A Man Found Blood In His Urine. This Is What Was Growing In His Kidneys.

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  • Опубликовано: 17 авг 2021
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    Renal Medullary Carcinoma is a sickle cell related kidney malignancy that is usually diagnosed in young patients (median age at diagnosis 28 years old). It is considered a rare malignancy but likely afflicts more people than prior literature suggests given that review of that literature shows patients more in line with Renal Medullary Carcinoma rather than Collecting Duct Carcinoma. 3 year overall survival of RMC is 3%. Upfront chemotherapy then surgery is the suggested treatment. Response rate to platinum based chemotherapies, gemcitabine, doxorubicin is 29%.
    These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.
    A Man Saw Blood In His Urine. This Is What Happened To His Kidney.
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  • @genevieve571
    @genevieve571 2 года назад +21181

    Watching this gave me chills. My brother died at age 30 from kidney cancer. He checked most if not all of the same boxes as HC. He had his kidney removed and then started chemotherapy a bit after the surgery, died within three days of his first chemotherapy treatment. My mother has sickle cell trait and it's my suspicion my brother had it as well. Thank you for this video. I think, for the first time in the 21 years since he died, I may have finally found out what happened to him.

    • @chubbyemu
      @chubbyemu  2 года назад +5964

      thanks for sharing Genevieve. im so sorry to hear about your brother. hope you and family are doing well

    • @genevieve571
      @genevieve571 2 года назад +2990

      We are, thank you for the closure. I needed this.

    • @caimaccoinnich9594
      @caimaccoinnich9594 2 года назад +1585

      This breaks my heart
      Universal healthcare MUST be a thing so that at the first sign of not feeling ok, people get checked just in case *without financial fear!* May he rest in peace.

    • @sp34277
      @sp34277 2 года назад +343

      completely made me shiver. this is just the most wholesome shit, thank you for your amazing work doctor

    • @Dreezie
      @Dreezie 2 года назад +361

      I just lost my sister to Sickle Cell a couple days ago😔

  • @abyschan
    @abyschan 2 года назад +2196

    The fact that the first doctor went "Oh, you have AIDS, stop bothering me" and never bothered to test for it makes me think this individual needs to be investigated.

    • @ghostofmybrain
      @ghostofmybrain 2 года назад +303

      Racism is systemic in the healthcare system. It's not just a couple bad apples.

    • @sjwoo13
      @sjwoo13 2 года назад +239

      @@ghostofmybrain lol. It's less about racism and more of general apathy and incompetence from the medical community.
      There's many similar stories from whites.

    • @S_H9260
      @S_H9260 2 года назад +196

      @@sjwoo13 my mom's cancer wasn't found until it had spread to her spine, adrenal gland and brain. All her problems were always attributed to her being overweight. Never had any scans done until they thought she'd had a stroke.

    • @robinhood4640
      @robinhood4640 2 года назад +294

      @@sjwoo13 Millions of patients suffer from psychological problems. The doctor's psychological problems, not the patient's.
      The doctors are too weak psychologically, to say "i haven't got a clue what is wrong with you", they can't cope with the fact that they are not smart enough to understand what is going on. Their ego can't take it. They find it far more comforting to invent an excuse, than to accept the reality. If you are not fat, alcoholic or a drug addict, it is because you are psychologically or emotionally stressed.
      Many doctors have serious problems that cause avoidable suffering.

    • @wanidouse
      @wanidouse 2 года назад +52

      @@robinhood4640 Holy crap dude brutal but true

  • @hellcat__o7280
    @hellcat__o7280 2 года назад +2507

    Three types of doctors in this video.
    First doctor: "no insurance no treatment"
    Second doctor: "yeah yeah whatever it's just HIV"
    Third doctor: "Do not despair, there is hope"

    • @musicvideo4539
      @musicvideo4539 2 года назад +25

      Muslim doctor*

    • @Melesniannon
      @Melesniannon 2 года назад +352

      You forgot the one before the "first", who said "We need to direct you to cancer treatment 'cause you probably have renal medullary cancer". The very first emergency room doctor got it right.

    • @Star17Platinum17
      @Star17Platinum17 2 года назад +57

      @@musicvideo4539 ?

    • @atheistyoda8915
      @atheistyoda8915 2 года назад +59

      @@musicvideo4539 1. Where is it stated that he's Muslim? And why does it matter?
      2. Aloha Snackbar?

    • @mdminhazulislam1034
      @mdminhazulislam1034 2 года назад +18

      @@atheistyoda8915 dont be this rude, hateful and aggressive bryuddah that guy might be a kid on his puberty

  • @tinfoilhat4408
    @tinfoilhat4408 2 года назад +1009

    it's so sad that Americans genuinely think "can I afford to save my life?"

    • @FFlyMan
      @FFlyMan 2 года назад +150

      And then defend that it’s the best healthcare system in the world lol. It’s sad indeed

    • @hannankruger4315
      @hannankruger4315 2 года назад +22

      @@FFlyMan No one has ever said that

    • @sapphireblue4031
      @sapphireblue4031 2 года назад +114

      @@hannankruger4315 Read the comments on here. Half of them are "socialized healthcare bad because you have to wait 10 years to see a doctor, even Canadians come to the US to get treated"

    • @jamesnihger4933
      @jamesnihger4933 2 года назад +10

      @@sapphireblue4031 well that statement is true, cant even get a mammogram

    • @eothamec2427
      @eothamec2427 2 года назад +2

      We have no other frame of reference. Money is our overlord.
      Please help I’m a leftist in the US and I’m being taxed without representation.

  • @kyra3479
    @kyra3479 2 года назад +294

    Dr. Tannir is a hope to humanity. Glad there's people like him in this world.

    • @tricursor2481
      @tricursor2481 7 месяцев назад

      Totally agreed. The fact that he was searching on Google, found a message board of patients, and just decided on a whim to email the doctor is so crazy. This is the type of person that goes into medicine. Somebody that sees someone who they think they can help and immediately responds to comfort them. He must have either coincidentally been reading his email or had his emails alert his phone for just such a situation. I'm sure that was such a relief to HC. Doctor is a saint. Even got an exception for him due to lack of insurance, and he also got very useful data about this specific unique treatment plan to help future patients.
      When life is looking awful and humanity seems almost like a lost cause, people like Dr. Tannir remind me that there are a lot of good people out there. The bad people are just loud and stick out more.

    • @mznxbcv12345
      @mznxbcv12345 2 месяца назад +1

      He's Muslim. The others were christian. The difference is not arbitrary.

  • @chubbyemu
    @chubbyemu  2 года назад +3767

    -emia meaning presence in blood

    • @sheiko.4498
      @sheiko.4498 2 года назад +82

      My back suddently hurt-

    • @mightyKup
      @mightyKup 2 года назад +145

      -blood meaning presence in emia

    • @jivewig
      @jivewig 2 года назад +53

      -hypo meaning lack of

    • @Mendrawza24
      @Mendrawza24 2 года назад +58

      He typed the thing.

    • @trouble1638
      @trouble1638 2 года назад +14

      oh my heck hi mr doctor man!! !

  • @AStrangeTree
    @AStrangeTree Год назад +170

    I think sometimes we as medical professionals forget what our patients are going through, but I can’t imagine what it must have felt like to finally get a reply after all this frustration and desperation and read the words “Do not despair, there is hope.” Truly a great man.

    • @kabo0m
      @kabo0m Год назад +6

      That is one amazing doctor! I wish all were like him. I have had good doctors and bad doctors and not just in the USA neither like many may think. I am in Canada.

    • @mznxbcv12345
      @mznxbcv12345 2 месяца назад

      He's Muslim. The others were christian. The difference is non-arbitrary.

    • @RuosongGao
      @RuosongGao Месяц назад

      @@mznxbcv12345 *Sigh* you're either delusional, or a troll that wants to start shit. Either way, you're not doing a service to Muslims, or to humanity at large.

  • @WhiskyWombat556
    @WhiskyWombat556 Год назад +76

    My dad died of cancer back in 2015, I was just 13 and I don’t think the doctors did everything they could. I remember seeing him go from an active person to someone who couldn’t even move without intense pain from the radiation treatment shattering his femur, him being bed ridden for at least 6 months. I remember watching the man that raised me just deteriorate every day for a year up until my brother picked me up from school on May 8, 2015 and his voice breaking because he was there when our dad died, I remember him taking me to the park to sit with my mom while she told me what happened, I don’t really remember my emotions other than just compassion and empathy, for the next 4 years I did everything I could to help others out and just suppress my depression my grief and my anxiety just to help everyone else. I bottled up every emotion until it all broke out of that bottle. 5 years and 19 day later I followed in his footsteps to enlist in the Army and I work as a Behavioral Health Tech at a psych ward, I still do everything in my power to help out others to this day.

