Health: Today, I attended an elderly patient's funeral. He died of a...

By Saddoc - 26/07/2013 07:58 - Australia - Dalkeith

Today, I attended an elderly patient's funeral. He died of a heart attack after his daughter, as his carer, stopped all of his meds in favour of a half-cup of garlic a day. Apparently she'd "read an article" about the healing power of garlic, which trumped my 6-year degree. FML

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By Kassiopia - 14/11/2009 12:35 - United States

Today, my Dad decided to take his medicine before eating. He passed out with his face in a plate of chocolate cake. He wasn't responsive so I called the paramedics. When he got to the hospital, the doctor asked him if he knew why he was there. He replied, "Because my stupid daughter overreacted." FML

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Batshit

By fuck your indoctrination - 26/03/2021 09:01 - United States

Today, my cousin died of a very treatable illness. She was pressured into herbal and holistic "faith healing" instead of seeking "poisonous western filth". Her husband, church and family all seem to think she made the right choice. I’ve been shunned for disagreeing. FML

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By mrdentist - 02/12/2010 13:20

Today, I was cleaning one of my elderly patient's teeth. After finishing and reminding her to floss, I realised she had died. Supposedly she was dead for a good 20 minutes. FML

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Keep some things to yourself

By Anonymous - 01/05/2021 17:01

Today, a colleague was talking about how she'd made some tomato sauce from scratch for her dad, but then he died before she could give it to him. I said she should have put it in the casket with him so the cremation would've been a real barbeque. My filter is broken. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/08/2015 08:50 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my doctor died. Last week, after a check up I'd had because I was worried about a cough, he told me not to worry because I was as healthy as he was. FML

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Mom knows shit

By Anonymous - 22/07/2020 17:01

Today, my mother-in-law decided my husband has COVID-19, read some debunked articles about how ibuprofen makes the symptoms worse, and scolded me for giving him ibuprofen for his muscle pain. I'm an actual medical doctor. FML

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Hyper self-awareness

By Anonymous - 29/01/2023 23:30 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I was on a first date and everything was going great, until I realized I had garlic breath from the garlic bread I ate earlier. I tried covering it with a mouthful of wine, but it just made it worse. I ended up trying to avoid any closeness, and now I guess I'll just die alone. FML

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Out of control

By Anonymous - 14/07/2023 22:00

Today, my grandma, who was placed in a hospice a few months ago, started to decline in health and passed away, The day before she died I thought my girlfriend was so sweet because she took a leading role in her care, just to find out she didn’t care about her at all. It was just an act to steal her pain medication. FML

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Fate

By Anonymous - 06/11/2009 00:40 - United States

Today, I got to work in the ER at the local hospital. A lady came in with high blood sugar. She was concerned because the same thing happened to her husband. I reassured her, telling her she'd be back with her husband in an hour or so. Her husband died four years ago from something similar. FML

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By legitfile.bat.virus.exe - 20/06/2014 23:03 - United States - Placerville

Today, my doctor got my blood test results from the lab. He looked at me gravely and told me I had just weeks left to live. After I started hyperventilating and crying, he burst out laughing and said he was kidding. He then prescribed me some iron tablets and sent me on my way. FML

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Friday 26 July 2013 16:09

I feel terrible for the elderly man. I couldn't imagine eating a half-cup of garlic a day. That in itself is torture.

Schiffy 18

Friday 26 July 2013 16:13

Does Australia have anything on criminally negligent homicide?

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Goblin182 26

Friday 26 July 2013 18:14

Did they not teach garlic on med school?

meegal 12

Friday 26 July 2013 18:24

That lady is a complete idiot and should feel terrible for basically killing her own father. I hope she is overwhelmed with guilt.

SamCat 21

Friday 26 July 2013 18:50

3yrs ago my grandmother died, she could have been saved had it not been for the stupidity of my 6 aunts who were present. Sometimes people do what they honestly think is the "right thing to do". Until now, they do not see their mistakes from that awful day, I am sorry for the loss of a patient OP.

rememberkids 14

Friday 26 July 2013 19:02

I'm pretty sure the police could charge her with criminal negligence causing death.

alycion 38

Friday 26 July 2013 19:13

I am a firm believer in natural medicine. But I work with my doctors and still take my million scripts a day that are prescribed. We have been able to lower the doses of some of the harsher meds with using holistic stuff. But I would never screw with my meds on my own much less someone I'm taking care of. My heart meds are especially ones I wouldn't mess with. I wouldn't wish a heart attack on anyone, but maybe if she had one and felt the agony and fear, she would have been smarter about it. That was the worse thing I ever went through and it actually turned out to be a positive thing because it scared a lot of bad habits I developed right out of me. The two natural things I'm on are there to support the meds, not replace them. And it was my docs who came up with the idea because of other health problems I have.

Omniprism 14

Friday 26 July 2013 19:25

What a bitch.

lollypop30001 19

Friday 26 July 2013 19:34

Sounds like is daughter wanted him to die a slow painful death. Just evil if you ask me.

brewmasterg 34

Saturday 27 July 2013 2:04

It probably would've been a quick (in terms of how soon after taking him off the medication), painful death if she took him straight off his meds like it sounds like. He would've been a ticking time bomb.