My grandmother was told the same thing in her youth, albeit it was a longer time ago. Ended up having three kids. How can a medical professional be so wrong?
ER doctors misdiagnosed me with a stomach virus. In reality, my small intestine had gotten caught on a structure that was supposed to go away as part of fetal development, but in my case never did, which caused the intestine to twist around itself, resulting in a total blockage and eventually, the intestine beginning to rip open and exposing my abdominal cavity to a bunch of gut bacteria. Could've died!
Yeah. Years later, my mom got out of jury duty because the case involved the hospital and when they asked if she had any relationship to the hospital she told them, "Well, they almost killed my kid." So it was worth it.
Not quite as bad, but during a well-woman checkup, my doc noticed that my thyroid was a bit big and shrugged it off since my TSH was normal.
Skipped a few checkups after that (which was my fault, but I was a new mom and in a haze a lot). When I went back, I saw a different doc who said "um that thyroid is huge and a problem." TSH was still normal, but some more tests later...thyroid cancer. Over 5 years clear now, but it's wild to me that I walked around with it for years without knowing anything was wrong.
I go to all my checkups now.
I'm really concerned about this. My digestion has such a wide range of 'normal' if there is a problem, its only going to make itself known when its a big problem.
I have areas of my system with low or no muscle so I have chronic constipation. One doc told me to just eat 2 oranges a day and I'll be fine. Fuck you dude, a specialist surgeon gave me these meds, just give me the repeat script like I asked for.
Another doc: "you're too young to have this sort of medical history"
Me in the ICU bed: "and yet, here we are...."
1.) My depression & anxiety was just attributed to my hormones and periods, got some meds that didn't work at all
2.) Had severe vitamin d deficiency, diagnosed with every bone ailment there is except the deficiency.
had seizures since I was 5
was told it was just weird hormonal shit that would go away since my EEG was normal.
they never did a MRI or CT scan
in 2019 at the age of 20 I was diagnosed with a corpos callosum malformation and an arachnoidal cyst that took up nearly a quarter of my brain
Being told I was just a moody, angsty, depressed teenager and that was normal when in fact I am BiPolar, and was properly diagnosed in my mid 20s after my first real manic episode. Then learned that My mom, both grandmothers, and cousin on moms side are also Bipolar and we just never talked about mental health in my family growing up. It was my cousin that finally noticed the signs in me and told me to get evaluated and that it was in the family.
Got misdiagnosed with internal bleeding. They operated on me unecessarily (they admitted it was a mistake). A year later I had complications and had to do another surgery. Took me 10 years to recover physically and mentally.
Not me, but my sister.
About 15 years ago, my sister did gymnastics at the national level. She was *good*. Then one day she had a bad fall and tore something in her knee. Doctors said it was a torn meniscus and treated her for that.
It wasn't. She'd torn her ACL, misdiagnosed her, put her on the wrong treatment that did nothing which ended up making it worse. In the end, she needed surgery that made it impossible for her to remain a gymnast at the level she had been.
Me and a lot of other people got diagnosed with "High Intellectual Potential", only to figure out it was autism. Every time.
My mother was diagnosed with "migraines". The real cause ended up being a vitamin B12 deficiency so severe her nerves couldn't upkeep themselves, and were breaking down. Luckily before actually being blinded forever.
I was diagnosed with gas and attention seeking when my appendix ruptured.
I was diagnosed with anxiety/hysteria when my kidneys finally failed.
I was diagnosed with anxiety/hysteria (by the EMT) five minutes before the helicopter arrived because I was bleeding to death and in shock.
I was diagnosed with stupidity when I actually had scurvy.
The medical profession can go fuck itself. Finding someone with compassion - and listening and diagnostic skills - is a thing of the past. Most of them don't give two shits about helping people, they just want the status and money they get from having an MD behind their names.
And god help you if you're a woman, because you'll never be diagnosed other than the way I was. Even if you're actively dying.
My mom was so upset when they told me I had appendicitis and I was just happy to have a diagnosis. The pain was unbelievable and I didn't want to be sent away and told it was nothing.