    • @bioshawna
      @bioshawna 10 месяцев назад +4

      You're strong, you overcame and dare I say I strongly believe your dad would be incredibly proud. Thank you for being a good person and helping others 🙏🏻❤

    • @stxrryy
      @stxrryy 3 месяца назад

      I lost my father due to cancer in 2015 as well. Everything you
      said about your father resembles mines as well. He went from a pretty active person to bed-ridden within months. I don't know if the docters did their best but I hope they did because my dad was an incredible person. I had a realization of what my father was going through but not fully. Now that I'm older, it hurts to think about it more.

    • @surrealistgirlx
      @surrealistgirlx Месяц назад

      Thank you for making the choice to help others. I'm sure that you are making a difference in many people's lives.

  • @papab34r
    @papab34r 2 года назад +2511

    I can just imagine one being told "you might have late stage cancer" and then being told to wait months for confirmation, that mustve felt just great. Sounds like a great system.

    • @levandhisdemons6087
      @levandhisdemons6087 2 года назад +332

      The US healthcare system is so wonderful we love it here

    • @faizalf119
      @faizalf119 2 года назад +106

      @@levandhisdemons6087 making sure population die faster, because population control!

    • @DMWayne-ke7fl
      @DMWayne-ke7fl 2 года назад +28

      Better than rationing with 2nd rate meds developed 2 decades ago in America. European health care is trash.

    • @NotBroihon
      @NotBroihon 2 года назад +257

      @@DMWayne-ke7fl cope

    • @DMWayne-ke7fl
      @DMWayne-ke7fl 2 года назад +13

      @@NotBroihon I don't speak poor.

  • @noobiscuit
    @noobiscuit 2 года назад +813

    Poor stock-footage doctor... He's gonna be one of the most hated people ever. 🤣

    • @yenevara
      @yenevara 2 года назад +268

      every time he showed up i thought "man i hate this guy so much" but then had to tell myself he wasnt actually the guy 😭😭

    • @pachicore
      @pachicore 2 года назад +143

      And stock footage receptionist

    • @Martin-qr7hc
      @Martin-qr7hc 2 года назад +22

      @@yenevara he just looks so menacing idk

    • @MaddieM4
      @MaddieM4 2 года назад +66

      Doctor, why do you think I have HIV?
      "Oh, well, you know how you people are."
      I hope I'm not the only one who read that subtext into it...

    • @yoyo762
      @yoyo762 2 года назад +15

      Naturally a white doctor is chosen as the villain.

  • @Krobe243
    @Krobe243 2 года назад +74

    I’m really glad that you’re educating people on how cancer isn’t an age related disease. I developed stage three Non-Hodgkins Burkitt’s Lymphoma when I was a year and a half old.
    I was initially misdiagnosed with the flu and the pediatrician told my mom to return in a few weeks if I hadn’t improved. My mom had a gut feeling and when she was packing up my stroller, she asked the pediatrician to look once more. The doctor did, and had missed that my tonsils had expanded and that I’d swallowed them, and was choking on them. My mom then made the decision to bring me to the local children’s hospital emergency room to try to get a proper diagnosis. If she hadn’t of followed her instinct and trusted her gut feeling that it wasn’t just a flu, I probably wouldn’t be here today.
    Neither side of my family has had any history of that sort of cancer. It wasn’t anything my parents did or could have prevented. I’ve been cancer free for 27 years now and I’m grateful to be alive. I wish the education system would approach the common belief that cancer doesn’t happen to younger people, or kids.

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable 2 месяца назад

      Knowing young people can get cancers won't change anything.
      If doctors took every illness as a potential cancer the medical system would be overloaded to the point where real cancer patient would die from the wait.

    • @surrealistgirlx
      @surrealistgirlx Месяц назад

      It's incredible that your mom listened to her intuition despite the doctor's diagnosis. It's great that you're still here.

  • @hush9282
    @hush9282 Год назад +29

    I appreciate how this video highlighted the outlandish and unsubstantiated responses individuals can have in healthcare. Dismissed because basic healthcare being systemically barred from most individuals is ridiculous. Plus, the reactions from his first physician were from his background as well, imo. Americans all deserve better. We've all worked hard enough for it.

  • @Account4096
    @Account4096 2 года назад +612

    A man felt pain in his back. This is how the U.S. healthcare system almost left him for dead.

    • @davidshatto7604
      @davidshatto7604 11 месяцев назад +48

      Can’t believe nobody came to blindly defend the worst healthcare system in the developed world under your comment

    • @poglad1557
      @poglad1557 11 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@davidshatto7604Lmao same

    • @dominicdalton4346
      @dominicdalton4346 11 месяцев назад +24

      It not about helping and saving people. It's about money and only money. Sad really but I'm not surprised.

    • @Eye_Of_Odin978
      @Eye_Of_Odin978 10 месяцев назад

      @@davidshatto7604 Oh and by the way, if UHC was sooooo great, Canadians wouldn't be CONSTANTLY border-hopping to the US to receive decent treatment lmao
      I know an entire Canadian (now US Citizens) family who moved here PERMANENTLY because UHC sucks so horrifically bad and that was all the way back in 2008. It's only gotten WORSE up north and they're absolutely glad they moved.
      So yeah, your argument sucks. Your position isn't nearly as airtight as you think it is. Cope but it's true

    • @valiantsfelinesmccarty6678
      @valiantsfelinesmccarty6678 10 месяцев назад +1

      You can't blame the healthcare system you have to blame the fact that this cancer is so rare that the protocol for kidney cancer doesn't fit the protocol for this form of cancer. Also most cancer patients are not this young unless they have childhood Cancer that reoccurs and usually if it does as a young adult you are basically dead. Having survived non-tradable and non-survivable leukemia I know the miracle of finding a cure to an unusual alleyway. Of an unusual doctor who becomes your Ally and doesn't even require anything hard from you but the desire to have a life. Being remission free for 13 years after watching nurses say I'm sorry your bone marrow transplant didn't take when you hadn't had one yet is such a thrilling feeling. My oncologist was shocked I went into remission, My obgyn geneticist was not.

  • @lunchbox1341
    @lunchbox1341 2 года назад +3619

    The fact that the doctor replied so quickly and did everything in his will to get him treatment as fast as possible is so heartwarming.

    • @BassGal92
      @BassGal92 2 года назад +161

      The sad things is that it's so rare nowadays that people have lost trust in doctors.

    • @someguycalledcerberus9805
      @someguycalledcerberus9805 2 года назад +89

      Living by his oath.

    • @cherrymetha3185
      @cherrymetha3185 2 года назад +108

      @@BassGal92 Also you have to be assertive with the doctors . Most doctors regard it as a job that pays them well and gives them status. They aren’t doctors because they actually care about ill people . Those kind of doctors are very rare .

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 2 года назад +55

      i dont swear at all, but honestly fuck that other doctor. holy shit, the patient will know his body better than anyone else. at least listen to him. HC should have sued (though it seems like money was tight :( )

    • @redwolfness
      @redwolfness 2 года назад +6

      Doctors take that oath.

  • @orionyedidia9191
    @orionyedidia9191 2 года назад +44

    Dr. Tannir is an inspiring person. I'm so glad this man was able to get the help he needed.

  • @EthanBWeather
    @EthanBWeather 2 года назад +41

    This was actually a really great story; all odds were against him, hope seemed lost, but through heroic work from the doctors and determination from himself, he beat it.

  • @Joseph-mw2rl
    @Joseph-mw2rl 2 года назад +458

    No insurance so he's hesitant to go to the ER, even when he's literally peeing blood.
    *That's not even funny it's just sad*

    • @Salinassss
      @Salinassss 2 года назад +59

      That’s America for u

    • @Voxator
      @Voxator 2 года назад +50

      That is just daily dose of USA.... because health insurance for everyone is socialism and that is bad! /s

    • @thisisme3238
      @thisisme3238 2 года назад +11

      They only care about 💲💲💲

    • @rdizzy1
      @rdizzy1 2 года назад +21

      That is the experience for most of us here in the US sadly, even for me and I'm disabled and on medicare. The copay for the ER for my medicare/private healthcare plan combo is like 125 bucks, and then 300 something dollars per day in the hospital. So unless I'm dying, I usually try to go to an urgent care for 60 bucks instead.

