I was in the hospital a few years ago and my roommate was a woman from England. The hospital wanted to release her after a 4 day stay but she wasn't ready to go home and threw a fit at everyone trying to discharge her. She wasn't done resting up after whatever was wrong with her, she didn't say what it was, but it wasn't a surgery. She finally began bitching to me about how uncaring the American health care system was, trying to turn her out before she felt ready to leave, and eventually I told her I wished I had her insurance, because I would have loved to save several thousand on my bill. She asked me what I was talking about. I couldn't believe my ears. No one had explained to her she was paying many thousands of dollars for her stay. She said hospitals are free. I told her only in England. She thought her stay would be free because she was English, and they would just extend her England free coverage to her as a visitor. I told her um, NO. She thought the credit card she had showed them was for identity purposes, since she was from another country; as she didn't have her passport with her when admitted. She immediately called admitting and discovered she already owed more than 120,000 dollars and that they had approved her to stay longer. Since she was far from home and hospitalized, her credit card company had extended her credit. Needless to say she turned into a hysterical sobbing mess demanding to be let loose instantly. She would have stayed another week if I hadn't told her she was screwing herself to high heaven. Someone should have made sure she understood before I randomly did. It's not just foreign hospitals that take advantage.
Would i give my liver to my parents? Well bio mom, yes. Step mom, hell no. Step dad, tbd. Bio dad has crossed the rainbow bridge already but i definitely would have done it for him he was my best friend.
Too bad she's not Israeli I just learned that our government sends the money to subsidize their health Care system and then they're allowed to come to America to seek care and it still covered by their country system which is subsidized by America. Apparently it's a running joke amongst nurses in the hospital when an Israeli comes in.
I was tended to by the UK health care system in February 2022. I had my baby boy, he was on time. Everything was horrific. My waters broke 24 hours before I headed into hospital, on the Monday, on the 24th hour things changed, but still no contractions. I called the maternity ward, they told me to come in so they could check me out and send me home again 'because he isnt going to arrive for another few days.' I arrived at hospital at 10pm on the Tuesday and they told me I had no fluid left, promptly starting my contractions. By 3.30am I was in full flow, starting to push, had an epidural the hour before. Things progressed quickly. Then it just stopped progressing. By 7am, still no baby, despite the constant need to push. A doctor wandered in and said 'she shouldn't be doing this for this long' and wandered out again. I was prepped for surgery and rolled into the surgery room. On the table, I had a second epidural, I gave one final push whilst they were organising for the forceps and baby flew out, placenta followed like I had to birth both at the same time (cord was around baby's neck twice.) They caught his face fleetingly with the forceps - bruising his face. He's fine now. That was at 10am on the Wednesday. I haemorrhaged on the table at this point. They fixed me up and rolled me into my room. I haemorrhaged again, but this time I was alone in my room for 10 minutes. They then did a blood test on baby and realised - he's got sepsis. Wait, if he has sepsis, mum must have it too! My first blood test happened after I had been in the hospital for 12 hours and had a baby in this time. They were in panic, trying not to stress me out. Which was stupid. They had tracked my sepsis to over 36 hours - more or less as soon as my waters broke I was infected - it was that ingrained. They informed me, within an hour of the birth, that I was so sick I couldn't see my baby for at least 24 hours. I was distraught, but angry. So I fought back. I ate like it was going out of fashion, I drank so much water I felt like a fish. 18 hours of not eating, 12 hours of it was actively labouring and pushing, then to have to be dragged off to surgery, makes you ravenous. By 5pm I was well enough (non mobile at the time - epidurals had that effect) to see and hold my baby boy for the first official time. 5.30pm I informed them I needed to go to the toilet (I had a catheter in - but it wasn't working). I was told I had a catheter, and that was that. I was rolled back into my room, minus baby because he needed a little more care in neonatal and I needed to progress with my health too. I still needed to go to the toilet, but I was told I had a catheter, snd that was that. They tried to flush my bladder with 4 bags of liquid, but nothing happened. They kept ignoring the button I was pressing, as the bladder scanner told them that there was nothing there. I was in agony by 11pm. My partner was sent home by 8pm. I was alone, fighting my corner and no-one was listening to me. 1.30am on the Thursday came around, I still needed the toilet, even worse now because of the amount of water that was pushed through my system. I was screaming in agony on the ward, I just got told off by the nurses for making a racket. Neonatal nurse came in with the baby so I could have a cuddle, she was unaware of the situation, so I told her to take him back to baby ward for a few hours because I've got to sort myself out first, she handed me the baby and marched over to the doctor on the ward, who was in surgery, dragged him out and started yelling at him. By 2.30am the nurses were changing my catheter, with the threat of me staying in hospital for an extra day, 'whatever it takes for you to do your jobs correctly' was my reply. The average human bladder can take, at full capacity, somewhere around 700ml. I had 2 litres of urine built up in my bladder. They changed my catheter, and left me in a wet bed. I knackered out and fell asleep. Woke up at 6.30am to have the baby given officially to me, and because all they do is eat and sleep at this point, and he was already fed, I fell asleep again. Woke up at 7.30am, had breakfast at 8.30am. Still in a wet bed. No nurses from 7 till 8.30 because of changeover. I asked for my bedding to be changed before breakfast. Nothing happened. My other half turned up at 10.30am (Thursday still) and asked the nurse at the desk for a full set of bedding so he could change it because they couldn't be bothered to do their jobs properly. They panicked and swapped out my bed within 10 minutes. I was in hospital for 4 days in total. I was on morphine for 2 of them. It took them 12 hours to discharge me on the Saturday. I was informed that I had sepsis and I had to take 2 weeks worth of antibiotics and injections to fight the last of it off, as well as avoiding DVT and clots. I also lost 1.5 litres of blood, so I had to have 2 iron infusions (not blood surprisingly) too. I was also informed that my original catheter had blocked. I asked if my bladder should have ruptured, he said yes, but incredibly it didn't. It would take some time to rebuild it though. He swiftly left, no apology or anything. I'd love to give my son a sibling, but the hospital experience is not an experience I want again. Although the births are different every time, I can't guarantee that the nurses would care for the job, like this lot didn't. I have sent in 17 complaints so far since I left hospital. It's been 18 months and the complaints seem to just keep going missing. Yes, once a month I fire it off, special delivery, and via email too. I'm back to relative health and my son is doing amazingly.
Please consult a lawyer who specialises in medical malpractice. It's so unfair that you went through that. You might not have been the first one or the last. Things were bad for you and could even have ended way worse. Someone was definitely looking out for you. Sorry for the terrible experience. Definitely go to a different hospital next time. Your experience was the exception, not the norm
My Mum has always said my debilitating PTSD is just "lazy attention seeking" despite years of struggling that eventually led to a medical intervention, I'm not allowed to work at the moment because my doctors, therapists and the government do not want me to. But "I had a hard life and I don't have PTSD so get over it?" Needless to say my Mum won't be getting MY liver.
My mom is very similar. She believes my PTSD (that she caused) isn't a real disorder compared to hers. I hope you get the help you need. If you haven't tried it already, you should look into EMDR. It can really help!
Story 2. The OP states the mom said she thought she found it all. Which makes me question what was done with the treasures she already found? I am doubting she did the same thing she is asking the OP to do.