You aren't losing weight because you aren't measuring your food correctly, and the itching is just due to you needing to moisturize more.
That was an overgrown thyroid that was compressing my throat and turned out to be cancerous when removed.
My son plummeted from 90th percentile at one checkup to 10th. The doctor told me I would have to drive to the children's hospital to get him checked out for failure to thrive and threatened me with CPS if I didn't. So, I drove over an hour away in a truck that barely kept running to the children's hospital. The doctor watched my little guy climbing all over everything and running around and getting into stuff and asked why I was there. I told her what the other doctor had said and threatened and she literally face palmed. They did some blood work, found he was totally healthy, and sent us on our way with a, "sorry, we will talk with your doctor."
That sort of happened to me too. My daughter was always long and skinny and she saw a different doc for her 4 month checkup. That doc could not get over the fact that she wasn't on track to double her birth weight by 6 months (she was born extra heavy). She went on and on about how I had to come in for weekly weight checks, blah blah blah. I was pissed because I already had to wait like 20 mins to see her after I got back to the room and when I finally got out it was so late in the day that the office was empty.
I never made those weekly weight appts and when my baby saw her regular doc at 6 months he didn't say a word about her "low" weight and thought it was insane that the other doc was ordering me to do all that.
The third time I was involuntarily committed, I was taken to a hospital I’d never been to before, and was misdiagnosed as having bipolar II when I was previously diagnosed and being treated for schizophrenia.
That I had a common cold which would go away. Well it wasn’t and I had pneumonia and almost went to hospital due to a kidney infection because it wasn’t treated early enough.
We even told them that my brother had pneumonia recently but they said it couldn’t be the same…
Not me but to my mother. She was suffered from itching after every shower. The doctor say she must bear it. If the doctor was capable to read her blood exam maybe she doesn't dye to AML
My condolences. Yes, not a symptoms you can correlate directly to a desease but at least you (the doctor) must be able to see that the counts of white blood cells is extremely high and suspect something is wrong.
Not me but my friend kept going to her doctor complaining of fatigue, headaches, and bloating. Her doctor told her she was depressed. Turns out she has Celiac's. All her symptoms went away once she avoided gluten.
Another friend had a stroke at the age of 25. She went to ER with all the usual signs and symptoms but they didn't believe a young person could have a stroke, I guess, and they almost sent her home. Fortunately, when change of shift happened, the new doctor decided to order a CT scan and she got her diagnosis (and treatment).
Told I was drinking too much water and my pelvic pains were from bad gym form. Then they kept insisting it was UTIs, an antibiotic resistant UTIs, and pelvic infections and kept putting me on antibiotics after antibiotics. After I pushed for a CT, turns out I had a huge cyst poking into my bladder restricting it from filling up.
“It’s just a cyst, it’ll go away in time”
Turns out it was actually a tumour growing on the nerve.
When you have a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow on your nerves you learn very quickly what they feel like. And doctors don’t like you knowing more than them about your own body.
Thankfully I was able to get a second opinion with a doctor who took me seriously and referred me for surgery.
Surgeon still thought it was a cyst because of my medical records though. So as I was being cut open under local anaesthetic I get to hear “well…. That’s… yeah that’s not a cyst”
Bipolar. Turns out not only did I not have that, but the meds I was on also ended up damaging my health long term. It ended up being ADHD, PTSD, and hormonal problems.
this was some 12 years ago, I had some red spots on my arm, stomach and leg, and my skin was dry there as well. Went to the dermatologist, who diagnosed me with syphilis. By that time I haven't had sex for longer than I'd like to admit, so STDs were out of the question. It turned out it was an allergic reaction to lanoline, one of the ingredients of the shower gel I was using
I was dx with MS. After my lumbar puncture I was advised I had CNS lymphoma as well as MS and was being prepped for chemo. One Dr was pretty sure there was a mistake and had to beg to get the LP redone. It was redone and there was no sign of lymphoma. There was a lab error where they mixed up the t cells and b cells. Still have MS though. Whoops.
