I'm going to tell you two of my experiences. I almost bled to death when I was little, but a female doctor who was a graduate from Yale saved my life. My male doctor almost misdiagnosed me with leukemia, but my female doctor gave me a diagnosis of ITP. She saved my life. My sister went to a doctor from that same clinic and he almost diagnosed her for a rare disorder that makes your skull collapse. We got a second opinion and she has a severe sinus infection where she could've became blind. Through these experiences I have reflected that you need to research your doctors and make sure they are the competent type.
_"Doctors didn't start treating me with compassion until my drug test came back clean"_ This is so wrong for so many reasons! Glad this young woman made it through, despite being treated horribly.
My doc stated to me that the AMA and CDC are corrupt political organizations and to definately don't take the jab. He advised that pregnant are having miscarriage big time. My advice get another doctor.
I am so sorry you experienced this. As a nurse of over 20 years, this sickens me. Even so, I experience this same bias too. Please keep telling your story. Awareness is key.
@@Mocha_D_ that is horrific! But please do not put it down to racial bias. Just read the comments here and you will see that people of every race and age have experienced that. I am 73 years old and I swear that everytime I walk into a Drs office, he/she takes 1 glance and says to him/her self, "old age or menopause".. no matter what the issue is.
I got a dose of "something" (1/20) while at a hospital for a 2 day procedure re: something else, After 10 days I called back in terrible pain (it think it was the GI form of covid lorgterm) and instead of any compassion or recognition or diagnosis they called the POLICE on me, Never got an explanation. No care for the 5 months I was ill. The police were called to shut me up. Why the censorship? Where was the medical system when I needed them?The original doctor on the original med team (hip replacement) said it wasn't his "department" when I asked who was accountable for what happened. But whose was it? And why was I treated this way? Its as if I am not supposed to know. But I got it from that place. Never heard another story quite like mine, meaning... wtf?
We have to be our own biggest advocate when it comes to our health. It’s so ridiculous that we have to beg to receive the treatments we need, we know when something isn’t right with our own bodies. So glad you stood your ground.
Exactly, my husband and I have said this for years. We know when we don’t feel “right”. We know what’s helped us in the past and what hasn’t helped. I hate talking to new doctors especially.
Yes, however when you continuously advocate for yourself and get the same response fo r years...and that "anxiety" diagnosis, that personal advocacy is defeated...even leading to death.
Absolutely!! I had a urologist at an ER tell me my case was too complicated so he transferred me to the hospital where a urologist had experience with children born with Clocal Extrophy and parcel Spina Bifida. Him saying, I don't know but let's find someone who does saved my life.
@@Jamie-so5ei Hopefully, the era when physicians are second only to God has made way for a more realistic, individual approach!When I was born in the 50’s, the mom was routinely knocked out with “twilight sleep” and, ta da! Woke up to her new baby! 👶🏻
When my body was basically shut down in 2016 due to degenerative discs that caused all sorts of ailment triggering off within my body. The doctors told me it was anxiety. And no matter how I told them I'm not anxious about anything, they turn a deaf ear to what I'm saying until2 years after I asked them to check my spine. Bingo
I had asthma but I didn’t know. I experienced shortness of breath and went to ER twice but dr said it was due to anxiety. Then luckily I met a GP who diagnosed me with asthma.
@@sophiafisher3056 can I ask what your symptoms were? I feel pressure in my chest. As if my esophagus is being sqeezed. Soarness sort pain in my upper back, feeling hungry all the time...sort of gerd symptoms, nausea, coughing at times, heart palpitations, bp jumps drastically from normal to high and basically a feeling of my body just losing its life (I know...strange description). My doctor also said it anxiety. Also was prescribed nexium, pantecta, zantac etc. Did blood tests, endoscopy, colonoscopy, chest scan, stress test etc. I know what anxiety feels like and this is NOT. Anxiety medication does not help other than make sleep.
I have a rare autoimmune disease and I can't get a decent doctor to date. I've given up on the medical community entirely. This woman is so strong for standing up. Thank you for being a voice
Not sure what area you are in but Dr Alisha Gupta of Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN . She is thorough, listens and has a great bedside manner. I take my mom to see her and I can say I have never seen a more caring doctor. Edit: Sorry I forgot to add that she is an auto immune doctor.
I have RA (also an autoimmune disease) and boy was it a struggle to finally get a doctor to listen to me like I wasn't crazy about the pain and fatigue I was feeling. There is no test for RA that's a guarantee like many illnesses. Having the diagnosis and finding others like me didn't take away the physical pain, but it was a measurable improvement to my happiness. To have a doctor acknowledge my pain as real, was one of the most gratifying moments in my life. Finding people like me who have been working on feeling better was a game changer. They gave me better advice than any doctor ever has. I second the other poster on diet. What I eat really does have a big impact. I kept a food journal and the patterns where clear to be seen. I still have flare ups, but they are endurable now that I understand the nature of my illness and that the pain isn't a sign of something slowly killing me or something.
Sunlight and led light causes seizures and strokes and shuts down my ability to process information or move my limbs at times. I’ve had to live in darkness alone for 7 years straight now. That’s the only answer they can give me. Stay inside and away from light. Forever. I spent my entire life exploring the mountains and the desert. I was studying science. I can barely walk half the time or remember anything anymore. I’m a mother of 4 and grandma of 2. I’m 40. My mother and daughter are also sick but not allergic to light. Lupus patients are most like me but I still don’t fit in that category either. Ms was suggested but again the light is such a trigger they don’t really know. I have been left to just die in darkness. I’m called a vampire and told to move to a dark hole or to Alaska. It’s quite humiliating and very painful. Diet helps a lot but not enough. I don’t eat much because my body can’t process a lot of nutrients before my kidneys or liver shuts down. Medicine trials have almost killed me more times than I can count. For the first 10 years it wasn’t as bad. I would just get tired and a rash. It slowly took my life away. That’s my story anyway. Sorry about the long post.
Sounds like not only that one doctor saved you, but YOU saved you. Your education, intelligence, and persistence saved you. Thank you so much for sharing your heart-wrenching experience for others to relate to or learn from. I'll be sharing this video with many others.
WE KNOW OURSELVES THE DOCTORS ONLY GET THESE LITTLE SAMPLINGS AND MAKE A DIAGNOSIS ITS JUST LIKE PEOPLE GOSSIPING AND JUDGING AS IF THEY KNOW US JUST FROM SEEING US ONCE OR HEARING ABOUT US WHO KNOWS US MORE THAN OURSELVES WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND USE WHAT WE KNOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES THEY ARE NOT THE RULER OF OUR BODIES AND DONT KNOW MORE THAN WE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED WHEN YOUR SICK YOU NEED A PHYSICIAN
@@fordfiveohh covid is as real as the easter bunny and unicorns. anyone with even 1/2 a brain knows that. the lies are so blatant a 2 year old could clearly see through them. we now have almost 3 times the number of true and verified deaths from the cure, than we had from the fake numbers pulled from a hat everyday! We needed a politician to stand up and call it what it is,,, but there isn't ONE who has. NOT one! Trump is STILL a democrat, he just wears a Republican hat! catherine austin fitts planet lockdown on rumble... there's nothing else to know. please watch, at least all your questions will be answered. it s riveting truth! nothing anyone wants to hear, but truth... for once!
@@bluelagoon1875 I am 25 year practicing ICU nurse. COVID 19 is real.and it kills. The death these patients die, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. No illness should be politicized. That is why we are in the situation that we are in, because it was made a political issue. The politicians that won't endorse the mask mandate , has received the vaccine. It is your choice receive the Vaccine or not. All I ask is that you wear a mask not only to protect yourself, your loved ones and people in your community.
@@cicicave1279 Texas and Florida are increasing in cases due to Delta. California like Illinois has a lot of wingnut conservatives who made this virus political in their states and downplayed the virus thus spreading it like a wildfire.
When my daughter was age 6 she had developed intense pain in her back that could only be relieved by ibuprofen , it took me 6 months of doctors and paediatrician visits to be told I was an over anxious mother ,eventually after a visit to the children's hospital emergency department as my little girl was screaming in pain they did some investigations and she was diagnosed with large cell aniplastic lymphoma (cancer) . The treatment was 2 years of chemotherapy. She survived and is fairly healthy 25yrl, Never give up and doubt what you're experiencing.
@@73cidalia I am aware it is used with caution but it has been made into safe food supplements, grape seed extract is as effective without the apricot. However it is merely a suggestion. It helped someone in my family, that is why I suggested it. Please follow your intuition.
Thank you for sharing your story and not giving up. 14 years ago my husband became very ill. I swear he had Lyme disease and the Doctors kept telling us that there’s no Lyme disease in Canada. He also took a test and it came back negative. 2 years later he went missing for four days. January 28/2009, the police found him in a field almost a mile away from his vehicle and three hours away from where we lived. He was tired of the specialists not believing him and ended up taking his own life at the age of 50 leaving me a widow at 40 years old with two boys to raise on my own. This isn’t about COVID 19 but I know how it feels to not be heard. 😢
My friend and her husband had bad bad Lyme and coinfxs He almost killed himself too. He didn’t sleep for months at one point. She had many days she thought he would do it that day. She was sick herself she could do nothing but pray. God heard her, He humbled her husband and brought him to Himself, saved his soul then saved his physical life. He slowly got better after that. She did too, altho she has flare ups. They had spent all their savings trying not to die from Lyme- over $100,000. They were homeless by the end of it but they were alive. I was widowed at 25yo (I’m 57 now). My husband was 25 also. We had 2 littles and a baby. I feel ur pain ((hug)).
My God, he was so young. No person should ever be made to feel that way by "professionals" who have taken an oath to do no harm. Doctors practice medicine, always practicing, it's always evolving, & none of them have "arrived" or have all the answers. But some of their egos are so damn big that instead of admitting that they don't have the answers you need they just tell you it's all in your head. And that can be more harmful than the actual illness you suffer from. I've had my share of poor experiences with doctors. I am so sorry for the both of you and y'all's kids, to have to go thru what y'all did. It's just unthinkable.
I am a Covid survivor as well. I am a nurse that took care of Covid 19 patients all last year. My husband first became positive December 2020 and he immediately quarantined downstairs. I tested negative right after he was diagnosed then a week later I became terribly sick. No shock to me that my child and I then tested positive. The Lords grace and mercy brought us through this as a family.
Rachel D, thank you for taking care of Covid patients...that has got to be a tough job. I'm so sorry your family got Covid but glad that you all survived.
The worst thing is if they diagnose you have fibromyalgia and then every pain and symptom you get is put down to fibromyalgia for the rest of your life as if a mysterious chronic pain issue would protect you from everything else
@@lyndamccallum1535 I know it is call Ageist and I hear it from young Doctors, its because of your age, not only is that disrepectful to say to a older person, I have no fate in doctors now!
Yessss! or because you're an ex smoker, or you drink... Yeah they also assume because you're a certain age, weight or gender, etc, you must have these symptoms.
If someone like her with the education was gaslighted, what hope is there for the average? even being your own advocate? The respect people have for humanity is astounded…🤷🏽♀️💕🙏🏽
They have censored, silenced and even murdered holistic practitioners during this time. Do you really think they will add them and decrease the need for their almighty pharmaceutical drugs?
Try percussion vibration to ribcage and find a visceral manipulation therapist who can get the chambers of the heart to slide around better. Covid glues cells together. But lung and ribcage stiffness comes apart with $30 massage gun
@C R haha I’m a teacher :). But yes, it is important for everyone since we all interact and we all deserve respect. I’m just mentioning these ones because these professionals can ruin people’s lives if they don’t. It should be in the job requirements before hiring.
as a soon to be attorney yes i completly agree with you. just on what ive witnessed in law school alone disgusts me. and many law school grads likely have plenty of similar stories to tell
This is going down in my book as 1 of the greatest TEDx Talks ever. I got sick about 5 years ago, but it wasn't COVID related. The doctors couldn't figure it out and tried to convince me it was psychosomatic. The only compassion or help I received was mostly from female doctors. The males were completely uninterested in "figuring it out" and treated me like I was a child just like her. I noticed obvious things in my lab-work and procedure reports the doctors had missed, almost as if they weren't looking. It was as if I had to figure it out myself. The problem was I was in no mental condition to do so. To be so intelligent and respected and overachieving, only to then be belittled by the doctors, was a humiliating experience I never want to go through again. I'm left now with chronic fatigue and am just a shadow of who I use to be. Something has to change. There are waay too many of us out here.
You have to do your own research. There are medical websites that narrow down your symptoms and link them to chronic diseases or conditions. Which area does it affect; we have 11 systems, cardio, circulatory, integumentary, skeletal, etc. Try to retrieve you medical history information before you were sick and compare it to after you were sick. Talk to blood related family members to see if their is a family history on either side. Bottom line you have to do alot of homework. Check your diet. Keep a daily journal. Do you need to upgrade your health insurance. What is or was your occupation and does it have a health risk factor. Alot of the work will fall to you.
Magnesium for ATP, Steriods of there are autoimmune elements. Vitamin D and Zinc are very important but be careful of Vitamin C if there are auto immune elements. I too suffered from doctors in attention to my ailment. I had one senior consultant tell me to my face that I was over exaggerating, I would not wish this upon anyone to feel belittled but such doctors.
The modern docters indeed don't have answers for chronic illness, but i advise you to read books that show there is a way to heal! I only know books in dutch but i'm sure there are many in english!
How horrific to be treated so badly until the doctors checked her drug tests were negative. That smacks of racism and misogyny to me. Doctors never listen to patients . As someone with chronic fatigue syndrome for 4 decades I gave up on doctors years ago. You have to treat yourself unfortunately. And some female doctors are no better for women either.
So true. This has been my experience also. And don't leave out the office nurses/staff that judge and talk. Generally medical offices are best avoided. Particularly when you leave feeling worse. I prefer naturapathic or chiropractors when able. They listen.
That's why a physician should treat the patient not the "test results "! Being a nurse for over 20 yrs I have always encouraged patients to listen to your gut feeling! God bless all! Latina nurse from Ohio
Wow...what a remarkable message of necessity facts. Even though Dr. Margot Gage Witvliet beauty is off the chain, it has no comparison to how powerful and mind capturing her message is.
Nurses are almost always better at this than doctors! I’ve suffered from chronic illness, and pain from an injury, for years. Doctors told me I didn’t have endometriosis until my uterus and abdomen were too full of adhesions to remove! I was told I had “no injury” to my neck and, after 20 years, I got new imaging and found my top rib had been lodged under my collarbone, the whole time. I had it put back in place, and have not had that pain again, but my shoulders are full of debilitating dystonia from being stuck that way for so long. I was told I didn’t have multiple bladder infections and yeast infections that were always improved by antibiotics and Diflucan. I didn’t test positive about 3/4 of the time, but it’s extremely obvious when you have a yeast infection, and all STD tests were negative, too. All the while, nurses have just helped me and done what worked, clinically, including treating me for Osteomyelitis diligently for months, before it was confirmed by biopsy. Yes, a doctor grudgingly signed the order, but nurses really listened and did what it took, until I felt OK. Same with my ehrlichiosis, when my Nurse Practitioner kept on testing, after doctors dismissed me for suspecting Lyme disease that didn’t show up (ehrlichiosis is also a tick-borne illness, with similar symptoms). I owe my life, and my quality of life, to nurses. Thank you for what you do!
