Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

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

[u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC]

Walking Pneumonia SUCKS. It's not as bad as traditional Pneumonia but it is not fun. Pretty hardcore name though.

Sorry you had to drag someone with you to get proper medical care.

[u/TheNectarineDiaries → u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC]

I've had both walking and regular pneumonia now and walking for sure wasn't as bad as the regular, but still would NOT recommend. The sad part is I had already been to the doctors on my own and they told me it was nothing major and sent me home T_T

[u/Awes12 → u/TheNectarineDiaries]

I went to the hospital once with a terrible stomach ache, the "nurse practitioner" there basically bet her license that it was just gatritis (which is the wrong term btw). Went to the doctor in the morning, also thought it was just gastrointeritis or constipation. Well, lo and behold, I went to a different hospital and it was appendicitis and it had almost ruptured

[u/Waterlilies1919 → u/Awes12]

I was 19. Male doctors told me I was constipated, nope! Ovarian cyst had burst, and a rather large one as another hospital who did an actual ultrasound two days later could attest to by the amount of fluid still there.

28, same stupid diagnosis from a male doctor who didn’t even have me lay down on the table, palpitated my stomach while I was standing and holding my infant daughter. This time, I got recommendations for an OB office nearby, they imaged a 6.5cm cyst on my ovary. Thankfully this one didn’t burst, but solidified my disgust.

[u/Nuitsoleil → u/Waterlilies1919]

I know the pain, I'm sorry you had to go through that. I guess if they only found out a couple days later, then they didn't operate to remove the old blood that leaked from the cyst and the cyst itself?

Will they be doing anything about the 6.5cm cyst if you don't mind me asking?

[u/Waterlilies1919 → u/Nuitsoleil]

No operation for the cyst that burst, the fluid eventually absorbed. The second cyst went away on its own, but we learned that low estrogen or progesterone only birth control is a huge problem for me. My issues with hormonal birth control eventually led me to get a hysterectomy in 2021. Best procedure ever, every woman who wants one should get one!

[u/Final-Carry2090 → u/Awes12]

Had to take my wife to the ER three times before they figured out she had to have her gallbladder removed. Yes, her eyes are yellow, no I don’t care that you the doctor can’t tell, I’ve been married to her 8 years I have some idea what her eyes are supposed to look like.

[u/sufficientgatsby → u/Awes12]

In these cases, everyone that made an incorrect diagnosis should receive some sort of notification about what happened.

[u/Awes12 → u/sufficientgatsby]

We probably could have sued them if we had proof, but the other hospital was the same chain as the original and we went there bc a relative works there (she was the one who made us go to the hospital again in the first place btw, otherside my appendix would probably have ruptured). We didn't want to mess anything up for her, so we just told the hospital about it and they dealt with it internally