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
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Today, I ended up in the hospital due to a severe acid reflux attack. I knew I had acid reflux for years, but was never allowed to get it checked out. Why? My dad told me I was too young to have it and that I was making it up. I now have to see a specialist. FML
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
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, I proved my doctor wrong. I've been having difficulty breathing for 3 months. When it started, she said it was anxiety. I knew that wasn't the case, but I did what she said. A few weeks later, I told her during a follow-up that I thought it might be my phrenic nerve. She laughed. The physio confirmed it today. 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
Today, after months of being told I have pneumonia by different doctors, I decided to go to another hospital with better staff. There I learned that I will actually need to have open heart surgery to replace two valves in my heart. FML
Today, my PE teacher yelled at me for not trying hard enough in class. This my second week back after being in the hospital with a collapsed lung. 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, at work, I had an accident and cracked a rib. I got taken to hospital where I got checked over. The doctor said it was a good job I hadn't got a chest infection nor a cold. Funny you should say that doc, I have both. She replied, "Well, that's bad…" 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
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HeyHeyFishFillet 34
Sounds like you should look for a new doctor...
Lauren324 18
Go to another doctor for a second opinion!
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blanccamaro74 6
My mechanic is always the same way it's like they think that since I don't own an auto shop I've never worked on a car
catkat1988 17
May I suggest seeing a doctor who's secure enough not to refuse to listen to a suggestion because he's the doctor and you are the patient? Definitely not saying doctors should always go with whatever their patients suggest, but it seems to me that some doctors deliberately go in the opposite direction just to prove themselves smarter than their patient. And that's really stupid, because the patient's anamnesis has a lot to suggest, and the patient him- or herself is a good source there. I hope he actually did rule out pneumonia before telling you it's acid reflux.
CharresBarkrey 16
Doctors see a LOT of hypochondriacs, and it gets very annoying when they all self diagnose from what they read on the internet. Honestly, OP could very well have acid reflux. My acid reflux caused me to have an infected gall bladder with gallstones and I was positive I was having a heart attack when I went to the ER.
Osito2011 9
I have acid reflux and it causes me to have a chronic cough. It could be very well op has acid reflux. In that sense, everyone's body act different to different things.
TrinityisLife 22
I have asthma that cycles with acid reflux and causes a hellish pain that feels like it's my ling hurting, but it's actually the reflux. I have a friend whose doctor put them on nitro pills for chest pains that actually turned out to be reflux. I sincerely hope that the doctor at least did the "poor man's" pneumonia check to be safe, but I also wouldn't discount the reflux diagnosis.
love_me_electric 20
The esophagus is on the mid-left side of the body. OP said the pain was on the right side. How can acid reflux be affecting an area of the body that the stomach acid can't even get to? The doctor's diagnosis would make sense if the pain was on the left side, but it's not.
CharresBarkrey 16
77 - Google where the gallbladder is and you'll understand that the esophagus is not the only area of the body where acid reflux hits.
lou_knee 6
Pain can be referred to different areas of the body from where it originates. A heart attack can give you pain in the jaw, appendicitis pain starts around your umbilicus before moving to your RLQ, a "stitch" in your diaphragm can be felt in you shoulder.
CharresBarkrey 16
102 - Very true. And kidney stone pain can be felt in your shoulders. That one threw me off the most, I thought that was for sure a misdiagnosis.
cynicalhumanist 9
The gallbladder is motile in itself, pushing its contents into the small intestine. Furthermore, the gallbladder produces bile acids, so it shouldn't be sensitive to acidity. Also, acid reflux is really called gastroesophageal reflux.
seamus87 4
All this talk about getting a new doctor and stuff. How about leaving the diagnoses to the professional and accepting what he said. I've had exactly what op experienced and the doctor gave me the same (according to all the experts in here) "false" diagnoses. Inspite of this, he treated me for reflux and I didn't die of respiratory problems. Who knew? Uh the doctor
LilliPage 17
By going to a new doctor OP is still leaving it to the professionals. She is just getting a second opinion to be sure that the first was not a false diagnosis.
hateevryone 15
He didn't have to be an asshole about it. I wouldn't go back to him.
onorexveritas 24
lame ass doctor
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Who said she was seeing a proctologist?
badluck14_______ 2
y
Denny1 15
What did he get his diploma in jail ?
jarockstar27 10
Egotistical jerk.....some people just have to have the last say....
VickyLynn17 5
That's actually possible, just saying
spikekutter 9
hhmm.. my ex had pain his both of his lungs and he smokes, i do too, but i never got the lung pain or the coughing..