@Timothy Robinson ... When I read her statement, right away I knew it was a bad statement. But, I don't want to be harsh towards her either. I sincerely think she just made a mistake, but, meant well!! I understand some Doctors do not diagnose every individual correctly... And maybe she's saying, listen to your gut feelings if YOU KNOW something isn't right. The best thing to do is get a 2nd opinion.
Also had covid symptoms without fever early March 2020. I'm a female veteran and was told I couldn't be tested because tests were only for Healthcare workers or those in the hospital. My shortness of breath was to the point that I couldn't have a conversation. Doctor told me it was anxiety, asthma (which I've never had in 65 years), and to go home and relax. Both times that I thought I wouldn't make it through the night and called the nurse helpline, I was told if you start to turn blue go to the E.R. I survived without medical help but I still have brain fog. It's terrible the way women, minorities, and veterans are treated. Thank you for speaking up.
wow, that seems like a very good doc, no one can know your body and senses better than you. i had doctors who literally dismissed the pain that i mentioned and referred me for psychological consult..
It’s been over a year for me too. Everyone calls me a hypochondriac, or tells me it’s just my anxiety. The fact that doctors and nurses everywhere treat us like we don’t know our bodies or like we are exaggerating is heartbreaking. We obviously don’t expect them to know Covid, we just need someone to believe us and help treat our symptoms. I wouldn’t wish being a long hauler on anyone. It’s truly the scariest and most draining experience I’ve ever dealt with. Grateful for this Ted talk, I feel less alone and more understood for the first time since this started.
Maybe she wanted them to tell you you had covid 19 the way you are speaking to them in the text place But don't forget the 5g installed is affecting people's immune systems
This bought me to tears , for well over a year since march 2020 ive battled this draining post covid symptoms, the fact that im still waiting to see a long covid clinic leaves me in despair, ive had few negative x rays and scans no mri and not even been invited to see a neurologist in the uk yet, i feel denied of help that i really need and dont want to keep talking to friends bt my continuing, breathing problems i dont want to be a burden on people close to me..i really appriciated what you were saying confirmed all how ive felt. ...thankyou..do tors just dont want to hear what you say bt long covid...
Welcome to what the chronic illness community has been experiencing for years. I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling. It's not fun. Trust in your body's natural healing abilities, simplify your life, and allow your body the time and space to heal. All the best.
Bingo! I've always been health conscious and in great shape. During my covid-19 battle, I went on a mucusless diet but hear no doctors recommending this. I'm on it and taking care of myself. I seem to be long hauling with neuromuscular difficulty. I had it in December, fought it well, and still have it in a headlock because this thing is intelligent
@@in-vision652 Its your wifi doing that to you also find out where your 5G cell towers are located arond your place.And the worst is the jabwill cause life changing threats including death
EXACTLY... we need to be the stewards of our own lives. And we definitely have done more FOCUSED research on our own behalf than MDs do. Sadly they do not have the time OR the inclination. Blessings all 💜
@@LucyJazzy85 Such a great point. I don't believe doctors are intentionally neglectful; I just feel like they haven't been trained to be focused like you said.
@@carascottvo I agree with Lucy re "they do not have the time or inclination". Inclination is a 'being human' thing. I definitely felt ahead of the curve. But in general it is so exhausting and frustrating to have to be the one pushing the professionals to advocate for you , to be the one educating them. We are our biggest advocates. Stay well!
I’m so glad I ran into your video. I tested positive for covid on December 16, 2021, which triggered my asthma. I ended up in the ER on January 1, 2020 as my chest began tightening so much that I could hardly take a breath in. I praise God for the shift of doctors that were working when I arrived at 2am at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts! My doctor was very thorough and explained everything, even without me asking. He did so many test on me that I was surprised. I made sure to stare at his name tag several times so that I could reference him later. Thank God for His guidance in doing so. Because the shift of doctors that came on around 7 am that morning, were the opposite and the doctor I had on that 2nd shift, wanted to send me home; even after I answered with much doubt about doing so. Then I remember Russell, the first doctor. I began referencing him and stating what he told me and how he didn’t want me to leave until my heart rate had returned to normal. All of a sudden, “okay, Ms Landrum, we won’t send you home until you are comfortable”. From your talk, I can clearly see how this particular doctor didn’t want to admit that he was wrong for trying to get me up out of there. The simple statement, “ Well Russel said…”, which I said as often as I had to, made the difference and caused the other doctors to stand at attention and listen.
Am I missing something? She said she had several Covid tests that came back negative right? Well why does she keep insisting that she has Covid?Yeah maybe she does have SOMETHING but doesn’t appear to be Covid. Who’s doing the gaslighting here? WTF? She NEVER had a positive Covid test. What does she expect doctors to do?
“But doctors didn’t start treating me with compassion until my drug tests came back clean” this really upsets me, something I have experienced personally.
She's not out of the woods yet. There is evidence that covid patients after they recover also have "long covid" symptoms which include weakness, more infections and injuries, so on and so forth. They become more susceptible to other diseases
@@teresaezzell6867 That impressed me very much about her. No anger issues. Just calmly telling her story - and teaching both health caregivers and patients. Yes, patients to speak up for themselves and well - the caregivers to listen, believe patients, and throw away biases. Great teacher, no wonder she is a professor.
Research the numbers...flu numbers went way down as covid 19 numbers went way up..hmmmmm....big p.h.a.r.m.a pushed vaccine that has not been successful in medical trials. ...hmmmmm....my neighbor beside me died 2 days after 2nd "jab" !!!! Hmmmmm... I was there when an officer and the firemen did a wellness check and busted down the door ....only to find her dead body...it was heart-wrenching to have them come outside her door and tell me they found her body....i cried for weeks. ...many people tell me stories a lot of stories....same as above and all the side affects from this unsafe vaccine...doctors are coming out exposing this!! Do your homework!! Even the doctor who invented the mRNA is against this vaccine protocol that is dangerous! Go look up video of this man...he invented mRNA that is in the vaccine...he believes in years of trials before public gets it. Pray you all stay safe and find the info that I have found with doctors who are not bought and paid for by P.h.a.r.m.a!
Preach!!! I’m struggling with “long Covid” now. 4 trips to ER. First 3x’s sent me home. Exactly what I was told...”it’s new and we’re still learning “....it’s awful how they treat you. Like you’re crazy. You’re a shining example of beauty and intelligence! Stay strong!
I'm sorry you went thru that, & God knows I've had more than my fair share of bad experiences with doctors, so I understand. But tha k God we're still here, my aunt wasn't so lucky. She was also sent home 3 times from the hospital, 3 days in a row. The 4th day they finally admitted her but it turned out to be too late by then. She'd had a covid vaccine & within 2 weeks had developed blood clots in her lungs & other places. Correlation doesn't equal causation but we all suspect the vaccine just wasn't a good move for her. Anyways, she died within a week at only 65, very active & youthful. It was devastating. If only they had believed her & had ran test the first 3 times she'd asked for their help, could it have turned out differently? My sweet Aunt Linda didn't stand a chance against their indifference 💔
Praise God what does you're god have to do with it. Medical science and the goodness of medical workers is what needs praise not a god you can't even prove exist.
What a beautiful example of pressure under fire! How articulate, calm, and truthful! I’m 75 so I remember family doctors and house calls and caring physicians who actually listened. I’m so very sorry this was your experience but I’m so grateful for your video. Thank you so very much.
I have such respect and admiration for this well-spoken, intelligent woman who can express what so many others cannot articulate. I hope her voice is heard and we all learn from her words AND receive the compassion and understanding when needed. I can tell you, covid is vile enough WITH support. How much worse without it.
I go to a Nurse Practitioner, instead of a "Doctor". She understands that I know my body, and live with multiple health issues; she listens to me and we discuss what steps to take next. I wish all my medical caregivers were like her.
I prefer nurse practitioners, honestly. I have a lot of health issues and more has gotten done with them than with doctors that left me with no answers.
This video should be presented in doctors conferences/education forms. This is a very powerful talk in so many ways and on so many levels. Thank you very much. I did not have Covid and hopefully I never will. I had a flu shot and after my 12 hour shift I went to our emergency department regarding symptoms. Immediately I was told it was not the flu shot. I told our Occupational nurse what had happened and her comments were similar. Neither one of them had an open mind and said it’s not the shot. They treated me similar to your experience. I am not below them and I know my body. I am a person that was affected by a flu shot and hoped for answers and help. I looked up online and found others who had the same situation as me. It did not change things but it comforted me to know I was not alone. It’s a month and a half later and my hip is not any better except the burning down the leg and hip is gone. Walking any stairs is challenging as it was not before. I am grateful that I did not have to go through your extremely difficult situation.
What were your symptoms when you went to the ER? Later on down you start talking about your hip. Are you stating that your hip issue is related to the FLU shot?
"my doctors didn't start treating me with compassion until my drug tests came back clean" I could not empathize with this statement more and it is heart breaking that this is a reality for addicts and non addicts alike.
How much of what she calls "compassion" (like listening to and comprehending what the patient is saying) is actually just good scientific observation? Just as hard to find, maybe.
Just to re-iterate her valid and important point on humility and compassion. What if she did have anxiety or drugs in system. That makes the patient no less deserving of good compassionate care. Evidence of serious disease was present and she deserved so much better! I absolutely love when she made the other important point in her talk. "I just didn't think it could happen to me " Kuddos and God bless this lady in her brave stand ro bring light to these most under acknowledged truths!
Like your comment. It can happen to anybody. Vaccinated or unvaccinated. It's great she kept pressing until she got the care that was necessary to save her life.
She is absolutely correct we experienced first hand. My husband is still suffering from pneumonia from covid-19 You are a bright companionate woman and I glad you are a survivor . Thank you for sharing.
This woman is an absolute GODDESS of beauty, intelligence, care, empathy, and just so extremely pretty. What an inspiration she is to us all. I'm so very sorry this happened to her .... It terrible, but now she has shined a light on the dark places in care and treatment. Thank you for this well spoken amazing talk. You have accomplished so much in life - it is amazing ! God bless you always 🙏
You nailed it❣️❣️❣️. I lived a small percentage of what she went through! I KNOW that I had it and so I didn’t isolate and my son and husband never developed ANYTHING!!!! Why? I SO NOT KNOW! Strong immunity? I HOPE SO.
I was going to continue on to get my RN license, I'm an LPN and have been for over 15 years. Nursing has changed drastically, definitely not patient centered anymore.
@@vickeytaylor7414 this is so true, was a nurse for 31 yrs. retired. I noticed a change in doctors when they were required to carry a tablet around, my own Gynecologist retired early because of it, he told me on my last appointment with him exactly what he thought about it, can’t use his words here. So glad I’m out of nursing.
@@vickeytaylor7414 THIS! Girl... I felt this. Money talks these days. I hope that you find the strength to keep on persevering in this field. The world needs people like you who truly care in hospitals.
Chronic pain patients all have this story of not being believed, treated like a drug seeker, subjected to expensive testing, and then left to their own defenses .
The western medical paradigm actually has a poor record with chronic disease in general. Probably owing to the philosophical assumptions and naivite that underlies much of the profession's history. Descartes, after all, basically viewed the human body as an android inhabited by a ghost. With such a simplistic view of a human person, it's no wonder that medical outcomes can be so poor in our society when diseases don't have obvious causes.
@@reneer33 The towers, boston, ok, and more.... were trial runs to see how gullible we were so they could inflict the covid bs on us. Remember at the onset of covid, all the big box stores had barricades around the storefronts? They didn't know how it was going to play out so they took precautions, it's also why they released inmates,,, to make room for the "examples".. however, we FAILED the test miserably, the majority fell for the covid BS and now there are 650K deaths from the 'cure'... and countless life long serious injuries! The side effects may not be immediate, but this fall flu season we will see unprecendented deaths, and it won't be from a virus or variants, it will be from the immune system attacking itself. Too bad people were brainwashed. NO vaccine is EVER needed! We've been killing and maiming our children for decades... trusting healthcare workers who told us.. side effects are evidence of the vaccine "working"... side effects are the body's NORMAL response to POISON! This was Never about covid, it has been about genocide and getting us all schipped! Search BRACE yourselves climate lockdown.
Thank you SO much! I had a mildish form of Covid In Feb 2022. Since then though Ive had so much trouble with fatigue, headaches, body aches, dizziness, brain fog, some days I feel so ill I can hardly move. My Dr agrees I have 'long covid' but there is nothing that can help. I dont even talk about it any more, I know everyone is sick of hearing about it. I just struggle on trying to keep working and survive. Sometimes I just feel so desperate about it and alone. This makes me feel less alone, thank you
Covid depletes your vitamin and mineral stores in your glands, that’s why you have long Covid I know I had it in 2020 of march trust after 6/7 months of vitamins and minerals 2021 I’ve gotten back to feeling like myself even better
Plenty of "doctors" are just interested in processing patients as fast as possible "through the system" so they don't really take the time to find out what is wrong with the person in front of them in the doctor's office... SAD ... 🤢
Yep. And that is because of insurance companies. Dr’s have to see patients every 15 mins to make max $$$ to get the measly reimbursement from insurance. Yet we, the public, pay several hundred $$$$ a month for worthless insurance. It is a scam industry and a ripoff.
I sure hope she reads these comments. As an 8-month Covid patient, I felt you were describing many of my experiences. Great summary, glad you’re back hanging with your girls!!
Yes, Dan. She is describing what thousands of us have been through since March 2020. Just listening to her speech is somewhat triggering and extremely infuriating.
I'm a healthy, fit 44 year old. Caught covid in Dec, and was bedridden for four months. My wife came across a Long Covid support forum, where everybody was praising the miracle of vitamin B1 megadosing. I tried a single dose of 600mg, within the hour my symptoms were 50% alleviated. Within a week of taking 500mg of B1 capsules with each meal, I WAS 100% RECOVERED. Vitamin B1 megadosing is the miracle that saved me.
@@miketexas6135 Thank you so much for sharing that. I am thankful it helped you! I am going to increase my dose of B1 to see whether it helps with lingering intermittent symptoms of 1+ year. Il was in super health too, prior to getting it in March 2020...
@@barbarawarren9443 Please do it Barbara! I went with thiamine hydrochloride, a water soluble form of B1. It completely cured me. It's only ten bucks and it may work for you, I've been sharing my story far and wide, and already five people have written me back telling me that it was the miracle cure for them as it was for me. Best wishes, -Mike.
@@barbarawarren9443 Dr. John Campbell has been reporting on Covid-19 since Jan. 2020 on his channel and he recommends B-1, but also he has from the beginning recommended Zinc and D3. He says Vitamin D is low for many people of Color & people who live in Northern areas. He has now reported that those getting the mRNA vaccine have had relief from the Long-Haul symptoms.