That's what I was thinking. Like if she already found some treasures where is her cut from that? Did some of that go towards the purchase of the house? She bought the house and everything in it as is. It's the house owner's treasure. I don't think the host caught that. And they are thinking about a healthy family dynamic. Not a money hungry family dynamic
As an almost 35yo woman with no kids and no particular desire for one, I can NOT stop laughing at "YOU'RE NOT PUMPING OUT BABIES LIKE A GATLING GUN?!?!?!?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀 (Thanks for the laugh boys much love ❤️)
Boy do I have a story from listening to Story 1: So, at the young age of 7, I too had a stroke. No one can tell why it happened to me, or why I had it happen at such a young age, but it happened. When I was taken to the hospital in Kentucky they adamantly refused to believe it was a Stroke. My parents took me to a doctor in Illinois my mom's aunt worked with (She was a nurse) and they said I had a stoke. So my parents took me back to our state at the time and finally got them to confirm that I had a stroke. They put me on medication that, according to my mother, turned me into a living zombie. I'd wake up, eat breakfast, go to school (Sleep in class most days), come home, eat dinner and go to sleep without doing my homework sometimes. And that was the constantly schedule I'd be on while I took the meds. My mom said enough was enough and stopped having me take them. I returned to behaving like a child should, aka a playful bubbly child. I got held back in 2nd grade almost 3 times before my parents pulled me from school, the school didn't want to give me the help I needed cause I wasn't, and this is what they said, "She's not reta**ed so she doesn't meet the requirements for specials needs class" they actually said that. Made my mom cry that the schools would call me that. Hell, even my old pediatrician from that state called me the R-word when my parents called to get my old medical records for my current doctors to see what happened back then. And this was when I was in my early 20s, I couldn't call cause I don't do well with convos using my mouth. I get really nervous. Anyways, my parents called and I was in the backseat listening, they had the call on Speakerphone, and they asked for my medical records and this mf really said, "What is she *R-word*?" When my parents said no the bish really said, "Then she needs to be the one to call." My parents have legal rights over me. Since I can't comprehend what I read. And it's just to ensure I don't get taken advantage of by con people trying to get me to sign up for something and I'm not well when pressured into something. Anyways, that doctor wouldn't give us the medical records, despite my parents telling her that they have legal guardianship over me. E-town doctors are idiots and I feel bad for anyone who has that witch as a pediatrician.
So many "old fashioned" doctors are just assholes that haven't done any updates on their education; "well this is what I learned", yup, 45 years ago....... Just because they are a doctor, doesn't mean they weren't 'C's get degrees' frat boys that shouldn't have graduated.
I work for a big US health insurance company. Most plans have some basic out of country emergency coverage. Always check with your insurance and have their international number saved on your itinerary or phone. And yes a lot of hospitals will do everything they can to suck money out of you. Make sure u know which hospitals take your insurance wherever u go.
Unpopular opinion I don’t think that OP asking his friend privately if she was pregnant was an issue. He made valid points he’s observant and turns out he was right! 🤷🏾♀️
There was a period where I was unemployed for about 18 months, so I was that guy. I applied for jobs daily, but just got so wrapped up in myself it was unhealthy. My wife demanded that I start volunteering in order to just get out of the house. So I did. Spent two days a week volunteering at a local bonsai exhibition. Best thing she ever forced me to do. Got a great job eventually, but getting out and doing things made such a big difference.
I once was charged $1,000 for the nurses putting an IV into my hand and they never connected it to anything and I never even had a room and was discharged in less than 2 hours and was told the IV port was "just in case" $1,000 JUST IN CASE!?
Yes, I would donate my liver to my Mom. She never drank, was the greatest Mom, even my friends were envious of how great my Mom was, and I wouldn't think twice about doing it.
Not the same thing, but my family was charged for my transport to a different hospital via ambulance. The ER we originally went to treated me, but I had to stay overnight and they had no available beds in the hospital itself. The ambulance ride was somewhere between $1,000-$3,000 for a 20 minute drive at most!
That happened to me many times. I have an HMO, and have to be treated there as soon as possible, but ambulances take you to the nearest hospital, not the one you have to be treated in. So I always have tp pay for the ride to the wrong hospital, and then the co-pay for the wrong hospital, and then the ride to the correct hospital. Which is STILL BETTER than staying in the normal hospital where they charge me for the ride from the emergency room across the parking lot to the telemetry building in back where I will be staying, and then back across the hospital parking lot every time I need a procedure done n the main building 300 yards away. It's a RACKET. Don't get me started on the 10 hour wait times for the ambulance to show up to take me that 300 yards.
You people have crazy prices for health care. I went to hospital recently. They did full blood test, compute tomography, neurologist consultation, night at the hospital, two days with dripping medicine, feeding me, TV in a room and so on. I paid 24 EUR. No insurance. It's cheaper than hotel 😂
@jessicaszpila760 for staying the night at the hospital (bedding and such) and for the food. Kids have it free, but grownups have a daily fee for that. But not everything is always cheap like that. Emergency services usually are, so if you are brought to the hospital by ambulance or if you come to ER and they determine you need emergency care, then it will be mostly cheap, but certain planned surgeries can be costly.
@@santaabolina7235 that's cheaper than a hotel room, about $25 USD. I am very surprised though that you where charged for the bed and bedding though since they wanted you to stay for observation.
@@jessicaszpila760 bed and food always costs something. I guess it is normal, after all they need to wash bedding and so on after each patient so I don't mind paying for that as long as it's a reasonable amount.
I live in one of the US states with the biggest organ recipient list (we have a lot of organs donated here lol) and anyone who smokes or drinks would not be eligible for a donated organ. I bet it is the same way in Sweden and that’s why they were pushing a family donation so hard.
In the liver story, I can relate to OP, I had a very abusive mother, and if she called me one days and demanded any organ from me, a toenail even, I'd say no.
Regarding the pregnant friend story.....if I ever end up pregnant, I want to wait and see if my guy friends notice, and if they end up asking me. Because if I know them like I think I do, they wouldn't take me aside like the OP. They'd likely straight up call me fat and ask if I'm not drinking bc I'm on a diet or bc I'm pregnant
Health care is not free anywhere when it says free being that the government does not produce anything it takes the money from the taxpayers so basically stolen money to pay gotta love free
First story. (I recommend IMMENSE research before doing this!!) I learned very early on to remove stitches myself. All it takes is scissors and you should wait until it is fully healed or until your stitching removal appointment is scheduled. I’ve never had any issues. Use common sense tho :)
I love your guys Channel but if I can make one small suggestion? I think most of us would love to know what Reddit dubbed the Op..., asshole or not the asshole. Could you guys let us know what Reddit rated the poster?
There’s no cap for special needs programs. OP is not taking away from someone else, they qualify for the program and the program is for ANYONE who needs it. (Coming from someone who has worked with special needs programs for my son for over 4 years now)
As a healthcare story. I live and work in Japan and the insurance provided is actually pretty good. It’s government standard but usually through your company which pays half. Late February I found out my previous company had lost so many contracts they just didn’t have enough work to go around, so I was let go. It was a super bad time as job hunting in my field usually starts in October of the previous year. In late February I also got sick, with what I thought was just a mild chest infection, I had pneumonia twice in 2021, so I kept working and went to the doctor as much as possible. I also had a pain in my leg that the doctors wrote off as a leg cramp. Mid march my contract ends and I had just managed to find a new job to start in April. My insurance with the first company would last until the end of March and my new insurance would kick in with the new company in April. But it would take a while to get an official card. Turns out the pain in my leg was a DVT, a blood clot caused by my birth control. And it actual caused a pulmonary embolism on April 4th. I ended up in the ER talking to my work, as I had no proof of insurance, apparently after they heard I would most likely be hospitalized for 3 weeks. They tore up my contract and the hospital had to help me get set up with Japanese national health insurance. I was in the hospital for two weeks, a few days in the ICU and then the rest of the time in the CCU. My current company did find work for me which I was obligated to take as I was in no condition to job hunt. Its a horrible part time job thats left me scraping by. And I only had a day before I had to start doing training and then was tossed into a new job, far away, that was so physically demanding to my recovery, i would get exhaustion sickness about once a week. Fun fact. The hospital bill without insurance was about 1,200,000 yen so about $12k after insurance and some relief programs they helped me sign up for, it got bumped down to 120,000, so $1.2k which is still amazing. The shitty part was my company that Im currently trying to leave. I lose about 3hrs a day to my commute and im so exhausted I don’t have time for my side hustles. Im scared to move back to the USA because I keep having these health issues that I feel like would cost way more, but finding work In Japan is tricky. You’re pretty much boxed into a few options. This podcast has been nice to listen to while i try to destress at the end of the day so thanks.
