Doctors, what's the dumbest thing a patient has lied about? 

Same here!

LMFAO I hadn't thought of that but the Looney Tunes mental image is golden, thank you

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When I read this I was able to visualize someone in a full surgeon suit just punching me in the face

Usually it's about medical insurance or to avoid embarrassment. As Dr. House always said "everyone lies."

I could understand lying about how something got up your butt or something like that, but if your lying about drugs, food, or conditions definitely stupid

@@ThePsyko420 Even that one is a little odd because I promise you the doctor 100% knows you didn't slip and fall ass-first on a phallic-shaped object. It's not like they're gonna ridecule you in the lobby for having sexual desires like nearly every other human.

​@_synne The only lie acceptable wen it goes to your health is, that you slipped and fell on that cucumber. If you say the truth it will stay only between you and the medical staff. If you lie, you can end up in icu or die. than your allfamily will be told what happened.

​@ThePsyko420 meh, I'd take pride in my booty abilities, but otherwise agree

Whoa! Most doctors don't get the time to do check up calls! They're a keeper! I hope you're doing well!

Story 70 dude is bitter a doctor took him at his word when he lied. Medical professionals aren’t mind readers, and a wound in the place in the pattern he described COULD be as innocuous as he said. Maybe, as this thread keeps proving, he shouldn’t have lied to save face and ACTUALLY asked for help instead of putting it on a surgeon to call him on his lies.

@@Yoyocreative he was one of the best :) he's retired now, but my current doctor and I have a great relationship. She used to babysit me when she was a teen, tho I was too young to remember. I'm doing so much better now, I got a great marriage, we own a home together and I'm less than a year from graduating with my master's. Thank you very much 😊 I hope you're doing well too

​@@FlameDarkfire are you dense? Do you think a self inflicted cut is gonna look the exact same as accidentally dropping a knife? Do you think doctors aren't taught to recognize signs they're being lied to in a profession where being lied to is an everyday occurrence? Do you think doctors aren't trained in detecting signs of suicidal behavior/ideation? Do you seriously think doctors are told to just take everything the patient says at face value and not ask questions? Please. Drop the edgelord attitude and be realistic.

WORD. I have left doctors with their mouths hanging open. Sex accidents. Don't try the Kama Sutra #68. Torn interior tendons. They were very good about not laughing while they were in the room....but lost it after leaving the room. Practicing BDSM player. Had NO issue going to my doctor. I explained the otherwise potentially upsetting minor scuffs; as I was there for more pertinent issues. Yes, there were occasionally whip marks or abrasions from rope. Abused? Kidnapped? I explained they were okay, they were from a party I attended. IN MY HONOR. Yes, I got the looks. Yes. I worked as a pro dominatrix. When they get to the physical examination they discover this old, grey haired granny has a past. Beware; you ask, I tell. I have no doubt destroyed the minds of some young medical students. Actually, a few took the initiative to ask quite a few OTHER questions on issues I doubt their medical school covered. All good. I'm all out of shame...and all for medical progress.

Fr, doctors only job is to help and treat people

Seriously. I work in an ER and it's like pulling teeth to get some people to admit that their dog that very clearly got into their marijuana is high. Like, just tell me. It's probably going to save you a whole lot of money compared to making us run a bunch of different tests just to come to the obvious answer.

Yeah they also don't get my pain response. I have still talking and laughing, trouble communicating/silence, coma. There is no crying/wailing/screaming. I fell off my horse, who then walked over my back. The ambulance crew put me as a pain score of 3 (it was actually like a 7, I was barely conscious initially from the pain, and was slipping into unconsciousness - but managed to fight it as I knew no one would find me for hours if I didn't call for help), wouldn't listen that the fall was not the problem - the half tonne animal, with tiny metal feet, standing on my lower back was the source of my inability to walk properly. They just kept asking how high I fell from, and didn't write about the horse standing on me in the report. I truly don't think they believed me at all, as I could still communicate well, the fact I couldn't walk or sit in a chair properly was lost on them. Unfortunately I didn't know at the time that I was autistic, so I didn't know to tell them.

