Top 3 Lessons From Being Misdiagnosed And Gaslit: Learn From My Story
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- Misdiagnosis and gaslighting are more common than you might think. 12 million Americans are left questioning their experiences after speaking with doctors. Discover the top misdiagnoses in healthcare and learn practical tips for navigating the medical system to advocate effectively for your health or that of a loved one.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction and Patient Story
1:00 - Importance of Anesthesia Awareness
2:00 - Common Misdiagnoses in Healthcare
3:00 - Tips for Patient Advocacy
4:00 - Empowering Patients in Medical Settings
5:00 - Importance of Informed Consent
6:00 - Strategies for Avoiding Misdiagnosis
7:00 - How to Communicate Effectively with Healthcare Providers
8:00 - Understanding Your Rights as a Patient
9:00 - Q&A Session with Viewers
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I am almost 80, and this past year, my daughter and I decided that it was time for her to be going to my appointments with me, because I was getting so frustrated at being blown off. WOW ! What a complete difference now that my daughter has taken control…….with her pen and pad right in view as she writes down all they say to her when she asks questions. This has helped me to be stress free, now !
I’m my spouses advocate. I sit quiet until the gaslighting starts then they find out I’m a medical professional. The conversation quickly changes.
@@cavgrey8 Ohhhhh, how COOL you are ! You are perfect for your wife, but also perfect for your own patients, as they can feel secure with you.❤️
Wonderful
@@cavgrey8we all need an advocate, especially when we are facing something scary. Or we are vulnerable, younger, in pain, older, etc. How wonderful for your spouse (husband or wife), to have you there. I know it greatly reduces their level of stress
@@cavgrey8you know that you are a hero 🙌
Medical gaslighting is ABUSE!
For 4 years, I had severe symptoms of all over pain, joints, bones, extreme exhaustion, ears hurt, tongue sores/pain, weird rash spots, difficulty exhaling, loud wheezing, can’t lie flat or my lips turned blue, can’t walk 20 feet with out struggling to breathe, nose pain, felt like i was being choked inside neck, sores in nostrils, face turning red, vertigo, brain fog & constant headache.
I asked for tests, ct, mri, lung tests, blood tests…All my small town Drs decided that I was a hypochondriac & faking symptoms for attention & got referred to. Psychiatrist. Got advice to go to a big city, 3 hour drive, got all tests, and was diagnosed within 2 weeks. I have 3 very rare and fatal autoimmune diseases. I have Tracheobronchomalacia, Relapsing Polychondritis & Behçet’s Syndrome. One out of 3 million people have this. Lucky , unlucky me.
I’m now on full Ssdi disability, there is no cure for this and now I’m on Methotrexate, a form of chemotherapy to hopefully slow down my body from destroying all my cartilage and connective tissue. I’m very upset that for 4 years I suffered alone and not taken seriously. What I have has a 5 to 8/10 year life expectancy. Those Drs that blew me off, literally took years off of my short lifespan. I’m 55 and I feel 95. I’m thinking of getting an attorney and make they pay. And, writing the state medical boards to make them accountable and not do this to anyone else. I have medical ptsd as I feel I need to prove, I’m in pain & miserable. My rare disease dr is very upset that happened to me. I’m not a frequent ER patient, I only see a dr when I feel it’s serious. I was laughed at, mocked, mimicked & eye rolled. It’s time for them to pay the price of their continued abuse.
Am so so sorry for your pain❤
I hope you do go after them and call the medical board to help make changes in the way people suffering who seek ( not to mention we pay a ton for Drs appts )help get that help . Thanks in advance as a suffer of continued excruciating pain who does not get the pain management I deserve and require . I know there are tons of us out here who are put off by their doctors. Sorry for your late diagnosis God bless you always my friend .
@@siobhanjahn6267 thank you so much for your support 🥰
@@leahcross3338 thank you so much! Wishing you well Leah. I see a pain management doctor. With proof of diagnosis, I receive the pain medications that I need to help lower my chronic and progressive symptoms. 🥰
🤗 🤗 Donna that is shocking....do what u have to do you know what to do go with gut feelings. You are very strong keep it up what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ❤ I feel you have every right to take this further "how would these people feel if this had happened to them or 1 of their loved one's? They would be worse than you & I put together. Your history speaks for itself &postcode you have been diagnosed with. I would go back discuss with the Dr who gave you your diagnosis & confide with them as believe fully prevention is better than cure. Where was duty of care given to prevent harm? You trusted them they had your life in their hands. Good luck 🍀 you have a good brain remember "mind over matter powerful" never too late the body U believe is a wonderful machine can heal itself & 🙏 powerful you are in mine see yourself well & healthy ❤
You were my husband's anesthesiologist for one of his surgeries, you and the entire team are just awesome. Thank you!!
Your sooooo lucky to have had this awesome amazing Dr.
Yes you can tell he is. Takes the time to explain so much in these videos.
I wish all doctors watched your videos
I was misdiagnosed for over a decade. Told I had fibromyalgia, meanwhile lived with untreated endometriosis ending with a hysterectomy no children and a divorce.
So sorry to hear this. My daughter was diagnosed with endometriosis at age 15. That's because she and I both forced every dr to test her. We knew her pain wasn't in her head!
❤I am so so sorry 😢
@@annaknitowski8673my nephews girlfriend had endometriosis, fibroids and adenomyosis. She’s only 16 and had to have a hysterectomy. She’d had extreme pain and heavy bleeding for 3 years before being diagnosed. It got to the point where she was bleeding so heavy that she fainted. Even after that doctors told her it was all in her head. No, it was all in her uterus. And she had to it removed. 6.5 hour surgery.
Dirty Genes book by Ben Lynch is a huge wake up call about our detox pathways/immune system. It is all connected to just ONE of the dirty super 7 genes, MTHFR, which also impacts fertility. People going under that just do not wake up... likely a detox pathway issue too. Problems waking up is another detox pathway issue. A dirty DAO is another HUGE one as it drives insulin/histamine resistance. Histamine is in nearly EVERYTHING. The answer to this is always eating CLEAN REAL food, avoid left overs (histamine is what gives that wonderful extra flavor) and avoid toxicity as your detox genome (DNA) allows you to tolerate. An FM is advised. NOT a standard MD who pushes nothing but pharma suppression therapy. Iron/ferritin issues screw up your CBC metrics big time with this issue as well. (Hemachromatosis).
It took me 13 years to get a diagnosis. A surgeon (who gaslit me before and after a surgery) didn’t look well enough/long enough during a laparoscopy. I had the second a year later…she’d completely missed it because she didn’t take enough time to properly look. I don’t have kids either. I’m *mostly* okay with it one way or the other. As for a hysterectomy, can’t get a doctor to give me one.