The first story reminds me of all of my dental horror stories- The situation with the first one was I had a chipped tooth that was long overdue for a check up (mom didn't feel like setting appointments and I couldn't since I was a kid) and the dentist not only damaged it further, but also caused even more pain that I had to deal with for another few months. I finally went to see a specialist who fixed my tooth, then gave me a filling. The second one was caused by my grandma sorting out my dental stuff for me. So, she's a cheapskate and would rather go the cheap route with anything regarding medicine than make sure I'm getting the care I need. She took me to a pediatric dental office for a few fillings I needed done, she signed me up to let a student work on my teeth without asking me about it first, then on top of that she refused to pay for any numbing or anything like that despite my insurance covering at the very least local numbing gel (or whatever it's called). It was absolutely agonizing. At some point I had to get a tooth extracted (baby tooth that wasn't extracted by the first dentist for "cosmetic reasons" began to break down in my mouth) and I finally got to go to a good dentist who not only made sure I was comfortable, but also explained the procedures he was doing while he did them so I wouldn't be so anxious (most of what made me anxious was the amount of shots I had to get in my mouth since I hate needles.) If you've gotta get dental work done, don't cut any corners with the office you go through. Having a good dentist can make all the difference in not only the experience you have but your recovery afterwards.
I know I'm late to comment, but this has to be said. This young lady should feel honored that she has such a great friend. She has someone who loves her enough to notice the small detail of her life. Treasure this friend. This is the friend who will be with you through all your ups and downs. You are truly blessed. This is just the opinion of an old women😁
lol for the baby story of the initials, I have a really funny one. My mom worked in weddings for a long time, and one of the weddings she did there was a six month old baby. And the mom explained that when they were choosing names, they wanted to name him after his grandpas. And his initials would have been BJ. Their doctor, the pediatrician, asked if they really wanted the names in that order. And they’re like yeah, he says what will his initials be. Mom and dad, stop and then start laughing, because they are married last name was Cox. Their son would have been BJ Cox.
while pregnant with my last baby, I knew my job was not going to give me paid maternity leave, FMLA, or short term disability so I was going to be unpaid for the 6 weeks I would be off from work. My husband and I opted for the more expensive healthcare option at his work so that hopefully we wouldn't have to pay so much out of pocket. My OBGYN had me pay her office 6k (the part that insurance would not cover) and then the morning after I had my baby (I had her at 11:11pm) the hospital was calling my room demanding payment on the 15k bill and when I said "no I have insurance" they said "no this is what your insurance doesn't cover" She's 18 months and I still owe like 10k and I seriously don't want to pay them.
Yikes. America is nuts. I don't know how anyone has kids there. I had a boy in 2009. I'm in Canada. I was stuck in the hospital for SIX weeks up to my emergency c-section, 4 days stay after, son in the NICU for 2.5 weeks, weekly home visits from a nurse to check my healing progress then eventually remove the staples, and I only received the hospital discharge papers when I was discharged and again when my son was discharged. Edit: I was also able to check out a breast pumping machine from the health region to pump for my bebe in the NICU. I returned it shortly thereafter because my bewbs decided not to work which is fairly common for preemies.
Yes! I love my kids and I wouldn't trade them for anything but damn this weight of owing people just because our government can't help but profit from the lower and middle class.. @@draconicfeline6177
Oh I am so sorry you went through that.. I hope he is happy and healthy now! 🙂Yeah the states would have probably hit you up for at least $100k for the extended stay in one of the world premier hotels, I mean the sh*tty little rooms at the hospital (my two day stay in a room was about $2,500) thankfully they have programs here to get a free pump without having to return it. I usually end up donating mine to people who don't know about the programs or have one that they just aren't compatible with. I am thankful for you to not be here and slapped with a giant bill after all that. @@deirdrestatham5730
@@sugarb3ar He’s now an ornery 13-year old about to be 14. 😂 He has been surprisingly healthy except a thyroid problem but doctors said it’s only an issue until he’s through puberty. Hormones. Woo!
Hospital first let my mom go all the way into withdrawal before giving her something for they give her something for pain, they overdosed her which caused the 2nd stroke that made it where she could not swallow which caused her death. They let her get raped by housekeeper. And still expected to get paid they got paid aright with a wrongful death ect lawsuit.
I'm a daycare teacher and I've had some kids with crazy names come through. I legally can't say what names I've had, especially bc this was all within the last few years, but PLEASE think things through b4 naming your baby. Names of ppl I've met that has nothing to do with my job. In hs there's was a kid with the last name Butlicker, and a guy I worked with years ago as a teen was Harry Bottoms. He was an older guy and passed away 6 years ago, but he was one of the sweetest yet funniest guy I've ever met. R.I.P. Harry ❤
The disability story... Twice I've gotten onto the phone, trying to get through to a doctor about anxiety. I just wanted to talk to a professional. There is a recording that plays, telling the caller that the appointments can be made online (I did this twice too, my first one took months, my second one ignored/missed), and to only call if it's an emergency. I just want to make an appointment, and I get all these thoughts and guilt that I'm taking from someone who needs the appointment more... and I put the phone down. It's crippling. I wouldn't say my anxiety was terrible, but a small amount of help that OP is getting does wonders. Their 'friends' should mind their own, and understand that not all struggles are obvious, and there are ups and downs to these things. They might be getting better now and are in a good place, but what happens if there's a slump? If there's more pressing events during their education happening? It's useful now and it will become extremely important later during those moments. They were approved of the program, which means their school looked at them and agreed their program was for OP too. Their opinions are unwarranted, ignorant and invalidating.
I was the messy one in my marriage. My husband was extremely neat and organized. Never changed. He was able to remove the bottom T shirt on the shelve ( with 4 other stacks of neatly folded clothing in the same shelve) without disturbing a dust particle. I, on the other hand, litterly walked through a room, and it was not neat anymore. I felt at home when the place was either neat or clean. When it was his way and he felt home and able to relax , I felt as if everything was standing on attention in the room and was not able to relax. It became worse when I got pregnant, had a colic baby while both of us had full-time jobs, overtime to work, and he took a nightly university course for a year. I did not cope with a baby crying 24/ 7 for 6 months in winter. My child could not latch well on either bottle or breast. I had enough milk. I only had a rest for 10 to 20 minutes every 2 hours the whole time. I medicated and carried the baby during the day on my body with a wonderful gadget. cried and slept like a dog on guard. Tried in vain to burp him. Baby was a fat big baby but lost weight until he was underweight, and I started to feed him rice porridge way too early He said let him cry till he was exhausted. That did not happen, and I could not stand that after I tried to do this for an afternoon. I did not know about cupfeeding or that chiropractic treatment could help. It helped that I slept late in the afternoon. I slept in another room 4 hours before my husband had to go to work so that he could have a few deep sleep hours. Friend living in same building popped in to hold baby while I went to the bathroom or made me a cup of tea and bring my breakfast, which I thought I did eat. Listen with me and could tell the next person or husband that he cried all the time . Another pair of ears helped more than you can imagine. On top of it, beautifull sexy students visited my husband to help with course and studies. He was handsome and I jealous ect. How we survived I do not know. Later, we decided that 1 room would stay neat for him to study and can escape to if it were too much for him. Naturally, our priorities were not inthe same order of urgency. I am not housewify. So the dishes could wait till last or tomorrow . Children being in bed and things put. ready for tomorrow, were much more urgent for me Then we quarreled me angrily, shouting I would do it later before going to bed. Him washing and cleaning and complaining or critique me. Until I once asked him why he did i, he said because he could not handle messy kitchen and was upset that I was not gratefull but angry. I told him he did that for himself not us so he may not complain if he did it for himself . He was brought up with the idea it is womens work. I on.the other hand was brought up ( mostly females in big extended famy) that what good us for the goose is good for the gander
I know this is an older podcast, but I have to tell my story. I went to the hospital throwing up blood, fever of 103* F, 5 hours later my husband showed up to see if they were keeping me. The desk clerk said I had been seen and released. I was still in the waiting room and hadn’t even seen triage yet. When I heard him ask, i came over and said i hadn’t been seen yet. She said I was not me. That I am a Mexican woman with stomach pains. I said no, here’s my ID. She looked confused and said they already billed my insurance. And she couldn’t do anything. I said, well can I see a doctor? (Btw I am a blond blue eyed white girl). She had to go ask. I had ripped my esophagus and that caused the bleeding and the flu caused the fever. I was kept in the hospital for a week. When my insurance sent me the copay bill, the other person’s charges were still on there. The hospital never cancelled it. When i called they said they didn’t have the woman’s real name to bill her, so they weren’t changing it. My insurance company took the charges off me, and refused to pay my bill because they already “paid” for “my” tummy ache, and thought they were scamming them. The hospital then fixed the billing error because my actual bill pays so much more.