    • @morganseppy5180
      @morganseppy5180 2 года назад +10

      to all the americans watching this vid and reading this comment, hospital bills are the easiest to ignore. JUST GO. often the cash-only bill is so much cheaper than you'd think and you literally don't ever have to pay them--the hospitals write it off. this is not ethical but this is what people do. that's why my x-rays are $200 for ancient technology.

  • @razkrunk3169
    @razkrunk3169 2 года назад +4371

    God bless Dr. Nizar Tannir for his generous care. What a good man.

    • @dylanmcshane9976
      @dylanmcshane9976 2 года назад +45

      He filed an emergency to the gov. American government cant let ppl die by law. Dr. Nazir got paid. You just cant rip off the gov like you can insurance companies.

    • @caimaccoinnich9594
      @caimaccoinnich9594 2 года назад +67

      Mashallah Dr. Nizar, thank you

    • @dylanmcshane9976
      @dylanmcshane9976 2 года назад +4

      @@caimaccoinnich9594 what

    • @Artix902
      @Artix902 2 года назад +42

      @@dylanmcshane9976 shut up!

    • @Muhammad-sx7wr
      @Muhammad-sx7wr 2 года назад +20

      Islamic values at work.

  • @captbloodbeard
    @captbloodbeard 2 года назад +27

    Just a stranger on the internet needing to say that I'm so glad you're alive Herman! It should be criminal that our healthcare system operates as it does and that you needed to go through so much just to get the treatment that you deserve as a human being. I too spent my whole twenties uninsured and had to deal with for profit health care systems constantly giving me the runaround, and now in my 30s I have permanent nerve damage in my leg and foot due to delayed treatment and doctors constantly passing the buck.

  • @CivilEngineerWroxton
    @CivilEngineerWroxton 2 года назад +24

    It's so awesome that this man survived RMC and is doing so well. This is one of your best videos ever. It really put a smile on my face to see this man so happy and obviously healthy. Stories of survival like this always encourage and inspire me in my own chronic diseases, which are Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. I've had a terrible 20 years of battle with these diseases, so seeing others survive and win these big battles is a really big deal to me. Thank you, Chub, for presenting this man's story. It is a true inspiration and glimmer of hope for so many. 😊👌

  • @chrisgast
    @chrisgast 2 года назад +1303

    The doctor that basically dismissed him should really lose his medical license.

    • @RameshKumar-mv3jd
      @RameshKumar-mv3jd 2 года назад +218

      It's disgusting that these people can just throw around diagnoses like this without giving a shit and with no repercussions.

    • @chrisgast
      @chrisgast 2 года назад +74

      @@RameshKumar-mv3jd those people are for the money.

    • @felixguerrero6062
      @felixguerrero6062 2 года назад +46

      Most rare conditions are misdiagnosed for years before they properly IDed. No MD would lose their license for this.

    • @Nilla187og
      @Nilla187og 2 года назад +7

      had 5 kidney surgeries still pissn blood er tells me go to urologist been pissn blood 3yrs ago had 11mm in drain line,awoke with cathedor and walked aroubd with bag ,couldn't cht til pullled stent out

    • @Nilla187og
      @Nilla187og 2 года назад +3

      sand sthoe left 2in lwft kidney my doc sent me to er they tell me cant feel 2 11mm in legt kidney why didnt they get all in one ???stll pissn blood

  • @nhall129
    @nhall129 2 года назад +3677

    “Without insurance, HC was hesitant about going to the hospital”
    Yeah that’s America alright

    • @nhall129
      @nhall129 2 года назад +174

      ​@Bob Watters I'm sorry my comment got under your skin, but please try to understand that you don't really feel like you have access to said treatment if you cannot afford it.

    • @mitaka_78
      @mitaka_78 2 года назад +194

      ​@Bob Watters They're talking about how HC couldn't get treatement earlier due to a lack of insurance, and how America has grown the history of healthcare being difficult to get without treatement, leading to HC being hesitant.
      Yes, there are special cases where angels like Tannir help people but it is still very upsetting that he was denied healthcare twice because he didn't have insurance.
      Be patriotic all you want, but America and it's healthcare is not perfect, neither am I saying other countries have it perfect either.

    • @samirdoncic6395
      @samirdoncic6395 2 года назад +24

      As long they have money for weapons to give terrorists.

    • @mitaka_78
      @mitaka_78 2 года назад +32

      @@samirdoncic6395 And spend 5 billion on a jet to bomb innocent civillians from the middle east

    • @bruh____784
      @bruh____784 2 года назад +48

      @@mitaka_78 America Moment

  • @alexia3552
    @alexia3552 2 года назад +25

    Oh my god, I am so glad he survived. God bless that doctor for actually giving a shit about human life. This was a really good case to cover in a video, because it brings up the ENORMOUS problem with US healthcare due to its lack of publicly funded healthcare. Due to finances and/or financially biased doctors people can't get lifesaving care (in time). Also, this really reeks of medical racism--why HIV? No blood test when it's something you can actually easily confirm or dismiss?

  • @JadeDragon407
    @JadeDragon407 2 года назад +10

    So glad he was able to get the help he needed before it was too late. This was a very "edge of the seat" story; to think had he not took a gamble on that EMail that there was a very high chance he'd not be here today, and from a doctor willing to get him quickly started on a path of recovery despite his "insurance condition". We need more medical professionals out there willing to provide top notch service no matter your financial situation. This was such an eye-opening story for so many reasons; the real life red tape and battles that real people go through to try to get pointed in the right direction for the right care.

  • @Rizaru42
    @Rizaru42 2 года назад +4228

    It is so sad that this man had to fight for treatment for an illness that had already been confirmed. I am thankful for the doctors who DO care and DO listen out there.

    • @AuskaDezjArdamaath
      @AuskaDezjArdamaath 2 года назад +336

      He was uninsured and black. The only other thing that would have had him be ignored more is if he’d also been a woman. Welcome to medicine for profit in a country that is intrinsically racist.

    • @GrammarSplaining
      @GrammarSplaining 2 года назад +18

      @@AuskaDezjArdamaath BS. Why wasn't the dude insured? Simple.

    • @joshuamasonseight-bitbasta2451
      @joshuamasonseight-bitbasta2451 2 года назад +282

      @@GrammarSplaining Im insured. Still cant afford anything more than a check up. Its a broken system.

    • @GrammarSplaining
      @GrammarSplaining 2 года назад +46

      @@joshuamasonseight-bitbasta2451 Actually, yes, I have the same type of insurance. If I get hit by a bus I won't have to sell my house, other than that I'm on the hook. I think it would all be much better if politicians didn't manage it to death.

    • @bluishwolf
      @bluishwolf 2 года назад +124

      @@GrammarSplaining Because he didn't have a full time job. It said so in the video.

  • @jerrywang8945
    @jerrywang8945 2 года назад +418

    The fact that he had to travel 17 hours on his own, without doctors, to get proper treatment for CANCER is just sad.

    • @daviddavidson2357
      @daviddavidson2357 2 года назад +64

      America numbah wan!

    • @kintothewind
      @kintothewind 2 года назад +3

      Maybe the doctors were traveling around the country with other people?

    • @ITANIUM245
      @ITANIUM245 2 года назад +29

      Welcome to America 🇺🇸

    • @ceciliacarrillo6923
      @ceciliacarrillo6923 2 года назад +27

      Welcome to America where health insurance will cost you an arm and a leg

    • @diyeana
      @diyeana 2 года назад +11

      @@ceciliacarrillo6923 literally

  • @lemonvick
    @lemonvick 2 года назад +6

    Seeing Herman at the end made me tear up. I’m so glad someone like Dr. Tannir took the time to listen to him and save his life.

  • @MichaelJones-gh4lq
    @MichaelJones-gh4lq 3 месяца назад +2

    Just to hear that man and see his expression and life made me cry out of nowhere. I'm so glad you showed him. Thanks emu

  • @neurotransmissions
    @neurotransmissions 2 года назад +7112

    Dr. Tannir seems like a boss

    • @reedman0780
      @reedman0780 2 года назад +287

      He's a king. Respect. The others are just incompetent.