At age 60 I had a sudden change in bowel habits, and used that exact phrase repeatedly when I went to my primary care physician. She blew me off and told me to take fiber. A few months later I had a primary tumor removed via hemicolectomy and there were three positive nodes out of fifteen. I’m alive because I didn’t obey this doctor. Luckily I had insurance coverage for a colonoscopy that she wouldn’t order.
Had a wonderful Dr for 40 years who “just had a feeling” when he sent me for colonoscopy where cancer was found. Caught early and hasn’t come back.
He passed away 2 years ago.
Everyone should have a good doctor like yours was.
I hate when doctors say I shouldn't worry about surgery since they do it often
Me 2
After telling you about all the risks involved. That means that those risks HAVE happened in the past, and that's why they are obligated to tell you about them. Even a simple op, that a surgeon might have done hundreds of times, can go wrong. I have only had one surgeon say this, and was the same guy who downplayed the seriousness of my pancreatitis, and was sceptical about my level of pain. Luckily it was one of his registrars who took over, and listened to both me, and the nurses. I was peeing blood, and my organs were starting to fail, and he got onto immediately. I left hospital two weeks later. The registrar was actually surprised that I could go home that quick, given how sick I was. Doctors really need to listen to their patents.
Any doctor that's that smug, you should worry about. Every surgery has it's risks. If a doctor doesn't think so, I'd find another doc. I'm saying this because a smug doctor nearly killed me. She was not as skilled as she thought.
Found out a few days ago my husband has stage 4 Prostate Cancer 😭😭😭
@@janiceperkins4340, oh, I am so very sorry to hear this. No . Please do your research. I hope you have friends & family to support yo
I have painkiller resistance, anesthesia resistance, and anesthesia awareness and am absolutely terrified of surgery, especially since I have been lied to and dismissed by doctors, surgeons and anesthesiologists in the past. It's very difficult to find a doctor who is sensitive to the fact that it's very hard to trust doctors, given past experiences.
I'm am an ultra rapid metabolizer, so pain meds don't work. I even need to be put to sleep to have dental work.
I don't react to opioids or anesthesia. It doesn't even show up in my urine or bloodwork. Tired of telling doctors and being gaslighted or not believed. Tired of seeking another doctor to have the same thing happen. Been misdiagnosed before. Gotten to the point where I don't want to see doctors because I can't trust them and Tired of wasting my time.
@@donnaslack6203 rule out a dirty MTHFR gene. Been there and done that! (Recommend that you ) Read Dirty Genes by Ben Lynch and search the dirty super 7 genes on line. See what resonates. Life changing information if it does.
See below about Dirty Genes book by Ben Lynch and doing a deep dive on the dirty super 7 genes.
Meet your detox pathways, how to keep them clean so you stay healthy. Avoid Fibro, digestive problems, reflux, GERD, SOB, insomnia, IBS, IBD, ... and Parkinson's later in life, which is a hidden epidemic with young adults starting at 30's and 40's.... no longer 60's and 70's. Not just cancer.
You poor thing. I hope that doesn't sound patronizing. I just said a prayer for you that you would find the help you need in the way that you need it (when you do). I don't fear surgery but wow, I do not blame you one bit. I will say I once had a horrific surgery with what is termed break-away post-operative pain but I still feel confident when I have gone into surgery because it taught me to ask the right questions to the right people ahead of surgery.
I have been misdiagnosed most of my life. I'm going to be 54 in a few weeks. Over the years doctors have told me that it's all in my head. Yes, I have mental health issues from trauma, but it wasn't the cause of my symptoms. I found out by a doctor that actually listened to me, diagnosed me with Ehlers Danlo Syndrome. I scored 5 on the Beighton scale, and I still score 5 at 54. I can sublux my ribs just by sleeping on my side. The doctors in my area still blow off my symptoms but I have an advocate now who is awesome. Thank you for sharing your experiences and expertise. I appreciate you.
I was also diagnosed with EDS at age 54. Makes every thing make sense for me. It did take WAY too many years to get diagnosed with this, but, I have the opposite experience since the diagnosis. All of my providers are NOW validating my symptoms and are empathetic, even trying to help find a treatment plan to help with symptoms.
I think we have a lot on common so I understand. Hang in there. We believe you!
I should have added that I'm seeing a naturopath physician as my primary doc for the EDS, (in addition to my rheumatologist). He prescribed a monthly medical massage, bi-weekly soft tissue chiropractor, and bi-weekly acupuncture. 2 months into this treatment and liking it so far!
I don't have EDS, but I described my rib pain to my Physical therapist and he thinks I've had subluxation of the ribs a few times. Man that hurts like crazy!!!!
I have it too! I wasn't diagnosed until I was 50. Even then, I had no idea of all the implications until I got on the Facebook message boards for it, then my whole life previous to that was explained. So tragic I suffered through half my life not knowing.
Some years ago I had pain under my ribs really bad so I went to the emergency. The doctor told me if you just want drugs why don't you just say so?? It wasn't drugs I was looking for, although I wasn't very severe pain. 7 hours later he came back by then the pain had lightened up a bit. He said look at you when you came in here. You were all whiny and now you're just fine!! He went on to say and I looked at your kidney scan. It was just fine as I expected through his head back and walked off. Before daylight I got a phone call from the radiologist who told me I had a big tumor on my kidney that I needed to have biopsy right away. Well he did and it turned out that I had clear cell carcinoma and had to have a partial nephrectomy! Yes I had cancer but the doctor accused me of drug seeking!! This was in Bellefontaine Ohio and He was given the ax a few years after that!! I don't know why but he shouldn't have been hired to begin with!! He's no more a doctor than I am!!
Accused of drug seeking? How dare they ever do that when there's no history of abuse. No, ur there for diagnoses.. awful
Experienced something similar. Refused fentanyl until after the CT scan. They came rushing back into the room with the fentanyl & confirmed the scan you have a large bowel abscess. Admitted with a week in the hospital and then a follow up surgery after 3 weeks of IV antibiotics daily. They were apologetic but the attending was a jerk.
I hear ya !! Several years ago, my husband had an extreme sore throat,and hughley swollen gland on one side. I was so bad that he couldn't swallow his own saliva! And the doctor accused him of drug seeking and never even touched him!! The next day he was seen at the VA Urgent Care and was transferred by Ambulance to the nearest hospital and had emergency surgery for a large Abscess just under his right jaw. If the ER doc would have just ran blood for a CBC , he would have known my husband's White Blood Cell Count was 120(15 indicates an Infection)
My husband remained intubated in the ICU for 4 days, then a week in a regular room.
