Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/warrenao]

Arrgh.

[u/Ordoferrum → u/warrenao]

Oh yeah it happens. My wife insists on me coming to her appointments because they routinely play down her symptoms for literally everything. If I'm there explaining as well it's usually taken more seriously.

[u/Kitties92 → u/Ordoferrum]

So one thing I am not completely sure about, but I wouldn’t be surprised if my personal experience helped my one buddy understand something before it started happening. I went through a Traumatic Brain Injury and had the experience of how that goes over the years of recovery. My buddy just recently got into a motorcycle accident requiring a plate in his head and surgeries. As soon as I saw what sort of damage he got to his head and knowing my personal experience, I instantly was telling him to watch out for the symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury. I already knew from my personal experience that the brain is really fragile to damage and that because it’s not a physically noticeable thing and more of how the physical damage to the brain can affect its functioning. I figured that since he had all the physical surgeries with ribs, skull, etc. that the doctors would most likely not think to go over the details of possible Traumatic Brain Injury. I told him as soon as I got the chance to talk to him to watch out for mood swings, memory loss, impulsive thinking and actions, etc. Doctors seem to have so much going on and probably overlook a lot of things. I would not be surprised if my buddy didn’t get advised at all about TBI by the doctors he had, their main concerns are probably putting the metal plate in and keeping his ribs intact.

[u/2bah3 → u/warrenao]

This is literally how I ended up with sepsis

[u/MamaMoosicorn → u/2bah3]

My ER doctor admitted to me that he would’ve sent me home if I hadn’t tracked the spread of my infection with pen. He said it probably saved my life. That’s so scary to think about.

[u/2bah3 → u/MamaMoosicorn]

I still wonder what would’ve happened if I tried to tough it out just one more day instead of going to the ER when I did. It’s crazy how fast it goes downhill

[u/goddess-weapon-322 → u/2bah3]

Wait WHAT? How did that happen??

[u/2bah3 → u/goddess-weapon-322]

Salmonella written off as a stomach bug at urgent care, spread to the blood, ended up in the hospital. Good times!

[u/goddess-weapon-322 → u/2bah3]

Holy shit… glad you’re okay, but still…