This, I accidentally lie to doctors all the time because I have no idea what time frame they want bc I have chronic health issues (esp bc every time I go in for my chronic nausea and I have to explain that I highly doubt I’ve been pregnant for 9 years). And in the unconscious attempt to not be a burden I can inadvertently downplay my serious symptoms. Especially since magically I feel better (dissasociation due to malpractice) anytime I’m in the office and can forget important details like trouble breathing or 4x weekly migraines because I don’t have it happening right then

@@herstoryanimated Same with people with chronic illness's, to them they're so used to being in pain that they're more used to it

​@@herstoryanimatedIt really does suck, Also you should have filed a Malpractice complaint

@@derpyassassin1985 It does. End if the day they did offer to take me to hospital for further work up if I wanted (but said they didn't think it necessary), I wasn't keen to go either- I just wanted to go home, so it's on me as well. Luckily I also came put relatively unscathed in the long-term. After the initial pain/damage settled, I was so far out of alignment it showed in a riding lesson - my pelvis was 6 inches higher on one side (due to muscles seizing) - I got treatment (and still have top ups 3 monthly otherwise I seize again) and am pretty much ok now.

The nude, lubricated gymnastics everyone is apparently doing is impressive. Honestly, proper toys are well worth the cost.

@@michellewest4796 I'm asexual but growing up with a best friend that was the opposite of asexual was very enlightening so... Not my thing but I know too much. Proper toys can prevent infections when cleaned and cared for and they prevent embarrassment. They even sell them on amazon and you can get discrete packaging.

I was getting ready for bed a few nights ago when I suddenly realized I had accidentally created the potential for an actually legitimate "I sat on it" situation. An isobutane gas canister with a fill needle on top that I had absent-mindedly placed on a chair. I was like, "Yeah, I better move that before something happens that a doctor would never believe. . ."

@@WardenWolf oh wow. That wouldn’t have been pleasant.

I remember there was an outbreak in Cleveland, OH that was covered by an episode of Forensic Files.

You're talking about black mold, and while it can be linked to non-specific chronic general illness, to date, a possible association between acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage among infants and stachybotrys chartarum has not been proven.

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⁠@@TheMusicalMedicthey’re not talking about stachybotrys chartarum. They are talking about stachybotrys Optra, a related but different strain of toxic black mould, that has, in fact caused multiple infant deaths due to lung bleeding.

I watched that in my forensics class, except I wasn't paying Attention some don't remember

Yep! I got treated like I was drug seeking whenever I presented to ED for my gallstones. I was so happy to get my surgery.

40; been told all my life I would not be able to get pregnant due to ? I was exhausted, nauseous, and felt...swollen. Perhaps, I thought, it was early menopause. I still got my period every month but it had gotten scant. Imagine MY surprise when I found I was five months pregnant. ??? She's 26 and fine. She is the most abrupt...and wonderful surprise I ever had. I gave birth after a "four month" pregnancy; going from "I'll never have children." to "Where the hell do we put the changing table? OMG we have to childproof this house....... Note: they always told us we know we are pregnant because our period stopped. Mine didn't stop until nearly month six. Decision: Don't rely on them! Periods are a weird thing with their own plans. Sometimes the female reproductive organs are rather.... secretive.

back when i had periods i never tracked my cycle either, and i did have one. i didn't really need to bc the cramps started early. they were debilitating. literally could not move for the first day, sometimes the second day, because i was in so much pain. it wasn't a problem until it just suddenly got bad one day in band in high school (i passed out lol) and every period since was just as bad my dad never took me to the doctor though so i didn't know what was going on til i randomly started bleeding and cramping again (i'm transgender, my periods had stopped four or five years prior because of hrt). turns out my ovaries were the size of my fist, i had a LOT of cysts (though not pcos???????), and i had pre-cervical cancer lol

That's why they often say "nothing by mouth"

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On his behalf, thank you. I’m very close to being one of those people. The gift of your time that you gave to him was immeasurably valuable.

@@stickinthemud23 Bless your heart, I hope it won't come to this and you'll have people around you that you can share you life with ❤️

The desperation that loneliness can cause is actually crazy. I’m only 21, but after high school, I’ve been off studies and off work for years, which led to loneliness to the point where I let two people I’d never met pick me up from a parking lot and lied to my parents about it. It ended well, and in hindsight, I realise how dangerous that could’ve been. You really don’t consider the danger during loneliness like that though, you’re just THAT desperate to spend time with someone. Bless you ❤️

There was this older women down the street from where I lived as a child who has Alzheimer's i used to go over and talk with her daily. So sad that I haven't seen any family at the house after she died. Miss you Marie

If I had to guess, I'd say the off duty officer was moonlighting security at the RV park or something similar. Not sure why he fired at a person running away, unless he thought they were just trying to circle around or something.

