but sometimes that’s what the internet is best used for—venting your frustrations about what awful people your clients are.
Reddit user, homowithoutsapiens, wanted to know what happens when the hour starts.
They asked:
“Therapists of reddit, what was your biggest “I know I’m not supposed to judge you but holy sh*t” moment?”
Trying To Inform Them Of The Proper Way To Cope
“I work with youth and adolescents who have anxiety, trauma, and/or depression. Some of the kids I worked with had some pretty severe attachment issues. Regardless of this, I never thought I’d have to seriously explain:”
“You can’t just buy a straitjacket for your kid.”
“Feeding your kid ultra Spicy Ramen each night instead of the meal everyone else is eating isn’t specifically defined as abuse, but you have to understand the emotional abuse that this causes.”
“Your kid isn’t trying to kill you because they stand in your doorway at night crying. Thats likely because they’re scared of their traumatic nightmares, but feel like you will just yell at them if they wake you up.” ~ Shozo_Nishi
That’s The Opposite OF Social Distancing.
“Here’s my most recent one: As the pandemic worsened here in the US and more lock downs are on their way, one of my most extroverted clients and I brainstormed ways to meet her social needs while remaining safe.”
“The following week she canceled her session and told me that she’s positive for COVID after attending an orgy, which definitely wasn’t one of our ideas. I let out the deepest most defeated sigh after I hung up the phone.” ~ gyakutai
You Are Allowed To Move On
“Not a judgment – you kind of train your brain not to judge, because you are seeking to understand and help. When you do those things, you can’t simultaneously judge. We could all use a little more of that in real life, I suppose.”
“I’ll share this though. I do feel concerned about this recent phenomenon of young people I worked with self-diagnosing, sharing, and identifying very closely with mental illness; as if the pendulum quickly swung from ‘never, ever share your feelings’ to ‘OMG, you’re depressed? All of us are too!’”
“Life’s challenges can be tough and they don’t need a scientific-sounding label to be valid and real. You are not your diagnosis. We can find validation and support in healthier ways.” ~ Reddit
Take. Care. Of. Your. Child.
“Clinical psychologist working primarily in forensics here. This means my clients are usually involves in legal proceedings (family court, juvenile court, criminal court, etc…)”
“My job is usually to evaluate or provide treatment. I’m not there to judge, that’s the judges job, but of course I have my thoughts.”
“I am usually impressed by the justifications people make for sh-tty behavior. The one that irks me the most is when parents manipulate their child against the other parent.”
“I’ve had to do therapy for a 5yo who said she doesn’t want to see a parent because they haven’t paid child support. Excuse me? What 5yo knows, understand, or needs to be worried about child support.” ~ FriktionalTales
Aware Of Your Own Shortcomings
“Once had a patient whose wife shook their baby to death. He wanted help reconnecting with his wife.”
“At the time I was a young father of a newborn myself, and he triggered a lot of fear in me for my own child, a deep loathing of his spouse, and pity (the ‘how pathetic’ kind) for the patient.”
“I tried for 3 sessions, met his spouse and everything before handing the case over to my supervisor (who knew about my initial reactions, and tried to help me through it).”
“Unfortunately, it ended up being more about my feelings than his, and I was new to the profession at the time. These things are expected to crop up from time to time, but I was still taken aback by my own reactions.” ~ PrimeGuard
A Serious Lack Of Support At Home
“I work in mental health and have worked in acute and crisis settings for the majority of my career. The most notable event I experienced was when a young person had presented with significant ongoing suicidal ideation who was dealing with a lot of sh*t.”
“I spent a lot of time with them mostly deescalation and working out what the plan should be moving forward.”
“One of their parents came in a little while later and I had the opportunity to speak to them about where their child was and what had been going on, with their consent of course.”
“Midway through me trying to explain some of the psychological constructs and ways the parent could help they said to me, ‘is this going to take much longer I have a show to go and watch’.”
