Today, my husband won't seek medical treatment for a condition he's been living with for years because he saw an episode of House, in which the treatment made the condition worse in a very rare instance. FML
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Today, out of sheer stubbornness, my husband forced himself to go to the toilet despite severe constipation. He forced it so hard he now has a migraine and his nose won’t stop bleeding, but he won’t go see a doctor. He could have burst an artery in his brain but no, he knows better than "some doctor." FML
Today, I took my friend to the emergency room because he was having heart problems. The doctors recognized him, and one of them had something to say: "Charles, can you not wait until you're practically dying to seek medical treatment?" This is gonna be a long day. FML
Today, my husband was supposed to have knee surgery but he wouldn't leave the house because he "got scared" no matter what I and even my mother-in-law tried to do. Now he can't have it for another six months and I took three weeks off work to help him that I can't cancel. FML
Today, I visited my new doctor, hoping that he would be able to figure out the cause of the pains I've been having for years. He told me there's nothing he can do, that half the drugs out there cause cancer anyway and that I should look into homeopathy. Great. FML
Today, my husband is refusing to go to a gastroenterologist. His farts have gotten so rank, they could be used as weapon to extract info from political prisoners, but he still insists nothing is wrong. Another night of this and I’ll be sleeping outside in in 30°F weather. FML
Today, my husband got home from hospital following a suicide attempt that was a hair's breadth from being successful, and told me he did it because he can’t handle being married, being a father, having responsibilities, then he moved out and refuses to come home. FML
Today, I left hospital after suffering a head injury. My neurosurgeon gave my wife a list of potential household changes that needed to be made, otherwise I could have a fatal seizure. We got in the car and she said, "You do realise we aren’t doing a single thing on that bullshit list, right?" FML
Today, my husband keeps falling sick or imagining that he's sick. We started the year with flu, then back pain, then a sprain, then a ligament tear, and now a bacterial infection. On the days he's not sick, he has zero interest in physical intimacy, scared that he'll catch an STD. We're a married monogamous couple. FML
Today, my husband is upset that I refuse to sign off on a loan for $10k for an experimental surgery on his 11 year-old chronically ill dog. It will ultimately put more trauma on the poor creature, but he refuses to listen or let go. Not to mention the kids and mortgage. FML
Today, I realized that due to my obsession with House MD, I seem to have subconsciously developed a limp in my right leg. FML
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UUUHQ 11
Oh television... Well tell him that for his own good, if he wants to stay alive in your house, he should go see treatment. I hope he gets better, good luck OP!
ThePaperDragon 31
Maybe contact a physician and explain the condition so that they may attempt to make contact with your husband and explain the benefits of treatment.
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Comments (67)
weveallbeenthere 30
tell him to grow up, get a set of balls, and go to the doctor
acps199610 12
Easy for you to say. Don't worry OP, just keep trying and assure him that nothing horrible will happen.
kickyourtitsin 12
No, assure him something horrible will happen if he doesn't get treatment, telling someone with a disease that nothing will happen if they don't get treatment can basically be killing them...
darshini_ii 24
It's time you speak to him about it, clearly.
teentee401 37
Since this is on FML, I'm going to assume that she tried to speak to him and it didn't work.
Lalala579121 28
How else would she have found out about the House thing?
Nathion 12
Get a cane and (literally or figuratively) make him.
Naoto_Shirogane 17
He probably thinks no one ever has lupus either.
justcommenting19 19
"It's never lupus."
Ladisa 28
#14 Except for the one time it was Lupus.
LilRedRobinHood 8
#33 That's the exception that proves the rule :)
Lalala579121 28
Wouldn't that disprove the rule though? "never" isn't exactly a word meant to have exceptions.
DropTheDaggerxx 31
It's probably sarcoidosis.
gabismendonca2 14
OMG, I just realize that I really love House haha
Kobeh 13
You should try to get a doctor to convince him to use medical treatment because maybe he needs to hear it from them directly.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
Surely having already seen House, he already knows the symptoms to look out for if it gets worse. So why is he worried?
UUUHQ 11
Oh television... Well tell him that for his own good, if he wants to stay alive in your house, he should go see treatment. I hope he gets better, good luck OP!
ThePaperDragon 31
Maybe contact a physician and explain the condition so that they may attempt to make contact with your husband and explain the benefits of treatment.
XxDanno316xX 27
I hope he does not normally base his life decisions on TV shows. Fyl op.
vikky538 29
He got another condition too. Believing the stuff shown in TV shows is real.
ashleighmay18 21
That's almost like saying you can use info from an episode of CSI to cover up a crime ?
smackaroonial 20
A friend of mine once told me in a half serious half joking manner that she should be a surgeon because she had seen all the Grey's Anatomy episodes like ten times. I think she was more serious than joking.
Lalala579121 28
To be fair most of the stuff they use on those shows.is at least based on some truth. You could at least learn some from it, though probably not anywhere near enough to actually properly hide a crime. The real professionals are much better and know much more what to look for since they don't have conveniently-placed evidence to work with. Still though my favorite thing about those shows is when the main characters lead the way into buildings with armed criminals wearing no body armor whatsoever.