It's also not fun for a doctor to have to dig out of a patient pellet by pellet.

Have you finished it?

@@sinistersilence489 I did. It went well. Thank you for asking :)

I have recently been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and a while back I had an endoscopy that I was told to fast for 6 hours for, which I did and still had food in my stomach when they did it. Maybe I have this? How did you get diagnosed and what treatment if any do you have?

@@conlon4332 I also have EDS which is what causes my gastroparesis. I had an endoscopy done from the stomach pain and nausea. When they found food still in my stomach and I told them that I had adhered to the time frame religiously, they ordered a barium gastric emptying test. That confirms gastroparesis. I was put on Reglan for around 6 months as it cannot be taken long term due to awful side effects. However, I would take it again in a heartbeat as it helped me become functional. I was on a reflux med for awhile (which I do NOT recommend - also stay away from laxatives as they can increase gastroparesis and low intestinal motility). I highly recommend colonic massage if you also have low intestinal motility. I've suffered from chronic constipation my entire life. I also have to take digestive enzymes because I cannot process fiber properly. Magnesium also helped the low intestinal motility but I no longer need to take that as long as I drink coffee daily. And twisting postures in yoga also seemed to help me. However, the only thing that absolutely helped my stomach was Reglan, though (I took the generic form which was much cheaper but it's an older med so it's fairly inexpensive). A ton of things can help low intestinal motility but little helps gastroparesis. Thankfully they found out what I had and how to decrease the severity before I had to take drastic measures like a feeding tube. It is very common in EDS. Izzy Kornblau has a YT channel that is super helpful in finding out all kinds of things about EDS. And Jeannie Di Bon is a UK PT with EDS that has helpful strengthening videos for joint hypermobility. Tons of great info online and FB groups around EDS where you can search and find all sorts of stuff pertaining to the comorbidities of EDS, and the common trifecta: EDS, MCAS, POTS. Hope this info helped and wasn't too much of an info dump!

Diabetes also causes gastroparesis and I have both.

@@conlon4332 I was then sent to a barium gastric emptying test and put on Reglan for a few months. I think they only prescribe it for a few weeks at a time now due to the bad side effects from longterm use. But it made a huge difference for me. I still have issues and have to stay away from beef which makes gastroparesis worse, but I’m much better than I was. Mine is also from hEDS. It’s a normal cause of it due to the laxity within the smooth muscle of the digestive system since it has collagen in it (EDS produces faulty collagen). I take digestive enzymes to help me digest harder foods like fiber. I still bloat but it’s greatly decreased with using them. In flares, I eat simple carbs because they are easy to digest. Other times I will just drink protein shakes or smoothies. I haven’t taken Reglan in 20 years and I’m doing much better than I was; I can actually live a life now.

Same, I once had a nurse lecture me for lying... But I was telling the truth. It was mortifying and I cried. I said I was not aware of any adverse reactions to anesthesia. Because the other two times I woke up fine. The third time, apparently not so much. I feel so bad for the staff but I didn't need the threats of psychiatric hold. (I apparently screamed and since I reported no issues they were worried I had some form of mental break apparently)

Ditto. People don't belive there is a 30 year old who never drinks, smokes, does drugs including weed, and isn't sexually active. Guys, I'm just boring. I'm not lying

@@typoriver3651 Are you me?

There’s definitely a selection drive for medical professionals to be more successful if they react calmly in traumatic circumstances and pretty unsuccessful if they immediately fall apart.

There was another really interesting case I heard of with someone who had severe depression and suicidal ideation and she got breast cancer. Basically, those traits appeared to get better as she worked on physically getting better but after the all clear, the depression and dark thoughts gradually returned. People around her were confused and even got nasty, accusing her of being "ungrateful", not understanding that this isn't really how mental illness works.