    • @Michellee970
      @Michellee970 2 года назад +34

      I wasn't aware of your channel's existence before this comment. I'm binging now! Ty

    • @salviloc21
      @salviloc21 2 года назад +166

      For reals even the way he speaks. “fear not my son there is hope”

    • @Somme-one
      @Somme-one 2 года назад +31

      @@Michellee970 interesting huh, be warned! You will watch them all pretty fast and wish there was more

    • @JarrettWilliams99
      @JarrettWilliams99 2 года назад +49

      He works at M.D. Anderson, probably the best cancer treatment center in the nation.

  • @goofybutserious4807
    @goofybutserious4807 2 года назад +1444

    "Cancer doesn't happen in young people"
    Everyone in St. Jude's children's Hospital: *BREATHING INTENSIFIES*

    • @Willowein
      @Willowein 2 года назад +145

      My brother developed testicular cancer at age 21, "not happening in young people" my arse.

    • @TheRealRhodiumMetal
      @TheRealRhodiumMetal 2 года назад +4

      *ears ded*

    • @nikkcrespo1969
      @nikkcrespo1969 2 года назад +83

      "cancer doesn't happen in young people" I got polyps removed when I was 8 and a tumor removed from my spine when I was 22. I fisheye stared at the screen when he said that quote lol

    • @fridanilsen9983
      @fridanilsen9983 2 года назад +74

      It’s a common misconception that cancer comes with age. Cancer is more likely to occur in older people but it doesn’t have a direct connection to age. Cancer is a mutation in the genes which cause beneficial circumstances for cancer, for example the ability to grow uncontrollably and to resist the immune system. Basically, the stars have to align for cancer to occur which means higher age = more time for said stars to align

    • @hoagielamp6543
      @hoagielamp6543 2 года назад +15

      @@fridanilsen9983 Also there are cancers that don't impact elderly people as much as young folks.

  • @Nikkifrom1989
    @Nikkifrom1989 3 месяца назад +1

    Poor thing. Smart man for emailing a different doctor. And he’s super handsome.

  • @pensivelyrebelling
    @pensivelyrebelling 7 месяцев назад +2

    Oh, I got chills when I saw HC at the end. What a story! I’m so glad he survived with Dr. Tannir’s help. 💜

  • @theonlycatonice
    @theonlycatonice 2 года назад +2026

    Dr Tannir literally saved his life ❤️
    "Do not despair."

    • @anthnyl
      @anthnyl 2 года назад +65

      Those words hit. What a hero.

    • @RandomMan1
      @RandomMan1 2 года назад +35

      That's when I started crying like a baby. What an incredible person.

    • @RandomMan1
      @RandomMan1 2 года назад +32

      @Hernando Malinche Diagnosing cancer as AIDS without testing for HIV and sending the patient away for months when there is already CT imagery of the cancer and another doctor has referred the patient with a possible diagnosis?
      That's malpractice, plain and simple.

    • @bowlsallbroken
      @bowlsallbroken 2 года назад

      @Hernando Malinche incompetent or ambivalent? It seems like it was way too easy for him to forget he had a human life in his hands 😐

    • @musicvideo4539
      @musicvideo4539 2 года назад +3

      He's a Muslim doctor, that's why he didn't not give a s.. like the others.

  • @TaranVH
    @TaranVH 2 года назад +6022

    Holy shiiit I thought for sure he was gonna die, and then there he was 10 years later, in the flesh! One of your best videos.

    • @kuyans3889
      @kuyans3889 2 года назад +35

      oh wow it's taran! :D

    • @frollard
      @frollard 2 года назад +75

      *this* is what happened to his kidneys... They got better.

    • @confusedkemono
      @confusedkemono 2 года назад +17

      go back to editing Taran

    • @MrNaufan
      @MrNaufan 2 года назад +3

      hi taran

    • @Kirmeins
      @Kirmeins 2 года назад +16

      @@frollard well, strictly speaking one got removed and therefore died and the other was never bad. :D

  • @FireboltPrime
    @FireboltPrime 2 года назад +7

    10:40 lemme guess, Dr. Tanir works at MD Anderson. If so, the patient is in good hands. We have one of the largest medical centers in the US

  • @akaony
    @akaony 10 месяцев назад +2

    My father saw traces of blood in his urine. We spent 2020 fighting Covid and his urinary tract cancer. I’m happy to say he overcame that

  • @a.neko.77
    @a.neko.77 2 года назад +908

    “You have cancer in your lungs but it doesn’t matter”
    Ah yes great doctor 👍

    • @anaalina5964
      @anaalina5964 2 года назад +19

      In most countries hospitals don't pay for your cancer treatment. It's not just America. You should be grateful that there are at least charities that help people that can't pay for their cancer treatment, in other countries charities like these either don't work('cause no one donates) or just doesn't exist to begin with.

    • @GabrielCosta-xt1dv
      @GabrielCosta-xt1dv 2 года назад +40

      @@anaalina5964
      ?????? what are you talking about
      Most decent countries have a proper publi healthcare system
      Hell, even Brasil that definitely isn't in a good shape, have a free public healthcare

    • @cortezfilms8511
      @cortezfilms8511 2 года назад +27

      @@anaalina5964 that’s such a defeatist outlook that helps no one, and nothing will change for the better.

    • @Star17Platinum17
      @Star17Platinum17 2 года назад +2

      Thodo rokie

    • @gaychainsaw646
      @gaychainsaw646 2 года назад

      Nice 666 Likes, LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY GUYS

  • @Zenheizer
    @Zenheizer 2 года назад +1347

    The video hits diffrent when the patient did not present to the emergency room, self-inflicted, due to a heavy case of tiktok-brain-necrosis. This is just unfortunate luck and a broken system, poor lad. Sincerely glad that the story has a good end.

    • @IDKThatOneDude
      @IDKThatOneDude 2 года назад +119

      The guy didn't go because he would have been financially crippled for life if he went to the emergency room with no insurance.
      I'm not saying its right, but here in America if you don't have insurance you get to choose between living with a mountain of debt that will never go away or getting treated. It sucks honesty. I don't blame him for waiting as long as possible.

    • @user-dl3lm8vt2j
      @user-dl3lm8vt2j 2 года назад +104

      The only thing that is stupid is the fact that we're the last advanced country in the world without universal healthcare. Take your bootstrapping somewhere else; medicine is not the place for it.

    • @Wangz5228
      @Wangz5228 2 года назад +31

      rip usa healthcare system

    • @Dannerrhea
      @Dannerrhea 2 года назад +11

      @@IDKThatOneDude that's why you get treated and then claim bankruptcy and tell the hospitals to get fked.

    • @yukinaproductions5647
      @yukinaproductions5647 2 года назад +25

      @@user-dl3lm8vt2j True. As a German, I really praise our Healthcare. Nevertheless, we also have our own Problems with our System.

  • @snowbrry
    @snowbrry 2 года назад +3

    This is such an amazing story and I’m so happy he was able to find legit help and support. ❤️

  • @rimaalsekait
    @rimaalsekait 2 года назад +3

    This really brought tears to my eyes especially in the end when the real HC's face was on the screen! God bless Dr. Tannir! He truly is an angel! What a merciful soul!

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 2 года назад +738

    Absolutely heartbreaking that so many Americans in medical distress have to worry as much about their bank account as whatever has them in medical distress.

    • @Amarianee
      @Amarianee 2 года назад +83

      Yeah, but we're "the greatest motherfucking country in the world!" (if you believe our politicians).
      Only first world country in the world that doesn't have some semblance of universal healthcare. It's really disgusting 😩

    • @collin5752
      @collin5752 2 года назад +24

      It does suck, but privatized healthcare is why America has the best doctors in the world. Everyone in the world who has the money goes to America when their free medical system isn't advanced enough to treat their issues.

    • @agentofashcroft
      @agentofashcroft 2 года назад +21

      this country is fucked

    • @zachantes1161
      @zachantes1161 2 года назад +58

      @@collin5752 It doesn't matter how good the healthcare is if it's prohibitively expensive and locks out people. Those who can afford to travel to the United States for healthcare aren't the same ones who worry weather or not they can afford a trip to the hospital.

    • @heyheytaytay
      @heyheytaytay 2 года назад +9

      that's typical american capitalism for you...