I filed a complaint with the hospital and reported him to the Medical Doctors Licensing Board!
Shortly after he was released, I sent a well worded Demand Letter to the doctor and his Agent of Service, stating the doctor "fail to perform a proper physical exam, neglected to meet the Standard of Care....." 😉
A few weeks later we received a call from the doctors Malpractice Insurance Carrier saying "We'd like to take care of this..." I said "I BET Yo Do! "
Maybe it was projection on his part hint hint
@@janiceperkins4340 great for you!!!
When I was awake during anesthesia, and afterwards the told medical staff, they said it didn't happen. I never once questioned reality. They were in denial of reality.
I was given my money back twice when I stayed awake for twilight dental work- for bone graphs for implants that were botched.
Never given money back at a hospital when I woke up though- the first time I was three and recall it vividly, and it happened again after that twice more.
I had a terrifying experience pre-surgery as the surgical staff was placing things on my torso and my arms were placed out to the side strapped down on a board and I was panicking telling them that I'm not asleep, hyperventilating and crying because they were all ignoring me, so I was thinking they think that I'm asleep from anesthesia but I wasn't. Come to find out, the anesthetist had not come into the OR or even come to see me prior in the preop room, he leaned over my shoulder saying... I'm here, I'm here... I'm going to give you something to calm you before I apply your sleep medicine. I will never forget that experience, NO ONE would look at me or say anything to me, I was begging someone to at least tell me that they know I'm not asleep yet, that they were just setting up the OR for my surgery.
I hate health care or should I say sick care.
Dr Kavey ,I wish every person in this country ,and the world had a Dr like you ,.You are so compassionate. And caring . I had one Dr for aprox 16 years he was an angel ,but he left his practice , and his brother stayed ,but he would stay administration of his practice..Since then I have one Dr ,that don't seems to care . It's a long story ,but I am.so tired of his promises , I use to walk five miles a day . ,just a few years ago ,and now I can barely walk at all ,my backs hurting all the time ,and I have such imbalanced, an have falling many times ,an when I do ,It takes a while to be able to get up . Thank you Dr for all you do ..God bless you.
Go to a neurologist. I have the same things and doing wonderful with her and Muy Surgeon was a Doll. It work wonders.
Check your insurance and see if you can get another doctor's opinion. Call the hospital and see who they recommend. As with anything you must be happy with who you see. Also write down any questions as when people are in front of the doctor many forget.
This exact thing happened to me. I had a Dr who was caring, compassionate, knowledgeable, and over all just a great Dr. He quit his practice under the umbrella of a hospital that ruled over him with a ton of rules, etc. He went into a private practice where he didn't accept insurance but we could turn it into our insurance. After about 5 yrs the DEA went into his practice and said he was prescribing too many narcotics. After they researched they found 12 patients out of 260 patients. After that whole process where they were there for weeks, he decided to quit his practice. I was so sad but I understood. Since then I found another Dr who is just OK.
My sig/other had open heart surgery at a world class hospital. Once he was taken off the ventilator a day or two later, he blurts out - I felt everything!!!. When I mentioned to the nurse, she said.... It's his word against ours. WTH! Later when I also mentnioned to the surgeon, he said, well - he very well may have. His blood pressure spiked. Well, no duh. He didn't offer any real sympathy other than to offer psychiatric services, with my sig/other declined because he felt he would lose his other docs care, and he depended on it for his dialysis needs. So, he suffered in silence.
Awwwww God bless hom😢
OMG I can't even imagine open heart surgery and feeling everything!! So he felt them breaking his ribs and opening his chest up? Stopping his heart after funnelling the blood through that machine to keep it circulating? That poor man. Once they notice signs of stress in an "out cold" patient, they need to reassess if they are really under
Too bad some doctors have a god complex
Dr. Kavey, I just had a horrible experience with a new Dr. I have Charcot’s that tends to flare occasionally. I saw a new podiatrist because my regular was busy. This man apparently did not appreciate my sense of humor. He decided that my complaint about wearing a CAM walker, which I hate, should be countered by trying to scare me. Even with the CAM I should be bedridden. What is the point in wearing a CAM if I am in bed. Then he proceeded to say my complaint about the uneven hips causing flare of sciatica & bursitis, was ridiculous. And ‘what is worse a bad back or losing a foot.’ I don’t deal well with Doctors trying to scare me or treat me as a child. I am 66 snd have dealt with loads of health issues because I was klutz as a child. Used to say I was a frequent flyer at the ER.
I woke up in recovery from gallbladder surgery and woke up with tubes still in my nose. A poor recovery nurse desperately trying to control my hands that were trying to swat at the tubes because they were hurting me, and trying to put me back to sleep. Nobody tried to deny what happened. I wasn't though offered any kind of psych treatment. LOL The next surgery I had I was terrified it would happen again. I told that anesthesiologist about the tubes and he made damn sure I didn't wake up with tubes in my nose. I generally tell the anesthesiologist of any surgery about that.
I had been begging my doctors in California that I was positive I had hypothyroidism and so was my mom who had it also, and no doctor would listen to me, but when I got to Georgia the doctor was shocked because my throat was swollen clear out to my chin, and I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. In California, I was having bronchitis and pneumonia between 4-8 times a year, and doctors looked at why. I got to Georgia, the first thing they did was test me for asthma. I haven't had bronchitis or pneumonia in 4 years. Both are now controlled with medication and I have no problems with them.
I am autistic, so it probably explains why nobody listened to me in California. It had nothing to do with me waking up before the tubes were removed.
I had the wonderful nightmare of waking up as my breathing tube was being ripped out of my throat. It was terrifying!! I knew I had gotten surgery, but the way I was treated by the lady I woke up to was the worst experience out of the entire day (I had even been DROPPED, whilst being carried to the cT scan, DIRECTLY onto the SOFTBALL-SIZED infection I was having removed IN MY HIP! 10/10 on the pain chart, but the breathing tube being ripped out rapidly and awkward silence from the recovery staff as I woke up from the anesthesia def topped that! It truly does make a huge difference how a patient is treated after surgery. It's a scary experience not knowing what is happening to you while you're still somewhat delirious.
Thank you, Dr. Kavey for making a difference in the medical community! Every little bit of effort to make a patient's experience better is a beautiful act of integrity and truly bestows the oath all docs take when they begin their careers.
Ahem, they no longer take any kind of meaningful "oath". Haven't for decades now. It used to be :
First, do no harm.
Second, let food be thy medicine and thy medicine be food.. Now doctors are greatly lied to big pharma (who own and fund EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL OF WESTERN MEDICINE IN THE WORLD) and taught how to sell drugs for big pharma. Actual cures have been known for yonks and are routinely covered up so the sickness industry can keep making money off people's suffering.