I'm also a professor, 38, previously healthy, and dealing with long COVID... For months. I also went to the ER, had CT scans, all negative. I was also told it's all anxiety related.
I never had a positive covid 19 test. Even when I was visibly sick. Worse off I am a health worker so I had to push through. I had covid 3x since the beginning. I now understand that there’s only so much we know about covid and so much more we are yet to understand about the disease. If only we can be more compassionate towards each other.
How do you know you had covid? I'm asking because when I hear people say they had or have "covid", I can't help but think how misleading that diagnosis is, because it's based on a broad range of non-unique symptoms and pcr tests that have never been validated. Not attacking you at all. Just trying to bring some things to light and get people to think.
@@prestige8161 I felt sluggish, just not myself. No fever,no headache but after I was diagnosed I had diarrhea for 4 days and felt like I couldn't get out of bed but I did if only to the kitchen for a drink then forced myself to sit up for a while. Energy level 0
It’s got to be a very dark time in a person’s life when they are truly physically ill and doctors don’t them. And you’re absolutely right about biases. I’m sorry that you have gone through this and I’m grateful to you for bringing this to light.
I am from a so call 3rd world country and we know that covid 19 affects all parts of the body and it affects different people in different ways. Something is seriously wrong with Americans in all walks of life, since the advent of cell phones , social media etc l am appalled at what I am seeing and hearing yet the country is the first to accuse others of human right violation. What a Country!
There's a reason why she's a Professor. She needs to teach and educate the Doctors and Nurses all over the world. Even Scientists can learn from this very compassionate and intelligent young Professor.
They should have her teaching people but the truth is they don't really care if we live or die right now we are over populated and they wouldn't mind of some people die off
Glad you figured it out. I have been fortunate to have a very good M.D. who diagnosed me with LC and never ignored the obvious. He explained how the tests more often gave false negative results. He has been well balanced, clear and supportive, with believing the symptoms, offering both traditional and even holistic advise. While I am still sick with LC, I am grateful to not suffer disbelief and unfair accusations. It would have caused more despair than I could have endured. If people would take precautions and exhibit care for others by masking, JUST for starters, we could minimize the misery. But we have to take better care of ourselves by avoiding those who will not!
Humility?? How about learning TRUE KNOWLEDGE that's been hidden from us by the corrupt and greed driven corporations and phony philanthropists= wolves in sheep clothing. This pandemic is a fraud, and if you haven't figured it out yet, then go ahead and take your vaccine.
I got my second shot of Pfizer a month ago, had a slight fever for 12 hours and that's it. No side effects to report. And the same goes for all the people I know.
I have never commented on any RUclips video before, but you are so spot on. Thank you so much for speaking up and speaking out. As a middle-aged lady, I have experienced the same regarding a doctor that was rated highly yet would only speak to my husband instead of talking to me as a patient. You are lovely, well-spoken, and a role model. I wish you and your family all the best.
The message about the importance of making a space for doctors to say, "I don't know", when they don't know, is very important. Then the process of "finding out" can begin.
@@maegary8107 that is so fundamental and beautiful and also truth full , now we have to implement a d put to use that Doctors are not all seeing and truthful about their knowledge. We have put the price too high and need to get more options before we take drastic steps about our bodies, we might implement a law that we need three opinions before we go to for an operation. It might be clumsy but it will be informative. That can come under the heading of information seeking. We do that before we buy a car, we look under the hood. We also implement information seeking when we buy a dress or suit we may go from store to store, why don’t we do that with our precious bodies. The process of “finding out” holds first priority.
Hi🤗❤ I'm from Denmark and Im suppering from vaccineinjury and long covid and have many symptomes from that. I'm not being taking serious and have been rejected many times from treatment due to medical ignorance from the doctors. It's heartbreaking to hear about people all around the world in the same situation. I'm without care, no work, soon without houseing, and can not take care of me self. Denmark is a "wellfarestate" without compassion. Thank you for your Tedx talk🥰
AMEN!! But unfortunately there ARE so many friggin drug addicts dressed in innocent peoples faces, who are incredible actors! I've witnessed it over & over🤯 They totally ruined it for the people who honestly are in pain.
This is an all to true fact but saying that also makes me question empathy of medical physicians for one. Most people don't grow up with the intensity to want to be a person who is a drug addict. In fact i never heard anyone or read anywhere the longing to be an addict. I believe all types ,professionals,races,ages, can become addicted, but does that mean they should suffer from other illnesses? Did it ever occur to the morality judges that maybe this or that person 's addiction started because of great pain. I am not attacking anyone personally what i am trying to get at is yes i understand some people will want drugs from doctors but all people get sick and we have no right to judge. We always have the right to be skeptical but never to be cruel. I am afraid but there are so many cruel physician's out there that are causing great harm and deep sadness making some to doctor themselves and self medicate.
@@mimifurbeck1162 Very well said. And I'm going to take it a step further...I'm not denouncing our medical staffers because they have a hard enough time. Especially last year. However, nurses steal patients pain meds all the time more so in nursing home switching them out with Tylenol, I know of a pharmacy where they shorted customers on opioids a few here and there on the daily. And a lot of Dr's spouses and family members are users. When there's no one to police the people in charge they do the most.
You got that right, worked for a Vet for years and we were to get as much info on the phone scheduling, that by the time the pet came in the visit only took maybe 15 minutes and a bill of maybe $300 if they were lucky.
Years ago a friend of mine took her daughter to see a dermatologist as she had a strange break out on her face. The doctor didn't even step into the exam room! He opened the door, took one look at her from the doorway and declared it to be XYZ!
After the cardiologist saw me in the hospital he asked me on my follow up visit why was I in today and I told him for my follow-up after the stroke, he said I didn't have a stroke so I showed him my discharge papers and he said oh yes you did. That frightened me.
“I don’t know” Honestly thank you for reminding me of this. As a current Nursing Student, we are definitely taught that not everything we will know. I will never forget this.
I'm not saying this doesn't happen to men but it's a known thing that a lot of medical doctors don't take women seriously, perhaps woc especially though I can't speak from that perspective. I have had to fight before to be heard because medical gaslighting is real. You become convinced you're just a drama queen or anxious and hysterical until the diagnosis comes months or years later.
I just recently found out about medical gaslighting and did not know it was a real term. I knew it happened because it had to me many times. I just did not know it had a name. It is so very sad that it has a name because that means it happens that much. It is almost like we ask the medical community to police itself and we know it won't do that. I think they really need to make a huge effort to change. Much like other organizations in our society.
@@denise1746 same...it does not matter. I think they feel comfortable in their space and how they function so they keep doing what they do. I thought being a nurse would earn me a little respect and it does not.
Yes I was gas lighted by a number of doctors told not to worry, my condition worsened rather than being treated properly in the beginning stages and I had to get surgery. I will regret that I never spoke up enough until the day I die.
I think professional and family memebers should perform a level of neutrality before the results come out for a patients situation cause saying they are anxious or being a drama queen such things can really make a person feel dismissed and loose their nerve. This should be a common sense of behaviour.
This resonates with me, as a female fibromyalgia sufferer. A mystery illness, all in your head, anxiety driven, etc etc. We are left often to try and manage symptoms ourselves, to network with others who have the illness, ignored by the medical professions (particularly men). Your video should be shown to doctors at conferences, and those in training. Well done!
Wow! Blessings on being a Covid survivor!! It's wonderful that you had your good faculties still working during your ordeal; enough to be able to still critically think, pay attention and maintain your stance when discussing what you were feeling, and not being backed into a corner without a voice about your own well-being. Kudos to you!!
As a retired Registered Nurse I an so sorry you went through this. I never could understand the dismissive attitude of many in the medical field. Heartbreaking.
I actually got excited ( for a few seconds) when hearing your story. I too have been experiencing S/S of full body illness from December 2020 and after changing PCP two times and multiple tests I’ve been told their is nothing wrong with you. The last 3 visits ended with “ are you seeing a therapist?” Makes me want to scream!!!!! You literally can SEE some of my symptoms. For now I’m going through a process of elimination with tests, and a year plus has passed. I also went to the ER one time thinking I had a heart attack. It’s hard to not give up sometimes ( and no, no self harm). I’ve learned patience , documentation and perseverance 🕊
I was not believed 8 years ago and as sepsis raged through my body was sent home only to be rushed, crashing, into the ICU as I went into septic shock and died. I clearly recovered but at no time did multiple doctors take me seriously or speak openly to me or my parents. I’m glad you survived too.
Infact no one knows how this virus works. I was struggling from health issues for more than a month but never expected it would turn out to covid 19 after a month. My days were so horrible proir to the onset of symptoms. High heart beat rate, high bp, will feel dizziness while walking, will feel dizziness while getting up from seat, even any emotional situations or talks, especially anger, will show improper or rapid palpitations. I was wondering what was wrong with me. This lead to anxiety. Because i dont know what was happening. Indigestion used to be there in every one or two days. Surprisingly this all symptoms were present when there was not any covid symptoms. But once i got fever, this all symptoms went off. And new symptoms, which is usually considered for covid started. Infact the symptoms in assymtomatic is worst. And i feel this virus will stay dormant within body. And activate during favourable condition. Dont know why i feel this. I think may be bcoz it took too long to get cured unlike any other disease. It is a poison rather than a virus. Poison designed to float in air with the help of spike protien. Its designed for destruction, destruction of citizens part by part, gradually distorting cell by cell. This is what i learnt, it harmfully sequenced poison.
Doctors and Government are servants to Pharma and Insurance industry. The private sector is driving this agenda and government is the tool used to carry it out.
As a patient with multiple chronic and autoimmune conditions, I assure you this is NOT just true of covid 19! If it weren't for the internet, and my own tenacity, I'd likely be dead by now!
I too was not taken seriously when I displayed all the symptoms and tested negative, but after nearly breaking into the hospital and my Dr. ‘s office, she finally listened and I was taken care of, thank heavens I am ok, thank you for speaking out 👏👏
I worked with a doctor 30 years ago that told the nurses, even if you don’t believe what the patient is saying, you still treat them and go through the whole 9 yards of diagnosing what they’re complaining of. Maybe you’ve had the patient in 10 times and they always seem like they’re lying, the 11th time they complain could be the time that they die. And how will you feel if you just discounted everything?
That happened to my dad. The doctor kept telling him he was imagining stomach pain even though he knew my dad had colon cancer 6 years before. By the time he finally listened & referred my dad to a specialist it was too late and the cancer had spread everywhere.
This!!! And also, listen to their spouses, parents and children. Especially when they’re too sick to speak for themselves and even when they aren’t. I once saved a persons life by doing an EKG for gas pain that their spouse said was more than that. Turned out they had 3 fully occluded arteries in their heart. And threw a blood clot in another one. They had been cardiac cleared by some quack for surgery. They woulda coded and died in a few hours. They walked out of the hospital with no deficits. The family knows. Listen to them too.
@Wasssup Dawwwg not always true. i know an obese lady here on youtube had covid while pregnant. she went into a coma and doctors performed c-section to deliver the baby and she stayed in coma for 3months. Now she's doing perfectly fine. bare in mind that covid started in china (where majority of the population are thin) and many died.
@Wasssup Dawwwg hmmm they said she was in a coma because of covid.. she faced so many other health problems because of covid and her obesity made it worse
She’s a doctor (highly educated), no preexisting conditions, no substance abuse and look how she was overlooked and dismissed by medical “professionals”. Now, imagine the rest of us that aren’t so squeaky clean. Imagine the care we would-or have-received.
I completely understand you. Please keep advocating and exposing the real truths of what is apparent and needs to change in the medical world. I also, last year, was very ill for a long while with the same symptoms of you. I actually was afraid to go to e.r because I didn't even trust the doctors or if they even truly cared for me. I relied upon God honestly and prayed for him to help me, I remember last year I kept saying, "help me God." The lights and sounds were bothersome as well as mental confusion. Herbs, cinnamon, and garlic always helped though. Thank you for caring for others and telling us what happened to you. You are a very intelligent woman! Keep shining!
My doctor really believes in Leaky Gut Syndrome being connected to autoimmune illnesses and anxiety/depression. Scientific studies are showing gut bacteria to be connected even to obesity. He says Alcohol kills off good bacteria as does antibiotics. It also leads to gas formation which results in Acid Reflex. That can cause lung issues & even sinus problems.
Going to say I don’t necessarily think this is due to them being a doctor. It’s a general lack of men and women believing fellow women. Men don’t go to doctors so when they present their bodies are compost whacked up. But women do tend to go at the unset. But then doctors think we are crazy. This also applies to a work world. Women say an opinion and are expected to prove without a shadow of a doubt that it is right. A man does not.
An incredible speaker, intelligent, honest, and straightforward. I am immensely happy she has healed. What a heart wrenching and incredible journey through long-hauler Covid-19. My heart goes out to her and her family.
I feel your pain! I got infected at the beginning of 2020 in Texas; nobody knew about COVID-19 went three times to two different doctors, and both sent me home to follow its course. The second week, I could not breathe anymore; I felt cold coming from every extremity into my chest; I told my wife, "If I died tonight, I want you to know that you are my one and only love," I closed my eyes and didn't remember anything else. This lasted almost 2 months, and the COVID-19 test was unavailable to the public and was in short supply. My retina doctor ordered an antibody test four months later, but nothing showed up. I could still not mow the yard or sing and constantly coughed. I was in the middle of my MAF and had to drop out of the program. It took me around 6 months to fully recover from it; oh! And I still wear a mask; I don't care what uneducated people say; I just don't trust them!
They also dismiss people because of their age. My grandma had a mini stroke a couple of months ago but because of her age they just want to let her leave out her years until she dies. I had to fight for her to get seen and heard.
Some doctors are plain idiots. I remember as a kid during flu season almost all teachers were sick so we had P.E all day. We did Box jumping (dunno the English word for this, sry) and we were jumping for hours. At night my whole body was hurting and I struggled with breathing cause even that hurt. I lived in a boarding school at that time and my nurturer immediately assumed the flu like with many other pupils. Next day the doctor didn't even look at us (we were 4 ppl from different classes in his office) and I was sent home ill. Well. It only needed a mom who actually listens to find out what was bothering me. Not the flu, what a surprise. Only the worst sore muscles I ever had. All over my body. Since that day my respect for doctors dropped significantly.
I am so glad you survived and shared this with all of us. I am sorry you were mistreated and misdiagnosed throughout this process! Stay healthy. Thank you so much.