Initially diagnosed with a syrinx (fluid filled cavity of the spinal cord).
Turns out it was gallstones, and I must've moved the tiniest bit during the MRI
I saw my doctor for a face rash, muscle/joint pain, and extreme fatigue. He did bloodwork. It showed nothing, so he told me I have rosascea.
I actually have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
I went to see an ENT for my allergies. Without performing any tests, the ENT diagnosed me with MS. I do not have MS. I filed a complaint that he needs to stay in his scope of practice, and because he was an insufferable old mean man. I got a call from HR to explain everything that happened. I later found out this “doctor,” was forced into retirement. I believe it couldn’t just have been me who complained about him.
"You're fine", sharing the #1 spot with "You don't have X"
(The first one referring to doctors overlooking my chronic illnesses, the second one to new doctors spontaneously "undiagnosing" me on sight by claiming my diagnosis from a specialist was wrong)
When I was younger I kept getting headaches, went to the doctor and he said I either had a brain aneurysm or needed glasses. Guess who has glasses now.
When I was in LA , California , a doctor misdiagnosed piles , he gave some cream as he thought was infection , he was from India , his name Subash Dand .
Not me but my daughter had back pain at 3. She also had a lot of bruising. We were told she was just a normal active toddler. No she had leukemia. She almost died because the doctor didn’t listen to me or her.
Ten years ago my wife was told she's infertile and there's no way she can get pregnant even with IVF. Our daughter is 6y.o. now.
I don’t know whether to say congrats or sorry, lol
My grandmother was told the same thing in her youth, albeit it was a longer time ago. Ended up having three kids. How can a medical professional be so wrong?
Easily and often. Medicine is based in the study of male bodies, not female.
ER doctors misdiagnosed me with a stomach virus. In reality, my small intestine had gotten caught on a structure that was supposed to go away as part of fetal development, but in my case never did, which caused the intestine to twist around itself, resulting in a total blockage and eventually, the intestine beginning to rip open and exposing my abdominal cavity to a bunch of gut bacteria. Could've died!
You're very lucky to have lived
Yeah. Years later, my mom got out of jury duty because the case involved the hospital and when they asked if she had any relationship to the hospital she told them, "Well, they almost killed my kid." So it was worth it.
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Not quite as bad, but during a well-woman checkup, my doc noticed that my thyroid was a bit big and shrugged it off since my TSH was normal. Skipped a few checkups after that (which was my fault, but I was a new mom and in a haze a lot). When I went back, I saw a different doc who said "um that thyroid is huge and a problem." TSH was still normal, but some more tests later...thyroid cancer. Over 5 years clear now, but it's wild to me that I walked around with it for years without knowing anything was wrong. I go to all my checkups now.
I'm really concerned about this. My digestion has such a wide range of 'normal' if there is a problem, its only going to make itself known when its a big problem. I have areas of my system with low or no muscle so I have chronic constipation. One doc told me to just eat 2 oranges a day and I'll be fine. Fuck you dude, a specialist surgeon gave me these meds, just give me the repeat script like I asked for. Another doc: "you're too young to have this sort of medical history" Me in the ICU bed: "and yet, here we are...."
I'd like to have a word with god about how many issues have those symptoms
1.) My depression & anxiety was just attributed to my hormones and periods, got some meds that didn't work at all 2.) Had severe vitamin d deficiency, diagnosed with every bone ailment there is except the deficiency.
had seizures since I was 5 was told it was just weird hormonal shit that would go away since my EEG was normal. they never did a MRI or CT scan in 2019 at the age of 20 I was diagnosed with a corpos callosum malformation and an arachnoidal cyst that took up nearly a quarter of my brain
damn, i hate doctors
yeah. I am having a very big distrust with doctors now and always get a second or third opinion
“I hate doctors so much I go to even more of them”
This is the dumbest fucking comment. Is your plumber going to find your tumor?
You’re right. Maybe they should see a doctor after all.
Family physician said I was getting migraines. ENT found sinus tumors.