  • @TheArcadeLink
    @TheArcadeLink 2 года назад +1470

    The way this man was treated had me in tears. This is just awful and I'm so glad he reached out to Dr. Nizar Tannir, truly a man doing what he does to save lives and not just to make money.

    • @michaelblair5146
      @michaelblair5146 2 года назад

      Most people in Canada die from Cancer.

    • @Dagorick
      @Dagorick 2 года назад +38

      @@michaelblair5146 I guess my mother, oncle, grandmother, other grandmother and my cousin, some of my friends family members are outliers then, since they all survived their cancer

    • @michaelblair5146
      @michaelblair5146 2 года назад +5

      @@Dagorick All boomers from the golden age with wealth to compensate and relieve stress, allowing for early discovery.
      Your move, champ.

    • @Dagorick
      @Dagorick 2 года назад +39

      @@michaelblair5146 only my grandmothers were boomers. And no wealth needed for treatment in Canada. My family is middle class if you must know. Plus, any cancer with late discovery is hard to cure. I fail to see how any of what you just said proves a point.

    • @narnigrin
      @narnigrin 2 года назад +45

      @@michaelblair5146 What does Canada even have to do with the comment you're replying to?

  • @illysmanx
    @illysmanx 2 месяца назад +1

    Thank goodness for folk like C.Emu getting the info out, perfectly!

  • @zigg8798
    @zigg8798 2 года назад +3

    I’ve gotta say this more serious format pf video really tugs on the heart strings. Really makes you think about how one good doctor can make a whole lotta difference.

  • @nickick8498
    @nickick8498 2 года назад +2014

    "A woman spilled chemicals on her hand" "A man drank 2 gallons of coffee"
    Heh. So glad I don't do anything like that.
    "A man felt pain in his back"
    Oh no

    • @bblcommisions
      @bblcommisions 2 года назад +83

      Made me laugh out loud cause I had the same thought when my back started hurting

    • @iainballas
      @iainballas 2 года назад +10

      Its not pain in the back anymore. Check the title. Its blood in the kidney.

    • @EoW2958
      @EoW2958 2 года назад +25

      NickKick is presenting to the emergency room with soda in his urine and they quickly found out he has stage 4 of epic gamer diseases

    • @jasoncaldwell0613
      @jasoncaldwell0613 2 года назад +1

      @@iainballas wahh...wahh..

    • @cdc194
      @cdc194 2 года назад +24

      "A man existed, this is how he spontaneously burst into flames."

  • @e.vi3
    @e.vi3 2 года назад +2663

    "Do not despair, there is hope"
    We need more people like him in this world

    • @TheUltimateRare
      @TheUltimateRare 2 года назад +41

      Monokuma would be like, "Do not hope, There is Despair! PUHUHuhuhuhu!"

    • @geoffreyherrick298
      @geoffreyherrick298 2 года назад +6

      Amen!

    • @TheUltimateRare
      @TheUltimateRare 2 года назад +4

      @@geoffreyherrick298 Seconded.

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 2 года назад +2

      @@geoffreyherrick298 yes

    • @marvincool3744
      @marvincool3744 2 года назад +21

      It's important for cancer patients to have an "I'm going to beat this" mindset.

  • @AssortedMeats
    @AssortedMeats 2 года назад +4

    I got an appointment tomorrow to test whether or not I have cervical cancer- Watching this made me a little extra anxious (I’m 26 too) but also a little relieved that there’s still hope if it doesn’t go the way I’m hoping. HC had a lot more hurdles than I would have.

    • @beyoutifulselflove
      @beyoutifulselflove Год назад +3

      I know this is old but I hope everything went well for you ❤️ blessings to you!

  • @idontknowhowtoname1266
    @idontknowhowtoname1266 2 года назад +1

    watching this channel makes me feel incredibly anxious but yet i keep on watching the videos because they're so good-

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 года назад +6364

    Huge props for Dr Tannir for being so fast with a response to help out Herman, glad this story ended with a happy ending.

    • @xoninity
      @xoninity 2 года назад +120

      Yeah. I'm kinda glad there's mortals out there that help other mortals.

    • @marcoparco_9564
      @marcoparco_9564 2 года назад +7

      Hi there

    • @ShegunT
      @ShegunT 2 года назад +43

      I see you everywhere

    • @davesprivatelounge
      @davesprivatelounge 2 года назад +32

      You're here too????? Are we the same person?

    • @joycosta8707
      @joycosta8707 2 года назад +17

      Agree. God bless Dr. Tanner.

  • @TimPortantno
    @TimPortantno 2 года назад +26

    Googling his disease instead of listening to his doctor saved his life

    • @AnymMusic
      @AnymMusic 2 года назад +11

      That doctor is the reason why so many people do their own research and not blindly listen to the professionals

    • @seeawn
      @seeawn 2 года назад

      He had no health insurance, he was hesitant to go to the doctor because he couldnt afford if

    • @TimPortantno
      @TimPortantno 2 года назад +5

      @@seeawn Did you watch the video? He went to a doctor that gave him the wrong diagnosis, even after he told them what he had. The doctor he googled agreed to see him for free because of how screwed over he was for months already.

  • @recycledtrashpanda
    @recycledtrashpanda 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for your obvious outrage in this story. It is well-warranted and shows you are a true healer, not just someone who practices medicine for a living.

  • @s.shazel8562
    @s.shazel8562 Год назад +3

    I cannot imagine the frustration anguish and anxiety that HC felt throughout his diagnosis and treatment, to know you are dying and you cannot save yourself and the people who can save you simply don’t care or cannot help you is an agonizing hell to be in and I am so happy for him that he has made a recover and is still alive today

  • @Javadamutt
    @Javadamutt 2 года назад +328

    I'll admit, when you mentioned that the scans showed the cancer had spread to his lungs I didn't think we would be hearing a story of survival.

    • @JasonJsn02
      @JasonJsn02 2 года назад +1

      Cannabis oil or high grade edibles 500MG kill cancer THC kills cancer cells

    • @lovesFigaro
      @lovesFigaro 2 года назад +5

      Big same.. my stepmother died from lung cancer last year, and with her it went so fast that she got some symptoms around November, thought pneumonia and went on antibiotics, then in December went to the hospital because the pneumonia wouldn't go away, and about 2 weeks later, she died. She went downhill so fast that they couldnt even do a lung biopsy because of her state, they formally found out through a bone marrow scan showing cancer that had spread to her bones. I always knew lung cancer was serious, but not in my worst nightmares would I have thought it could be THIS bad, and go so fast.

    • @wsketchy
      @wsketchy 2 года назад +16

      @@JasonJsn02 If you keep saying that you're going to get someone killed man

    • @nebnollock5198
      @nebnollock5198 2 года назад +6

      @@JasonJsn02 you're going to kill people spreading bs like that my guy

    • @Javadamutt
      @Javadamutt 2 года назад

      @@lovesFigaro I'm sorry for you loss

  • @thelegendarywizard
    @thelegendarywizard 2 года назад +126

    As soon as I read the title I had a pain in my back, Lord help me

  • @Pfrazier43
    @Pfrazier43 2 года назад +3

    As a Retired Nurse, this warms my heart. I know know that there is a Doctor that knows his business. Most, I fear just want their paycheck and push pills for anything except real pain.. Thank you for this channel and this story..

  • @TRYtoHELPyou
    @TRYtoHELPyou 2 года назад +1

    Thank goodness he didn't give up and found the right path when given so many others to take prior. Tks for sharing Dr B and to all those involved in the appropriate outcome.

  • @johnalogue9832
    @johnalogue9832 2 года назад +608

    "He had no insurance"
    "They thought it might be kidney stones so they sent him in for a CT scan"
    "They sent him in for a second scan"
    *Good news, your kidneys are no longer a problem because now they belong to the bank!*

    • @gavros9636
      @gavros9636 2 года назад +13

      Why did I read that in Professor Farnsworth's voice?

    • @exantiuse497
      @exantiuse497 2 года назад +13

      They might have had an actual reason for the second scan, i.e. if they did the first scan without contrast agent, noticed there was something weird but needed a scan with contrast agent to get a diagnosis, then did the second scan. I don't know if that's the case, and it does sound very weird that they would do two CT scans on a young man (you generally don't want to expose young people to radiation for no reason), so it's indeed possible they did it just to cash out, as horribke as that sounds

    • @johnroach13
      @johnroach13 2 года назад

      @@gavros9636 haha

    • @austinp8172
      @austinp8172 2 года назад +5

      @@exantiuse497 It only sounds weird if you don't know much about radiology lol. Often they will do a larger scale scan to see where something is, and then a more narrow focused scan to get more information about what they are looking at.

