Surgeons, what was the biggest mistake you've made while operating on a patient? 

IN the heart?? Did the dog survive that?

@@LoveValentineXOaround the heart you dingus

That's awesome they had a success operation and found the cause. I'm assuming the dog lived if they found the issue but idk how hard removing a rag from a heart would be.

Tell us if it’s ok.

@@BillionairesArentYourFriends @The_OwO_Shogun the dog was perfectly fine and healthy once the rag was removed (:

I had laparoscopic appendectomy and an infection last year after my appendix burst. I spent almost 5 days in the hospital. Luckily, I had a great team working on me but this story just made me realize that anything could have happened and it could have turned out much worse!

Yea I had one but mine had bursted so that one is crazy

Dear GOD. We women are so ignored by medical personnel that we're taught from a young age that misery and agony are somehow normal. When in reality we're just horribly ignored. I'm glad you're here, girl. Godspeed to you and your baby.

I once thought a broken back that I thought was a bad muscle pull. Do not recommend. (HUG)

The first video in your favourites playlist is hilarious

Should have gotten travel insurance.

Sounds about par. I'm sorry you guys had to go through that. (HUG) I'm glad your aunt is OK! Next time she travels, if she comes back, GET TRAVEL INSURANCE. You probably could have talked down the cost, but I doubt they gave you a chance.

@@SewardWriter we do have some travel insurance but it definitely does not cover that cost. We barely have $200,000 on hand and the farmland only covered part of it. Anyways, my great aunt will probably get arrested if she steps foot in the US because we simply cannot pay the bills. It’s a shitty situation but as long as she stays here the US can’t do anything about it. They aren’t just gonna reach out to the RCMP to arrest an elderly woman because her and her family can’t pay off bills that cost as much as a house.

@@wintershockyou don’t get arrested for not paying medical bills lol

if it was left there intentionally i don't think the doctor would've been so quick to bring her back in and have it removed. they would've just explained to the family what it was there for.

Merry Christmas to you too :)

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one lmao. Like it’s RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

I got splayed out and curly roots too, plus some extra roots, but Im also missing the bone between roots and sinuses, just easily pierced membrane, so my first ever root canal was a horror show. I was in serious pain, but the ancient doc claimed that this tooth is already dead, no numbing needed. It wasnt, the dentists assistant (visibly upset by this turn of events) held me down by my shoulders, while I cried so much I feared Ill drown in my own snot! And since she didnt bother to look at my x-rays before she started this torture session, she bored right thru into my sinus, giving me yearly sinus infections at age 16. Ill get one if I cry too hard, get really runny nose or just get the flu.. Next day Im really sick, half of my face is swollen and the pressure is so bad I cant lower my head one bit. I go back, the ancient lady argues with me (theres nothing wrong, Im just imagining it), only after I explain I taste the saline wash in my snot, she gives up and looks at the x-rays. No apologies, but puts me on penicillin. Oh yeah, she still claimed the tooth was dead, the nerve pain was all in my head. It took me 5 years to go back to dentist chair after that experience, now Im a fear patient, I wasnt before. Another dentist ripped a nice chunk out of my mandible, because she also assumed Im just another everyday extraction patient. I guess the roots were infused to the jaw bone, the crunch it made was spectacular. Got my jaw locked shut for the first time too, great. To top it all off, novocaine cant be used on the inside of my mouth, my nerves there are connected, its rare like the missing bone. Ive had real nice feelings of being choked by my own throat because of it, twice. Now I tell all my dentists about my peculiar teeth, I dont trust them to read my file anymore, Im too old to go thru any of it again. Im sure some new rarity will show up, tho.