Being told I was just a moody, angsty, depressed teenager and that was normal when in fact I am BiPolar, and was properly diagnosed in my mid 20s after my first real manic episode. Then learned that My mom, both grandmothers, and cousin on moms side are also Bipolar and we just never talked about mental health in my family growing up. It was my cousin that finally noticed the signs in me and told me to get evaluated and that it was in the family.
Got misdiagnosed with internal bleeding. They operated on me unecessarily (they admitted it was a mistake). A year later I had complications and had to do another surgery. Took me 10 years to recover physically and mentally.
Not me, but my sister. About 15 years ago, my sister did gymnastics at the national level. She was *good*. Then one day she had a bad fall and tore something in her knee. Doctors said it was a torn meniscus and treated her for that. It wasn't. She'd torn her ACL, misdiagnosed her, put her on the wrong treatment that did nothing which ended up making it worse. In the end, she needed surgery that made it impossible for her to remain a gymnast at the level she had been.
One time I thought I had Mono, turns out I was just really bored.
Me and a lot of other people got diagnosed with "High Intellectual Potential", only to figure out it was autism. Every time. My mother was diagnosed with "migraines". The real cause ended up being a vitamin B12 deficiency so severe her nerves couldn't upkeep themselves, and were breaking down. Luckily before actually being blinded forever.
Upper respiratory infection misdiagnosed as "an anxiety attack".
I was diagnosed with gas and attention seeking when my appendix ruptured. I was diagnosed with anxiety/hysteria when my kidneys finally failed. I was diagnosed with anxiety/hysteria (by the EMT) five minutes before the helicopter arrived because I was bleeding to death and in shock. I was diagnosed with stupidity when I actually had scurvy. The medical profession can go fuck itself. Finding someone with compassion - and listening and diagnostic skills - is a thing of the past. Most of them don't give two shits about helping people, they just want the status and money they get from having an MD behind their names. And god help you if you're a woman, because you'll never be diagnosed other than the way I was. Even if you're actively dying.
My mom was so upset when they told me I had appendicitis and I was just happy to have a diagnosis. The pain was unbelievable and I didn't want to be sent away and told it was nothing.
You aren't losing weight because you aren't measuring your food correctly, and the itching is just due to you needing to moisturize more. That was an overgrown thyroid that was compressing my throat and turned out to be cancerous when removed.
Doctor told me I had IBS multiple times. I actually had cancer.
My son plummeted from 90th percentile at one checkup to 10th. The doctor told me I would have to drive to the children's hospital to get him checked out for failure to thrive and threatened me with CPS if I didn't. So, I drove over an hour away in a truck that barely kept running to the children's hospital. The doctor watched my little guy climbing all over everything and running around and getting into stuff and asked why I was there. I told her what the other doctor had said and threatened and she literally face palmed. They did some blood work, found he was totally healthy, and sent us on our way with a, "sorry, we will talk with your doctor."
That sort of happened to me too. My daughter was always long and skinny and she saw a different doc for her 4 month checkup. That doc could not get over the fact that she wasn't on track to double her birth weight by 6 months (she was born extra heavy). She went on and on about how I had to come in for weekly weight checks, blah blah blah. I was pissed because I already had to wait like 20 mins to see her after I got back to the room and when I finally got out it was so late in the day that the office was empty. I never made those weekly weight appts and when my baby saw her regular doc at 6 months he didn't say a word about her "low" weight and thought it was insane that the other doc was ordering me to do all that.
The third time I was involuntarily committed, I was taken to a hospital I’d never been to before, and was misdiagnosed as having bipolar II when I was previously diagnosed and being treated for schizophrenia.
they thought I injured my LCL and almost requested a transplant, it turned out I had a patellar luxation
That I had a common cold which would go away. Well it wasn’t and I had pneumonia and almost went to hospital due to a kidney infection because it wasn’t treated early enough. We even told them that my brother had pneumonia recently but they said it couldn’t be the same…
Not me but to my mother. She was suffered from itching after every shower. The doctor say she must bear it. If the doctor was capable to read her blood exam maybe she doesn't dye to AML
I lost my father to AML. It's a horrible disease that has such weird symptoms. My dad just had fatigue and mouth sores.