I have special needs too due to mental health issues. I (have severe GAD, ADD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and substance abuse issues as a result of unsealed childhood trauma and from all the anxiety.). I used to feel like I didn’t deserve the accommodations they gave me, but now that I’ve gotten them for over a year, I can’t tell you how much it makes me feel so much more in control and therefore, makes my disorders more manageable. Mental health isn’t something that should be overlooked just because people struggling with it put in so much of their time to be functioning. Yes we’re able to look functional, but it takes a huge amount of energy and makes you feel like you’re just on autopilot or breaking down. I now have the space to be at school and work on bettering myself at the same time. To that OP, I’m glad she took the steps towards making her life less stressful and get the help she deserves an needs.
X called 911 lying saying I told him I was gonna unsubscribe from life (I did not just trying to get out of the relationship also didn't have insurance at the time) forced to go to the hospital in an ambulance to be "on watch" / get an eval. Left on the hook for the er/eval bill and the ambulance. Totalled around 16000$. Also couldn't afford to take X to court so still recovering financially.
OPS parents are saying that he’s not the jerk because they don’t want him to move back in permanently at their residence and have to support him. His behavior of not finding a job and freeloading off of her is OK only because he isn’t freeloading off them.
I recently became a licensed health insurance agent, and it’s all a mess. Needlessly complicated, truly not meant to be understood by the average person. Also, I don’t know why anyone ever bitched about the affordable care act, as I learned what it changed. Before the affordable care act, insurance could drop you for no reason, charge you more premium for no reason, and deny you for pre-existing conditions. It’s stupid messy oml
Just got back from Nassau Bahamas. My mom got sick too and we had to pay 300 bucks. Most travel insurances won't cover that and won't accept your own /international insurance
As someone who also deals with a disability as well that is not visible, I can't tell you how much I cannot stand people like that mom as I have been harassed as well. Misery loves company, so, don't give them the company. While I don't have a service dog, what nutter butter doesn't take their kid away from the animal they are afraid of? Don't bother everyone else, remove yourself and your child from the situation, go to another part of the store, or you leave and go back to the store later...
In the US, any hospital is required to admit you, regardless of your health insurance. They don’t need it when you go in and it can all be dealt with afterwards. Next time, and for myself, going to the Bahamas means that as long as you have international coverage, you fight them on that crap and tell them you will sue since you know they are lying. Clearly the gf T didn’t know, but she knows for the future now
As for the A.S.S. name: first of all I find it very considerate to warn parents of issues with their chosen name before naming the baby, it’s not like just saying: I don’t like that name, better call it this or that (like some people do) but maybe parents didn’t realise that they would give the child a name it would get bullied for. Secondly if already the dad got bullied, why did he even consider doing something like that to his child. 3. Why can’t they just switch the first and middle name so it becomes S. A. S.?
Does anyone else got a full Cinderella vibe from the third story? like "oh your step sisters get everything please keep quite" like... dude? how do you not see the evil stepmother situation? is a freaking children's story even you should be familiar with!
No liver to my mom, my mom is like OP's. My dad is also an alcoholic, but he has the sense to quit if something happened to him at least. Totally giving my liver to my dad
Story #1: I would have contacted the USA Embassy in the Bahamas in Nassau, or you could contact the Bahamian embassy here in the USA and tell them your experience with the hospital. Make the government be useful & put pressure on the hospital.
Re bad baby names: my cousin's daughter named her 2 sons Osiris and Odin. She has 2 daughters who aren't named after Egyptian or Norse Gods. Re the pregnancy story: I had a coworker who was about 7 months pregnant before she told the majority of us that she was expecting. She tried to hide it by wearing blazers and big sweaters, but we all knew. She had obviously told the bosses. Another coworker was obsessed with the fact that she didn't announce her pregnancy to the office. There were very few days that she didn't mention it. I kept telling her that it was none of our business and I mentioned that, perhaps, the pregnant woman had experienced trouble with a previous pregnancy and she was keeping things quiet until she'd gotten past that point.
That last story. OP should be careful. Falsely reporting about his ride (if Uber decided that’s what it was) he could get suspended from the service. Driver might have already reported him as a bad customer anyway.
I think the friend who said op doesn't need the program at college clearly never had test anxiety and really doesn't understand that they don't make the rules for the college . Plus, not everyones anxiety is the same . For instance, for me, doing tests gets even more stressful when I would watch others while I am still working on it and they are done. Then, when it comes time to turn it in, I always presume I am wrong because I don't want my hopes to be dashed.
I'm Brazilian and it amazes me how those hospitals just charge them crazy amounts. Brasil is not the best country to live, vut at least we can rely on public health system. And if a foreigner is visiting, they too can get free healthcare in case of emergencies. I heard a doctor saying he had to see a teen who was visiting from the US with him family, and at the end the parents were asking where they can pay for the treatment and this doctor had to explain and reassure them 3 times they did not have to pay anything. 😂
My father and I got into an accident last 2012, I had a 1 inch stitch on top of my thumb finger/palm. My mom took out the stitches bc she finds the removal cost of the hospital is so expensive hahahaha.
I also have a service dog for an invisible disability, and BS like that is entirely too common. It always seems to be shitty parents who complain about my dog the most. Sorry Karen, but if your children are screaming and tearing apart the store, you don't get to bitch about me having a well-behaved working dog in the store. My absolute *favorite* though, and this is a recent one, was I was at a conference that I go to yearly, and last year somebody told me I couldn't possibly have a disability because I come across "too confident". What the actual eff does that mean? On a happier note though, I have a presentation at that conference a couple years ago, and a friend I met through the conference got a fantastic photo of my dog yawning during it, which never fails to crack me up. 🤣
The car one happened to my mum. The dealership guy kept asking my dad questions and was like here's the papers, without even offering mum a test drive. She flipped and was like my husband doesn't drive, he never got his lisence so has no say over the car, and that the sales guy was super rude. We had gotten our last car there, and that she'd never shop there again. 20 years later and a few more cars, none if our friends and family have ever gone back to that dealership
I've already lost my mom to diabetic cirrhosis of the liver and my only sibling (sister) to liver cancer. I'd have offered it to both, but i was never asked to test...😭 However in OP's possition I'd have considered that as a "you made your bed of nails & sh*t"
The restraining order one, what a load of BS that someone with a restraining order can unknowingly move into the same building as the person with the order against them and the person with the order against them has to move.
My mother cannot have my liver. She has never cared when I have been at deaths doorstep, which has happened a few times since I was a small child, scarlett fever 6, pancreatitis 19 (she was annoyed to drop me at the ER doorway and did not come to get me when I was released a week later) and during the birth of my first child. (A few other times I was not I’ll, simply having my life threatened and left to bleed from my head. because she is so casual with my life, ignoring me (how the temp got above 107 when I was little without medical attention) or complaining about dropping me off at a hospital she could not be bothered . Sadly I am the child who she calls whenever she needs something. Time, money, help with a project, answers to question about health and home renovations. I was the one of four who bent over backwards to make her life easier. She takes full advantage but attacks me when people take up my time she has allocated for herself…That said, I don’t expect any favors from her for me or my children because she has made it clear that was hers is hers. What’s mine is hers and what’s their is hers..