Thank you, Dr. Kaveh!
As a person with complex health issues, I see a lot of physicians. Everything began with an iatrogenic injury to the left obturator nerve during an abdominal hysterectomy fifteen years ago, followed by continual pain since. In my history of medical care, or lack thereof, nothing was worse than that initial OB/GYN surgeon treating me like a drug seeker following the hysterectomy. In hindsight, every report I gave of problems with mobility and very severe pain stands out as a red flag for nerve damage. Not only was I made to feel wrong for speaking up and had to suffer through unmanaged pain, but the potential for any complication related to the surgery was completely ignored.
Perhaps, if the surgeon (and his nurses) had listened to me the nerve injury would have healed in those early months and I would not be so disabled by this inury which stole my lifestyle.
similar issue w probable nerve injury, amongst other issues from "treatment" took forever for that to even be suggested. Once it was, the Dr was still very vague and didn't even note the suspicion. Just referred to Neurology. Had EMG done w limited finding that did not explain upper body issues.....turns out the xact nerves they tested didn't even correlate w the physical exam/symptoms. I had to figure out that and other things on my own. No responsibility or accountability. learned Drs not xactly eager to uncover iatrogenic issues. Word iatrogenic itself is fancy way to complicate injury/mistake
Doctor Kaveh, when I had my last son, as I was sitting on the edge of the operating table about to get my block in my back the anesthesiologist came in with another doctor. He said, this is Dr. So and so and he’s from South Africa and is here (in Alberta) doing (whatever I can’t remember). He’s going to do your block and I will be observing him, is that all right? I was like umm ok. As he put the needle in my back I collapsed and everything went black. When I woke up in pools of sweat my baby was getting compressions, they got him back but he did suffer 2 seizures. They told me they lost my blood pressure and my baby went without oxygen for almost 7 minutes. Needless to say it was the most traumatic thing that has ever happened to me. They never explained why this happened although they did do a cardiac work up but no one said anything to me. I wonder, could that foreign doctor have missed the space that the needle was supposed to go and put the medicine in the wrong place? This happened 15 years ago, my son has Autism and I have never had any idea what went wrong. Thanks for being such a great communicator and educator ❤🇨🇦
😮 That is unacceptable!!!
They should have told you everything! Do not think for one second that it is your fault!!
I don't know if what happened to you caused your son's autism but I've seen a lack of oxygen to the baby at the time of birth be a cause of Cerebral Palsy in the baby.
I hope you can find out what really happened. 🙏🏼
I have trauma caused by a huge problem related to an obstetric surgery fifteen years ago too.
I am sorry for what you and your son have and continue to go through.
I am so sorry for you both❤
So, 7 minutes? Baby died then. Were you supposed to have a C-section?
I had C-sections that I was awake for. One of the risks was they told me if they didn't get the epidural in the right place I could be paralyzed. So I had to sit very still. That's pretty scary.
I imagine there was serious panic in that operating room that day. Was the visiting doctor there when you woke up?
I was awake for the births
But I also have epilepsy. Grand mal seizures where I lose consciousness and stop breathing. My seizures only last for a few seconds. However, before getting pregnant I consult with all 3 of my doctors, OB/GYN, Neurologist and GP.
My medicine comes with a higher risk of birth defects. I wanted to know should I stop taking it to protect the baby during pregnancy. Or keep taking it. If I stopped, I would need to give up my driver's license and quit my job.
The doctors talked to me and each other. And they all agreed that I should continue the medication.
Because, they told me, even though I only stop breathing for a few seconds during a seizure, they didn't know how long the baby would be without oxygen. They didn't want to risk brain damage.
Also I have the misfortune of having been strangled once. And when I researched that, I learned that as soon as a person loses consciousness from lack of oxygen, brain damage begins.
Did you stop breathing also?
With my son's C-section, they cut me open at 11am. And he was born at 11:07. So with everything going smoothly it took 7 minutes to get him out. I was awake and calm and breathing. So he had oxygen through my umbilical cord.
I believe a TBI traumatic brain injury, such as lack of oxygen, can cause autism.
I'm pretty sure I also have autism. Just figuring it out in my 60's
My mom and sisters do too. Genetic.
I hope some part of this was helpful. The doctors should have told you what happened.
People don't normally survive 7 minutes without oxygen. I think something like 4 minutes is you're toast. Maybe they got some air into him during those 7 minutes. Sounds like you're both Lucky to be alive at all
And you've probably both got PTSD
@@recoveringsoul755 My son lived. They had to cool his brain and body down for 3 days in the ICU. They told me he would probably have Cerebral Palsy but he recovered! Completely but as I said he does have Autism but they can’t say it’s because of what happened. They told me that they chose to stabilize me first getting my blood pressure back before they cut the baby out as we could’ve both died then. I chose to have a c-section because my other 2 were so I figured it was the safest. My son is turning 16 now and he is so smart and so loving. I thank the universe everyday for him 💙
I was aware and saw things happening during a surgery. I couldn’t say anything but I remember their conversation and then when they realized I was awake and then went bask to sleep.
When I told a doctor that I remembered the conversations during a previous surgery, she had them put special wires onto my head. She said they would be able to see earlier if I was starting to wake up. They keep me sleeping.
I interrupted watching the secret of skinwalker ranch to watch your live. That's love lol. I had a tube shoved down my throat once after an overdose. I had no idea I was dealing with ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia/ADHD/PTSD/Autism at the time. Just a few minor things 🙄 The tube made me feel like I couldn't breath and I sat up and pulled the whole thing out. Big mistake because about 10 people held me down to reinsert it. I've probably been intubated several times for surgery, but that one was not fun. Depression can be a killer.
❤ I am sorry
@@siobhanjahn6267 Aww, thanks. I'm better than I was back then, but I still struggle, like a lot of people do.
Gaslighted, matter fact today...sought out a 2nd opinion to a cardiologist....fresh eyes...
Today my cardiologist for last several yrs, told me could no longer be a pt because I sought out 2nd opinion and that office found out new office wanted specific past tests...what happened to patient rights....
I really like ur content & information. I've been in & out of hosp stays, surgeries, etc for 50yrs now, but have never learned so much in 50 yrs as I have from u!
Thanks everyone!
Mr. Doctor, bro, I wish you could experience yourself as if you have never known yourself. If I were to see you and you said you were going to be my anesthesiologist, I can not tell you how at ease I would be. You radiate kindness and aptitude. If ever someone was born for their job, I feel it was you. 🙂
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Thank you for these ~ "secrets" to share...