    • @p_4225
      @p_4225 2 года назад +4

      I bet that hospital bill is worse than the kidney cancer. I’d rather die than pay millions to a shitty health system

  • @herropreaseherro7870
    @herropreaseherro7870 2 года назад +1043

    “Do not despair, there is hope.”
    Most people have no idea how powerful those words can be when someone is going through hardship.

    • @ulalaFrugilega
      @ulalaFrugilega Год назад +24

      I felt that, too.
      He also has an amazing voice. What a gorgeous human.

    • @alexm7777
      @alexm7777 Год назад +3

      Hope is a dangerous thing.

    • @johang727
      @johang727 Год назад +24

      @@alexm7777 it *can* be, doesn't mean it is.
      In this situation, it was the thing that helped him recover from his cancer.

    • @longlongshadows392
      @longlongshadows392 Год назад +1

      No

    • @lavans5721
      @lavans5721 10 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@alexm7777
      "Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things." - Andy Dufresne.
      If you were making a shawshank redemption reference, ofc.

  • @greg-op2jh
    @greg-op2jh 9 месяцев назад

    This literally brought me to tears. Thank you for covering yhis.

  • @TheLonelyMoon
    @TheLonelyMoon 2 года назад +1

    I am so happy for him, I felt so despair just from watching the video, I can't imagine how he felt. The doctor is a gift to humanity

  • @wsljr2042
    @wsljr2042 2 года назад +537

    I love how the doc in Texas cared more about the patient then rather or not he had insurance. That’s how it should be.

    • @ThanatosMist
      @ThanatosMist 2 года назад +11

      I'm surprised the hospital didn't help him get medicaid as where I live if you can't afford insurance the hospital has staff that helps you get insurance and they can help speed up the process of it going through medicaid. If you don't qualify for medicaid then they help you find insurance you can afford.

    • @Shuizid
      @Shuizid 2 года назад +21

      @@ThanatosMist The diagnose was 10 years ago - so that's around the time the ACA was passed.
      Also the first hospital sounded pretty awful and propably racist, just assuming the black guy has aids and not doing any tests.

    • @ThanatosMist
      @ThanatosMist 2 года назад +4

      @@Shuizid Oh that's probably why then ^^ I was like 12 10 years ago so I don't remember and wasn't involved in any of that stuff so wouldn't have known
      It's honestly possible they were racist honestly

    • @FabledExistance
      @FabledExistance 2 года назад +1

      @@ThanatosMist I mean he was in South Carolina.

    • @Cautionary_Tale_Harris
      @Cautionary_Tale_Harris 2 года назад +5

      Different locations treat you differently, too, from what I've seen.
      And even in the same location different members of the medical staff will treat you differently. I needed a major surgery in 2006 and was uninsured. I told the surgeon, "There's no way I can afford this."
      He said, "We'll deal with that later."
      I had the surgery (spent about 20 days in the hospital) and was released.
      About two weeks later I was BACK in the ER with a staph infection. Again, no insurance. The ER doctor asked me if I wanted to speak to a pathologist friend of his who was helping conduct a double-blind study on a new drug. Uh, yes please.
      The pathologist said, "If you participate in this study, we'll treat you with the new drug or with the usual Vancomycin. But there's no cost to you. If you decide not to, you'll stay here, in the hospital, and they'll treat you with Vancomycin."
      I opted to be in the study, and whatever they used worked very well.
      Fast forward to 2016 and I had an exceptional insurance policy, as far as cost was concerned. Maybe because I was in a different city, or the times had changed, so to speak, but the interactions with many of the people on the medical staff were very different. It was borderline hostile at times.
      I was back in the hospital last October and again this April and I was so distrustful of the staff and doctors that I told my family, "This is an absolute joke. No one here cares about anything."
      Anyway, sorry to get long winded.
      Sometimes medical staff treats you ok, sometimes they absolutely don't care.

  • @GCKMimi
    @GCKMimi 2 года назад +1997

    I cried. I legitimately cried. I lost my daddy and my partner to stage 4 cancer because they ignored symptoms. I'm so happy that HC recovered.

  • @tessmartin833
    @tessmartin833 2 года назад +1

    Such an emotional video, thank you for sharing. This was beautiful

  • @Dispariabooks
    @Dispariabooks 2 года назад +577

    Medical conditions exists:
    Health Care in America: *I'm about to end this man's entire **-career-** life*

    • @ThirstysURL
      @ThirstysURL 2 года назад +20

      U,k: No extreme weather conditions, free healthcare, no guns, more fit people???
      US: Woof, just guard dogs in the rough garden.

    • @kade9599
      @kade9599 2 года назад +44

      For real!! Poor guy was afraid to go to the ER for blood in his urine because he didn't have health insurance. The hospitals didn't even give a shit about him because he didn't have health insurance, for god's sake. Just "fuck it, you can't pay us for this, so we'll wait until everyone else ahead of you pays us after their treatments. If you die, maybe you shouldn't have been broke." Hate it here.

    • @aeresys
      @aeresys 2 года назад +12

      @@kade9599 Yep. According to the US, any money you can save is worth more than life

    • @aquaseahorselove3939
      @aquaseahorselove3939 2 года назад +20

      American GREED. There are a few good people in the medical establishment like the one that helped him. Thankfully there are still people in this world who are driven by their care for others and not by their wallets.
      If you think you have something serious wrong with you, don’t give up until you find that rare jewel that’s genuinely interested in helping you.

    • @markjohnson7508
      @markjohnson7508 2 года назад +6

      What?
      People in America survived.. people in any other died.
      America Healthcare is the best in the world. Bar none

  • @ballboys607
    @ballboys607 2 года назад +176

    Not gonna lie, this case made my blood boil

    • @zaphodbeeblebrox2981
      @zaphodbeeblebrox2981 2 года назад +41

      Where I lose hope in humanity:
      That one stupid doctor: You can't get cancer when you are young 🤦‍♂️

    • @Shadenxox6
      @Shadenxox6 2 года назад +13

      Same. I just don’t fucking get why u need insurance. Like do you even fucking care about your OWN SPECIES?!

    • @WyattUTFT
      @WyattUTFT 2 года назад +10

      @@Shadenxox6 multiple citizens with $100+ billion but if you don't have insurance you can just fucking die. Cool country we've got

    • @bjmccann1
      @bjmccann1 2 года назад +14

      @@Shadenxox6 Nope. They only care about money.
      In the 1970s, after a series of rear end collisions on Ford Pintos resulted in the doors jamming shut, and the gas tanks splitting and bursting into flames, Ford conducted a cost-benefit analysis. The analysis suggested that it would be cheaper to let men, women, and children burn to death, then pay off the settlement, than it would cost to make the necessary modifications to make the cars safe. As you've probably already guessed, Ford chose money over people.
      Google "The Pinto Memo".

    • @susankay497
      @susankay497 2 года назад +3

      @@bjmccann1 I wouldn't be surprised that's what gave Chuck Palahniuk an idea for his novel "Fight Club"

  • @kellif1783
    @kellif1783 2 года назад +2

    Why can’t all doctors be like him? This is amazing!

  • @dudeekill4win
    @dudeekill4win Год назад

    Dr tannir is truly a savior. Doing what others didn't want or couldn't do

  • @fefnireindraer144
    @fefnireindraer144 2 года назад +542

    Dr. Nizar Tannir is an amazing doctor. We need more like him.

    • @gerjaison
      @gerjaison 2 года назад +9

      Most other western country sets a standardized health system, instead on generosity of individuals.

  • @hongkongdad928
    @hongkongdad928 2 года назад +636

    The phrase “not having health insurance put him at the bottom of the list” infuriates me, there should be a fair triage of care regardless of whether you have have insurance. These are living people, their lives shouldn’t be decided based on something like that

    • @paulstelian97
      @paulstelian97 2 года назад +35

      Yeah. Put them in debt to be paid off, even an unreasonable amount of debt, but do. not. refuse. care.

    • @karenb7620
      @karenb7620 2 года назад +50

      Perhaps a healthcare system. Everyone put in a little $ regularly.