Messed up parent story: One day my stepfather was surprisingly nice to me He gave me some coca cola to drink and i helped him make sandwiches and even got to eat one The day seemed incredibly awesome Until he, my mom and me were sitting in the living room in the evening My mom dropped something that rolled under the couch She bent down and looked under the couch and said angrily "it's so dirty down there! Get it cleaned up RIGHT NOW!!" That was directed at me since I was responsible for keeping the house clean So I got our broom and started to clumsily sweep under the couch without moving it since it was very very hard for me to move and I didn't want to ask my mom and stepfather to get up After a minute of me trying to sweep under it properly, my mom screeched that I'm taking too long and I'm useless and I can't do anything right So my stepfather got up and took the broom from me and beat me with it until it broke Then he shouted at me to get outside It was currently winter in Germany and I was only wearing a shirt and pants So I went outside where it was already dark until my stepfather came outside and told me to take my shirt off I was appalled since I hold a deep amount of shame of my body, even then at just 8 years old He told me to take it off again so I did And he told me to stay outside and went back in So I went to the back of our yard to our dog who was laying in the dog house and I hugged him for warmth and cried until I fell asleep
For the liver transplant surgery, If the mom loved her kids she never would have asked for a liver donor from the kids. However if the Kids offered on their own different story.
42:25 car dealerships and car manufacturers have known since the 1950s and 1960s that the woman of the household makes all/most major decisions about major purchases. 😒 no excuses.
For my mom, that was my best friend and biggest support through everything I would consider it and probably would have. However, I have always made it abundantly clear that if I am a match for anyone, including family, that needed a kidney or part of liver that I would refuse anyone who I know would not take care of it or respect the second chance.
Second OP, legally doesn't need to give them shit. They paid everyone their share of the house value to own the home. Therefore, anything left in it is theirs.
Ngl, if i realized that my friend would behave differently than usual, had a sudden change in what she likes to eat/etc. I too would ask: "gurl, are you pregnant?" mostly as a joke to break the ice in case something was up.
yeah my last name is now starting with S, some of our options for names would include options to be initials of a.s.s. and a.l.s. Oh and originally I was considering hyphenating my name with s/o last name which would be b-s.
I’m a retired O.R. Nurse and those lumps on your legs are lipomas (like you said, fatty deposits). You don’t need surgery for those. And I’m serious when I say, smacking them with a book will disburse them. Honest. Also should you decide on the surgical route again, tell them just to cover with a bandage and have your mom close it with a small line of super glue along the edges and just hold together for a minute. I recently chopped the end of my finger off and no bandage or anything worked so I dropped one drop of super glue on it (yes they’re doing this in surgery but charging an arm and a leg for “surgical grade glue”. Bullcrap. The stuff you buy at the store is just as good, lets the wound heal, keeps water and dirt out (better than stitches or staples) and leaves minimal scarring. Trust me. Save yourself the scarring, the money and the infection. Your skin will start to shed the glue as it heals on its own. 👍
I've always had a difficult time having sex without it being painful so when I went to get a pap smear, I was so anxious. I also have severe anxiety. Well we tried the pap smear and it was painful. My gynecologist recommended we try it with Xanax. So we scheduled a new appointment, got the Xanax down even though I have a crippling fear of swallowing pills. Still couldn't do it. So we were gonna do it under general anesthesia, sounded good. Apparently my insurance expired the week before I had this procedure done, and I was never informed. I didn't find out for 4 months and had no bills from other appointments I went to after that. Somehow my insurance had been renewed by itself for the following month, but not the month I had the pap smear. So I received a $1900 bill for the "surgery" that my insurance wouldn't pay because I didn't have insurance that one month of the year.
I woke up paralyzed bc after going to the er twice, no one took me seriously and just gave me pills and sent me on my way. Didn’t take an imagine or anything even after I was dragging my left leg bc it wasn’t working.
My mom is trying to steal my liver: My mom is also an alcoholic Swedish lady, no money in the world would make me give her my liver, I raised my younger brother and she messed up 15 years of my life before I got enough, got a job and left her sorry ass have not even been in the same country as her for 10 years now and none of her children wants anything to do with her.
I will not give an organ to my parents, and my parents wouldn't accept an organ from me, but only because I have a 3y/o who's been on the transplant list for nearly 2yrs and a 6y/o going through the listing process, and we have the opportunity to participate in a future DISOT trial.
i actually have a friend whos enitials are the same letters (ass) and he makes a joke of it saying "as it is written so it is" lol, in the story of the restraining order lady i think she dated the guy from that apartment complax on purpose, i knew someone from my old militray base who had his ex take out a ro (she cheated and spat at him so he pushed her away and she fell on her arse on the floor) and for 3 years she kept following him to his new adresses moving there then enforcing the order and he kept being evicted as she took the order out, so he joined the army to get fully away from her, she even tried to date some soldiers from his base to get him kicked out but the base commander had been made aware of the whole situation, and told her to leave with the help of the base MP's,
Nah. The siblings sold their their in the family home because they didn’t want or apparently have the means get it up to par. If not for the work and money the new, sole owners put into their personal property, there would be nothing to split. They also have no confirmation of who the box belonged to. Could have been a siblings that asked greats to store it for safekeeping. So, if mom wants her grown kids to have money, that’s not their siblings job to support them financially, ESPECIALLY after helping the siblings by buying them out the FIRST time.
Just so you're aware, closure of the surgical wound is part of the surgical package and is NOT separately billable. The only way they can bill separately is if the closure was complex and required a lot of undermining of tissues to fully close the wound. Depends on depth and size of lipoma removed. Removal of stitches are also considered part of the surgical package. There are 10 day global periods (minor surgeries) and 90 day global periods (major surgeries) which you, nor your insurance should be charged ANYTHING. Please be aware of this, some insurances will require patient to pay 20% of coverage in a traditional insurance plan, and any deductible's you may have. If you are being charged for closure of a surgical wound, or removal of the stitches (or staples) I am going to recommend you double check with your insurance company before coming out of pocket to pay for those services. Unfortunately, it sounds like you were taken for $1000. It might not help now, but hopefully it will help others be aware of charges that they should not be paying. Insurance plans vary in coverage, so be sure you understand what you are paying for before you pay.
I was raised with Christianity through my aunt and uncle, who practically raised me till it was time to start school and are my mom and dad for the longest. Started off as weekends when I was a baby and slowly progressed to practically living with them. My mother and father aren’t religious at all. When I ended up pregnant and having my daughter a month after I turned 17, my aunt and uncle were very upset with me, while my mother and father were happy. My mother was ecstatic and my father was just happy I didn’t end up being a lesbian, he has nothing against the community just thought he’d never get a grandchild out of me because I thought I was lesbian.
I was in the hospital a few years ago and my roommate was a woman from England. The hospital wanted to release her after a 4 day stay but she wasn't ready to go home and threw a fit at everyone trying to discharge her. She wasn't done resting up after whatever was wrong with her, she didn't say what it was, but it wasn't a surgery. She finally began bitching to me about how uncaring the American health care system was, trying to turn her out before she felt ready to leave, and eventually I told her I wished I had her insurance, because I would have loved to save several thousand on my bill. She asked me what I was talking about. I couldn't believe my ears. No one had explained to her she was paying many thousands of dollars for her stay. She said hospitals are free. I told her only in England. She thought her stay would be free because she was English, and they would just extend her England free coverage to her as a visitor. I told her um, NO. She thought the credit card she had showed them was for identity purposes, since she was from another country; as she didn't have her passport with her when admitted. She immediately called admitting and discovered she already owed more than 120,000 dollars and that they had approved her to stay longer. Since she was far from home and hospitalized, her credit card company had extended her credit. Needless to say she turned into a hysterical sobbing mess demanding to be let loose instantly. She would have stayed another week if I hadn't told her she was screwing herself to high heaven. Someone should have made sure she understood before I randomly did. It's not just foreign hospitals that take advantage.
… Except to her it WAS a foreign hospital lol.
Would i give my liver to my parents? Well bio mom, yes. Step mom, hell no. Step dad, tbd. Bio dad has crossed the rainbow bridge already but i definitely would have done it for him he was my best friend.
@@TheVillageIdiot829what does tbd mean
Yes, but the caribbean is known as the medical mafia for good reason.
Too bad she's not Israeli I just learned that our government sends the money to subsidize their health Care system and then they're allowed to come to America to seek care and it still covered by their country system which is subsidized by America. Apparently it's a running joke amongst nurses in the hospital when an Israeli comes in.
Second OP needs to learn to keep his mouth shut, #1 rule when winning the lottery is tell no one
Lol fr though!