As a very sympathetic person, I finally came to the age old conclusion that experience is the best teacher. SO tired of being asked: on a scale of 1-10, where would you rate your pain today? This seems to me the least productive question with zero technology. Had Covid 19 back in the winter and canceled my monthly medical appointment to protect others and after hearing my symptoms, my doc agreed. He simply called in a Z-PAC and a round of anti inflammatory tablets which I asked my son to leave on the porch for me. Unfortunately I’m got textbook and haven’t got well, although Covid and Flu tests can’t back negative. I also have Parkinson’s so life has become a battle of survival now. No fever here either quite the opposite, with my temp dropping down to 94 sometimes, constant chills rotating with smothering sweats. Was very close to death and finally had a bad gallbladder removed in October returning the ability to keep foods and liquids down, gained weight back to 78lbs before Covid took me back down to 72. Back up to 78 now with my short term goal of 80. Was enjoying food so very much again before Covid knocked me back down, but climbing back up by making myself eat. Enjoyed that short time of pleasure between surgery and Covid, although surgery pain hasn’t left yet LoL. Presurgery tests also negative btw. God bless this beautiful soul for her honesty bc I know from experience she is being very truthful. Would love to say she will remain in my prayers but I can’t lie: thanks to Parkinson’s and malnutrition, I have already forgotten her name that quickly? Parkinson’s is a killer too, so please keep check on anyone in your family who has it. Sure, research on it is a money grab as of now so it’s a hush hush killer. But we who have it learn as it progresses how cruel it really gets, and as far as I know, nobody is honestly even researching this; only pharmaceuticals to help symptoms. After offering my help, I earned soliciting calls and letters for money to the point of blocking them like people trying to sell extended auto warranties on my 11 year old car. I simply wanted information on dealing with symptoms, or to help them learn since mine has progressed so far. They wouldn’t listen, just sent a package on how to recognize onset of LoL. Symptoms from a couple years ago in my life. Please pardon typos from tremors, vision issues and headache. Wanted to share in case it may help someone in any way. James, thank you for your time. At this time I’ve forgotten the topic, so can’t be of much help. GBU
Awe, usually don’t wish any pain on anyone. Now I wish each doctor could be trained by one day each week “in the life of” each patient they treat rather than the extremely expensive high college payments paid for the MD Certificate. This would award patients with better healthcare while affording dedicated people with higher education. But would not prove as beneficial for the Insurance Companies in which they ultimately end up employed by, so that’s a dreamful wish. Thank you :)
Nope... many doctors suffer from personality disorders and do NOT, cannot see themselves in others or others or themselves. No empathy, sympathy or understanding.
@@crystalbelle2349 Crystal, sorry to hear of all the trouble you've had. For your symptoms, you might want to try something called 'grounding', also called 'earthing'. It's where you put a bare body (often your feet) on the ground or grass for a period of time. I've been sitting out in my back yard and walking around barefoot for about an hour or so (or only just 30 minutes if I don't have much time) for the last few months and it helps me feel calmer. I'd suggest looking into this when you have time. I've read that doing this can also help decrease your Parkinson's symptoms, too.
Right cause I'm still stuck on a 30yr practice nurse saying that sob and blood clots wouldn't kill you. Guess she's never heard of pulmonary embolism 🤦♀️🤦♀️ SMDH
Same boat. Still ignored, suffered for almost a year, Mid March 2020-to Jan 2021. As an athlete and meditator, I am fairly attuned to my body and what is going on with it. I use it with focus every single day, paying attention to little shifts in its function to keep from getting injured and to insure my speeds increase and my oxygen uptake stay tuned up. If my doctor would have listened to me with all his years of knowledge about me, he could have given me at least a glimmer of compassion and hope. Thanks for speaking out and up.
Thank you for sharing your story. As an African american woman 60+yrs of age. I know all too well how it feels and what it cost me, when I have been ignored by Drs. Some have refused to give me the detailed info about lab test.. defaulting to tell me labs were in normal range, I wanted details. I’m office visits where Dr kept telling me, you should be better by know. I’ve experienced me as “girl”, I then gave her and the director of communication a cultural history lesson. We have to continually be in a position of teaching others how we are to be treated.
Its your wifi doing that to you also find out where your cell towers are located around your place.And the worst is the jab will cause life changing threats including death
🙄😕🤬 Ask your coworkers and neighbor where they got their medical degrees, since they feel as though they are qualified to diagnose your condition. Smh.
I am a Nurse and I believe her testimony is profound and so revealing. Yes I do believe her and I have seen it over and over in other cases as well. Thank you so much for sharing and caring.
@@caddycallaghan if the test is taken to soon it will come back negative! Most of our earlier patients were false negatives and we had to make some changes!
It's quite a sad story. Those doctors should never have acted in the way that they did. Regardless of what they understood to be true at that time, she was their patient.
Thank you, and bless you for your humility, honesty and integrity. If people with you level of training and knowledge are not being listened to, then the whole system needs to be overhauled from the ground up. Thank you so very much for sharing your journey. I sincerely hope that health is much improved.
Wooow what a touching, amazing testimony. Humility is key. Put your ego aside.. Treat the patient not the symptoms especially if it seems so unclear. I can't begin to imagine the ordeal you've gone through in the name of compromised ethos, intergrity of such a noble profession as Medicine.. Attitude is also important when treating patients and to assist them in making informed decisions. Unfortunately most doctors fail to communicate effectively with patients attributing this to a feeling that we have little information and it does not seem to bother explaining diagnostic procedures and medical impacts on patient's health. So frustrating but hey I admire your resilience. Well done!!
I was raised to have a deep respect for doctors and nurses. Then I grew up only to discover that the overwhelming majority of them were and are outrageously arrogant with the emotional IQ of a snail. While I empathize and respect them for their valiant effort that they put forth during Covid to serve us, I sadly must admit to having a strong disdain for them as a whole now. And I literally have to pray before and during appointments not to allow that bias of mine to color my interactions with them.
Nurses are trained to be patient advocates, but, most of the people in doctor’s offices are NOT nurses. They are techs. Some even have the gall to call themselves nurses. Nurses are RN’s and LPN’s. The nursing profession is being watered down to save money. They were part of the system of checks and balances that helped identify and eliminate problems in hospitals and with doctors. Now they are powerless.
@@ccc-yp8ot i had to call a doctor to speak with them about a patient of mine. Someone answered the phone and said "nurse line, how may I help you?" I proceeded to explain to her in medical terms the issue, thinking I was speaking to a nurse. She got angry and told me to slow down and that she didn't know what I was talking about. I was confused and asked her if she was the nurse. She said no. I asked to speak with the nurse. (After all, it was the nurse line) she stated that there were no nurses, only medical technicians.
I don't know about all of that because a lot of people self diagnose and exaggerate. I definitely think that patients should be head but doctors are medical professionals so they should mostly follow scientific research.
@s g very well said. I had to go to 3different hospitals before my daughter was treated, cause they kept saying if she not better or get worst bring her back they was giving her meds and it was making her sicker and she kept throwing up and having real bad pains. I had to be like look something need to be done I can’t keep going back home with her just to have her crying out in pain and throwing up and end back up in E.R.
Right! I was always taught that you listen to patient. We are there to help them, not judge them. No matter how dramatic we think they are. They know there body, better than we do.
A good question to ask is has she been getting flu shots all along. Our immune systems are gifts from God. Our bodies want to self heal. We are exposed to a lot of toxins. This sounds like severe toxicity and actually a vaccine induced illness. We are not immune from problems. Our bodies have to be able to handle what comes our way.
I've had Covid since February. My medical tests came back clear and the doctors have literally said that if it's Long Covid, there's nothing they can do. I'm hoping to get through it one day, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
@@AutomaticDuck300 So sorry you’re suffering thru this illness & hoping for your complete wellness. I’m one with cardio issues and cardiologist can find no reasons for the constant yet unpredictable unstable heart ♥️ rates and lost of consciousness. There’s no rhyme or reason to these episodes . Absolutely none. I’ve worn the monitor for up to 14 days at a session with very little or no no unusual activity & inadvertently sometimes later I’ll have one of these episodes. Only two this year to point of complete unconsciousness. I dare not cook when I’m home alone bc I’ve once had near fateful situation, etc. The last total unconscious episode being May 25 & I was home alone. I feel so damn silly trying to explain to my cardiologist what’s actually happening.
@@africansnowqueenqueen3296 I’ve heard that COVID 19 can’t last when you have a healthy immune system…so get plenty of: rest, exercise, drink water, eat healthy, pray 🙏🏽 and plenty of fiber.
I am so sorry you had to go through all of that-- the illness was bad enough, but to not be believed that is really bad. I'm glad you are doing better now. I hope we will learn and improve from this experience. Your talk/video is a step in that direction.
She nailed it when she said "It's ok for doctors to say "I don't know". We need that humility. If they did that it will prevent so many misdiagnosis.
I believe when doctors randomly decide some bs vague label is what you have ( Fibromyalgia or CFS) that is their I DON'T KNOW.
I'm going to tell you two of my experiences. I almost bled to death when I was little, but a female doctor who was a graduate from Yale saved my life. My male doctor almost misdiagnosed me with leukemia, but my female doctor gave me a diagnosis of ITP. She saved my life. My sister went to a doctor from that same clinic and he almost diagnosed her for a rare disorder that makes your skull collapse. We got a second opinion and she has a severe sinus infection where she could've became blind. Through these experiences I have reflected that you need to research your doctors and make sure they are the competent type.
And DEATHS!
We need a bumper sticker for that.
I don't like it when doctors say I don't know.
That doesn't give me any assurance at all.
_"Doctors didn't start treating me with compassion until my drug test came back clean"_ This is so wrong for so many reasons! Glad this young woman made it through, despite being treated horribly.
EXACTLY! That statement floored me! Damn shame. 🙄
Unfortunately this happens alot! Doctors don't like to admit they're wrong. Arrogant asses.
Sounds like where I live. Treat you like that until ur drug test comes back. Infuriates me
My doc stated to me that the AMA and CDC are corrupt political organizations and to definately don't take the jab. He advised that pregnant are having miscarriage big time. My advice get another doctor.
The same thing was done to me this year .
I am so sorry you experienced this. As a nurse of over 20 years, this sickens me. Even so, I experience this same bias too. Please keep telling your story. Awareness is key.
I think women in general are not believed especially if you are in the lower wage bracket or unemployed.
@@lyndamccallum1535 smh of course someone will make this about gender
@@Mocha_D_ that is horrific! But please do not put it down to racial bias. Just read the comments here and you will see that people of every race and age have experienced that. I am 73 years old and I swear that everytime I walk into a Drs office, he/she takes 1 glance and says to him/her self, "old age or menopause".. no matter what the issue is.
Anyone who thinks that their doctor is racially biased should request to see doctors of their own race from now on.
I got a dose of "something" (1/20) while at a hospital for a 2 day procedure re: something else, After 10 days I called back in terrible pain (it think it was the GI form of covid lorgterm) and instead of any compassion or recognition or diagnosis they called the POLICE on me, Never got an explanation. No care for the 5 months I was ill. The police were called to shut me up. Why the censorship? Where was the medical system when I needed them?The original doctor on the original med team (hip replacement) said it wasn't his "department" when I asked who was accountable for what happened. But whose was it? And why was I treated this way? Its as if I am not supposed to know. But I got it from that place. Never heard another story quite like mine, meaning... wtf?
We have to be our own biggest advocate when it comes to our health. It’s so ridiculous that we have to beg to receive the treatments we need, we know when something isn’t right with our own bodies. So glad you stood your ground.
Exactly nobody knows you but you. We are all individuals.
Exactly, my husband and I have said this for years. We know when we don’t feel “right”. We know what’s helped us in the past and what hasn’t helped. I hate talking to new doctors especially.
Yes, however when you continuously advocate for yourself and get the same response fo r years...and that "anxiety" diagnosis, that personal advocacy is defeated...even leading to death.
This is absolutely nightmare, I'm so glad she survived.
I'm surprised that she didn't infect her husband, it would have been the doctor's fault
@@ManchildRev12God She did say her husband and children felt ill at first. They may have contracted it and fought it off quickly.
“It’s okay to say ‘I don’t know’…” “Humility can save lives”. Beautiful…and so true!
they don't want to risk their huge salaries and rep
Amen!💕
Drs have information at their fingertips. My dr. searches info in her computer intranet if not sure about a supplement I'm taking.
Absolutely!! I had a urologist at an ER tell me my case was too complicated so he transferred me to the hospital where a urologist had experience with children born with Clocal Extrophy and parcel Spina Bifida. Him saying, I don't know but let's find someone who does saved my life.
@@Jamie-so5ei Hopefully, the era when physicians are second only to God has made way for a more realistic, individual approach!When I was born in the 50’s, the mom was routinely knocked out with “twilight sleep” and, ta da! Woke up to her new baby! 👶🏻
I hate when doctors assume that your symptoms are as a result of anxiety.
When my body was basically shut down in 2016 due to degenerative discs that caused all sorts of ailment triggering off within my body. The doctors told me it was anxiety. And no matter how I told them I'm not anxious about anything, they turn a deaf ear to what I'm saying until2 years after I asked them to check my spine. Bingo
I agree 100 percent...its so so hard when you know something is off...but the dr.says its anxiety...
I had asthma but I didn’t know. I experienced shortness of breath and went to ER twice but dr said it was due to anxiety. Then luckily I met a GP who diagnosed me with asthma.
@@sophiafisher3056 can I ask what your symptoms were? I feel pressure in my chest. As if my esophagus is being sqeezed. Soarness sort pain in my upper back, feeling hungry all the time...sort of gerd symptoms, nausea, coughing at times, heart palpitations, bp jumps drastically from normal to high and basically a feeling of my body just losing its life (I know...strange description). My doctor also said it anxiety. Also was prescribed nexium, pantecta, zantac etc. Did blood tests, endoscopy, colonoscopy, chest scan, stress test etc. I know what anxiety feels like and this is NOT. Anxiety medication does not help other than make sleep.
Doctors don't listen to African Americans. I am a nurse. I wittenessed this in the emergency department all last year.
I have a rare autoimmune disease and I can't get a decent doctor to date. I've given up on the medical community entirely. This woman is so strong for standing up. Thank you for being a voice
look up doctor ogudogu he is a herbal healer contact him
Have you seen a holistic nutritionist? I have mine in remission by working with one. Doctors were almost no help.
Not sure what area you are in but Dr Alisha Gupta of Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN . She is thorough, listens and has a great bedside manner. I take my mom to see her and I can say I have never seen a more caring doctor.
Edit: Sorry I forgot to add that she is an auto immune doctor.
I have RA (also an autoimmune disease) and boy was it a struggle to finally get a doctor to listen to me like I wasn't crazy about the pain and fatigue I was feeling. There is no test for RA that's a guarantee like many illnesses. Having the diagnosis and finding others like me didn't take away the physical pain, but it was a measurable improvement to my happiness. To have a doctor acknowledge my pain as real, was one of the most gratifying moments in my life. Finding people like me who have been working on feeling better was a game changer. They gave me better advice than any doctor ever has. I second the other poster on diet. What I eat really does have a big impact. I kept a food journal and the patterns where clear to be seen. I still have flare ups, but they are endurable now that I understand the nature of my illness and that the pain isn't a sign of something slowly killing me or something.
