Today, I went to the doctor for the second time, because I've had a cough for about six weeks. In my first appointment, the nurse said it was just allergies and condescendingly gave me a brochure with a recipe for salt water. Turns out it's pneumonia. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I went to the doctor after being sick for weeks. I found out that I had bronchitis that then progressed to pneumonia. My girlfriend is hearing impaired, and when I can finally get words to come out when I speak, she can't understand them. I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for. FML
Today, after nearly a week of awful pain in my right lung, I finally went to see a doctor about it. When I mentioned my history of lung problems and suggested it could be pneumonia, he told me to "leave the diagnosing to the professionals" and ended up claiming I have acid reflux. FML
Today, I'd finally had enough of feeling awful and went to urgent care. As it turns out, the reason my throat was sore was because I have a sinus infection. The doctor explained my nose is producing pus, and that's what I'm swallowing and coughing up. Yuck. I also have pink eye on top of that. FML
Today, I got fed up with my neighbor who has been coughing, night and day, for six months. I rang at her door to tell her about several remedies I know of to help, so I could sleep. I thus found out she has lung cancer. FML
Today, I learned that I have a sinus infection, ear infection and bronchitis so bad it was on the verge of pneumonia. My work won't let me call in sick. I work with kids. Lovely. FML
Today, after blacking out from fever, I found out that the reason I've been feeling so sick is that I've somehow come down with pneumonia, strep, and the common cold all at the same time. FML
Today, I went to the doctor to see why my walking pneumonia wasn't getting any better. It had. I've just somehow managed to also contract mono... while sitting home, alone. FML
Today, after years of having seasonal allergies and months of having my throat close up, my mom agreed to see a doctor, only to insult me in front of the doctor, saying I just find new ways to make their lives harder and I'm probably making it all up. FML
Today, it's been several weeks, I went to the doctor for an ear infection and I still don't feel too good. It was then that I realized the doctor forgot to prescribe me medication for said infection. That explains a few things. FML
Today, I fractured two ribs from coughing. My doctor told me to stop coughing, or I would fracture them more. I have bronchitis. FML
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Basically_ 6
Did she not listen to your lungs at your last appointment? lung sounds are definitely useful clues.
klutz44 28
I had the exact same thing happen to me!! I sat there, hacking up a lung with a 102 fever while they told me it was "just allergies". Yep, pneumonia. That was 5 years ago and it still makes me so mad!
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Comments (107)
katluvr 22
Even doctors make mistakes, so it's not 100% on the nurse...but it does seem that after six weeks some red flags should have up. Good thing it wasn't lung cancer!
DoomedGemini 38
Everyone has said nurses shouldn't diagnose a patient. This nurse did and, while doctors also make mistakes, that's on her.
tintin10_fml 13
Don't trust a nurse. they are uneducated and untrained.
BigbenMrJDM 12
I have pneumonia at they moment as well, it sucks and I don't know how they confused it. I hope you feel better OP
bapbap_fml 15
That's pretty much what I expect from doctors now. For the longest time they dismissed my health issues too, told me I just "needed antidepressants". Glad I got a better doctor because it turns out I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. If it doesn't sound right to you, get another opinion.
militarybrat 21
Took almost 30 years for mine to be diagnosed *hugs*
militarybrat 21
Definitely report that nurse to the higher ups. S/he needs to know it's not ok to do shit like that.
CrassKal 27
While the attitude can't be condoned, don't be too hard on the misdiagnosis OP. My school nurse once insisted that the pain in my eyes was allergies, then I went to an eye specialist who said it was an infection. After two years of treating it like an infection and not improving, I was finally diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that caused my immune system to attack the tissue in my eyes. Long story short, medicine is a practice and not every doctor is House who can identify illnesses immediately.
jkzr555 10
I have something similar, I better get checked out...
worldclassrager 41
What a worthless first visit...she should have known...
KingBobtheThird 16
Recipe for salt water? Salt... water... pretty self explanatory :/
ezrajab 22
I would switch clinics they clearly don't know what the hell they are doing! Get well soon OP