Ppl wouldn't even believe these things happenning more often as one'd assume... its not even seldom, these things are happenning!!!
THX ❤
I am a standardized patient for med students in my area and it has helped me be more forthright in my care and more bold in stating what I need. And it feels like the drs take me more serious once they know I know what they learn in schooling. I also know that it’s completely okay to ask questions and get those questions answered. Thank you for this video.
Ive had nothing but gaslighting and ive never ever heard of any doctor talk like you. I believe you may be part of the younger generation that is not the generation that gaslights- at least I hope so! Thank You for raising the standard!🙏🏼
This Dr. is of the Light & an Empath & is gently exposing the others/outdated medical protocols & procedures. I’m sure he will be part of new advanced tech teams who are of a higher consciousness/vibration & will help others with their healing journeys.
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I just experienced this today. I have become super sensitive to meds since turning 70. One bp med gave me heartburn. I was prescribed omeprazole which made it much worse. It took me 3 months for it to go away. My GI doc said its rare but ppis can cause weakening of esophageal sphincter. When I went back to the cardiologist he argued with me that he didn't believe it. It's actually in the literature. If you don't just shut up and take your pill they get pissed and I'm an RN.
Thanks Dr. about
doubts which have been not explained by some
drs. at some procedures rather they act like the patient has some unspecified mood disorders...which the dr. noted on the medical record.
I actually woke up after my surgery from a medical storage room. There was a nurse with me and I asked her is this a medical storage room she said "Mmmm.. Yes" Then I said ok.. I fell asleep again and then I woke up again from a 3 patient room by alone.
It was real but my coworker did not think it was. That was confusing.
Youre a nice doctor, you have a uplifting spirit always and you obviously treat people kindly. There should be more md's like you.
I have been suffering from excessive daytime sleepiness. I was put on a CPAP but it didn't help. I was compliant for nearly a year, then atopped. I still complained of sleepiness. They suggested an MSLT. Went I to do the PSG but they cancelled the MSLT and refused to even test me for it unless I started waring the CPAP always. I found another Dr. who also gaslit me, but was willing to give me the MSLT. + the PSG the night prior. He asked why I was so against a CPAP, ? Because it doesn't help!!! Turns out there is no Sleep Apnea. Imagine that...
You are amazing! I need a doctor like you. One that listens and make recommendations.
Doctor you need to be cloned and put in every area of every country in every O.R. Your empathy, your care, and your love for your patient is so needed in all hospital care. Thank you for educating the public it is okay to question and get answers. Love your videos. Please continue what you do being you!
Thank you, Dr. Kaveh,
This goes for kids as well. A parent knows their kid.
My son had a hernia as a baby, but the ER doc, who didn't usually treat kids, said no. The next day, I took him to his pediatrician, and the day after, he had hernia surgery.
Recently, my daughter (early 20s) had a high fever and a massive lymph node. It turned out to be mono. I knew her skin looked green. I checked her eyes for jaundice, but no yellow hint. So, when we got to the doctor, I said that even though my daughter’s eyes weren’t yellow, she had jaundice. The doctor argued with me, but I persisted and asked if she could run a blood panel. Her bilirubin level was so high that they did a scan to check for a blocked bile duct!
The doctor called and asked why I hadn't told her I was a doctor. I wasn't! I was a mom who knew her kid.
I have been told things weren't real so many times with me or my kids I can't even count. It is so bad out there in all fields of healthcare.
My mother was in hospice and managed care and screamed for three weeks until she died because the medtec was not allowed to give narcotics to a dying person. The state of CA requires an RN or LVN, and the hospital wouldn't take her back. I feel scarred for life and wish I could have given her myself.
I'm unsure how doctors can offer good care while seeing patients every 15 minutes, though. And when someone gets sick, old, and/or depressed, you need a relative or friend with you because you will not ever win with 90% of the dentists, doctors, and therapists out there- especially if you have anything more wrong with you than an easily diagnosable issue like a cut finger, cavity, or strep throat. Beyond that, forget it!
I'm not sure this is true, but I've heard that if you go on more than two medications, there is no way for any doctor to know the exact side effects that might occur, and with each added drug, it just gets less predictable. (this would make a great topic)
(or why vets believe you about your pets more often than doctors about you or your kids)
I did not know that in California you could not give narcotics to a dying person that's Machiavellian. That said when my mother was dying in Ca.they gave her morphine and it ended it. She had home health care workers. And a hospice doctor visited her.
That nearly happened to my friend! I needed to drive her to the hospital for Ablation and when the anesthesiologist said she would be intubated, she nearly freaked out (she just expected sedation). I explained it was no big deal (I'm a former Medic) and she wouldn't (or shouldn't) even be aware. Unfortunately she ended up with a very sore throat and when she told me, the words "Damn Rookie" just slipped out 🙄
I resisted telling her that she'd probably be cathed too🙄
Then post-op and after using the bathroom she kinda whispered, "Something is strange down there " I chuckled a bit and told her "it's probably left over lubricate from the catheter"
She yelled "THEY DID WHAT???"😳
Guess that's what happens when you have only been in the hospital to have 3 kids........40 years ago🤷♀️😁
“What’s the worst thing that can happen, why isn’t it that?” Such a profound open question- one of the most valuable tools you can have is this question!! Thanks Dr.
I asked this so many years ago and was told that it was based on testing. A dr. can't test for one diagnosis when other tests haven't been run. So it sounds like insurance meddling into the patient's health care, even if the dr. agrees with you.
Thank you so much. All of these videos are helping. You have insights which are critical due to your specialty.
I have 6 documented rare medical conditions. I have had a total pancreatectomy and spleenectomy with auto islet cell transplant. I have had genetic testing and I have a high chance for lung cancer. I had a CT Scan that showed 2- 3&4 cm masses. The doctors said it's nothing. But they didn't show up on CT scans last year. Every time I go to the ER, which is maybe 1 time a year, they act like I'm pain medication seeking. I never ask for pain medication at ER because I feel like what needs to be treated because they are clueless about my medical conditions...or like a patient who doesn't have a pancreas. I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling or being gaslit.
What is are your conditions or syndrome called? Are there likelyhood of any other cancers such as colorectal etc?
You are not alone! You are in good company here with lots of us who have multiple diagnoses, mis or undiagnosed conditions and rare conditions and being told we're crazy or drug seekers or faking it.
As a former nurse now disabled from decades of misdiagnoses I’m very appreciative of your videos
Anemia was a red flag for my husband’s Multiple Myeloma. The trouble was the doctor didn’t diagnose it as bone cancer until a year later and after second low hemoglobin test. The disease was in stage 3 at diagnosis with 90% myeloma cells in the bone marrow.