Sunlight and led light causes seizures and strokes and shuts down my ability to process information or move my limbs at times. I’ve had to live in darkness alone for 7 years straight now. That’s the only answer they can give me. Stay inside and away from light. Forever. I spent my entire life exploring the mountains and the desert. I was studying science. I can barely walk half the time or remember anything anymore. I’m a mother of 4 and grandma of 2. I’m 40. My mother and daughter are also sick but not allergic to light. Lupus patients are most like me but I still don’t fit in that category either. Ms was suggested but again the light is such a trigger they don’t really know. I have been left to just die in darkness. I’m called a vampire and told to move to a dark hole or to Alaska. It’s quite humiliating and very painful. Diet helps a lot but not enough. I don’t eat much because my body can’t process a lot of nutrients before my kidneys or liver shuts down. Medicine trials have almost killed me more times than I can count. For the first 10 years it wasn’t as bad. I would just get tired and a rash. It slowly took my life away. That’s my story anyway. Sorry about the long post.
Sounds like not only that one doctor saved you, but YOU saved you. Your education, intelligence, and persistence saved you. Thank you so much for sharing your heart-wrenching experience for others to relate to or learn from. I'll be sharing this video with many others.
Yes some people who have no medical education believe anything a Dr tells them even if they dont agree.
That's what it take these days.
WE KNOW OURSELVES THE DOCTORS ONLY GET THESE LITTLE SAMPLINGS AND MAKE A DIAGNOSIS ITS JUST LIKE PEOPLE GOSSIPING AND JUDGING AS IF THEY KNOW US JUST FROM SEEING US ONCE OR HEARING ABOUT US WHO KNOWS US MORE THAN OURSELVES WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND USE WHAT WE KNOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES THEY ARE NOT THE RULER OF OUR BODIES AND DONT KNOW MORE THAN WE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED WHEN YOUR SICK YOU NEED A PHYSICIAN
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"the worst thing for an over-achiever to admit is: THEY DON'T KNOW." Thank you for stating this.
For sure it too many of them in the healthcare field.
Cant stand most doctors... Their arrogance is more important than your health..
@@fordfiveohh covid is as real as the easter bunny and unicorns. anyone with even 1/2 a brain knows that. the lies are so blatant a 2 year old could clearly see through them. we now have almost 3 times the number of true and verified deaths from the cure, than we had from the fake numbers pulled from a hat everyday! We needed a politician to stand up and call it what it is,,, but there isn't ONE who has. NOT one!
Trump is STILL a democrat, he just wears a Republican hat!
catherine austin fitts planet lockdown on rumble... there's nothing else to know. please watch, at least all your questions will be answered. it s riveting truth! nothing anyone wants to hear, but truth... for once!
@@bluelagoon1875 I am 25 year practicing ICU nurse. COVID 19 is real.and it kills. The death these patients die, I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. No illness should be politicized. That is why we are in the situation that we are in, because it was made a political issue. The politicians that won't endorse the mask mandate , has received the vaccine. It is your choice receive the Vaccine or not. All I ask is that you wear a mask not only to protect yourself, your loved ones and people in your community.
@@cicicave1279 Texas and Florida are increasing in cases due to Delta. California like Illinois has a lot of wingnut conservatives who made this virus political in their states and downplayed the virus thus spreading it like a wildfire.
When my daughter was age 6 she had developed intense pain in her back that could only be relieved by ibuprofen , it took me 6 months of doctors and paediatrician visits to be told I was an over anxious mother ,eventually after a visit to the children's hospital emergency department as my little girl was screaming in pain they did some investigations and she was diagnosed with large cell aniplastic lymphoma (cancer) . The treatment was 2 years of chemotherapy. She survived and is fairly healthy 25yrl, Never give up and doubt what you're experiencing.
Please put her on grape seed extract and apricot seed if you can get it. It kills cancer cells.
@@ebeleobianyo3729 She's grown up now and is fine. Plus, people have to be very careful with self-dosing apricot seed. It is highly toxic.
@@73cidalia I am aware it is used with caution but it has been made into safe food supplements, grape seed extract is as effective without the apricot. However it is merely a suggestion. It helped someone in my family, that is why I suggested it. Please follow your intuition.
God Bless you and her with long health life.
Omg this pissed me off to no end!
Thank you for sharing your story and not giving up. 14 years ago my husband became very ill. I swear he had Lyme disease and the Doctors kept telling us that there’s no Lyme disease in Canada. He also took a test and it came back negative. 2 years later he went missing for four days. January 28/2009, the police found him in a field almost a mile away from his vehicle and three hours away from where we lived. He was tired of the specialists not believing him and ended up taking his own life at the age of 50 leaving me a widow at 40 years old with two boys to raise on my own. This isn’t about COVID 19 but I know how it feels to not be heard. 😢
My friend and her husband had bad bad Lyme and coinfxs
He almost killed himself too. He didn’t sleep for months at one point. She had many days she thought he would do it that day. She was sick herself she could do nothing but pray. God heard her, He humbled her husband and brought him to Himself, saved his soul then saved his physical life. He slowly got better after that. She did too, altho she has flare ups. They had spent all their savings trying not to die from Lyme- over $100,000. They were homeless by the end of it but they were alive.
I was widowed at 25yo (I’m 57 now). My husband was 25 also. We had 2 littles and a baby. I feel ur pain ((hug)).
I am so sorry for your loss. Not being believed is a terrible load to bear.
My God, he was so young. No person should ever be made to feel that way by "professionals" who have taken an oath to do no harm. Doctors practice medicine, always practicing, it's always evolving, & none of them have "arrived" or have all the answers. But some of their egos are so damn big that instead of admitting that they don't have the answers you need they just tell you it's all in your head. And that can be more harmful than the actual illness you suffer from. I've had my share of poor experiences with doctors. I am so sorry for the both of you and y'all's kids, to have to go thru what y'all did. It's just unthinkable.
I am so sorry for your loss. i hear you. I hear your strength in reaching out to help someone else. Bless You ❤
Rebecca, I am so sorry for your loss.
I am a Covid survivor as well. I am a nurse that took care of Covid 19 patients all last year. My husband first became positive December 2020 and he immediately quarantined downstairs. I tested negative right after he was diagnosed then a week later I became terribly sick. No shock to me that my child and I then tested positive. The Lords grace and mercy brought us through this as a family.
Rachel D, thank you for taking care of Covid patients...that has got to be a tough job. I'm so sorry your family got Covid but glad that you all survived.
Thank you for your service. Take a break. You earned it. Take care and God brought you through. Your family NEEDS you too..
Thank God!
Thank God
Praise God.
I hate when doctors assume that all of your symptoms are from you being obese, as well as anxiety.
Or to do with your age...
The worst thing is if they diagnose you have fibromyalgia and then every pain and symptom you get is put down to fibromyalgia for the rest of your life as if a mysterious chronic pain issue would protect you from everything else
@@lyndamccallum1535 I know it is call Ageist and I hear it from young Doctors, its because of your age, not only is that disrepectful to say to a older person, I have no fate in doctors now!
Yessss! or because you're an ex smoker, or you drink... Yeah they also assume because you're a certain age, weight or gender, etc, you must have these symptoms.
Jup. If they have no clue what´s going on, it´s a mental issue, and god forbid they listen to what you think is wrong with you...
How many professionals who NEED to see this WILL actually see it?
@Thought Enforcement That’s too bad, l was hoping for 4.
@Thought Enforcement Yayyy!
True. None
If someone like her with the education was gaslighted, what hope is there for the average? even being your own advocate? The respect people have for humanity is astounded…🤷🏽♀️💕🙏🏽
Our medical schools need to add empathy and compassion training plus holistic and nutrition training to them.
Screen prospective medical students for ingrained biases, sociopathy and narcissism too.
They have censored, silenced and even murdered holistic practitioners during this time. Do you really think they will add them and decrease the need for their almighty pharmaceutical drugs?
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I agree 100% and add philosophy.
They won’t be MD doctors then.
If they’ve empathy compassion with holistic training and nutrition they’re naturopathic doctors.
I’ve had COVID in March 2020, I still have chest pain. My throat hurts so bad, my upper back hurts too. Thank you God you save my life 🙏
It is all up to Him. Oh yes!!!
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Yes that was God!
He seen you throug your darkest time
Amen Amen 🙏🙏
Try percussion vibration to ribcage and find a visceral manipulation therapist who can get the chambers of the heart to slide around better. Covid glues cells together. But lung and ribcage stiffness comes apart with $30 massage gun
YESSS Doctors, Judges, Teachers, Police NEED TO KEEP BIASES IN CHECK
@C R haha I’m a teacher :). But yes, it is important for everyone since we all interact and we all deserve respect. I’m just mentioning these ones because these professionals can ruin people’s lives if they don’t. It should be in the job requirements before hiring.
@@lavette916 what crt training? who actually gets effective crt training?
as a soon to be attorney yes i completly agree with you. just on what ive witnessed in law school alone disgusts me. and many law school grads likely have plenty of similar stories to tell
She's right-- it does go back to the training. I like that she said "train themselves." I'm sure it's a constant slippage.
@@lavette916 No.
This is going down in my book as 1 of the greatest TEDx Talks ever. I got sick about 5 years ago, but it wasn't COVID related. The doctors couldn't figure it out and tried to convince me it was psychosomatic. The only compassion or help I received was mostly from female doctors. The males were completely uninterested in "figuring it out" and treated me like I was a child just like her. I noticed obvious things in my lab-work and procedure reports the doctors had missed, almost as if they weren't looking. It was as if I had to figure it out myself. The problem was I was in no mental condition to do so. To be so intelligent and respected and overachieving, only to then be belittled by the doctors, was a humiliating experience I never want to go through again. I'm left now with chronic fatigue and am just a shadow of who I use to be. Something has to change. There are waay too many of us out here.
You have to do your own research. There are medical websites that narrow down your symptoms and link them to chronic diseases or conditions. Which area does it affect; we have 11 systems, cardio, circulatory, integumentary, skeletal, etc.
Try to retrieve you medical history information before you were sick and compare it to after you were sick. Talk to blood related family members to see if their is a family history on either side. Bottom line you have to do alot of homework. Check your diet. Keep a daily journal. Do you need to upgrade your health insurance. What is or was your occupation and does it have a health risk factor. Alot of the work will fall to you.
I have lots of faith in Cannabis. You should give it a try.
Magnesium for ATP, Steriods of there are autoimmune elements. Vitamin D and Zinc are very important but be careful of Vitamin C if there are auto immune elements. I too suffered from doctors in attention to my ailment. I had one senior consultant tell me to my face that I was over exaggerating, I would not wish this upon anyone to feel belittled but such doctors.
I am so sorry you were treated like that. The public needs to hear from people like her and you.
The modern docters indeed don't have answers for chronic illness, but i advise you to read books that show there is a way to heal! I only know books in dutch but i'm sure there are many in english!
It’s deeply disturbing to hear how poorly she was treated. Thank you for sharing this story. I’m sure you speak for many.
Disturbing, yes. Uncommon, no.
This is America.
How horrific to be treated so badly until the doctors checked her drug tests were negative. That smacks of racism and misogyny to me. Doctors never listen to patients . As someone with chronic fatigue syndrome for 4 decades I gave up on doctors years ago. You have to treat yourself unfortunately. And some female doctors are no better for women either.
So true. This has been my experience also. And don't leave out the office nurses/staff that judge and talk. Generally medical offices are best avoided. Particularly when you leave feeling worse. I prefer naturapathic or chiropractors when able. They listen.
Traditional Chinese medicine is excellent. Have not been to western medicine in 30 years
I was in the ICU. I had a nurse mock me because I was crying for help. Saw her at her desk doing it right in front of me.
@@anon-wr3dh I don't wish something like this on anyone but sometimes...
@@anon-wr3dh I was told I was just a needy personality - been treated like sh**
That's why a physician should treat the patient not the "test results "! Being a nurse for over 20 yrs I have always encouraged patients to listen to your gut feeling! God bless all!
Latina nurse from Ohio
Wow...what a remarkable message of necessity facts. Even though Dr. Margot Gage Witvliet beauty is off the chain, it has no comparison to how powerful and mind capturing her message is.
Nurses are almost always better at this than doctors! I’ve suffered from chronic illness, and pain from an injury, for years. Doctors told me I didn’t have endometriosis until my uterus and abdomen were too full of adhesions to remove! I was told I had “no injury” to my neck and, after 20 years, I got new imaging and found my top rib had been lodged under my collarbone, the whole time. I had it put back in place, and have not had that pain again, but my shoulders are full of debilitating dystonia from being stuck that way for so long. I was told I didn’t have multiple bladder infections and yeast infections that were always improved by antibiotics and Diflucan. I didn’t test positive about 3/4 of the time, but it’s extremely obvious when you have a yeast infection, and all STD tests were negative, too. All the while, nurses have just helped me and done what worked, clinically, including treating me for Osteomyelitis diligently for months, before it was confirmed by biopsy. Yes, a doctor grudgingly signed the order, but nurses really listened and did what it took, until I felt OK. Same with my ehrlichiosis, when my Nurse Practitioner kept on testing, after doctors dismissed me for suspecting Lyme disease that didn’t show up (ehrlichiosis is also a tick-borne illness, with similar symptoms). I owe my life, and my quality of life, to nurses. Thank you for what you do!
@Timothy Robinson ... When I read her statement, right away I knew it was a bad statement. But, I don't want to be harsh towards her either. I sincerely think she just made a mistake, but, meant well!! I understand some Doctors do not diagnose every individual correctly... And maybe she's saying, listen to your gut feelings if YOU KNOW something isn't right. The best thing to do is get a 2nd opinion.
So true, my sentiments! "Listen to your gut feeling"
Also had covid symptoms without fever early March 2020. I'm a female veteran and was told I couldn't be tested because tests were only for Healthcare workers or those in the hospital. My shortness of breath was to the point that I couldn't have a conversation. Doctor told me it was anxiety, asthma (which I've never had in 65 years), and to go home and relax. Both times that I thought I wouldn't make it through the night and called the nurse helpline, I was told if you start to turn blue go to the E.R. I survived without medical help but I still have brain fog. It's terrible the way women, minorities, and veterans are treated. Thank you for speaking up.
I extreme fatigue, just exhausted all the time.
I have went thru the same. It is so sad
March of 2020 thats what I was told also, except that "there is no test for covid". Hmmmmm...... Still fighting severe body pain and fatigue.
It is Medical Abuse and time for that to be addressed. It has caused Harm to Too Many People.
Add senior citizens to that list!
I once had a doctor who was from Puerto Rico who used to ask me, "what do YOU think is wrong?"
I loved that doctor.
actually thats is a vry clever diagnostic tool as most patients sense wats wrong wit em.
wow, that seems like a very good doc, no one can know your body and senses better than you.
i had doctors who literally dismissed the pain that i mentioned and referred me for psychological consult..
Smh. These doctors I have encountered do the same thing about my son. Rididiculous.
That question is usually asked to determine how much insight the patient has into their own condition.
@Jiji Solomon ...I hope you replied "YOU ! I think YOU are in the WRONG profession" !
It’s been over a year for me too. Everyone calls me a hypochondriac, or tells me it’s just my anxiety. The fact that doctors and nurses everywhere treat us like we don’t know our bodies or like we are exaggerating is heartbreaking. We obviously don’t expect them to know Covid, we just need someone to believe us and help treat our symptoms. I wouldn’t wish being a long hauler on anyone. It’s truly the scariest and most draining experience I’ve ever dealt with. Grateful for this Ted talk, I feel less alone and more understood for the first time since this started.
