Doctor, Painful and Health: Don't get high on your own supply

Don't get high on your own supply

By jarv49 - 16/03/2012 17:24 - Australia

Today, I saw my doc about the painful swelling I've had in my arm all week. He seemed totally out of it, and ended up telling me it's all in my head, despite the swelling. When I respectfully suggested it might be a blood issue, he just said, "Nah". FML

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By Anonymous - 28/01/2014 19:43 - United States - Brooklyn

Today, after months of random vomiting with no apparent cause, I finally got some tests done. The doctor says there's nothing wrong with me and that it's all just in my head. Great. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/11/2022 22:00 - Germany

Today, I went to the doctor with some serious physical symptoms that amount to being effectively disabled. She didn’t even ask any questions or examine me before telling me it was all purely psychological. I barely managed to convince her to at least order some blood tests, as a formality. FML

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By ouch - 27/01/2009 02:18 - United States

Today, my doctor called with my test results, which seem to tell him that there's absolutely nothing wrong with me. I'm still sitting here with an appendage that I'd swear was dispensing napalm, but now I have a $500 bill to go with it. FML

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Hang in there

By Trinity - 11/05/2023 06:00

Today, I have been dealing with painful lymphedema and I'd finally got a doctor's appointment, but they called and cancelled last minute. Here's to another week being in pain… FML

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By louie - 31/01/2012 20:17 - United States

Today, I went to see a doctor about some of the memory problems I've been having. After the appointment, I could barely remember a thing he told me. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2009 21:24 - United Kingdom

Today, a doctor examined my wrist, which is completely swollen and painful. He diagnosed a case of tendonitis and asked me, "Do you use this hand for a particular sort of sport?" I just smiled like a twit. FML

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By davav74 - 15/06/2012 23:31 - United Kingdom - Ely

Today, I visited my new doctor for the migraines I've been getting lately. Right from the start, I could have sworn the guy was on drugs. He just listened to my heartbeat, said, "Well Dave, it sounds like gallstones" and said they'll pass naturally. FML

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Help!

By Agonised - 29/05/2021 00:01

Today, I went to the hospital for crippling back pain that made it impossible to walk. The doctor was more interested in telling me off for not taking a pill that he admitted doesn't help acute pain. He then gave me an injection that wore off in an hour, and sent me home, telling me to take over the counter meds. FML

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By Lily - 02/09/2015 10:09 - Austria - Vienna

Today, my doctor informed me that the tests we've been doing the previous months show no sign of leukemia. I was just about to express my relief when he casually followed up with, "Never mind, there's still a lot of other blood-related diseases we need to look out for." FML

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Medicare for all

By US_Healthcare_Sucks - 30/07/2021 14:01

Today, I went to a doctor's appointment, being concerned about some abnormal swelling and soreness in one of my testicles. They fondled my balls for 20 seconds before saying, "Yeah, that's abnormal. You should probably go get an ultrasound somewhere and maybe take some ibuprofen for the pain. That'll be $265." FML

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kiran_fml 5

Friday 16 March 2012 19:04

Time to change doctors.

hotPinklipstick 24

Friday 16 March 2012 19:06

Seems like someone has been writing off his own prescriptions.

Comments

benhd1 14

Friday 16 March 2012 20:14

You're telling YOUR doctor what might be wrong with you? Honestly you were being annoying by putting all of this out there and it was a slip of the tongue because you were telling your grandmother how to suck eggs. YFI

benhd1 14

Friday 16 March 2012 20:16

*YDI

DocBastard 38

Friday 16 March 2012 20:17

The good doctors are the ones who LISTEN to their patients. If I listen carefully enough, 80% of my patients will tell me what their problem is before I say anything.

TheDrifter 23

Friday 16 March 2012 21:02

Assuming they can speak when they reach you anyhow. I always get the funny doctor. Last time I was in was for a broken arm and fingers; the only thing he said before he called the orderly to set up an xray appointment was "Self inflicted?" It made me laugh.

marcranger 28

Saturday 17 March 2012 0:05

56, that's a legit question, if oddly phrased. A lot of ER doctors in and around the Colorado Rockies ask similar questions during ski season, since insurance companies want to know if you broke something in a collision with another person or if the injury was entirely your fault (i.e., self-inflicted).

Gothicbunnyx3 16

Friday 16 March 2012 20:15

Sue the **** out of him.

midpocket 6

Friday 16 March 2012 20:18

It's Gregory House, He exists, I knew it :D

NoKittyMyPotPie 3

Friday 16 March 2012 20:18

Change doctors. This guy is a quack.

bananaburger 0

Friday 16 March 2012 20:27

Ask him to show u his doctors license. I wouldnt trust him

TheDrifter 23

Friday 16 March 2012 20:59

It's a huge problem up here too. The CBC was saying the other day that a lot of rural communities and Native reservations have Oxycontin addiction rates of over 80% with prescription rates under 5%.