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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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 was told by a doctor that I have a fatal disease, and that I should start making preparations for when I pass away. Then, another doctor showed up, panicking, and said that was meant for someone else with the same first name as me. The mini-heart attack I had at that moment almost killed me anyway. FML
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
Today, I went to the doctor to get a blood test and I started crying when I saw the needle. I planned on becoming a doctor. FML
Today, my new doctor gave me a breast exam and said everything was healthy, before adding "Well, I think so, anyway. I don't actually work here." As I freaked out, he laughed out loud, said he was just kidding, and that he should prescribe me a chill pill. FML
Today, I went to see a doctor because I have been feeling of pressure in my chest. After running numerous tests, I was told I was perfectly healthy and had nothing to worry about. I made it as far as the front door before I collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital. FML
Today, I sat in my doctor's office and broke down, crying and shaking, with a blood pressure of 190, getting off my chest everything that has gone wrong in my life lately. To which the doctor, well into her sixties, replied, "My goodness, I've never met anyone with so many problems!" FML
Today, after months and months of trying to get my blood pressure back up to normal, and try to get back to optimal health, my doctor told me I'll never get better for the rest of my life. FML
Today, I went to the doctor for a routine check-up. When the nurse took my blood pressure, I passed out, and fell off the table. FML
Today, I was at the doctors office after throwing up for the past week. My diagnosis? Apparently I'm the first pregnant man. After several minutes of me freaking out and him explaining how it was possible, he told me he was joking and that I'm fine, but my reaction was the best thus far. FML
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EdenCrystal 21
How is he allowed to do that?
krundale 6
Don't worry, classic symptoms of iron deficiency.
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ashleylovez 4
He coulda gotten fired
Greg1986 13
The only thing that is disturbing in this thread is people's genuine lack of a sense of humor. Lighten up and take a joke. I would rather have a Dr that jokes around as opposed to someone who has no people skills. OP's reaction after realizing the Dr was joking should have been a "Ah you got me!"
interesting33 36
That's not something to joke about - OP could have a very real fear of dying - at that moment they probably saw their loved ones being left behind crying and distressed and realised that everything in life is about to change. That is like someone making you believe your family has died in a terrible accident and then saying they were 'joking' because watching you try and cope with such an awful unimaginable thing is so hilarious. In some ways you could say it is a bit like a mock execution which for the record does cause a lot of trauma to people even though they were not physically hurt. And if OP ever is told by a doctor they have a life-threatening illness - will they believe it?
nikolina_fml 10
I would be so angry at that if I were you but at least he has a sense of humor, even if it's a sick one..
sdpf 3
I am confused as to why people are so upset it's a joke lighten up a bit.
HypnoticNoises 11
I'm pretty sure he's not allowed to do that.
Sekai_Desu 11
"What an asshole!" - Simon Lane
Bone___breaker 8
Isn't that illegal?
Imaginefree66 4
There was a story like this: The relatives were waiting for hours outside the operating room, when a doctor came out. He said seriously, "We have done our best.” The relatives thought the operate failed and the patient was gone, they begin to cry sadly. the doctor continued, "The operate succeed.
Tyto_Tenebricosa 8
I'm sorry but...how is this supposed to be funny? My doctor can make jokes and have a laugh with me, but he'd never make a 'joke' about something so serious. You trust your doctor to tell you the truth about whats wrong with you and how to sort it out, so if your doctor told you that you we're dying you'd most likely believe him/her. And in that moment between being told and the doctor going 'lol jk' you would panic, and start thinking about how you'd break the news to your family, the cost of the funeral, going to hospital ect. and after thinking about all that, I highly doubt you'd think 'ah he got me, good prank', do people on here go "I'm bored...I'm gonna ring up mum and tell I have terminal cancer" and then tell her to lighten up when you reveal its a joke? I wouldn't say this is worth suing over but its certainly not a way for that doctor to keep patients,
RicoDay 8
This isn't an fml! It would be an fml if he WASNT joking! Consider yourself lucky, OP :)