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Maybe she wanted them to tell you you had covid 19 the way you are speaking to them in the text place
But don't forget the 5g installed is affecting people's immune systems
This bought me to tears , for well over a year since march 2020 ive battled this draining post covid symptoms, the fact that im still waiting to see a long covid clinic leaves me in despair, ive had few negative x rays and scans no mri and not even been invited to see a neurologist in the uk yet, i feel denied of help that i really need and dont want to keep talking to friends bt my continuing, breathing problems i dont want to be a burden on people close to me..i really appriciated what you were saying confirmed all how ive felt. ...thankyou..do tors just dont want to hear what you say bt long covid...
Welcome to what the chronic illness community has been experiencing for years. I'm sorry to hear that you're struggling. It's not fun. Trust in your body's natural healing abilities, simplify your life, and allow your body the time and space to heal. All the best.
It’s all in your head. SMH
"Patients and not doctors... are ahead of the curve with COVID-19."
This. So much this.
Bingo! I've always been health conscious and in great shape. During my covid-19 battle, I went on a mucusless diet but hear no doctors recommending this. I'm on it and taking care of myself. I seem to be long hauling with neuromuscular difficulty. I had it in December, fought it well, and still have it in a headlock because this thing is intelligent
@@in-vision652 Its your wifi doing that to you also find out where your 5G cell towers are located arond your place.And the worst is the jabwill cause life changing threats including death
EXACTLY... we need to be the stewards of our own lives. And we definitely have done more FOCUSED research on our own behalf than MDs do. Sadly they do not have the time OR the inclination. Blessings all 💜
@@LucyJazzy85 Such a great point. I don't believe doctors are intentionally neglectful; I just feel like they haven't been trained to be focused like you said.
@@carascottvo I agree with Lucy re "they do not have the time or inclination". Inclination is a 'being human' thing. I definitely felt ahead of the curve. But in general it is so exhausting and frustrating to have to be the one pushing the professionals to advocate for you , to be the one educating them. We are our biggest advocates. Stay well!
I’m so glad I ran into your video. I tested positive for covid on December 16, 2021, which triggered my asthma. I ended up in the ER on January 1, 2020 as my chest began tightening so much that I could hardly take a breath in. I praise God for the shift of doctors that were working when I arrived at 2am at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts! My doctor was very thorough and explained everything, even without me asking. He did so many test on me that I was surprised. I made sure to stare at his name tag several times so that I could reference him later. Thank God for His guidance in doing so. Because the shift of doctors that came on around 7 am that morning, were the opposite and the doctor I had on that 2nd shift, wanted to send me home; even after I answered with much doubt about doing so. Then I remember Russell, the first doctor. I began referencing him and stating what he told me and how he didn’t want me to leave until my heart rate had returned to normal. All of a sudden, “okay, Ms Landrum, we won’t send you home until you are comfortable”. From your talk, I can clearly see how this particular doctor didn’t want to admit that he was wrong for trying to get me up out of there. The simple statement, “ Well Russel said…”, which I said as often as I had to, made the difference and caused the other doctors to stand at attention and listen.
Yeah, there are a lot of savages doctors just like police officers. They cause people to lose their lives senselessly.
Am I missing something? She said she had several Covid tests that came back negative right? Well why does she keep insisting that she has Covid?Yeah maybe she does have SOMETHING but doesn’t appear to be Covid. Who’s doing the gaslighting here? WTF? She NEVER had a positive Covid test. What does she expect doctors to do?
“But doctors didn’t start treating me with compassion until my drug tests came back clean” this really upsets me, something I have experienced personally.
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I'm so glad she recovered. She's so beautiful inside and out ❤❤❤
But she didnt provide blood work to prove she was healthy. Good look up any anabolic steroid video, asking for
Pre-bloodworks is not too much to ask
Yes she is beautiful inside and out and good to hear she recovered from a flu with a 99% recovery rate 😇🥰
@@flaviafinnegan1553 you are in denial, trying to cover up your slur with hearts and smiles
She's not out of the woods yet. There is evidence that covid patients after they recover also have "long covid" symptoms which include weakness, more infections and injuries, so on and so forth. They become more susceptible to other diseases
i'm amazed at how calm she is telling her story. God bless her.
bella there is no covid 19its a scam
I got COVID 19 and got used to it after a few weeks tho
I applaud her for her calmness, to this day I can't tell what they did to me without severe ptsd attacks, and I always end up crying.
@@teresaezzell6867 That impressed me very much about her. No anger issues. Just calmly telling her story - and teaching both health caregivers and patients. Yes, patients to speak up for themselves and well - the caregivers to listen, believe patients, and throw away biases. Great teacher, no wonder she is a professor.
Research the numbers...flu numbers went way down as covid 19 numbers went way up..hmmmmm....big p.h.a.r.m.a pushed vaccine that has not been successful in medical trials. ...hmmmmm....my neighbor beside me died 2 days after 2nd "jab" !!!! Hmmmmm... I was there when an officer and the firemen did a wellness check and busted down the door ....only to find her dead body...it was
heart-wrenching to have them come outside her door and tell me they found her body....i cried for weeks. ...many people tell me stories a lot of stories....same as above and all the side affects from this unsafe vaccine...doctors are coming out exposing this!! Do your homework!! Even the doctor who invented the mRNA is against this vaccine protocol that is dangerous! Go look up video of this man...he invented mRNA that is in the vaccine...he believes in years of trials before public gets it. Pray you all stay safe and find the info that I have found with doctors who are not bought and paid for by P.h.a.r.m.a!
Preach!!! I’m struggling with “long Covid” now. 4 trips to ER. First 3x’s sent me home. Exactly what I was told...”it’s new and we’re still learning “....it’s awful how they treat you. Like you’re crazy. You’re a shining example of beauty and intelligence! Stay strong!
I'm sorry you went thru that, & God knows I've had more than my fair share of bad experiences with doctors, so I understand. But tha k God we're still here, my aunt wasn't so lucky. She was also sent home 3 times from the hospital, 3 days in a row. The 4th day they finally admitted her but it turned out to be too late by then. She'd had a covid vaccine & within 2 weeks had developed blood clots in her lungs & other places. Correlation doesn't equal causation but we all suspect the vaccine just wasn't a good move for her. Anyways, she died within a week at only 65, very active & youthful. It was devastating. If only they had believed her & had ran test the first 3 times she'd asked for their help, could it have turned out differently? My sweet Aunt Linda didn't stand a chance against their indifference 💔
get ivermectin
Had you been vaccinated?
@@robbieanderson227 vaccines weren't available when she was first having symptoms.
Vitamin and mineral levels in your body are depleted!!!!! That’s what’s Covid does yo your adrenal glands it depletes all your minerals and vutamins
Dear God, bless this woman.
This sounds like a nightmare....Praise God you survived...
doesnt sound scripted at all...............
Praise God what does you're god have to do with it. Medical science and the goodness of medical workers is what needs praise not a god you can't even prove exist.
Yes, COVID no joke, the pain is worse than any thing.
She's so pretty and educated. I'm so happy that she overcame C19. So sorry that this situation happened to her. Stay in prayer. God Bless 🙏🏽
Amen. God restore her and her family.
The first sentence is very true, as I watched the video i. e. what kept on coming to my mind
What does pretty and educated has to do with surviving covid
Yesss!! She is pretty, educated and a SURVIVOR! God is good
She is very beautiful and very smart. Love to see women being actual role models for younger girls
What a beautiful example of pressure under fire! How articulate, calm, and truthful! I’m 75 so I remember family doctors and house calls and caring physicians who actually listened. I’m so very sorry this was your experience but I’m so grateful for your video. Thank you so very much.
As someone who has struggled with chronic disease I can’t thank you enough for this messege.
It is wonderful to hear a person speak with emotion and intelligence together.
Yes! 👏
I have such respect and admiration for this well-spoken, intelligent woman who can express what so many others cannot articulate. I hope her voice is heard and we all learn from her words AND receive the compassion and understanding when needed. I can tell you, covid is vile enough WITH support. How much worse without it.
I suffered through my COVID-19 also. I got severe anxiety, fast heart rate and severe fatigue. No fever but extreme sweats.
thank u
I’m harooon
I go to a Nurse Practitioner, instead of a "Doctor". She understands that I know my body, and live with multiple health issues; she listens to me and we discuss what steps to take next. I wish all my medical caregivers were like her.
I agree Nurse Practitioners are better than SOME doctors.
@Timothy Robinson Exactly. Its the difference in the individuals themselves not necessarily the "title".
@Timothy Robinson Nurse Practitioners that know what they are doing are rare.
I agree totally. NP’s are way better than any MD. They have more compassion and are patient.
I prefer nurse practitioners, honestly. I have a lot of health issues and more has gotten done with them than with doctors that left me with no answers.
This video should be presented in doctors conferences/education forms.
This is a very powerful talk in so many ways and on so many levels. Thank you very much.
I did not have Covid and hopefully I never will.
I had a flu shot and after my 12 hour shift I went to our emergency department regarding symptoms. Immediately I was told it was not the flu shot. I told our Occupational nurse what had happened and her comments were similar. Neither one of them had an open mind and said it’s not the shot.
They treated me similar to your experience.
I am not below them and I know my body. I am a person that was affected by a flu shot and hoped for answers and help.
I looked up online and found others who had the same situation as me. It did not change things but it comforted me to know I was not alone. It’s a month and a half later and my hip is not any better except the burning down the leg and hip is gone. Walking any stairs is challenging as it was not before.
I am grateful that I did not have to go through your extremely difficult situation.
What were your symptoms when you went to the ER? Later on down you start talking about your hip. Are you stating that your hip issue is related to the FLU shot?
"my doctors didn't start treating me with compassion until my drug tests came back clean"
I could not empathize with this statement more and it is heart breaking that this is a reality for addicts and non addicts alike.
How much of what she calls "compassion" (like listening to and comprehending what the patient is saying) is actually just good scientific observation? Just as hard to find, maybe.
Just to re-iterate her valid and important point on humility and compassion. What if she did have anxiety or drugs in system. That makes the patient no less deserving of good compassionate care. Evidence of serious disease was present and she deserved so much better! I absolutely love when she made the other important point in her talk. "I just didn't think it could happen to me " Kuddos and God bless this lady in her brave stand ro bring light to these most under acknowledged truths!
Ok. 🤷Drugs or not 🚫 she still deserves help ‼️
Like your comment. It can happen to anybody. Vaccinated or unvaccinated. It's great she kept pressing until she got the care that was necessary to save her life.
@@karenimes5266 I wear a mask everywhere since it started and I never got sick.
She is absolutely correct we experienced first hand. My husband is still suffering from pneumonia from covid-19
You are a bright companionate woman and I glad you are a survivor . Thank you for sharing.
He needs to quit smoking and lose weight
❤️🙏🏽
Miss.... Could you please run for President! Thank you for your beautiful testimony! I have never seen so much compassion in one such person.
This woman is an absolute GODDESS of beauty, intelligence, care, empathy, and just so extremely pretty. What an inspiration she is to us all. I'm so very sorry this happened to her .... It terrible, but now she has shined a light on the dark places in care and treatment. Thank you for this well spoken amazing talk. You have accomplished so much in life - it is amazing ! God bless you always 🙏
You nailed it❣️❣️❣️. I lived a small percentage of what she went through! I KNOW that I had it and so I didn’t isolate and my son and husband never developed ANYTHING!!!! Why? I SO NOT KNOW! Strong immunity? I HOPE SO.
A gender fluid person has a crush...how sweet.
Imagine being a nurse dealing with these doctors! I can’t tell you how many times I have lost it with them!
There have been times I considered pursuing a career as a nurse, but I wouldn't be able to put up with that bs, lol. Props to anyone who does!
I was going to continue on to get my RN license, I'm an LPN and have been for over 15 years. Nursing has changed drastically, definitely not patient centered anymore.
Keep losing it on them. They don't know what they're doing to people until a woman of color in medicine personally steps in on their behalf.
@@vickeytaylor7414 this is so true, was a nurse for 31 yrs. retired. I noticed a change in doctors when they were required to carry a tablet around, my own Gynecologist retired early because of it, he told me on my last appointment with him exactly what he thought about it, can’t use his words here. So glad I’m out of nursing.
@@vickeytaylor7414 THIS! Girl... I felt this. Money talks these days. I hope that you find the strength to keep on persevering in this field. The world needs people like you who truly care in hospitals.
Chronic pain patients all have this story of not being believed, treated like a drug seeker, subjected to expensive testing, and then left to their own defenses .
The western medical paradigm actually has a poor record with chronic disease in general. Probably owing to the philosophical assumptions and naivite that underlies much of the profession's history. Descartes, after all, basically viewed the human body as an android inhabited by a ghost. With such a simplistic view of a human person, it's no wonder that medical outcomes can be so poor in our society when diseases don't have obvious causes.
Yes, I am one of them
@@reneer33 The towers, boston, ok, and more.... were trial runs to see how gullible we were so they could inflict the covid bs on us. Remember at the onset of covid, all the big box stores had barricades around the storefronts? They didn't know how it was going to play out so they took precautions, it's also why they released inmates,,, to make room for the "examples".. however, we FAILED the test miserably, the majority fell for the covid BS and now there are 650K deaths from the 'cure'... and countless life long serious injuries! The side effects may not be immediate, but this fall flu season we will see unprecendented deaths, and it won't be from a virus or variants, it will be from the immune system attacking itself. Too bad people were brainwashed. NO vaccine is EVER needed! We've been killing and maiming our children for decades... trusting healthcare workers who told us.. side effects are evidence of the vaccine "working"... side effects are the body's NORMAL response to POISON! This was Never about covid, it has been about genocide and getting us all schipped! Search BRACE yourselves climate lockdown.
@@reneer33 You are more than likely a victim of vaccine injury!
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Thank you SO much! I had a mildish form of Covid In Feb 2022. Since then though Ive had so much trouble with fatigue, headaches, body aches, dizziness, brain fog, some days I feel so ill I can hardly move. My Dr agrees I have 'long covid' but there is nothing that can help. I dont even talk about it any more, I know everyone is sick of hearing about it. I just struggle on trying to keep working and survive. Sometimes I just feel so desperate about it and alone. This makes me feel less alone, thank you
Good luck with your rehabilitation...get well soon ❤️
Covid depletes your vitamin and mineral stores in your glands, that’s why you have long Covid I know I had it in 2020 of march trust after 6/7 months of vitamins and minerals 2021 I’ve gotten back to feeling like myself even better
A world wide problem of not being heard when visiting the medical profession
Plenty of "doctors" are just interested in processing patients as fast as possible "through the system" so they don't really take the time to find out what is wrong with the person in front of them in the doctor's office... SAD ... 🤢
So True!!
It’s a dereliction of their duty as doctors 😡
Yep. And that is because of insurance companies. Dr’s have to see patients every 15 mins to make max $$$ to get the measly reimbursement from insurance. Yet we, the public, pay several hundred $$$$ a month for worthless insurance. It is a scam industry and a ripoff.
