The Medical Thread: We're experts on everything else; why not?

[MissThundercat]

Realizing my mental health, especially ADHD (or autism), means I struggle with daily living stuff/things I need to do to survive. My friends can't help and it's unfair of me to ask them.

[jjuliajul11]

When I have a cold or flu, I treat myself and never go to the doctors. Only when something hearty, such as loss of appetite (although in such cases, I often look for a way out on Canadian pharmacy ), sore throat, hearing loss, and so on. Sometimes I don’t always trust doctors because my sister was prescribed a lot of diagnoses which it turned out doesn’t have. So I think that if you already check with doctors, you should already turn to several

[MissThundercat]

ADHD test in a couple weeks.

[MissThundercat]

ADHD Assessment:

The computer portion was today and the results revealed I have ADHD to the extreme, including really high inattentiveness scores.

Explains so much, including career and relationship instability.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

My friends baby went down for a nap this week and never woke up.

looks like SIDS but they aren’t likely to ever know.

[dxmnkd316]

Jesus. That’s awful.

[burd]

I feel good at 68 and consider myself in good health, but doctors have saved me from cancer 3 times and had my heart stop for minute and a half on the table before they brought me back. Last fall my hearing went from moderate loss to absolute stone deafness in about a month (very strange experience), and I will get cochlear implants this spring to restore a substantial amount of hearing. In the natural world I'd be a straggler, and the local predators would have taken me down by now. Medical science is indeed amazing. And I realize that is a problem in its own way.

Edit: That seems an insensitive post after reading DGF's. I can think of nothing more painful than losing a child.

[busterman62]

I feel good at 68 and consider myself in good health, but doctors have saved me from cancer 3 times and had my heart stop for minute and a half on the table before they brought me back. Last fall my hearing went from moderate loss to absolute stone deafness in about a month (very strange experience), and I will get cochlear implants this spring to restore a substantial amount of hearing. In the natural world I'd be a straggler, and the local predators would have taken me down by now. Medical science is indeed amazing. And I realize that is a problem in its own way.

Edit: That seems an insensitive post after reading DGF's. I can think of nothing more painful than losing a child.

I had an ER physician tell me once that the job of a physician was to argue with Darwin

[dxmnkd316]

Ha. That's pretty good.

[The Sicatoka]

My friends baby went down for a nap this week and never woke up.

looks like SIDS but they aren’t likely to ever know.

Absolutely devastating.
My condolences to that family.


But please, have them investigate the cause.
If there's something preventable (genetics, environmental, allergen) please find out so they don't suffer this type of loss again.

[ScoobyDoo]

My friends baby went down for a nap this week and never woke up.

looks like SIDS but they aren’t likely to ever know.

Oh, I'm so sorry. That's awful.

[Swansong]

Jesus, that's awful.

A similar thing happened to a close friend's 3 month old, probably 4-5 years ago. Suddenly started siezing. They discovered that part of his lower intestine never developed fully. It necrotized, turned him septic, and he was effectively dead within a few hours. Life support kept him technically alive for a few days, but he had no chance of recovery and they pulled the plug.


The tiny casket at the wake was the worst thing I've ever seen.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Absolutely devastating.
My condolences to that family.


But please, have them investigate the cause.
If there's something preventable (genetics, environmental, allergen) please find out so they don't suffer this type of loss again.

Yeah, they’re looking. I had another friend this happened to years ago and despite the medical investigation, no clear answer ever came.

nothing makes the family feel any better, I guess? No way to feel good here

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Jesus, that's awful.

A similar thing happened to a close friend's 3 month old, probably 4-5 years ago. Suddenly started siezing. They discovered that part of his lower intestine never developed fully. It necrotized, turned him septic, and he was effectively dead within a few hours. Life support kept him technically alive for a few days, but he had no chance of recovery and they pulled the plug.


The tiny casket at the wake was the worst thing I've ever seen.

Not to make this about me, but I’m shook thinking about seeing a tiny casket this week. Never want to

Christ my phone suggests a casket gif when I type this

[Swansong]

Not to make this about me, but I’m shook thinking about seeing a tiny casket this week. Never want to

Christ my phone suggests a casket gif when I type this

Actually facing death certainly changes perspective on things doesn't it? Even the light hearted and mundane.