2:15 Acknowledging this occurs is so validating! ❤
my favorite video so far i lost a friend 2 years ago when a ruptured aorta was misdiagnosed as kidney stones the 911 operator even asked if he had a history of aorta problems but ER doc didn't pursue until too late He died 12 hours after being admitted
My thorastic surgeon did.ABG because my lungs are COPD and he said that was to make sure I was able to be put under because he just wanted to make sure he's a great surgeon
I just had surgery…was scared because of past experiences.Was always not listened to about my past anesthesia experiences. I just had the best experience of my life 2 weeks ago. My anesthesiologist actually listened to me…my fears and past experiences. Had ACDF surgery. My team of doctors and nurses were the best I’ve ever had . Thank you for addressing this topic. I’ve had so many doctors not listen to me 😟 . It’s so extremely frustrating.Again thank you for addressing this.
I have been extremely lucky to have had great experiences with surgeries and anesthesia.
One time I left an appointment feeling so upset & so frustrating because I felt like the doctor didn’t hear a single thing I said & felt truly blown off. On the ride home, I wrote a poem that expressed my frustration. I had the poem copyrighted & some doctors now use this poem in training new doctors.
At 14 years old, I had appendicitis that grumbled for 8 months. My mother's GP insisted that I was depressed because he said "all teenagers are depressed". He gave me antidepressants, that I refused to take. So, 8 months of getting more & more unwell & being told it was all in my head. I was told that I "couldn't possibly" feel the way I described feeling; that I was attention-seeking; that I was jealous of a younger sibling; that I was pretending to have an eating disorder; & that my mother should send me to a psych unit.
We went to visit my grandparents. 2 hour flight, I was so sick the whole way. My grandfather took me to the GP I had been to as a very young child. I'd barely walked through his door, in pain that was so bad I curled up in a ball on the floor & my old GP said it looked like appendicitis, spotted it from the far side of his desk. He got down on the floor beside me, ASKED about 3 questions (actually ASKED!!), LISTENED to my answers (actually LISTENED!!) & sent me straight to hospital, by ambulance. My appendix ruptured on the way.
On the positive side, I can spot appendicitis a mile away. Neither of my sons had to wait to believed. ❤❤
And I'm a surgical nurse with over 13 years experience, now. 😊
Your humanity and achievements are to be envied for all that your sharing! Thanks for the kind care and understanding 💜
Not sure if i mentioned this previously but could you imagine not being believed when having an asthma attack? It's the non wheezing type. Its so frightening when time is of the essence. Are patients drug seeking for Albuterol? When I hear cases of patients not being believed, I wonder the thought process of the non-believer. Just want to add Dr. Kaveh, you are an excellent teacher and an asset to the healthcare profession.
Merci beaucoup pour ton vidéo 😊
I woke up once during a colonoscopy and was looking at the monitor. I lay there for about 10 seconds and then i asked "Wow, is that ME?" Doc said "Yes" and just about then i went under again. I had no physical pain or anything. I thought is was so interesting seeing that. I have a relative who refuses any sedative and was awake for her colonoscopy. She said it wasnt fun but not particularly horrible. Thanks for all your great posts! ❤
Dr. Anthony it's so refreshing and wonderful listening to your videos. Thank you
This is such an amazing, honest discussion. Thank you!! I've had reality denied several times. My 3-year-old daughter's tummy ache , we were told at her appt, turned out to be a ruptured appendix. Her dr didn't believe me. My dr said I had carpal tumnel. I knew it was worse. I kept asking for more tests. It was rheumatoid arthritis. I have a few more like this..but this tells enough. Frustrating and scary. Time was wasted. Daughter's situation was actually dangerous. Luckily I took her to the ER at midnight a day after receiving no call back from her dr.
After my last c section, two months later I was still having terrible pain. Called my doctor who called me a baby. Two weeks later I went to a different doctor who took a x ray. Turns out I had a sponge inside of me. Three weeks in the hospital after removal, leaving my newborn and other children, husband almost losing his job, unable to have more children, I was never the same.
So much to unpack here. Thank you for sharing some of you medical wisdom! Many years ago I had one very bad doctor and that has made me wary of doctors ever since.
I’ve had awareness under light anesthesia for an endoscopy years ago and was left alone to cry in the recovery room. They just acted like it didn’t happen. With every new bad anesthesiology experience due to unmonitored sleep apnea, after surgery or during colonoscopy, my fear has continued to grow. I’ve advocated and asked for experienced anesthesiologists only to show up day of surgery to a fresh out of medical school anesthesiologist joking around in the surgical suite and telling me I’m worrying about nothing. After that last colonoscopy I had to be admitted because my heart rate was fluctuating between 35 and 140. My gastroenterologist asked the attending anesthesiologist to admit me. I think I’m done having surgeries or any tests that require anesthesiology. You seem like a very good one, but you are a rarity. Thank you for your channel and for caring.
Your approach to medicine is very healing. It helps to see things from a doctor’s perspective. I always learn a lot from your posts. I love the science of medicine. It’s fascinating!!!😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
In southern California...one Major hospital...never finds anything..
Later mentioned at another hosp as a side note on a different CT..
Amazing like 5 things?
Go out of whole area.
Godspeed
Dee
Some of my doctors have told me a few of my conditions are a mystery; they know they are genuine, and some of my blood tests are very strange, along with other tests. But doctors and hematologists say we are unsure; we can only manage the systems until something else shows up. One of the doctors said I would be an excellent patient for whom to write an article. I told him not unless he gave me a cut of any money he made from the article. Lol
They are great, never gaslight me, and always stay on top of everything with consistent blood tests and CAT scans.
They did say it is not an exact science sometimes.
I’ve been misdiagnosed a couple of times & it’s incredibly frustrating. I’m very persistent, though, & kept bringing things up until someone listened. One problem for me, is that if you don’t fit the “textbook “ symptoms & description doctors tend to blow you off.
Thank you 🙏
I had that exact experience with the tube down the throat waking up from having emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. I remember I had a really sore throat so I used that in an attempt to get the nurse to explain things. I just said “my throat hurts” She said “oh your sore throat is probably from the breathing tube in surgery”. No shit!! She continued on with her checks. Drs forget we don’t spend 8 hrs a day in the ER or Operating Rooms. Since I’ve found a great anaesthesiologist & I request him for any surgery I have on my now chronic problem, after 4 failed ankle fusions. I’ve not had a sore throat once either him either!
I am so damn frustrated because of my condition and I need the top doctor’s in the country to help me. I need next level help!
Yes Dr.K you are soooo awsome.