If they didn’t want to share it they shouldn’t have told anyone
Also fuck Christmas with the family. I’ll gladly stay home and play video games😂
I was tended to by the UK health care system in February 2022.
I had my baby boy, he was on time. Everything was horrific.
My waters broke 24 hours before I headed into hospital, on the Monday, on the 24th hour things changed, but still no contractions. I called the maternity ward, they told me to come in so they could check me out and send me home again 'because he isnt going to arrive for another few days.' I arrived at hospital at 10pm on the Tuesday and they told me I had no fluid left, promptly starting my contractions. By 3.30am I was in full flow, starting to push, had an epidural the hour before. Things progressed quickly. Then it just stopped progressing.
By 7am, still no baby, despite the constant need to push. A doctor wandered in and said 'she shouldn't be doing this for this long' and wandered out again. I was prepped for surgery and rolled into the surgery room. On the table, I had a second epidural, I gave one final push whilst they were organising for the forceps and baby flew out, placenta followed like I had to birth both at the same time (cord was around baby's neck twice.) They caught his face fleetingly with the forceps - bruising his face. He's fine now. That was at 10am on the Wednesday. I haemorrhaged on the table at this point.
They fixed me up and rolled me into my room. I haemorrhaged again, but this time I was alone in my room for 10 minutes.
They then did a blood test on baby and realised - he's got sepsis. Wait, if he has sepsis, mum must have it too!
My first blood test happened after I had been in the hospital for 12 hours and had a baby in this time. They were in panic, trying not to stress me out. Which was stupid.
They had tracked my sepsis to over 36 hours - more or less as soon as my waters broke I was infected - it was that ingrained.
They informed me, within an hour of the birth, that I was so sick I couldn't see my baby for at least 24 hours. I was distraught, but angry.
So I fought back. I ate like it was going out of fashion, I drank so much water I felt like a fish. 18 hours of not eating, 12 hours of it was actively labouring and pushing, then to have to be dragged off to surgery, makes you ravenous. By 5pm I was well enough (non mobile at the time - epidurals had that effect) to see and hold my baby boy for the first official time.
5.30pm I informed them I needed to go to the toilet (I had a catheter in - but it wasn't working). I was told I had a catheter, and that was that. I was rolled back into my room, minus baby because he needed a little more care in neonatal and I needed to progress with my health too. I still needed to go to the toilet, but I was told I had a catheter, snd that was that.
They tried to flush my bladder with 4 bags of liquid, but nothing happened. They kept ignoring the button I was pressing, as the bladder scanner told them that there was nothing there. I was in agony by 11pm. My partner was sent home by 8pm. I was alone, fighting my corner and no-one was listening to me. 1.30am on the Thursday came around, I still needed the toilet, even worse now because of the amount of water that was pushed through my system. I was screaming in agony on the ward, I just got told off by the nurses for making a racket.
Neonatal nurse came in with the baby so I could have a cuddle, she was unaware of the situation, so I told her to take him back to baby ward for a few hours because I've got to sort myself out first, she handed me the baby and marched over to the doctor on the ward, who was in surgery, dragged him out and started yelling at him. By 2.30am the nurses were changing my catheter, with the threat of me staying in hospital for an extra day, 'whatever it takes for you to do your jobs correctly' was my reply.
The average human bladder can take, at full capacity, somewhere around 700ml. I had 2 litres of urine built up in my bladder. They changed my catheter, and left me in a wet bed.
I knackered out and fell asleep. Woke up at 6.30am to have the baby given officially to me, and because all they do is eat and sleep at this point, and he was already fed, I fell asleep again. Woke up at 7.30am, had breakfast at 8.30am. Still in a wet bed. No nurses from 7 till 8.30 because of changeover. I asked for my bedding to be changed before breakfast. Nothing happened.
My other half turned up at 10.30am (Thursday still) and asked the nurse at the desk for a full set of bedding so he could change it because they couldn't be bothered to do their jobs properly. They panicked and swapped out my bed within 10 minutes.
I was in hospital for 4 days in total. I was on morphine for 2 of them. It took them 12 hours to discharge me on the Saturday.
I was informed that I had sepsis and I had to take 2 weeks worth of antibiotics and injections to fight the last of it off, as well as avoiding DVT and clots. I also lost 1.5 litres of blood, so I had to have 2 iron infusions (not blood surprisingly) too. I was also informed that my original catheter had blocked. I asked if my bladder should have ruptured, he said yes, but incredibly it didn't. It would take some time to rebuild it though. He swiftly left, no apology or anything.
I'd love to give my son a sibling, but the hospital experience is not an experience I want again. Although the births are different every time, I can't guarantee that the nurses would care for the job, like this lot didn't.
I have sent in 17 complaints so far since I left hospital. It's been 18 months and the complaints seem to just keep going missing. Yes, once a month I fire it off, special delivery, and via email too.
I'm back to relative health and my son is doing amazingly.
So sorry you went through this. I dont have kids and story like these tend to validate my reasons not to!
This is so awful! I’m so sorry you went through this.
Please consult a lawyer who specialises in medical malpractice. It's so unfair that you went through that. You might not have been the first one or the last. Things were bad for you and could even have ended way worse. Someone was definitely looking out for you. Sorry for the terrible experience. Definitely go to a different hospital next time. Your experience was the exception, not the norm
My Mum has always said my debilitating PTSD is just "lazy attention seeking" despite years of struggling that eventually led to a medical intervention, I'm not allowed to work at the moment because my doctors, therapists and the government do not want me to. But "I had a hard life and I don't have PTSD so get over it?"
Needless to say my Mum won't be getting MY liver.
My mom is very similar. She believes my PTSD (that she caused) isn't a real disorder compared to hers. I hope you get the help you need. If you haven't tried it already, you should look into EMDR. It can really help!
Story 2. The OP states the mom said she thought she found it all. Which makes me question what was done with the treasures she already found? I am doubting she did the same thing she is asking the OP to do.
That's what I was thinking. Like if she already found some treasures where is her cut from that? Did some of that go towards the purchase of the house?
She bought the house and everything in it as is. It's the house owner's treasure. I don't think the host caught that. And they are thinking about a healthy family dynamic. Not a money hungry family dynamic
Was thinking the same thing, how much did they find already???
My hospital tried to deny my insurance but they didn't make it past the first court document and I got paid for them trying to charge me triple
As an almost 35yo woman with no kids and no particular desire for one, I can NOT stop laughing at "YOU'RE NOT PUMPING OUT BABIES LIKE A GATLING GUN?!?!?!?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀 (Thanks for the laugh boys much love ❤️)
Time stamp??
@@SeanB-9717:15ish 😁
@@SeanB-97 17:21
Boy do I have a story from listening to Story 1:
So, at the young age of 7, I too had a stroke. No one can tell why it happened to me, or why I had it happen at such a young age, but it happened. When I was taken to the hospital in Kentucky they adamantly refused to believe it was a Stroke. My parents took me to a doctor in Illinois my mom's aunt worked with (She was a nurse) and they said I had a stoke.
So my parents took me back to our state at the time and finally got them to confirm that I had a stroke. They put me on medication that, according to my mother, turned me into a living zombie. I'd wake up, eat breakfast, go to school (Sleep in class most days), come home, eat dinner and go to sleep without doing my homework sometimes. And that was the constantly schedule I'd be on while I took the meds. My mom said enough was enough and stopped having me take them. I returned to behaving like a child should, aka a playful bubbly child.
I got held back in 2nd grade almost 3 times before my parents pulled me from school, the school didn't want to give me the help I needed cause I wasn't, and this is what they said, "She's not reta**ed so she doesn't meet the requirements for specials needs class" they actually said that. Made my mom cry that the schools would call me that.
Hell, even my old pediatrician from that state called me the R-word when my parents called to get my old medical records for my current doctors to see what happened back then. And this was when I was in my early 20s, I couldn't call cause I don't do well with convos using my mouth. I get really nervous. Anyways, my parents called and I was in the backseat listening, they had the call on Speakerphone, and they asked for my medical records and this mf really said, "What is she *R-word*?" When my parents said no the bish really said, "Then she needs to be the one to call." My parents have legal rights over me. Since I can't comprehend what I read. And it's just to ensure I don't get taken advantage of by con people trying to get me to sign up for something and I'm not well when pressured into something.