That's an ADHD thing. When things get scary, suddenly I can function perfectly normally and just handle a situation. Recently went for a drive with a friend that's a war veteran and we were nearly t-boned by a semi going 60mph. The conversation immediately stopped, we both took a breath, assessed the situation, talked it over to determine what led to it and had a plan for avoiding that ever happening again - all within 10 minutes. He said his respect for me skyrocketed and I would have made a formidable and dependable soldier. He's told me that if he had to build a team again, I'd be his first pick. I'm an 38 year old, heavily disabled person that hasn't been able to work in four years, with no official military training. Meanwhile, I laughed and told him he was absolutely ADHD AF because that's just how our brains function in those situations. He's finally starting to get it. We recently watched some Punisher and he was stunned to recognize that Frank is also adhd because he does everything I keep telling my friend about. Normal people freeze and have to assess the situation, we don't freeze and immediately start handling it. We figure it out as we go and can switch gears rapidly. However, that lady was most likely in an abusive situation, knew exactly what had happened, felt there was no escape, and dissociating to cope. Anytime someone has a bland response like that and turns to a mind numbing task like a game or scrolling a feed - that's significant dissociation.

Find a professional that takes it seriously *when you tell them about the long term damage from that abuse.* Because that's what that is - being unable to tell the difference is long term damage from emotional abuse and neglect. That way, if your new provider understands this, you can go for absolutely anything and have it taken seriously, and not be shamed for it. I finally have a doctor I can go to. Last time I said "Im having symptoms that act like a heart attack. I don't think it's an actual heart attack, but I'm scared and I know it's not going to go away on its own." She sent me to a heart professional for a full work up. Found out my heart was fine and the terrifying symptoms went away immediately. That doctor has done more to help me heal from severe anxiety and cptsd in the past three years than any mental health professional I've ever seen.

Yeah, and I can imagine it's an absolute PITA for a surgeon to dig out the pellets in surgery one by one.

@@xlsfd Probably hurts like a son-of-a-gun to have removed, too.

It does. Acetametaphin and caffeine multiply each other.

​@@ViirinSoftworks But if Goodie powder is caffeine and aspirin, there's no acetaminophen in it.

Seeing how my mom crushes aspirin to use on her gums when she has pain and says it works in seconds, I find that incredibly doubtful (though it could be a placebo effect that eases the pain for her).

@@darkstarr984 Aspirin is a very good local anaesthetic, on contact. Mouthrinsing with dissolved Aspirin will numb a sore mouth within seconds, or gargle to ease a sore throat. In fact when I was training as a nurse the danger of aspirin in kids less than 12 years wasn't appreciated (I'm very old), and it was commonly used to relieve their pain. After tonsillectomy the throat is sore, and dissolved aspirin (+ Ribena!) was sipped to numb before meals. The food would increase pain via contact, so after meals we gave a chewing gum pellet to kids 3yrs and up. The chewing gum was called Aspergum and contained 150mg aspirin per pellet (= 2 baby aspirin tabs). Chewing this released concentrated aspirin that numbed the throat very quickly so the child could play without pain.

I doubt it would work faster than just giving the patient sublingual medications tbh, might be a marketing gimmick

Im so sorry to hear about you and your mother, i hope you're both on the path to recovery But in the case of story 58, it could also be the cancer and whatever other conditions the mother has. I know its a known warning sign with cancer to have unexpected weight loss, so i imagine its a pretty common symptom to lose a ton of weight as long as the tumours arent so big they counteract that. It very well could be both, or a third thing neither of us have considered because op didnt mention it Edit: ok, i listened ro most of the story, and you may be right But speaking from the perspective of someone with chronic health conditions that cause me to eat probably less than i should (causes me physical pain in my stoamch and gallbladder due to incurable conditions, i eat enough to sustain weight and live and all that, but not much more, but due to medication im slightly overweight so no one seems to care), she vert well could not be eating because of the cancer or anything else she has because she feels unwell

Does it make you capitalize every word?

@@mothergoose9383 I Have Autism And OCD. It's A Compulsion That I Can't Stop. 🙄

There was a whole TV show in america called I didn't know I was pregnant. It was an entire multi season show, with like one or two stories an episode on the channel TLC.

Especially the teenaged patients, who may have gotten little to no sexual education

A lot of people in the first world cannot fathom going without a meal for several hours and think the hunger pains, which can be intense admittedly, are a sign they’re dying of starvation.

@@FlameDarkfire I’ve gone more than 24 hours without food and without sleep. It’s easy.

@@timehunter9467 it’s not hard. I’m not saying it is. But a lot of people don’t have the discipline and mental fortitude to make it through a brief period of deprivation.