Thank you for this topic. My surgeon answered all my questions and asked me if I had anymore. Had my surgery last week and am doing well.
Thank you for sharing your insights. This is one of the most hopeful and helpful videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on different types of infections, and on sepsis (sp?), and how a person can be mis-perceived in medical settings etc. And your empathy/toughness/mental sharpness/playfulness shows up like a diamond in the darkness. And your e.q. is also very healing on all levels. Your videos are empowering others to be more alive, present, healthy, and self empowered. ❤
I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and Ive had many surgeries. But I had my first bladder pacemaker surgery about 4 years ago, and I woke up at the tale end of my first Pacemaker surgery. I freaked everyone out because my anesthesia wore off early. After, I was finally diagnosed with EDS and now I have medication fixed to keep me under at all times.
I have many issues were I've been gaslit by doctors. By my PCP and Anesthesiologist as well as others.
My friend is allergic to nickel. It’s in her medical chart. She got a knee replacement, and several times confirmed with the doctor that there was no nickel. Post surgery suffered for two years. She was told she had MS and labeled as hysterical and depressed and she really felt terrible and suffered for the last two years. She finally went and got a 2nd opinion. Sure enough, that model replacement had nickel. She just had it redone. She’s been through hell, all because a doctor couldn’t be bothered to be informed and other doctors typically underestimated a woman’s pain and true issue. It’s a blessing she’ll hopefully be a new person after this!!
That should have been a Duh moment for the surgeon to have made sure that all materials didn’t have nickel and where titanium. That is negligence.
I am fighting to be listened to over a health problem. The hospital condescends to do tests "if it keeps me happy". It's not about keeping me happy it's about finding the cause of the pain I'm in. The whole attitude of some consultants & staff is so bad that when I had to go into hospital recently for a partial removal of my thyroid I had a total meltdown & full on panic attack. Not because of the op but because no one listens. Even the first ENT consultant was like "why are you here? It's tiny (the possible cancerous tumor on my thyroid) why are you even bothering". How to make you feel like you are wasting everyone's time. I've even been called "you people" by a different consultant. Even writing this the sense of panic is rising as the feelings come back. I have to keep fighting but the sense of fear of not being listened to is real 😢😢😢
I had this last month in the dental chair
Why would a dentist put a tube down your throat
@@miketurksma9135. Lol no it wasn't that. It was a tear I felt roll down my cheek when the first needle went it. I hate it.
QUESTION:; told my two Drs that I MUST NEVER have antipsychotics because of restlessness. They insisted (I was grieving and had stopped sleeping for over a year). Against my better judgement I took it and had the worst brain injury - the dystonia was horrid. I rushed to hospital. An injection of benztropine put an end to it, bless that doctor. I’ll go after the two doctors (I’m a lawyer) because my brain hasn’t been the same since.
We lost my sister in law to colon cancer 23 yrs ago after a year of her going to her dr complaining of low back pain and other symptoms. The nurse even accused her of exaggerating her symptoms just weeks before she was finally diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. She was diagnosed in October and dead in January.
It is a mental emotional and physical time for most ppl I would think, getting ready for surgery. As soon as you are wheeled into the surgical room with machines lit up, bright lights, winter temperatures in the room, hearing your heartbeat pounding a tad extra with nervous thumping, everyone in masks, a silver tray gleaming with various instruments, etc. the smells always get me. it is a tad unnerving even though you trust your medical team, ( I always tell them I trust each of them and know they will take good care of me) I remember having a tear or two drip down before every surgery. Knowing you will be fully out certain things are being done to you/ for you. It is still an odd feeling. After all, things can and do happen with anesthesia! As we get older it can be a bit touchy.
Gaslit? Yes I have been a few times. And two weeks ago a Neurologist did it. Having surgery in less than three weeks. Dr. Kaveh, Thank you for all of your teaching moments.
In my 20s i had som major knee surgery. I was all done and back in the ward for quite some time before a nurse noticed my speech was weird. She looked in my mouth and sitting in place was a shiny stainless steel airway! I was finally diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos hypermobility when I turned 61, having been told I was a hypochondriac all my life. I'm almost 70 and we're now looking at dysautonomia having been an expert fainter all my life. One heart specialist in the past told me that some women are just more sensitive than others. I told him that I wasn't having a dose of the vapours. By the way, I'm a doctors kid. He was brilliant in his field but lousy at home. I'm having another general in a few days and having spoken to the team am very cofident.
You are extremely kind in addition to being extremely handsome 🙂Ive survived multiple surgeries, and the doctor who made the most impact on me was my Unc anestesiologist who talked to me as I was headed for surgery.
I am one of those patients…. Even if it’s just stitches, it takes more numbing agent & longer to go numb than just about every patient I met, or my husband (a physician) has ever seen. Why? I have no clue.
Some Dr.s will listen, but I usually have to have my husband there with me before I’m believed.
As far as going under…. The last time I went thru that counting backwards sequence - I could see the shock on everyone’s face (even though they were masked, because their eyes told me) when I eventually said ‘ZERO’ & asked “Now, what’s next?” That’s usually the point that some of them start to realize I wasn’t kidding or looking for more drugs. They’ll usually believe my husband bc of two capital letters after his name - but if he’s not there? I get that ‘Oh great a junkie🙄” look.
If only they could experience what I have had happen, I’d never have to say anything.
Waking up or actually feeling pain during surgery is an absolute nightmare. There’s no way to tell them you’re feeling EVERYTHING they’re doing when you can’t move or talk.
I put surgical dates off as long as I can because it’s always traumatic. Some will listen to my husband, others just don’t believe either one of us.
One thing ALL medical professionals should do is truly listen to the patient. You can tell when it’s fear vs. drug seeking - IF you truly listen to your patients. If their eyes are still open & engaging- then adjust YOUR process so they DO go under & don’t wake up screaming in your OR.
Fell on my shoulder and went to Urgent Care to rule out a break. An x-ray was taken. The Advanced Practice Nurse told me "It isn't broken and we're not going to give you anything."
1. I hadn't asked for any pain meds.
2. The radiologist had actually written that there was too much inflammation to determine if there was a break. If I'd known that, I would have gone back for a repeat x-ray.
10 weeks later, after using the shoulder a lot, I couldn't sleep because it hurt so badly. I went to a shoulder specialist and another x-ray was taken. I had, in fact, broken my shoulder. Surgery to repair it also found that 3 tendons has snapper off the joint.
Wow. Always, people, be your own advocate. This is a lesson I will heed going forward. Thank you for this post.
You are great doctor wish u was my doctor god bless you
You give me hope that not all doctors are evil.
