Today, after three weeks of calling the office and telling them how much she needed it, my mom's doctor finally agreed to give her an oxygen tank. She died last night. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
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
Today, I begrudgingly helped relocate my 84-year-old mother-in-law to our home at my partner's adamant request. It took months of stressful preparation, around $10,000 in costs, and some 500 km travelled via medical transport. Ten minutes after arriving, she had a heart attack and died. FML
Today, my mom fell and hit her head on our coffee table when walking inside. She tripped on a 1 cm gate rail. She split her head open and there was so much blood. This is the third bad fall in 2 weeks. She still smokes, despite having COPD, and the ER doctor telling her smoking is depriving her brain of oxygen. FML
Today, my mother called me and told me that she went to the hospital. This wasn't a surprise 'cos she normally goes to the hospital for the smallest things. I was a smartass and asked, "What now? You finally have lung cancer from all those cigarettes?" Apparently, she does. FML
Today, I called my mother to check up on her. Lately, she's been having some financial problems, so last week I sent her my last $100 to help her out until her next paycheck. She used the money to euthanize the family dog. FML
Today, my mom died of COVID. As I was crying in her hospital room, my husband asked if it was OK for him to leave to take a business call, and our daughter asked if she could leave because she was bored and wanted to meet her boyfriend at a bar. FML
Today, my mother told me I'm going to get lung cancer. Because she smokes. FML
Today, while driving me to the hospital because I was having an asthma attack, my mother lit a cigarette. FML
Today, I dreamt of my mom. She came over to me, and said, "Hey, I'm alright, the doctors were wrong." My mom died 4 months ago due to Covid-19 complications, and waking up shouldn't be so painful. FML
Today, I lost my job. Why? Because I'm taking care of my dying mother. My boss actually said, "Well, if she dies today, we can hold your job." FML
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purplekanc 24
I’m so sorry for your loss that is so heartbreaking
d j mom 9
so sorry. time to talk to a lawyer
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purplekanc 24
I’m so sorry for your loss that is so heartbreaking
d j mom 9
so sorry. time to talk to a lawyer
tiptoppc 21
Sadly, it’s become so common, you can die awaiting treatment as understaffed, overworked and under appreciated support staff take on 5x the work, delaying all things including approving scripts or sending referrals, as it’ll take months to get something you need in less than a few days due to medical necessity. Take the oxygen tank back and tell them to replace the useless doctor with it as it does more for society than the doctors do delaying essential and necessary care with apathy. That is, if you find the doctors are the issue. Sometimes the staff just sucks and anyone good leaves the second the disaster of a workplace becomes apparent to them.
wrecklesswfire 3
I’m so sorry. our medics system so ****** up
Taurus_ChicKa 37
Ah, the American health system... time for a malpractice lawsuit.