“All I can say is, I never judge my patients, I have never walked their path or viewed the world through their eyes. But the people around them who perpetuate the suffering of the people I work with through ignorance, malice and selfishness, I judge them.” ~ Tedkin
Seriously. Why Dunk On Your Child Getting The Help They Need?
“Therapist here,”
“To piggy back on what others have said, it is highly unlikely for me to have moments where I judge my clients. It happens sometimes, but I’m able to shut down those thoughts quickly in my head and return to being present for the people I see.”
“People are so incredibly complex that my judgment wouldn’t have any meaning anyway and it doesn’t have a place in our work together.”
“I will admit though, something that does get me feeling a little salty is when I have a client’s parent that attempts to sabotage the therapeutic relationship I have with their child, or pulling them out of therapy entirely when some of the things we talk about challenges some potentially unhealthy family dynamics. I don’t feel anger toward the parents, mostly I feel bad for the kid.” ~ dirtyberti
I’m Here To Help, But You All Suck
“Lots of people discussing pedophilia as an example of the toughest stuff to not judge despite our training. I haven’t yet treated a pedophile thankfully. At least not an identified one.”
“I did run a men’s anger management group though, and some of those men had done some terrible things to women. Most of them I found ways to like and admire for their positive aspects, but there were two guys in that group I just could never find ‘unconditional positive regard’ for.”
“One guy basically never spoke in group. He would give one word answers and occasionally just discuss how unfair the ‘system’ was to him. I worked really hard to open him up and find things to connect over but he never opened up to me or the group.”
“He left the group after he strangled his girlfriend and went to jail. She survived thankfully.”
“The other left group early routinely, showed up late, participated minimally and similarly never wanted to open up honestly. He left early one group after we had discussed him staying to the end and threatened me when I told him he wasn’t going to get credit for attendance (something the court required).”
“Oddly, I eventually moved into the apartment below him (completely without knowledge) and listened to him scream at his girlfriend and break sh*t while I called the cops.”
“I judge these men. They’re sh-tty. Maybe they’re redeemable, but redemption requires self-exploration and they both refused to do so.”
“It’s worth noting how differently I felt about them than so many others in the group; men I found ways to help and admire and respect even in spite of their awful behavior in the past.” ~ MyFianceMadeMeJoin
People Are Too Down On Themselves
“Okay, real therapist here. I got one.”
“Some of my clients are SHOCKINGLY BAD at giving themselves credit, holy sh*t!!
“Like they might get a nearly straight A GPA in a brutal major while battling depression, or overcome years of phobia and get behind the wheel again, or write a literal novel, or raise a kid as a single parent with low income, or build new relationships after being burned, or cope with OCD well enough to hold down a job.”
“And they’ll talk about themselves as if everyone on earth is better than them, as if their accomplishments are worthless. And I know it’s because of depression or anxiety or another condition, but I’m often stunned by how differently I see them compared to how they see themselves.” ~ Reddit
Don’t be afraid to share with your doctor.
That’s what they are there for.
Get the help you need.
Doctors Divulge Little-Known Facts From The Gross Side Of Human Biology
Human biology is a fascinating trove of grossness, but it’s grossness most of us don’t encounter.
For the majority of us, our in-depth exploration of biology stops once we’re out of school. We live the rest of our lives focused on our own biology, maybe that of close family members or partners and that’s about it.
But medical professionals spend their days surrounded by human weirdness and they want you to know that yes, humans are gross.
It’s perfectly natural.
Reddit user “Bitictac” asked:
“Doctors of reddit, what’s the weirdest/grossest fact about the human body that no one seems to know?”
If you’re squeamish, we’re going to suggest you go ahead and back out of this article now. We will be getting very up close and way too personal as we talk about all sorts of bodily fluids and functions.
Proceed with caution.
Cartman Was Right?!
“Not a doctor. Nurse here. If you have a bad gastro-intestinal obstruction you can vomit feces.”
– fire4ashz
“This happened to me once after I accidentally ingested some poisonous mushroom. Yes it was as awful as it sounds.”