Just met a woman who was being treated for cancer with chemo. Noting was getting better, in fact things were getting worse. Finally she went the a U.C. where she discover she never had cancer at all, she had a heart problem and her labs were mixed up at the local small town hospital.
The medical care where I live is poor. I have found a handful of people that have good doctors who are not accepting new patients, but most people say there are no good doctors where I live. Heck I went to a doctor that had his medical license permanently revoked in another state because the way he treated his patients.
The tube thing...I went straight to C-PTS thoughts because of sexual abuse. I am healed now, for the most part...like nobody would know, but it makes me curious. I have watched many vids from this channel & wish that I could see the 'private' notes on my chart bc I KNOW that in my 10 or so surgeries - one during our pandemic which was most troubling - C-PTS played a roll. I am pretty sure that the notes must reveal a mental condition because I have never a memory of ever leaving the pre-surgery room. No rolling the bed down the hall-nothing, just lights out. So, no experience like Dr. Anthony gives. So grateful for his info. And, Dr. Anthony, if you come across this, please do a vid on us who are trauma based & are most afraid of 'the tube' & of being naked & exposed without any control. The vunerability of it all. Thank you. And also, why is a catheter needed when you are completely empty anyway? Who does that? Are we trauma based individuals allowed to request & RECEIVE a person of our choice...female in my case. I am most afraid of being naked & exposed to so many people...or even just at all. Would love a reply.
I have Stiff Person Syndrome, I definitely have medical trauma was gaslit, misdiagnosed and blown off by neuros for years even after being diagnosed.
"Jarred" doesn't describe what I've gone through. My daughter was born on the low side of normal for height and weight. By the time she was 2, she had fallen off the growth curve. She was, in her pediatricians opinion, perfectly fine, just destined to be short like me (I'm 5'3"). She lost her baby teeth very, very early. She continued to stay below the growth curve. She was diagnosed with Ehlets-danlos syndrome in kindergarten, by a geneticist who did a full evaluation after I was diagnosed. She was diagnosed with ADHD and a complete lack of executive function in 2nd grade.
Every year, the doctor told us there was nothing wrong with her. Until she was 12 and was showing no signs of entering puberty.
My daughter wasn't diagnosed with turner syndrome until she was 12 years old. She missed out on years of growth hormone and is now 4'8" for the rest of her life. She missed out on important early intervention for her cognitive and social-emotional deficits, because they said it was just ADHD.
I would love your opinion of the 14 months of severe pain, 10 specialists, and a mountain of image CDs. I'm not on social media, so......
Appreciate the channel.
My GP just did some blood tests as a yearly thing. My iron, vitamin D & vitamin B were all low, my iron was 13 which in Australia is the min market. I’m going to ask him to check my iron again.
Thank you!!
Your a beautiful soul Dr Kavey. I had a horrible experience after they gave me versed I feel like somebody was pouring me in cement I couldn't talk and I knew soon I couldn't breathe and I gave up I thought I was going to die they were talking to me and I couldn't get a word out or even blink, and they kept telling me you're awfully quiet. And every time I got surgery I told them not to give me that give me versed and they didn't listen. Until I called to speak with Chief of anesthesiology. Now I just get plain anesthesia and have no issues. If doctors would only listen to their patients chief of anesthesiology told me that was a warning sign that something bad was ready to happen if I would take it again.
misdiagnosed with a stroke that turned out to be a brain tumor. Doctor was flippant about my questions about a developing limp. Ordered for my back! A month later. Tumor. A GBM type.
Let me tell you, I wish you had the time to start a travel lecture series. Two parts, a day focused on physicians, and one day focused to patients. Heck for lots of giggles have a combined session with both. I think patients and doctors would learn from it.
Medical/surgical Checklists (including for anesthesia awareness) are vitally important for the safety of the patients and the medical team..
And are an essential part of the "training rules" aka "rules of engagement" for doctors.
My doctor/surgeon/nurse friends that flew fighters, were trained differently than most doctors and nurses
Dr. Kaveh, my stomach surgeon doesn’t want to do surgery for my stomach ulcer because she’s scared of how much medications I require to stay asleep. Finding surgeons is hard for me.
Thanks for this video. I’ve had so many similar issues with doctors. It can cause trauma. Fortunately I don’t feel I have trauma but I can never forget the gaslighting. And there has been a lot of it over my 62 years. I always sat “I hate doctors.” I only mean that I hate having to go to them. The majority of mine have never listened to me about anything. To prove how important it is for them to listen, in January I totaled my vehicle because of a medication I knew I shouldn’t take. I was fine. No one got hurt. But it’s dangerous sometimes when doctors deceive and gaslight.
I remember floating above my body under being under anaesthetic, I remember the conversation between the surgeon and anaesthesiologists, next day was told I had a cardiac event , it was 31 years ago . 5 years ago I found out I have Long QT Syndrome.
I have a cabg next week Wednesday. I am terrified that I will wake up in the middle of surgery and not be able to talk. Happened when they tried/failed to do stents
I find that when contacting Dr. offices now that the staff are generally untrained and or don’t listen to the patients they talk to. I say this because I am a nurse and have been in healthcare for 30 years. Lately it is like pulling teeth to get someone to help you without getting blown off. Most physicians aren’t even aware of their staff members not helping a patient that calls the office. The level of care has truly diminished in my opinion.
Well, I have PTSD because I had a C-Section and I was suddenly awake. And that was the moment that my baby Son died. I don’t need to tell anyone what it’s like for me to be put under or even walk through a hospital. Unfortunately those things are a part of life.
I am so sorry that happened to you. God Bless
I was misdiagnosed with bipolar due to brief hypomania during paroxetine discontinuation. 5 years on neuroleptics for a condition I did not have!!! Psych drug free since 2010
My question is general anesthesia after effects as I have Afib quite often.
Hey I am facing wedge resection possible lobectomy next week. Can you talk about incubation for lung surgery and patient placement for it. Love your videos.
Stabbing pains in heart, breathlessness.
went to A&E: chest x-ray, ECG, echocardiogram.
Diagnosis: HOCM.
I experienced a detailed and lengthy hallucination during my last recent surgery. I was frightened and distrustful of the entire surgical team and the team that cared for me in recovery. It was traumatic. Next day after convincing myself that it really happened, both my surgeon and a hospital administrator. Spent about 20 minutes with me. Whew! Do you think this happens often enough that you could address in a future broadcast?
You are a fabulous doc.
I worked in Cardiovascular physiology and really saw then that today’s miracle drug may become tomorrow’s poison.
I had one awesome doc from Germany. Sadly the American docs are all about ignoring your gut. I find allopathic care too expensive and not healing. I wish I felt differently.