@@FlameDarkfire or they just don’t listen 🤣

It's not difficult more so the feeling of being dehydrated is just annoying

I have to go for a colonoscopy every few years due to family history, my next one is in a few months. For anyone reading this that is going in the future, take my unsolicited advice. a)follow the prep instructions to the letter. If you have any questions about what you can or can’t intake, usually there is someone you can call to ask. b)they should be giving you instructions for a restricted diet for at least 2-3 days prior to the day you drink the stuff that clears you out. This should basically be no fibre, seeds ect. Opposite of what you might think. This prep diet should also include no food dyes that could get mistaken for blood or sickness on the camera. Avoid all red, orange, blue c) you might be tempted to eat a bunch of junk before or while you start the prep diet, because who cares you’re about to blast it out anyway - I do not recommend doing this even if it’s technically within the outlined diet (like having a whole bunch of cheeseburgers) It will just make it harder for your body to clean it out.

Yep, I always have to do a 48 hour prep!

@@LindaB651my last time they said I did not do the full prep. My husband argued with them (after the procedure) and told them point blank that YES SHE DID EVERY STEP, PILL AND DRINK! Doctor later apologized and entered into my chart to do a 48 prep cycle. The hubs NEVER gets mad, so I am sure they knew he was telling the truth.

@@sirei01, the usual for my hospital (in Canada) was no food with seeds (e.g. kiwi fruit, strawberries) starting a week before, no whole grains or nuts starting 3 days before, clear liquid fast and a large amount of horrible colonoscopy prep liquid (contains PEG and electrolytes) the day before.

There are some people who smell like cigarettes and never smoke if they are around or in a chain smokers house. There was a comment where the uber driver smoke so bad the person reek after the ride.

well well well, if it isn't the consequences to my actions...

@@SomeOrdinaryJanitor To your actions... WAIT A MINUTE

Should also apply to those that are fat or alcoholics then.

@@oniemployee3437 It does. I worked in life insurance for 7 years.

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That's what I thought when I heard it.

What if ur the worst 🤯

@@TreyAT2012 you’ll be a new story first then on Reddit

@@codm22712 lol ok

Because he likes the way it feels when he craps them out. Now you will remember it.

this has nothing to do with it “being in America.” that’s literally just your pharmacist acting on their own. go to a different pharmacy if you have a prescription 🙄. seriously, this has nothing to do with our healthcare system. some people are just jerks

@@mkv2718 ah you do live in the USA right? going to a different pharmacy is a red flag just like "Doctor shopping"

Lots of blind people can still maintain eye contact if they lost their vision later in life, as they instinctively know to look where the voice is coming from. Could also probably point at someone if they knew where they were because they heard them speak. Molly Burke does lots of great videos about blindness, and is a great example of someone who doesn't seem blind and can maintain eye contact - although it is now getting more difficult for her as it gets longer and longer since she went blind. She lost her vision at 14 and is in her 30s now.

@@conlon4332 very interesting. Thanks for the info. This woman was a little different. It was very obvious she was lying. she followed my eyes as I walked through the room even when I didn’t speak. She also pointed to someone when addressing them even though they weren’t speaking either.

but also, sadly, some new ideas? 😒

Or the immediate suspicion that the hormones are at fault

I'm trans and it's truly horrific how much we're hated. one of my trans friends lives in Florida and I worry about his safety.

@@onionbubs386 Yeah I'm trans too. I've had people intentionally try to run me over in their car and I've never had to fist fight people on behalf of LGBT kids because they got spotted with their partner in(Luckily enough people interfered that the guys stopped trying to fight the 14yo lesbian couple)

@@autisticnation7140 holy shit thats horrifying. I'm in the closet, but I often get mistaken for a lesbian, so I've had the d slur hurled at me on multiple occasions. But never anything like that. I hope you're doing better now.

@@onionbubs386 Oh no worries. Neither of those incidents I was physically injured. When the guy chased me in his car I managed to run into a 24 hour gas station and get help. The lesbian couple was okay and since this happened in the middle of a mall food court multiple mama's in full mama bear mode came running. I was in big sibling mode and did as well.

@@autisticnation7140 that's good that you and other people were there for them. anytime I get a customer who's pretty openly LGBT, I keep an eye on them to make sure no other customers harass them. Thankfully hasn't happened yet, but I love how we look after each other. I wish you the best!