– komandanto_en_bovajo
“Had a guy when I was out doing wilderness med that ate too many MREs (which essentially operate as the exact opposite of a laxative) and his breath smelled awful and he had severe abdominal pain.”
“We realized he had a GI block from the MRE food turning into a brick in his intestines and his breath was because his sh*t was flowing back into his stomach since it couldn’t leave his body.”
– nukeularkupcake
Inside Out
“Old ladies often have prolapse of their pelvic organs.”
“This means their vaginal walls got so weak that it can no longer support their bladder or uterus. A grade 4 prolapse is when it’s really sticking the heck out of their vagina like an alien head. -Nurse practitioner”
– vespertinas
“Happened to me after having 4 kids in 4 years. Had a hysterectomy at 29.”
– thefrozenfew
“Before modern surgery to help relieve that, you’d get a wooden mushroom looking thing to insert to push and hold things back up there.”
“In poor areas, root vegetables could be used.”
“Not everyone gets surgery now, so there are still silicone versions of it in use to this day.”
– paperconservation101
Move Over
“When a patient gets a kidney transplant, they usually leave the old 2 behind unless there’s a significant problem with them.”
“The extra kidney is just tucked in the peritoneum leaving the patient with 3 kidneys.”
– Medicaljargon-itis
“The kidney comes with the renal artery, vein, and the ureter still attached, so all they have to do is hook it up to the iliac vein/artery and the bladder. Like they really just plug that bad boy in and then let it be.”
“I watched a video of a transplant and it was way easier than I ever would have imagined it would be.”
– shineymermaid
“Honestly I’d be annoyed about the kidney thing. I don’t want extra organs in my body.”
– shicole3
Black Hairy Tongue
“Dental student here. Black hairy tongue is a common condition and it’s exactly what it sounds like.”
“It’s just caused by buildup of dead skin that becomes hair like because of tobacco use or antibiotic use. Usually combined with lack of frictional forces from brushing/scraping the tongue.”
– Alarm-Potential
“My very first patient at the hospital had black hairy tongue & I was just shocked.”
– neqailaz
Mucosa
“Lips are made of a membrane called mucosa.”
“The anal sphincter, the nostrils, the glans of the penis, urethras, and the vagina are also made out of mucosal membrane. Pretty much any of your super delicate skin that is often wet is mucosa.”
“It’s often used in areas where a little protection could be used, since the cells in mucosal membranes are really densely packed. They also often secrete some form of mucous (lubrication, boogers, saliva, etc).”
“It’s all the same tissue. It all feels pretty much the same. Do with that what you will.”
– Oisillion
“So if they ask me to kiss their a**, I can just kiss them in the lips?”
– Mr_Skeleton_Shadow
“I think you’ve just ruined kissing for everyone forever.”
– TiredGayAtheist
“… Speak for yourself.”
– blamethepunx
A Leaky Nose & A Blood Plug
“You can leak brain fluid (csf) out your nose because there’s a bone with a bunch of holes for your olfactory (smell) nerves called the cribiform plate.”
– philthy333
“I remember a one-off character in Grey’s Anatomy that was leaking csf from his nose! Thank you for explaining it.”
– outrunmyself
“Leaking brain fluid… that made me want to disintegrate…”
– uhdontaskme
“To help you not have nightmares, it’s pretty rare and you’d probably know – the photophobia and headache that go along with it are pretty bad.”
“That doesn’t stop people from thinking they have it when in fact they have allergic rhinitis, or they’ve not realized that the sinuses can fill up with fluid, and when they dump that fluid they can dump quite a lot.”
“There’s two angles your sinuses are most likely to leak from too for most people – eyes straight down, and looking straight up. Tilt your head about about 10 degrees.”
“In the unlikely event that you are actually leaking brain fluid, it’s actually surprisingly simple to fix for most people.”
“Usually it just takes a little bit of your own blood. It’s squirted into the spinal fluid and the blood clot it forms seals the hole up.”