@@janemiettinen5176 I commensurate. I have a lot of scar tissue so getting anything dead was difficult. Plus I metabolize lidocaine very quickly. Most of the time it wouldn’t hold long enough to finish a procedure. My wisdom tooth extraction, the specialist was young, skilled and filling n in for the regular one. He had difficulties all day and was running long by just after lunch. He zipped through 3 shots and took off. I waited for him to show again and and asked him when he was going to numb me up? I should be ready. I carefully pointed out three tiny local isolated spots. That are already thawing because he used lidocaine. I touched and pointed my way through the 11 shots I would need. He read my file, same was listed inside the flap. A flat deer in headlights OH. He loaded up the other stuff and started the sequence. I told him20-30. He finally returned and we began. My mouth is small and the arches are too small to hold the teeth properly, due to the freakish amounts of sugar my mother craved while carrying me. (Documented in the Inuit when they put them into reservations and villages in the 1960’s.) trying to to use clamps and dams- don’t fit, painful as hades, and constantly choking to the point of reflex vomiting. He managed to get in back there and get the wisdom tooth dug out. When he broke it to extract it I thought he was going to break my jaw. Got the aftermath waded through. Spouse was late to pick me up, so I had completely thawed, and I had to navigate my spouse to a pharmacy that was still open to get painkiller prescription and navigate us home. About six hours after I thawed to be able to take something to cope. Pain was a 9…

Eyyy somehow not ded gang

I feel kind of bad for laughing at this. Glad you're still with us!

Yeah! I think they pull a blanket with a hole over the dog and maybe the blankets aren't positioned right sometimes 😅? Or they're just tired asf 💀

Vets sometimes do neuters before 6 months, and it's not always that easy to tell that young, at least on cats. I've never had a dog.

I'm not showing this to my mom. She barely survived the hospital getting her pacemaker the first time. (If not for a particular intern, she'd be with my dad right now. Dad's not here any more.)

Holy moley I didn't know that!

Fun fact: Neil Armstrong died on my birthday. On the exact same day, Voyager 1 left the solar system.

One of my aunts had a surgical tool left inside of her during an appendectomy. She got phlebitis in her leg when they operated on her to remove said tool.

Dunno if they cover it in here, I'm only a story or two in but, thankfully, you're less likely to have any major issues now than you would've been five years ago, let alone ten or even twenty years ago. Hopefully all goes well and good luck! I recently had a massive, 16 hour operation in 2020 and mine went pretty okay despite my anxiety! Of course though, it's always best to be cautious for the first few weeks afterwards-just in case.

i won't say you have _nothing_ to worry about, but incidents like these and serious complications are pretty rare in routine surgeries! it's not a bad idea to ask your surgeon how often they perform the procedure you're having, and how often they've seen serious complications. having that information can help put your mind at ease.

@@TheGuindo it’s kind of an unusual surgery, but my orthopedic surgeon specializes in complex hip surgeries. He does 7 or 8 of the kind im having each year, which is actually quite a bit for this type of hip surgery. I trust my surgeon, but I’m also the person who seems to get the rare side effects or unusual problems lol

You ok now?

@@ballsuckervr I’m still in the hospital, but I should be home tomorrow or Friday. Thanks for asking!

Lmao bro💀 you still up 😪😂

Lmao 💀

I'm assuming they did. Probably settled out of court but gave enough/compensated the cosmetic procedure. This would've been malpractice, although theres a lot that contributes to a mistake like this-especially if it was in the US. Surgeon was probably pressed for time, as most surgeons are anymore; complacent, as its somewhat routine, despite the massive impact it has on the patient; and of course, our favourite-insurance. Now from the story, it sounds like he didn't try, but if he's had SUCH bad experiences with third party labs, he should've ordered another. As to if insurance would've given him a hard time about it, is another story, but likely. I'm sure that was a annoying hassle that he was keen to avoid. All around though? Completely avoidable. The lab is at fault, but so is the surgeon-they can give the go or no go decision. If he was so iffy, he should've followed up. An extra few days of a delay is annoying for everyone, but it avoids stuff like this.

I hope everything turned out okay.

No

nobody cares

@@literally_ramiel best name ever

Whoopie dingledorf. Maybe make a pertinent comment relating to the content?