Dealing with this right now.
Profit that's all it is, its about money
I sure hope she reads these comments. As an 8-month Covid patient, I felt you were describing many of my experiences. Great summary, glad you’re back hanging with your girls!!
Yes, Dan. She is describing what thousands of us have been through since March 2020. Just listening to her speech is somewhat triggering and extremely infuriating.
I'm a healthy, fit 44 year old. Caught covid in Dec, and was bedridden for four months. My wife came across a Long Covid support forum, where everybody was praising the miracle of vitamin B1 megadosing. I tried a single dose of 600mg, within the hour my symptoms were 50% alleviated. Within a week of taking 500mg of B1 capsules with each meal, I WAS 100% RECOVERED. Vitamin B1 megadosing is the miracle that saved me.
@@miketexas6135 Thank you so much for sharing that. I am thankful it helped you! I am going to increase my dose of B1 to see whether it helps with lingering intermittent symptoms of 1+ year. Il was in super health too, prior to getting it in March 2020...
@@barbarawarren9443 Please do it Barbara! I went with thiamine hydrochloride, a water soluble form of B1. It completely cured me. It's only ten bucks and it may work for you, I've been sharing my story far and wide, and already five people have written me back telling me that it was the miracle cure for them as it was for me. Best wishes, -Mike.
@@barbarawarren9443 Dr. John Campbell has been reporting on Covid-19 since Jan. 2020 on his channel and he recommends B-1, but also he has from the beginning recommended Zinc and D3. He says Vitamin D is low for many people of Color & people who live in Northern areas. He has now reported that those getting the mRNA vaccine have had relief from the Long-Haul symptoms.
I'm also a professor, 38, previously healthy, and dealing with long COVID... For months. I also went to the ER, had CT scans, all negative. I was also told it's all anxiety related.
I want to know if you have recovered and if so, how Matthew?
I never had a positive covid 19 test. Even when I was visibly sick. Worse off I am a health worker so I had to push through. I had covid 3x since the beginning. I now understand that there’s only so much we know about covid and so much more we are yet to understand about the disease. If only we can be more compassionate towards each other.
OMG! Three times? You are one tough woman. I hope you're recovering.
I got sick 3 times too the 3rd time being the worst. I haven’t been sick since then. I quit my job in health care
I Agree.
How do you know you had covid? I'm asking because when I hear people say they had or have "covid", I can't help but think how misleading that diagnosis is, because it's based on a broad range of non-unique symptoms and pcr tests that have never been validated. Not attacking you at all. Just trying to bring some things to light and get people to think.
@@prestige8161 I felt sluggish, just not myself. No fever,no headache but after I was diagnosed I had diarrhea for 4 days and felt like I couldn't get out of bed but I did if only to the kitchen for a drink then forced myself to sit up for a while. Energy level 0
It’s got to be a very dark time in a person’s life when they are truly physically ill and doctors don’t them. And you’re absolutely right about biases. I’m sorry that you have gone through this and I’m grateful to you for bringing this to light.
I am from a so call 3rd world country and we know that covid 19 affects all parts of the body and it affects different people in different ways. Something is seriously wrong with Americans in all walks of life, since the advent of cell phones , social media etc l am appalled at what I am seeing and hearing yet the country is the first to accuse others of human right violation. What a Country!
@@venitawilliams9625 I agree. And I’m an American.
There's a reason why she's a Professor. She needs to teach and educate the Doctors and Nurses all over the world. Even Scientists can learn from this very compassionate and intelligent young Professor.
Amen!
They should have her teaching people but the truth is they don't really care if we live or die right now we are over populated and they wouldn't mind of some people die off
Perhaps it’s time to sue Everyone involved, only when the hospital loses millions of dollars do they actually listen.
I concur 100%!
Amen
Glad you figured it out. I have been fortunate to have a very good M.D. who diagnosed me with LC and never ignored the obvious. He explained how the tests more often gave false negative results. He has been well balanced, clear and supportive, with believing the symptoms, offering both traditional and even holistic advise. While I am still sick with LC, I am grateful to not suffer disbelief and unfair accusations. It would have caused more despair than I could have endured. If people would take precautions and exhibit care for others by masking, JUST for starters, we could minimize the misery. But we have to take better care of ourselves by avoiding those who will not!
"Humility can save lives"
Very well said.
Humility?? How about learning TRUE KNOWLEDGE that's been hidden from us by the corrupt and greed driven corporations and phony philanthropists= wolves in sheep clothing. This pandemic is a fraud, and if you haven't figured it out yet, then go ahead and take your vaccine.
@@ksommer8438 ppppppppp
@@ksommer8438 ok. It’s been two month since I took it. Still ok, I’ll let you know that I’m still fine next year
@@ksommer8438 Your level of humility is underwhelming! You make extraordinary claims, based on your expertise in what domain again?
I got my second shot of Pfizer a month ago, had a slight fever for 12 hours and that's it. No side effects to report. And the same goes for all the people I know.
I have never commented on any RUclips video before, but you are so spot on. Thank you so much for speaking up and speaking out. As a middle-aged lady, I have experienced the same regarding a doctor that was rated highly yet would only speak to my husband instead of talking to me as a patient. You are lovely, well-spoken, and a role model. I wish you and your family all the best.
The message about the importance of making a space for doctors to say, "I don't know", when they don't know, is very important. Then the process of "finding out" can begin.
But doctors always know. Because they are doctors :)
Even when they say they don't know very few of them will send you to someone who may have a better ideal of what's going on in your body.
@@maegary8107 that is so fundamental and beautiful and also truth full , now we have to implement a d put to use that Doctors are not all seeing and truthful about their knowledge. We have put the price
too high and need to get more options before we take drastic steps about our bodies, we might implement a law that we need three opinions before we go to for an operation. It might be clumsy but it will be informative. That can come under the heading of information seeking. We do that before we buy a car, we look under the hood. We also implement information seeking when we buy a dress or suit
we may go from store to store, why don’t we do that with our precious bodies. The process of “finding out” holds first priority.
Hi🤗❤ I'm from Denmark and Im suppering from vaccineinjury and long covid and have many symptomes from that. I'm not being taking serious and have been rejected many times from treatment due to medical ignorance from the doctors. It's heartbreaking to hear about people all around the world in the same situation. I'm without care, no work, soon without houseing, and can not take care of me self. Denmark is a "wellfarestate" without compassion. Thank you for your Tedx talk🥰
Dr's and medical experts need to quit assuming everyone is a drug addict and just have basic empathy and be willing to actually listen!!!💯💯💔
Thank You Sincerely For Sharing
@@crestamentor1236 💯💯💯❤❤❤
AMEN!!
But unfortunately there ARE so many friggin drug addicts dressed in innocent peoples faces, who are incredible actors! I've witnessed it over & over🤯
They totally ruined it for the people who honestly are in pain.
This is an all to true fact but saying that also makes me question empathy of medical physicians for one. Most people don't grow up with the intensity to want to be a person who is a drug addict. In fact i never heard anyone or read anywhere the longing to be an addict. I believe all types ,professionals,races,ages, can become addicted, but does that mean they should suffer from other illnesses? Did it ever occur to the morality judges that maybe this or that person 's addiction started because of great pain. I am not attacking anyone personally what i am trying to get at is yes i understand some people will want drugs from doctors but all people get sick and we have no right to judge. We always have the right to be skeptical but never to be cruel. I am afraid but there are so many cruel physician's out there that are causing great harm and deep sadness making some to doctor themselves and self medicate.
@@mimifurbeck1162 Very well said. And I'm going to take it a step further...I'm not denouncing our medical staffers because they have a hard enough time. Especially last year. However, nurses steal patients pain meds all the time more so in nursing home switching them out with Tylenol, I know of a pharmacy where they shorted customers on opioids a few here and there on the daily. And a lot of Dr's spouses and family members are users. When there's no one to police the people in charge they do the most.
This video is less about covid and more about the medical profession. I had an experience like this in 2017.
It seems it more about the racial disparities in the medical profession as well.
Yes, I agree with both points. The medical field needs to be more patient centered, instead of profit focused.
Most doctors decide what's wrong with their patients before they check them. I think it is just ego!
You got that right, worked for a Vet for years and we were to get as much info on the phone scheduling, that by the time the pet came in the visit only took maybe 15 minutes and a bill of maybe $300 if they were lucky.
My mom had a doctor like that quack quack
Years ago a friend of mine took her daughter to see a dermatologist as she had a strange break out on her face. The doctor didn't even step into the exam room! He opened the door, took one look at her from the doorway and declared it to be XYZ!
It's that "Supercuts" mentality: I'm going to give you the haircut (treatment) I know rather than what you might actually need.
After the cardiologist saw me in the hospital he asked me on my follow up visit why was I in today and I told him for my follow-up after the stroke, he said I didn't have a stroke so I showed him my discharge papers and he said oh yes you did. That frightened me.
“I don’t know”
Honestly thank you for reminding me of this. As a current Nursing Student, we are definitely taught that not everything we will know. I will never forget this.
I'm not saying this doesn't happen to men but it's a known thing that a lot of medical doctors don't take women seriously, perhaps woc especially though I can't speak from that perspective. I have had to fight before to be heard because medical gaslighting is real. You become convinced you're just a drama queen or anxious and hysterical until the diagnosis comes months or years later.
I thought as an RN, that I would be treated with respect and not be blown off as a patient. Boy, was I wrong
I just recently found out about medical gaslighting and did not know it was a real term. I knew it happened because it had to me many times. I just did not know it had a name. It is so very sad that it has a name because that means it happens that much. It is almost like we ask the medical community to police itself and we know it won't do that. I think they really need to make a huge effort to change. Much like other organizations in our society.
@@denise1746 same...it does not matter. I think they feel comfortable in their space and how they function so they keep doing what they do. I thought being a nurse would earn me a little respect and it does not.
Yes I was gas lighted by a number of doctors told not to worry, my condition worsened rather than being treated properly in the beginning stages and I had to get surgery. I will regret that I never spoke up enough until the day I die.
I think professional and family memebers should perform a level of neutrality before the results come out for a patients situation cause saying they are anxious or being a drama queen such things can really make a person feel dismissed and loose their nerve. This should be a common sense of behaviour.
This resonates with me, as a female fibromyalgia sufferer. A mystery illness, all in your head, anxiety driven, etc etc. We are left often to try and manage symptoms ourselves, to network with others who have the illness, ignored by the medical professions (particularly men). Your video should be shown to doctors at conferences, and those in training. Well done!
Me too! Been doing this for 10 years now
Same here fibro, IC and pots. Go us!!
ABSOLUTELY!! I have an autoimmune disease as well. I am not taking this jab
@@Claudia-cr2pm It's vaccine injury. It's been widely covered up. NO vaccine is EVER needed!
Wow! Blessings on being a Covid survivor!! It's wonderful that you had your good faculties still working during your ordeal; enough to be able to still critically think, pay attention and maintain your stance when discussing what you were feeling, and not being backed into a corner without a voice about your own well-being. Kudos to you!!
As a retired Registered Nurse I an so sorry you went through this. I never could understand the dismissive attitude of many in the medical field. Heartbreaking.
I actually got excited ( for a few seconds) when hearing your story. I too have been experiencing S/S of full body illness from December 2020 and after changing PCP two times and multiple tests I’ve been told their is nothing wrong with you. The last 3 visits ended with “ are you seeing a therapist?” Makes me want to scream!!!!! You literally can SEE some of my symptoms. For now I’m going through a process of elimination with tests, and a year plus has passed. I also went to the ER one time thinking I had a heart attack. It’s hard to not give up sometimes ( and no, no self harm). I’ve learned patience , documentation and perseverance 🕊
I was not believed 8 years ago and as sepsis raged through my body was sent home only to be rushed, crashing, into the ICU as I went into septic shock and died. I clearly recovered but at no time did multiple doctors take me seriously or speak openly to me or my parents. I’m glad you survived too.
I had sepsis 2 weeks ago its nothing to be played with
Thank God you are still here with us
Omg! 💕
Basically why nobody trusts drs or the govt anymore right here.
You hit nail on the head with this 100% agree
Right!
Infact no one knows how this virus works. I was struggling from health issues for more than a month but never expected it would turn out to covid 19 after a month. My days were so horrible proir to the onset of symptoms. High heart beat rate, high bp, will feel dizziness while walking, will feel dizziness while getting up from seat, even any emotional situations or talks, especially anger, will show improper or rapid palpitations. I was wondering what was wrong with me. This lead to anxiety. Because i dont know what was happening. Indigestion used to be there in every one or two days. Surprisingly this all symptoms were present when there was not any covid symptoms. But once i got fever, this all symptoms went off. And new symptoms, which is usually considered for covid started. Infact the symptoms in assymtomatic is worst. And i feel this virus will stay dormant within body. And activate during favourable condition. Dont know why i feel this. I think may be bcoz it took too long to get cured unlike any other disease. It is a poison rather than a virus. Poison designed to float in air with the help of spike protien. Its designed for destruction, destruction of citizens part by part, gradually distorting cell by cell. This is what i learnt, it harmfully sequenced poison.
Doctors and Government are servants to Pharma and Insurance industry. The private sector is driving this agenda and government is the tool used to carry it out.
Right now? How about always and forever not trusting them! This makes it worse… 😩🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Key Takeaways - Quote: "It is patients, not doctors who are ahead of the curve of Cov*d 19."
Exactly 💯
As a patient with multiple chronic and autoimmune conditions, I assure you this is NOT just true of covid 19! If it weren't for the internet, and my own tenacity, I'd likely be dead by now!
I too was not taken seriously when I displayed all the symptoms and tested negative, but after nearly breaking into the hospital and my Dr. ‘s office, she finally listened and I was taken care of, thank heavens I am ok, thank you for speaking out 👏👏
I worked with a doctor 30 years ago that told the nurses, even if you don’t believe what the patient is saying, you still treat them and go through the whole 9 yards of diagnosing what they’re complaining of. Maybe you’ve had the patient in 10 times and they always seem like they’re lying, the 11th time they complain could be the time that they die. And how will you feel if you just discounted everything?
You are very wise lady
That happened to my dad. The doctor kept telling him he was imagining stomach pain even though he knew my dad had colon cancer 6 years before. By the time he finally listened & referred my dad to a specialist it was too late and the cancer had spread everywhere.
Go ood doctor
This!!! And also, listen to their spouses, parents and children. Especially when they’re too sick to speak for themselves and even when they aren’t. I once saved a persons life by doing an EKG for gas pain that their spouse said was more than that. Turned out they had 3 fully occluded arteries in their heart. And threw a blood clot in another one. They had been cardiac cleared by some quack for surgery. They woulda coded and died in a few hours. They walked out of the hospital with no deficits. The family knows. Listen to them too.
I would definitely watch her teaching because she is very smart. Articulate and very knowledgeable about her body and health. A real human being🙏🏾
@Wasssup Dawwwg not always true. i know an obese lady here on youtube had covid while pregnant. she went into a coma and doctors performed c-section to deliver the baby and she stayed in coma for 3months. Now she's doing perfectly fine. bare in mind that covid started in china (where majority of the population are thin) and many died.