“You become your own tire plug.”
– PavlovaPalava
“Holy sh*t I may have had this done when I had meningitis!”
“They shot my own blood into my face and I was too out of it to know what was happening other than being confused why they took my blood only to put it back in me.”
– PsychedelicWeaselGun
We’re Basically Cuttlefish
“Every single melanocyte on your skin (you know, the ones that give your hairs color, and your skin its skin color) is connected to your sympathetic nervous system via modified synapses.”
“No-one knows why they’re connected that way – but we do know that under stress, those nerves nuke the pool of stem cells that create hair pigment, which is why it makes your hair go grey.”
“A few mutations and you could, theoretically, be able to control them and change color like a chameleon.”
“So in many ways, we’re basically walking cuttlefish.”
– PavlovaPalava
The Most Doctor Answer
“The thing with this question is, I don’t know what people consider gross or weird.”
“Lots of questions about pooping, but that’s neither gross nor weird to me; its a bodily function.”
“I have stories about gross stuff that made me gag, but I wouldn’t consider any normal bodily function gross.”
– Gk786
“This is the most doctor answer ever. I’m sure most doctors are so desensitized that they don’t know what normal people even consider gross.”
– Ya_boii_95
Vagina Bleach
“One that a lot of men don’t tend to know: the vaginas discharge can bleach underwear, even black underwear.”
“It’s perfectly natural and normal.”
– ahumanpileofgarbage
If you’re a medical professional with an interesting or gross human body fact to share, let’s meet in the comments!
People Who Were In A Coma Describe What It Was Really Like
A coma is a period of prolonged unconsciousness brought on by illness or injury. The person in a coma is unable to respond to external stimuli.
The person is very much still alive but the brain is functioning at its lowest stage of alertness.
Having a family member in a coma can be a devastating experience. Will they ever wake up? And will they ever be the same person again, with the same quality of life?
But what’s it like for the person actually in the coma?
Some people have described it as a dream-like state, though the experience can vary from person to person.
People went into further detail after Redditor portlover91 asked the online community:
“People who have been in coma, what was it like? Do you dream? Does it feel like you’ve been asleep for a long time?”
“I was in a coma for over three days…”
“I was in a coma for over three days but was in the hospital for over two months. The doctors were trying different procedures for my brain to kickstart the short-term memory. I literally couldn’t remember anything.”
“I would routinely reintroduce myself to nurses, not remembering them from a few minutes prior. I would start a conversation, only to forget what I was saying mid-sentence, and just stop talking. It was so frustrating.”
“I don’t remember anything from that time, but I remember how I felt about certain situations when they are brought up by others. As an example, a person who I’m no longer with yelled at me, with nurses present, and was banned from visiting.”
“I don’t remember that exchange, but I remember feeling extremely hurt and sad, but didn’t know why.”
“When I was speaking with a relative, she brought up the ‘yelling situation’ and the feelings came flooding back, but not what was said or who was there.”
“I’m getting better and I’m able to retain new memories, overall… just not during any extremely stressful moments.”
“My brain protects itself and stops “recording” when I find myself in a stressful situation. It’s really not fun and can be truly challenging.” ~ Everythings5
“Was in an induced coma…”
“Was in an induced coma for 6 weeks due to pancreatitis. What I remember was so scary. I guess it was a nightmare or something but I dreamt I was being held in a basement by a demon.”
“It felt so real. When I told the doctors they said it was the Propofol that made me hallucinate.” ~ summerswifey
“I have very few vivid memories…”
“I was in a coma for 6 weeks with double pneumonia, sepsis, and kidney failure.”
“I have very few vivid memories from being under but had some very strange visions once I woke due to the number of drugs I was pumped full of. I had no concept of time and thought I had only been out for a day or so.” ~ Zodiackillerstadia
“He said it was like…”
“My husband was placed in an induced coma following a motorcycle accident. He said it was like time stopped in his mind, and he was stuck in a loop of the accident.”