Anyways, that doctor wouldn't give us the medical records, despite my parents telling her that they have legal guardianship over me. E-town doctors are idiots and I feel bad for anyone who has that witch as a pediatrician.
So many "old fashioned" doctors are just assholes that haven't done any updates on their education; "well this is what I learned", yup, 45 years ago.......
Just because they are a doctor, doesn't mean they weren't 'C's get degrees' frat boys that shouldn't have graduated.
Your parents have a case against that whole system
I work for a big US health insurance company. Most plans have some basic out of country emergency coverage. Always check with your insurance and have their international number saved on your itinerary or phone.
And yes a lot of hospitals will do everything they can to suck money out of you. Make sure u know which hospitals take your insurance wherever u go.
Unpopular opinion I don’t think that OP asking his friend privately if she was pregnant was an issue. He made valid points he’s observant and turns out he was right! 🤷🏾♀️
There was a period where I was unemployed for about 18 months, so I was that guy. I applied for jobs daily, but just got so wrapped up in myself it was unhealthy.
My wife demanded that I start volunteering in order to just get out of the house. So I did. Spent two days a week volunteering at a local bonsai exhibition. Best thing she ever forced me to do.
Got a great job eventually, but getting out and doing things made such a big difference.
I once was charged $1,000 for the nurses putting an IV into my hand and they never connected it to anything and I never even had a room and was discharged in less than 2 hours and was told the IV port was "just in case" $1,000 JUST IN CASE!?
And on top of that they bruised tf out of my hand! My whole hand and wrist was black and green for weeks!
Sounds about right
Edit and the bruising is likely because even students can be called in to administer IVs, and often burst blood vessels
Hand IV's really hurt too! Sucks they did that.
Yes, I would donate my liver to my Mom. She never drank, was the greatest Mom, even my friends were envious of how great my Mom was, and I wouldn't think twice about doing it.
Not the same thing, but my family was charged for my transport to a different hospital via ambulance. The ER we originally went to treated me, but I had to stay overnight and they had no available beds in the hospital itself. The ambulance ride was somewhere between $1,000-$3,000 for a 20 minute drive at most!
That happened to me many times. I have an HMO, and have to be treated there as soon as possible, but ambulances take you to the nearest hospital, not the one you have to be treated in. So I always have tp pay for the ride to the wrong hospital, and then the co-pay for the wrong hospital, and then the ride to the correct hospital. Which is STILL BETTER than staying in the normal hospital where they charge me for the ride from the emergency room across the parking lot to the telemetry building in back where I will be staying, and then back across the hospital parking lot every time I need a procedure done n the main building 300 yards away. It's a RACKET. Don't get me started on the 10 hour wait times for the ambulance to show up to take me that 300 yards.
You people have crazy prices for health care. I went to hospital recently. They did full blood test, compute tomography, neurologist consultation, night at the hospital, two days with dripping medicine, feeding me, TV in a room and so on. I paid 24 EUR. No insurance. It's cheaper than hotel 😂
That sounds actually great.
What was the 24 EUR for, I'm American and just curious?
@jessicaszpila760 for staying the night at the hospital (bedding and such) and for the food. Kids have it free, but grownups have a daily fee for that. But not everything is always cheap like that. Emergency services usually are, so if you are brought to the hospital by ambulance or if you come to ER and they determine you need emergency care, then it will be mostly cheap, but certain planned surgeries can be costly.
@@santaabolina7235 that's cheaper than a hotel room, about $25 USD. I am very surprised though that you where charged for the bed and bedding though since they wanted you to stay for observation.
@@jessicaszpila760 bed and food always costs something. I guess it is normal, after all they need to wash bedding and so on after each patient so I don't mind paying for that as long as it's a reasonable amount.
The student with psychological problems qualified for the college's program, so she has a right to participate. The "friend" is simply jealous.
I live in one of the US states with the biggest organ recipient list (we have a lot of organs donated here lol) and anyone who smokes or drinks would not be eligible for a donated organ. I bet it is the same way in Sweden and that’s why they were pushing a family donation so hard.
In the liver story, I can relate to OP, I had a very abusive mother, and if she called me one days and demanded any organ from me, a toenail even, I'd say no.
Regarding the pregnant friend story.....if I ever end up pregnant, I want to wait and see if my guy friends notice, and if they end up asking me.
Because if I know them like I think I do, they wouldn't take me aside like the OP. They'd likely straight up call me fat and ask if I'm not drinking bc I'm on a diet or bc I'm pregnant
Ngl sounds like you need some better friends)':
If someone tells me that I'll just laugh at them and call them a dumb a*s😂
@@Princess-ur2gd it's all love
@@synthetic2242 exactly lol. I'd probably slap their beer belly and say something smart
@@tomcat5151 ohhh okay! My bad for assuming!
I genuinely love that they only voice Sam can do is a Yoda voice 😂😂😂
God I’m glad health care is “free” here.
Health care is not free anywhere when it says free being that the government does not produce anything it takes the money from the taxpayers so basically stolen money to pay gotta love free
Same in my country
First story. (I recommend IMMENSE research before doing this!!) I learned very early on to remove stitches myself. All it takes is scissors and you should wait until it is fully healed or until your stitching removal appointment is scheduled. I’ve never had any issues. Use common sense tho :)
I love your guys Channel but if I can make one small suggestion? I think most of us would love to know what Reddit dubbed the Op..., asshole or not the asshole. Could you guys let us know what Reddit rated the poster?
yes!
Agreed!
There’s no cap for special needs programs. OP is not taking away from someone else, they qualify for the program and the program is for ANYONE who needs it. (Coming from someone who has worked with special needs programs for my son for over 4 years now)
As a healthcare story.
I live and work in Japan and the insurance provided is actually pretty good. It’s government standard but usually through your company which pays half.
Late February I found out my previous company had lost so many contracts they just didn’t have enough work to go around, so I was let go. It was a super bad time as job hunting in my field usually starts in October of the previous year.
In late February I also got sick, with what I thought was just a mild chest infection, I had pneumonia twice in 2021, so I kept working and went to the doctor as much as possible. I also had a pain in my leg that the doctors wrote off as a leg cramp.
Mid march my contract ends and I had just managed to find a new job to start in April. My insurance with the first company would last until the end of March and my new insurance would kick in with the new company in April. But it would take a while to get an official card.
Turns out the pain in my leg was a DVT, a blood clot caused by my birth control. And it actual caused a pulmonary embolism on April 4th. I ended up in the ER talking to my work, as I had no proof of insurance, apparently after they heard I would most likely be hospitalized for 3 weeks. They tore up my contract and the hospital had to help me get set up with Japanese national health insurance.
I was in the hospital for two weeks, a few days in the ICU and then the rest of the time in the CCU. My current company did find work for me which I was obligated to take as I was in no condition to job hunt. Its a horrible part time job thats left me scraping by. And I only had a day before I had to start doing training and then was tossed into a new job, far away, that was so physically demanding to my recovery, i would get exhaustion sickness about once a week.
Fun fact. The hospital bill without insurance was about 1,200,000 yen so about $12k after insurance and some relief programs they helped me sign up for, it got bumped down to 120,000, so $1.2k which is still amazing.
The shitty part was my company that Im currently trying to leave. I lose about 3hrs a day to my commute and im so exhausted I don’t have time for my side hustles. Im scared to move back to the USA because I keep having these health issues that I feel like would cost way more, but finding work In Japan is tricky. You’re pretty much boxed into a few options.
This podcast has been nice to listen to while i try to destress at the end of the day so thanks.
Everytime i read "stbx" i say "shitbox" in my head lmao
The first story reminds me of all of my dental horror stories-
The situation with the first one was I had a chipped tooth that was long overdue for a check up (mom didn't feel like setting appointments and I couldn't since I was a kid) and the dentist not only damaged it further, but also caused even more pain that I had to deal with for another few months. I finally went to see a specialist who fixed my tooth, then gave me a filling.