@Wasssup Dawwwg hmmm they said she was in a coma because of covid.. she faced so many other health problems because of covid and her obesity made it worse
@@gracemat9474 I remember seeing her. I remember the baby came hone to live with family members until the mom came home.
@@gracemat9474 diabetes(a co-morbidity to covid) is rampant in China.
She’s a doctor (highly educated), no preexisting conditions, no substance abuse and look how she was overlooked and dismissed by medical “professionals”.
Now, imagine the rest of us that aren’t so squeaky clean. Imagine the care we would-or have-received.
I completely understand you. Please keep advocating and exposing the real truths of what is apparent and needs to change in the medical world. I also, last year, was very ill for a long while with the same symptoms of you. I actually was afraid to go to e.r because I didn't even trust the doctors or if they even truly cared for me. I relied upon God honestly and prayed for him to help me, I remember last year I kept saying, "help me God." The lights and sounds were bothersome as well as mental confusion. Herbs, cinnamon, and garlic always helped though. Thank you for caring for others and telling us what happened to you. You are a very intelligent woman! Keep shining!
I have autoimmune and was treated as a hypochondriac for years before diagnosed. Sorry you had those issues.
My doctor really believes in Leaky Gut Syndrome being connected to autoimmune illnesses and anxiety/depression. Scientific studies are showing gut bacteria to be connected even to obesity. He says Alcohol kills off good bacteria as does antibiotics. It also leads to gas formation which results in Acid Reflex. That can cause lung issues & even sinus problems.
A good doctor would know that autoimmune diseases take years to fully present themselves.
@@solarmoth4628 there aren't many.
The average time it takes to get a correct diagnosis with auto immune disease is 7 years.
Going to say I don’t necessarily think this is due to them being a doctor. It’s a general lack of men and women believing fellow women. Men don’t go to doctors so when they present their bodies are compost whacked up. But women do tend to go at the unset. But then doctors think we are crazy. This also applies to a work world. Women say an opinion and are expected to prove without a shadow of a doubt that it is right. A man does not.
An incredible speaker, intelligent, honest, and straightforward. I am immensely happy she has healed. What a heart wrenching and incredible journey through long-hauler Covid-19. My heart goes out to her and her family.
My prayers go out to this woman and her family for what she's gone thru.
I feel your pain! I got infected at the beginning of 2020 in Texas; nobody knew about COVID-19 went three times to two different doctors, and both sent me home to follow its course. The second week, I could not breathe anymore; I felt cold coming from every extremity into my chest; I told my wife, "If I died tonight, I want you to know that you are my one and only love," I closed my eyes and didn't remember anything else. This lasted almost 2 months, and the COVID-19 test was unavailable to the public and was in short supply. My retina doctor ordered an antibody test four months later, but nothing showed up. I could still not mow the yard or sing and constantly coughed. I was in the middle of my MAF and had to drop out of the program. It took me around 6 months to fully recover from it; oh! And I still wear a mask; I don't care what uneducated people say; I just don't trust them!
I wish that every medical AND Mental health provider would see this.
Not one will listen to this to the end.
I can say the same👍🇻🇨
I'm going to EMAIL this link, to my Nero doc. He does listen and I will ask him to send it to his friends (other doctors)
They also dismiss people because of their age. My grandma had a mini stroke a couple of months ago but because of her age they just want to let her leave out her years until she dies. I had to fight for her to get seen and heard.
Very true!
Most Doctors forgot how to listen to their patients, they’re Gods and know better than you 😢🙄
🤣..
Well.said
They didn't forget ...they are trained to spend maybe 5 minutes with a patient so they can see more patients....more patients more money.....
@@brendasears8668 . Absolutely 💯correct..
It HAS become a BUSINESS rather than for it's ORIGINAL INTENDED Purpose..
sad but true..
Some doctors are plain idiots. I remember as a kid during flu season almost all teachers were sick so we had P.E all day. We did Box jumping (dunno the English word for this, sry) and we were jumping for hours. At night my whole body was hurting and I struggled with breathing cause even that hurt. I lived in a boarding school at that time and my nurturer immediately assumed the flu like with many other pupils. Next day the doctor didn't even look at us (we were 4 ppl from different classes in his office) and I was sent home ill. Well. It only needed a mom who actually listens to find out what was bothering me. Not the flu, what a surprise. Only the worst sore muscles I ever had. All over my body. Since that day my respect for doctors dropped significantly.
A bunch of narcissists....just want you in and out in 10 minutes.
I am so glad you survived and shared this with all of us. I am sorry you were mistreated and misdiagnosed throughout this process! Stay healthy. Thank you so much.
if every doctor had a chronic illness there would ve more compassion empathy
yup
As a very sympathetic person, I finally came to the age old conclusion that experience is the best teacher. SO tired of being asked: on a scale of 1-10, where would you rate your pain today? This seems to me the least productive question with zero technology. Had Covid 19 back in the winter and canceled my monthly medical appointment to protect others and after hearing my symptoms, my doc agreed. He simply called in a Z-PAC and a round of anti inflammatory tablets which I asked my son to leave on the porch for me. Unfortunately I’m got textbook and haven’t got well, although Covid and Flu tests can’t back negative. I also have Parkinson’s so life has become a battle of survival now. No fever here either quite the opposite, with my temp dropping down to 94 sometimes, constant chills rotating with smothering sweats. Was very close to death and finally had a bad gallbladder removed in October returning the ability to keep foods and liquids down, gained weight back to 78lbs before Covid took me back down to 72. Back up to 78 now with my short term goal of 80. Was enjoying food so very much again before Covid knocked me back down, but climbing back up by making myself eat. Enjoyed that short time of pleasure between surgery and Covid, although surgery pain hasn’t left yet LoL. Presurgery
tests also negative btw.
God bless this beautiful soul for her honesty bc I know from experience she is being very truthful. Would love to say she will remain in my prayers but I can’t lie: thanks to Parkinson’s and malnutrition, I have already forgotten her name that quickly? Parkinson’s is a killer too, so please keep check on anyone in your family who has it. Sure, research on it is a money grab as of now so it’s a hush hush killer. But we who have it learn as it progresses how cruel it really gets, and as far as I know, nobody is honestly even researching this; only pharmaceuticals to help symptoms. After offering my help, I earned soliciting calls and letters for money to the point of blocking them like people trying to sell extended auto warranties on my 11 year old car. I simply wanted information on dealing with symptoms, or to help them learn since mine has progressed so far. They wouldn’t listen, just sent a package on how to recognize onset of LoL. Symptoms from a couple years ago in my life. Please pardon typos from tremors, vision issues and headache. Wanted to share in case it may help someone in any way.
James, thank you for your time. At this time I’ve forgotten the topic, so can’t be of much help. GBU
Awe, usually don’t wish any pain on anyone. Now I wish each doctor could be trained by one day each week “in the life of” each patient they treat rather than the extremely expensive high college payments paid for the MD Certificate. This would award patients with better healthcare while affording dedicated people with higher education. But would not prove as beneficial for the Insurance Companies in which they ultimately end up employed by, so that’s a dreamful wish. Thank you :)
Nope... many doctors suffer from personality disorders and do NOT, cannot see themselves in others or others or themselves. No empathy, sympathy or understanding.
@@crystalbelle2349 Crystal, sorry to hear of all the trouble you've had. For your symptoms, you might want to try something called 'grounding', also called 'earthing'. It's where you put a bare body (often your feet) on the ground or grass for a period of time. I've been sitting out in my back yard and walking around barefoot for about an hour or so (or only just 30 minutes if I don't have much time) for the last few months and it helps me feel calmer. I'd suggest looking into this when you have time. I've read that doing this can also help decrease your Parkinson's symptoms, too.
This is everything wrong with our medical establishment.
Right cause I'm still stuck on a 30yr practice nurse saying that sob and blood clots wouldn't kill you. Guess she's never heard of pulmonary embolism 🤦♀️🤦♀️ SMDH
@@ricaa31ify yikes!!!
Same boat. Still ignored, suffered for almost a year, Mid March 2020-to Jan 2021. As an athlete and meditator, I am fairly attuned to my body and what is going on with it. I use it with focus every single day, paying attention to little shifts in its function to keep from getting injured and to insure my speeds increase and my oxygen uptake stay tuned up. If my doctor would have listened to me with all his years of knowledge about me, he could have given me at least a glimmer of compassion and hope. Thanks for speaking out and up.
Thank you for sharing your story. As an African american woman 60+yrs of age. I know all too well how it feels and what it cost me, when I have been ignored by Drs. Some have refused to give me the detailed info about lab test.. defaulting to tell me labs were in normal range, I wanted details. I’m office visits where Dr kept telling me, you should be better by know. I’ve experienced me as “girl”, I then gave her and the director of communication a cultural history lesson. We have to continually be in a position of teaching others how we are to be treated.
I've had chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia for years and I've had coworkers and my neighbor flat out tell me I'm not sick!
Its your wifi doing that to you also find out where your cell towers are located around your place.And the worst is the jab will cause life changing threats including death
"COVID19 " is a dis-ease with multiple symptomology..it is not of viral origin
🙄😕🤬 Ask your coworkers and neighbor where they got their medical degrees, since they feel as though they are qualified to diagnose your condition. Smh.
Look up Beverly Rubik and Zach Bush on water and hydration. It will work
I am a Nurse and I believe her testimony is profound and so revealing. Yes I do believe her and I have seen it over and over in other cases as well. Thank you so much for sharing and caring.
But without a positive test how could one possible know if it was covid 19?
That's scary
Thank you @Dixieherndez we need more brave people to stand up for us and say yes I see it.
@@caddycallaghan if the test is taken to soon it will come back negative! Most of our earlier patients were false negatives and we had to make some changes!
It's quite a sad story. Those doctors should never have acted in the way that they did. Regardless of what they understood to be true at that time, she was their patient.
The problem with some medical practitioners is pomposity which stems from overconfidence and lack of respect for their patients.
On point 100%
Agreed.
esp in canada
The problem with some medical practitioners is racism and sexism.
Especially if you are educated, and know answers to questions they don’t!
Thank you, and bless you for your humility, honesty and integrity. If people with you level of training and knowledge are not being listened to, then the whole system needs to be overhauled from the ground up. Thank you so very much for sharing your journey. I sincerely hope that health is much improved.
This presentation needs to be seen in all medical schools in the U.S.!
More like all over the world
ABSOLUTELY!!
They probably will to promote their poison vaccines.
Wooow what a touching, amazing testimony. Humility is key. Put your ego aside.. Treat the patient not the symptoms especially if it seems so unclear. I can't begin to imagine the ordeal you've gone through in the name of compromised ethos, intergrity of such a noble profession as Medicine.. Attitude is also important when treating patients and to assist them in making informed decisions. Unfortunately most doctors fail to communicate effectively with patients attributing this to a feeling that we have little information and it does not seem to bother explaining diagnostic procedures and medical impacts on patient's health. So frustrating but hey I admire your resilience. Well done!!
For what? She never had covid. The left is paying her to say this stuff to scare people in to taking the poisononous vax
I was raised to have a deep respect for doctors and nurses. Then I grew up only to discover that the overwhelming majority of them were and are outrageously arrogant with the emotional IQ of a snail. While I empathize and respect them for their valiant effort that they put forth during Covid to serve us, I sadly must admit to having a strong disdain for them as a whole now. And I literally have to pray before and during appointments not to allow that bias of mine to color my interactions with them.
Same here. I had bad experiences with doctors..
Nurses are trained to be patient advocates, but, most of the people in doctor’s offices are NOT nurses. They are techs. Some even have the gall to call themselves nurses. Nurses are RN’s and LPN’s. The nursing profession is being watered down to save money. They were part of the system of checks and balances that helped identify and eliminate problems in hospitals and with doctors. Now they are powerless.
Yes, you are right. I'm sorry on behalf of all clinicians.
Agreed very arrogant
@@ccc-yp8ot i had to call a doctor to speak with them about a patient of mine. Someone answered the phone and said "nurse line, how may I help you?" I proceeded to explain to her in medical terms the issue, thinking I was speaking to a nurse. She got angry and told me to slow down and that she didn't know what I was talking about. I was confused and asked her if she was the nurse. She said no. I asked to speak with the nurse. (After all, it was the nurse line) she stated that there were no nurses, only medical technicians.
Sorry you went through that & were treated so badly. You're amazingly strong & helping many people by speaking out.
I'm glad that you know your body and stood up for yourself or you wouldn't be here.
Number rule for all medical personnel. "Listen to the patient"
I don't know about all of that because a lot of people self diagnose and exaggerate. I definitely think that patients should be head but doctors are medical professionals so they should mostly follow scientific research.
never had that happen, so must not be a respected rule!
@s g very well said. I had to go to 3different hospitals before my daughter was treated, cause they kept saying if she not better or get worst bring her back they was giving her meds and it was making her sicker and she kept throwing up and having real bad pains. I had to be like look something need to be done I can’t keep going back home with her just to have her crying out in pain and throwing up and end back up in E.R.
Right! I was always taught that you listen to patient. We are there to help them, not judge them. No matter how dramatic we think they are. They know there body, better than we do.
A good question to ask is has she been getting flu shots all along. Our immune systems are gifts from God. Our bodies want to self heal. We are exposed to a lot of toxins. This sounds like severe toxicity and actually a vaccine induced illness. We are not immune from problems. Our bodies have to be able to handle what comes our way.
Goes to show you, the dr. Don’t know everything. They need to listen to patients. So sad you have to fight for help!! Glad you are doing better. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I've had Covid since February. My medical tests came back clear and the doctors have literally said that if it's Long Covid, there's nothing they can do.
I'm hoping to get through it one day, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
@@AutomaticDuck300
So sorry you’re suffering thru this illness & hoping for your complete wellness.
I’m one with cardio issues and cardiologist can find no reasons for the constant yet unpredictable unstable heart ♥️ rates and lost of consciousness.
There’s no rhyme or reason to these episodes . Absolutely none. I’ve worn the monitor for up to 14 days at a session with very little or no no unusual activity & inadvertently sometimes later I’ll have one of these episodes. Only two this year to point of complete unconsciousness. I dare not cook when I’m home alone bc I’ve once had near fateful situation, etc. The last total unconscious episode being May 25 & I was home alone. I feel so damn silly trying to explain to my cardiologist what’s actually happening.
@@africansnowqueenqueen3296 thanks. Sounds like you're having a rough time too. I hope you find some relief soon.
@@africansnowqueenqueen3296 I’ve heard that COVID 19 can’t last when you have a healthy immune system…so get plenty of: rest, exercise, drink water, eat healthy, pray 🙏🏽 and plenty of fiber.
Well now people are beginning to see how people like myself have been treated in the healthcare system. Always anxiety and always all in my head.
I am so sorry you had to go through all of that-- the illness was bad enough, but to not be believed that is really bad. I'm glad you are doing better now. I hope we will learn and improve from this experience. Your talk/video is a step in that direction.