“He was conscious and remembers when he was loaded onto the flying doctor’s plane at the scene of the accident, but he doesn’t remember arriving at the hospital.” ~ FormalMango
“A good friend of mine…”
“A good friend of mine was in an accident this past summer and ended up in a coma for about two weeks. He said the only thing he really remembers is dreaming he was walking around in the dark.”
“After walking for a few minutes, he saw his eyelids as if he were inside his own head. As he approached them, they opened, and that’s when he woke up.” ~ Platonus44
“He thought we were in a spaceship.”
“My boyfriend was in a coma for three days. We sat with him and talked to him the whole time. He doesn’t remember any of it.”
“When he woke up, he didn’t know who I was, but he recognized his mother. He hallucinated for several days after that. He thought we were in a spaceship.
“I asked if there was a Wookie aboard and he said ‘Yes! You!’” ~ PersonMcNugget
“But I just remember it being dark…”
“It was only a few days in a medically induced coma.”
“But I just remember it being dark, short blips of family being in the room, and when the doctor first tried telling me where I was and asking me if I knew my name, I was tempted to answer it as Brittney Spears.”
“But I didn’t want my parents freaking out.” ~ PM_Worst_Fart_Story
“Five days in total.”
“Five days in total.”
“They pulled me out of it after two or three days and I extubated myself, ripped out my IVs and punched a nurse before they sedated me again and restrained me.”
“Day five I woke up and the first thing I remember is not knowing anything. Had to describe, but my brain was basically at a primal level. The only thing I could process was fear.
“Then I ‘remembered’ I was human. At that point, it was ‘okay, my name is X, I’m alive. I’m in a hospital. Those are nurses. Holy s*** I fell off a cliff!’ and I calmed down.”
“After that things are blurry. I think they pushed something to relax me after my initial panic. I apparently signalled to ask for a pen and paper (I was retubed so I couldn’t speak) and wrote, ‘Can I have a whiskey IV?’ And ‘I feel like a salad.’”
“As far as while I was under, my last memory was being loaded into a helicopter and the medic asking ‘X, you’re in the bird, it’s gonna be okay. Do you understand?’ And me saying ‘Yeah, this s*** hurts, knock me the f**k out.’”
“And something got pushed in my IV and next thing I know I’m experiencing what I said above. No dreams, no locked-in syndrome, nothing.” ~ TacosArePeopleToo
“I just remember…”
“I was in a diabetic coma and don’t remember any of it and most of the bit before. I just remember waking up feeling amazing (morphine) and zero pain, which was lovely.” ~ JustPassingShhhh
“When I (slowly) woke up…”
“I was in a diabetic coma for two days. No dreams, no nothing, just out. When I (slowly) woke up I had some kind of mild/minor amnesia.”
“I didn’t know where I was, or who I was, but I recognized my mom immediately when I saw her. TMI but the doctors were just about to put in a catheter when I woke up, then I peed for like two minutes straight.”
“The nurse was impressed.” ~ MingusMonz
“I had a C-section…”
“I had a C-section and woke up four days later in the ICU. Amniotic fluid leaked into my lungs during the C section. I also lost a lot of blood and needed three blood transfusions.”
“I was only in a coma for four days. It was black, no dreams, no time passing. My memories of before the coma don’t have a timeline nor make any sense.”
“To me, it happened in surgery, I was fully awake and started getting tired and then black. The family says it happened differently, that it was after and had visitors for those days. I don’t remember any of those days at all.”
“I still have issues with short-term memory.” ~ NotBadSinger532
We’ve all seen movies about people who fall into comas after an accident or following a grave illness.
Hopefully, these stories give the rest of you some more insight into the experience.
And hopefully, hopefully you don’t ever have to experience it for yourselves.
Argentina’s Antarctic research base…
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The original drummer of The Offspring…
The original drummer of The Offspring became a medical doctor. During a malpractice lawsuit against him he saved a jurors life causing a mistrial by tainted jury pool.
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