    • @shadow13392
      @shadow13392 2 года назад +4

      doctors actually dont have any problems but after treatments if they dont pay up the managment will be at problem circleing up to the doctor again

    • @paulstelian97
      @paulstelian97 2 года назад +25

      @@shadow13392 Here the negligence could have been avoided. Assuming HIV without testing is avoidable negligence, which means that doctor should be held responsible.

    • @donnavictorian8810
      @donnavictorian8810 2 года назад +14

      That's why President Obama started Obamacare

  • @jackzimmer6553
    @jackzimmer6553 Год назад

    Wow!! That’s one smart guy to do all the research and finally be put in contact with the right expert.

  • @SarahDunlap
    @SarahDunlap 2 года назад

    This was one of the best videos I've watched of yours yet.

  • @evankell4135
    @evankell4135 2 года назад +556

    I like how they got him in to just say, “hey I’m still alive and kicking”

    • @orangecat9559
      @orangecat9559 2 года назад

      got him in what?

    • @Thundikes
      @Thundikes 2 года назад +11

      @@orangecat9559 they got him to appear at the end of the video.

    • @satpamtkceria7611
      @satpamtkceria7611 2 года назад +13

      @@orangecat9559 in this video. Did you watch this video until the end? This 'HC' showed up at 14:06

    • @z_polarcat
      @z_polarcat 2 года назад +2

      I think it's part from the other video he mentioned earlier

  • @mkuraki1206
    @mkuraki1206 2 года назад +1960

    Aside from the insurance, HC did almost everything right to save himself, which is kinda abnormal comparing to Chubbyemu's other videos. I've been so nervous watching the video and what a huge relief when it comes to a good end.

    • @conyo985
      @conyo985 2 года назад +197

      Yup. This time it was misdiagnosis. The doctor being confident it was HIV should be fired. He didn't do tests and did not provide patient care at all.

    • @Xeridanus
      @Xeridanus 2 года назад +80

      The insurance side of things is entirely out of his control so no need to mention it specially.

    • @therabbithat
      @therabbithat 2 года назад +10

      i check the comments in advance because i can't handle the tension of not knowing.

    • @kanjakan
      @kanjakan 2 года назад +14

      @@therabbithat Lol are you the guys that look up the plot for movies in the middle of watching?

    • @rjmax3311
      @rjmax3311 2 года назад +33

      Insurance is expensive and they don't even pay for everything. The amount you have to pay out of pocket basically bankrupts you anyway if you have no savings. I don't understand health insurance vs auto insurance since auto pays for both in the event of an accident.

  • @chriswhite6095
    @chriswhite6095 Год назад +5

    Very uplifting story. Total shame what this dude had to go thru.... but his desire to live, tenacity, and some straight up MCU level will power should be a lesson and inspiration to everyone. Honestly a movie or at least a nf special or pc should be done about him. Here's to you Herman.

  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse Год назад

    Seeing HC alive and well at the end of the video was the most pleasant kind of kick in the butt.

  • @MamaStylus
    @MamaStylus 2 года назад +1075

    Never be afraid to reach out to doctors that specialize in your case. My father was diagnosed with heart failure due to an unusual birth defect, and his doctors at home basically sent him home to die, with a two week life expectancy. My mom was able to reach out to the head cardiologist at UCLA who agreed to try an experimental surgery on my father. He was in surgery within the week. This year marked the 5th year anniversary of the surgery and he's doing great.

    • @epifanny
      @epifanny 2 года назад +16

      Thats wonderful!

    • @xxstepdaddyxx8992
      @xxstepdaddyxx8992 2 года назад +4

      Great for you man 🎉

    • @rudolf895
      @rudolf895 2 года назад +4

      This story makes me miss my grandmother I wish I was old enough with some knowledge I have now. She'd be alive. RIP

    • @neurofiedyamato8763
      @neurofiedyamato8763 2 года назад +3

      Yea I've seen a lot of stories whee if you have a rare and unusual case, seeking out a specialist is a good decision. Most hospitals are more familiar with the standard scenarios.

    • @VirginiaScratcher
      @VirginiaScratcher 2 года назад +1

      It's extremely hard on the body to live a long life with a heart defect, it makes the heart work so much harder than a normal person. I have a defect, surgery at age 9. My stepdad was diagnosed in his 50s with a previously unknown heart defect. He died about 10 years later, his health went downhill after his diagnosis. The sooner people are diagnosed with a heart problem, the better. I'm so glad your dad is ok!

  • @JustArtsCreations
    @JustArtsCreations 2 года назад +353

    That smile from HC at the end says it all. Glad hes here still.

    • @coraconnor619
      @coraconnor619 2 года назад +32

      Thank you. We are so thankful to still have Herman here with us. 🙏🏼

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 2 года назад +9

      @@coraconnor619 your bro is a very smart man.

    • @coraconnor619
      @coraconnor619 2 года назад +2

      @@thomasneal9291 thank you.

    • @JustArtsCreations
      @JustArtsCreations 2 года назад +2

      @@coraconnor619 Blessed :)

  • @sunshinejgb
    @sunshinejgb 2 месяца назад

    Dr. Tanir is a good man. All he did for HC brought me to tears. I appreciate seeing the drs and patients in your stories. I like having their faces to their cases. I know I will think of them in the future. I hope theyre still all healthy and happy!❤❤❤

  • @GotInterest
    @GotInterest 2 года назад

    Hey MD Anderson! I do a lot of marketing and internal video work for one of their affiliated centers (not the one in Houston). Glad to see that HC was able to pull through and make a full recovery.

  • @kyezaeta
    @kyezaeta 2 года назад +749

    I love these episodes where we get to see the actual patient and story of their recovery.

    • @ecru_5819
      @ecru_5819 2 года назад +30

      It's a really nice addition
      I hope we get more of them

    • @Hossak
      @Hossak 2 года назад +14

      Me too. I had tension throughout this one as I was so wishing that he was going to pull through but seeing that cancer all through his lungs, I thought he was not going to make it. So happy to be wrong! This is also a great illustration of not always trusting a doctor 100%.

    • @thisisme3238
      @thisisme3238 2 года назад +2

      Yes, we need more videos from Chubby emu! 👍

    • @morganseppy5180
      @morganseppy5180 2 года назад +4

      @@Hossak i'm starting to fall into the trap of knowing they'll be fine.... but at the same time, I don't want to know about ppl who are NOT fine. i love that the doctor is able to keep the suspense up and deliver a happy ending!

    • @Hossak
      @Hossak 2 года назад +2

      @@morganseppy5180 I know, at the moment we all needed a good news story :)

  • @Natalie-bt9eq
    @Natalie-bt9eq 2 года назад +488

    “Didn’t explain why the doctor immediately suspected std” I think we know why

    • @maanvigupta5462
      @maanvigupta5462 2 года назад +17

      why? i think i am missing something out. i am not from the usa but i believe it has something to do with the patient himself and not his symptoms.

    • @Jimera0
      @Jimera0 2 года назад +248

      @@maanvigupta5462 he was black. Racism. It's the first thing that came to mind for me too.

    • @maanvigupta5462
      @maanvigupta5462 2 года назад +49

      @@Jimera0 this is just....sad.

    • @Shaosprojects
      @Shaosprojects 2 года назад +116

      Yeah the moment I heard STD I immediately knew it was racism

    • @Shaosprojects
      @Shaosprojects 2 года назад +81

      @Harry the third Because it is. Black people are assumed to either have lots of sex. HIV breakouts in Africa doesn’t help either. If you aren’t black then this is not your subject to debate. If you aren’t black, step aside. This is not your business.

  • @switchoff64
    @switchoff64 9 месяцев назад

    The best ending video I’ve seen from you, Dr B‼️ Big shout out to Dr Nizar and congratulations to HC!!!

  • @ges4206
    @ges4206 Год назад

    That doctor is a HERO!

  • @vontrances4667
    @vontrances4667 2 года назад +388

    Seriously I teared up as soon as you said the Dr. would help him :( . What an honorable wonderful doctor and man. We should all strive to be more like him.

    • @taymorrison
      @taymorrison 2 года назад +5

      i straight up cried at the final clip of HC today. such an incredible story

    • @JasonFlorida
      @JasonFlorida 2 года назад +3

      It's such a shame that so many states do nothing to help take care of their citizens. I live in Florida and if you don't have insurance you have no shot. The short time I lived in Vermont I was shocked to see how much better their system and care was.