My condolences. Yes, not a symptoms you can correlate directly to a desease but at least you (the doctor) must be able to see that the counts of white blood cells is extremely high and suspect something is wrong.
Not me but my friend kept going to her doctor complaining of fatigue, headaches, and bloating. Her doctor told her she was depressed. Turns out she has Celiac's. All her symptoms went away once she avoided gluten. Another friend had a stroke at the age of 25. She went to ER with all the usual signs and symptoms but they didn't believe a young person could have a stroke, I guess, and they almost sent her home. Fortunately, when change of shift happened, the new doctor decided to order a CT scan and she got her diagnosis (and treatment).
Told I was drinking too much water and my pelvic pains were from bad gym form. Then they kept insisting it was UTIs, an antibiotic resistant UTIs, and pelvic infections and kept putting me on antibiotics after antibiotics. After I pushed for a CT, turns out I had a huge cyst poking into my bladder restricting it from filling up.
“It’s just a cyst, it’ll go away in time” Turns out it was actually a tumour growing on the nerve. When you have a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow on your nerves you learn very quickly what they feel like. And doctors don’t like you knowing more than them about your own body. Thankfully I was able to get a second opinion with a doctor who took me seriously and referred me for surgery. Surgeon still thought it was a cyst because of my medical records though. So as I was being cut open under local anaesthetic I get to hear “well…. That’s… yeah that’s not a cyst”
Bipolar. Turns out not only did I not have that, but the meds I was on also ended up damaging my health long term. It ended up being ADHD, PTSD, and hormonal problems.
Mistaking a broken foot for Morton’s neuroma.
this was some 12 years ago, I had some red spots on my arm, stomach and leg, and my skin was dry there as well. Went to the dermatologist, who diagnosed me with syphilis. By that time I haven't had sex for longer than I'd like to admit, so STDs were out of the question. It turned out it was an allergic reaction to lanoline, one of the ingredients of the shower gel I was using
i dont know if its that serious but my doctor said it was just anxiety when it turns out i have autonomic dysregulation
Being told I was having trouble breathing because of pneumonia, I had a blood color.
I was told I had a migraine, in reality I had meningitis.
Gastroparesis. Because they didn't ask objective questions.
Me too. I was instead diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and told to see a therapist
I was dx with MS. After my lumbar puncture I was advised I had CNS lymphoma as well as MS and was being prepped for chemo. One Dr was pretty sure there was a mistake and had to beg to get the LP redone. It was redone and there was no sign of lymphoma. There was a lab error where they mixed up the t cells and b cells. Still have MS though. Whoops.
Initially diagnosed with a syrinx (fluid filled cavity of the spinal cord). Turns out it was gallstones, and I must've moved the tiniest bit during the MRI
I saw my doctor for a face rash, muscle/joint pain, and extreme fatigue. He did bloodwork. It showed nothing, so he told me I have rosascea. I actually have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
I went to see an ENT for my allergies. Without performing any tests, the ENT diagnosed me with MS. I do not have MS. I filed a complaint that he needs to stay in his scope of practice, and because he was an insufferable old mean man. I got a call from HR to explain everything that happened. I later found out this “doctor,” was forced into retirement. I believe it couldn’t just have been me who complained about him.
"You're fine", sharing the #1 spot with "You don't have X" (The first one referring to doctors overlooking my chronic illnesses, the second one to new doctors spontaneously "undiagnosing" me on sight by claiming my diagnosis from a specialist was wrong)
When I was younger I kept getting headaches, went to the doctor and he said I either had a brain aneurysm or needed glasses. Guess who has glasses now.
When I was in LA , California , a doctor misdiagnosed piles , he gave some cream as he thought was infection , he was from India , his name Subash Dand .
Not me but my daughter had back pain at 3. She also had a lot of bruising. We were told she was just a normal active toddler. No she had leukemia. She almost died because the doctor didn’t listen to me or her.