    • @flagmichael
      @flagmichael 2 года назад

      Maybe as important as treatment was hope. Without one or the other he would have died.

  • @steliosmouratidis3829
    @steliosmouratidis3829 2 года назад +187

    "A man felt a sharp pain in his back". My whole adulthood in one sentence

    • @69k_gold
      @69k_gold 2 года назад

      Can't relate more

    • @egeorgiades93
      @egeorgiades93 2 года назад +7

      If it stays consistent or gets progressively worse, get it checked out. I had Back Pain and long story short, I was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkins Lymphoma. The scary part is that this type of Cancer is most common in Young Age Groups (20-40). I was 25-26 during the time.
      Nov 2021 will mark my 2 Year Remission.

    • @blyat2477
      @blyat2477 2 года назад +2

      @@egeorgiades93 damn that would suck, at least youre in remission now

    • @egeorgiades93
      @egeorgiades93 2 года назад +2

      @@blyat2477 Yeah. The worst was the Doctors that brush you off “because you’re young”. Apparently before the Cancer Diagnosis, I was walking around with a Fracture in my back because it was deteriorating my back and they wrote me off as having a Pulled Muscle. Luckily that Doctor no longer works there.

    • @fynkozari9271
      @fynkozari9271 2 года назад

      Trying adding calcium from time to time.

  • @76jsc
    @76jsc Год назад

    What a great story! I’m so glad he followed his gut and tried to get help from other sources!

  • @cryalot378
    @cryalot378 2 года назад +750

    "Without insurance, HC was hesitant about going to the hospital..."
    me: Oh no
    "... but that sight of red was so jarring to him that he brought himself to the emergency room."
    me: Oh thank god

    • @SilverShark8554
      @SilverShark8554 2 года назад +8

      I thought the same

    • @marcuscornelius3521
      @marcuscornelius3521 2 года назад +52

      too bad he will now have to sell off his remaining kidney to pay off the medical bills he got

    • @cryalot378
      @cryalot378 2 года назад +8

      @@marcuscornelius3521 well it depends on how much his family is able to spend, second option is asking people on the internet... I am sure if he started gofundme people would donate, since cancer is no joke

    • @cryalot378
      @cryalot378 2 года назад

      @@SilverShark8554 that's some terrific profile pic you've got there btw

    • @stonedwookiee278
      @stonedwookiee278 2 года назад +63

      Only in America will a man see blood in his urine, and hesitate to go to the doctor because of no insurance.

  • @acemendoza1914
    @acemendoza1914 2 года назад +346

    A man felt a pain in his leg. This is what happened to his arm.

    • @ketaminepoptarts
      @ketaminepoptarts 2 года назад +25

      a man had a headache, heres how his right foot fell of

    • @kanishajeffes5379
      @kanishajeffes5379 2 года назад

      😂😂😂😥😥right it's not funny it's just the way you said it 😂🗣️oh my goodness god forgive me on laughing because 👁️👁️👀👀👀 unwanted guests is real out here in human bodies 😥

    • @phraydedjez
      @phraydedjez 2 года назад +6

      A man presented to the emergency room with a toy car stuck in his anus, doctors were amazed that this is what drove him to the hospital.

    • @skillzwitpillz1259
      @skillzwitpillz1259 2 года назад +1

      I literally lol'd when I read this

    • @gladitsnotme
      @gladitsnotme 2 года назад +1

      Stop, this isn't funny here. This isn't one of those "ate chocolate and damaged liver" vids, this is serious.

  • @johnmellon1820
    @johnmellon1820 11 месяцев назад

    I'm glad he made it!

  • @thetoasterclan9473
    @thetoasterclan9473 2 года назад +416

    When she doesnt know hypo means low and hyper means high 😭

    • @Ben-ix7cq
      @Ben-ix7cq 2 года назад +21

      How to get dumped 101.

    • @antiarmadillosociety
      @antiarmadillosociety 2 года назад +8

      @Muscleman8562 You did indeed.

    • @idiot_smh
      @idiot_smh 2 года назад +5

      @@Ben-ix7cq Yup

    • @carmenkills2931
      @carmenkills2931 2 года назад +8

      @Muscleman8562 you’re going to have to report to the emergency room soon, where we are now

    • @Galacticlol
      @Galacticlol 2 года назад +14

      @Muscleman8562 A Man In The Comments Ate Cat Food For Content. This Is What Happened To His Stomach.

  • @Semystic
    @Semystic 2 года назад +124

    1:00 "I'll just wear my shirt inside out, what's the worst that could happen?" He thought

    • @SombreRaven
      @SombreRaven 2 года назад +16

      Glad i'm not the only one who noticed xD

    • @raeganmilan5008
      @raeganmilan5008 2 года назад +7

      THANK GOD I WASNT THE ONLY ONE

    • @joannatheawesome
      @joannatheawesome 2 года назад +9

      Was scrolling to find this comment!!

  • @coldbrewed8308
    @coldbrewed8308 2 месяца назад

    Seeing a survivor of cancer makes me emotional. I had a friend when I was a teenager, one of my best bros. Seeing him taking his last breath had broke me till this day. Nobody should have passed that age. I wish this dude all the best in this world and have good health throughout.

  • @aejones233
    @aejones233 Год назад

    I’m so glad he’s OK!! I’m also from SC and when you mentioned it, this really hit home.

  • @recondito
    @recondito 2 года назад +509

    "My name is Herman Connor and I'm an RMC survivor"
    I teared up.

    • @feralbluee
      @feralbluee 2 года назад +1

      so, so glad you made it through. take good care and stay Safe!!!!! 🌷🌼😋

    • @justsomeguywithoutamustach9055
      @justsomeguywithoutamustach9055 2 года назад +10

      @@feralbluee ?

    • @glorianieves135
      @glorianieves135 2 года назад +1

      I dont feel c" music @@feralbluee

    • @glorianieves135
      @glorianieves135 2 года назад +2

      Love as a live kindsome is and while livingsome is a most powerful app we're all waiting for the next step to get to ur next message.

    • @glorianieves135
      @glorianieves135 2 года назад +2

      Gloria Nieves

  • @charleskun6384
    @charleskun6384 2 года назад +589

    "Do not despair. There is hope."
    Man, that teared me up. Huge respect, king. 👑

    • @mukmewx
      @mukmewx 2 года назад

      same

    • @samuraiboi2735
      @samuraiboi2735 2 года назад +3

      His the best doctor to ever get treatment from

    • @michagabo8819
      @michagabo8819 2 года назад

      When things were at their very worst:
      2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
      Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
      Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
      After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
      Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
      - will seem to rise from the dead
      - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
      One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
      Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.
      "Many events, including ecological upheavals, wars, the schism in My Church on Earth, the dictatorships in each of your nations - bound as one, at its very core - will all take place at the same time."
      "Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out"
      The Book of Truth

  • @lesliecarr312
    @lesliecarr312 7 месяцев назад

    Simply, I am glad for this man.

  • @garynet20
    @garynet20 2 года назад

    Dr. Nizar is a god damn hero.

  • @Melesniannon
    @Melesniannon 2 года назад +351

    Scariest part of this story: how often health decisions had to be made based on whether or not he had health insurance.

    • @yeaabuddy8929
      @yeaabuddy8929 2 года назад +51

      maybe if america spent less on their military they would have money to give free healthcare.

    • @olenickel6013
      @olenickel6013 2 года назад +52

      Yes, but in socialized healthcare systems people have to wait months for treatment.
      Oh, wait...

    • @yeaabuddy8929
      @yeaabuddy8929 2 года назад +21

      @@olenickel6013 obviously havent been to any former british colonies. insulin cost less than $1 there. $200 in the US.

    • @weavileistic7808
      @weavileistic7808 2 года назад +35

      The healthcare system is the sole reason as to why I could never imagine moving to US

    • @meepmoop2308
      @meepmoop2308 2 года назад +9

      @@olenickel6013 you think waiting months or years to get treatment because you cant afford it is better?

  • @AnnaJaneMTG
    @AnnaJaneMTG 2 года назад +336

    Me halfway thru the vid: lmao memes hemoglobin go brrrr
    Me at the end: omg I'm crying cuz this is a beautiful story with a happy ending

  • @casspower
    @casspower Год назад

    If you’ve ever seen a love one die of cancer, just hearing of one person beating it brings so much joy and solace. Wish we heard more💔