The second one was caused by my grandma sorting out my dental stuff for me. So, she's a cheapskate and would rather go the cheap route with anything regarding medicine than make sure I'm getting the care I need. She took me to a pediatric dental office for a few fillings I needed done, she signed me up to let a student work on my teeth without asking me about it first, then on top of that she refused to pay for any numbing or anything like that despite my insurance covering at the very least local numbing gel (or whatever it's called).
It was absolutely agonizing.
At some point I had to get a tooth extracted (baby tooth that wasn't extracted by the first dentist for "cosmetic reasons" began to break down in my mouth) and I finally got to go to a good dentist who not only made sure I was comfortable, but also explained the procedures he was doing while he did them so I wouldn't be so anxious (most of what made me anxious was the amount of shots I had to get in my mouth since I hate needles.)
If you've gotta get dental work done, don't cut any corners with the office you go through. Having a good dentist can make all the difference in not only the experience you have but your recovery afterwards.
I know I'm late to comment, but this has to be said. This young lady should feel honored that she has such a great friend. She has someone who loves her enough to notice the small detail of her life. Treasure this friend. This is the friend who will be with you through all your ups and downs. You are truly blessed. This is just the opinion of an old women😁
lol for the baby story of the initials, I have a really funny one. My mom worked in weddings for a long time, and one of the weddings she did there was a six month old baby. And the mom explained that when they were choosing names, they wanted to name him after his grandpas. And his initials would have been BJ. Their doctor, the pediatrician, asked if they really wanted the names in that order. And they’re like yeah, he says what will his initials be. Mom and dad, stop and then start laughing, because they are married last name was Cox. Their son would have been BJ Cox.
while pregnant with my last baby, I knew my job was not going to give me paid maternity leave, FMLA, or short term disability so I was going to be unpaid for the 6 weeks I would be off from work. My husband and I opted for the more expensive healthcare option at his work so that hopefully we wouldn't have to pay so much out of pocket. My OBGYN had me pay her office 6k (the part that insurance would not cover) and then the morning after I had my baby (I had her at 11:11pm) the hospital was calling my room demanding payment on the 15k bill and when I said "no I have insurance" they said "no this is what your insurance doesn't cover" She's 18 months and I still owe like 10k and I seriously don't want to pay them.
Yikes. America is nuts. I don't know how anyone has kids there. I had a boy in 2009. I'm in Canada. I was stuck in the hospital for SIX weeks up to my emergency c-section, 4 days stay after, son in the NICU for 2.5 weeks, weekly home visits from a nurse to check my healing progress then eventually remove the staples, and I only received the hospital discharge papers when I was discharged and again when my son was discharged.
Edit: I was also able to check out a breast pumping machine from the health region to pump for my bebe in the NICU. I returned it shortly thereafter because my bewbs decided not to work which is fairly common for preemies.
Yes! I love my kids and I wouldn't trade them for anything but damn this weight of owing people just because our government can't help but profit from the lower and middle class.. @@draconicfeline6177
Oh I am so sorry you went through that.. I hope he is happy and healthy now! 🙂Yeah the states would have probably hit you up for at least $100k for the extended stay in one of the world premier hotels, I mean the sh*tty little rooms at the hospital (my two day stay in a room was about $2,500) thankfully they have programs here to get a free pump without having to return it. I usually end up donating mine to people who don't know about the programs or have one that they just aren't compatible with. I am thankful for you to not be here and slapped with a giant bill after all that. @@deirdrestatham5730
@@sugarb3ar He’s now an ornery 13-year old about to be 14. 😂 He has been surprisingly healthy except a thyroid problem but doctors said it’s only an issue until he’s through puberty. Hormones. Woo!
@@deirdrestatham5730 whew! I'm not there yet with any of mine but that's great he's only got the one thing that will end some day hopefully soon 🤣🤣
Hospital first let my mom go all the way into withdrawal before giving her something for they give her something for pain, they overdosed her which caused the 2nd stroke that made it where she could not swallow which caused her death. They let her get raped by housekeeper. And still expected to get paid they got paid aright with a wrongful death ect lawsuit.
I'm a daycare teacher and I've had some kids with crazy names come through. I legally can't say what names I've had, especially bc this was all within the last few years, but PLEASE think things through b4 naming your baby.
Names of ppl I've met that has nothing to do with my job. In hs there's was a kid with the last name Butlicker, and a guy I worked with years ago as a teen was Harry Bottoms. He was an older guy and passed away 6 years ago, but he was one of the sweetest yet funniest guy I've ever met. R.I.P. Harry ❤
The disability story... Twice I've gotten onto the phone, trying to get through to a doctor about anxiety. I just wanted to talk to a professional. There is a recording that plays, telling the caller that the appointments can be made online (I did this twice too, my first one took months, my second one ignored/missed), and to only call if it's an emergency. I just want to make an appointment, and I get all these thoughts and guilt that I'm taking from someone who needs the appointment more... and I put the phone down. It's crippling. I wouldn't say my anxiety was terrible, but a small amount of help that OP is getting does wonders. Their 'friends' should mind their own, and understand that not all struggles are obvious, and there are ups and downs to these things. They might be getting better now and are in a good place, but what happens if there's a slump? If there's more pressing events during their education happening? It's useful now and it will become extremely important later during those moments. They were approved of the program, which means their school looked at them and agreed their program was for OP too. Their opinions are unwarranted, ignorant and invalidating.
I was the messy one in my marriage. My husband was extremely neat and organized. Never changed. He was able to remove the bottom T shirt on the shelve ( with 4 other stacks of neatly folded clothing in the same shelve) without disturbing a dust particle. I, on the other hand, litterly walked through a room, and it was not neat anymore. I felt at home when the place was either neat or clean. When it was his way and he felt home and able to relax , I felt as if everything was standing on attention in the room and was not able to relax. It became worse when I got pregnant, had a colic baby while both of us had full-time jobs, overtime to work, and he took a nightly university course for a year. I did not cope with a baby crying 24/ 7 for 6 months in winter. My child could not latch well on either bottle or breast. I had enough milk. I only had a rest for 10 to 20 minutes every 2 hours the whole time. I medicated and carried the baby during the day on my body with a wonderful gadget. cried and slept like a dog on guard. Tried in vain to burp him. Baby was a fat big baby but lost weight until he was underweight, and I started to feed him rice porridge way too early
He said let him cry till he was exhausted. That did not happen, and I could not stand that after I tried to do this for an afternoon. I did not know about cupfeeding or that chiropractic treatment could help.
It helped that I slept late in the afternoon. I slept in another room 4 hours before my husband had to go to work so that he could have a few deep sleep hours. Friend living in same building popped in to hold baby while I went to the bathroom or made me a cup of tea and bring my breakfast, which I thought I did eat. Listen with me and could tell the next person or husband that he cried all the time . Another pair of ears helped more than you can imagine.
On top of it, beautifull sexy students visited my husband to help with course and studies. He was handsome and I jealous ect. How we survived I do not know. Later, we decided that 1 room would stay neat for him to study and can escape to if it were too much for him. Naturally, our priorities were not inthe same order of urgency. I am not housewify. So the dishes could wait till last or tomorrow . Children being in bed and things put. ready for tomorrow, were much more urgent for me Then we quarreled me angrily, shouting I would do it later before going to bed. Him washing and cleaning and complaining or critique me. Until I once asked him why he did i, he said because he could not handle messy kitchen and was upset that I was not gratefull but angry. I told him he did that for himself not us so he may not complain if he did it for himself . He was brought up with the idea it is womens work. I on.the other hand was brought up ( mostly females in big extended famy) that what good us for the goose is good for the gander
I know this is an older podcast, but I have to tell my story. I went to the hospital throwing up blood, fever of 103* F, 5 hours later my husband showed up to see if they were keeping me. The desk clerk said I had been seen and released. I was still in the waiting room and hadn’t even seen triage yet. When I heard him ask, i came over and said i hadn’t been seen yet. She said I was not me. That I am a Mexican woman with stomach pains. I said no, here’s my ID. She looked confused and said they already billed my insurance. And she couldn’t do anything. I said, well can I see a doctor? (Btw I am a blond blue eyed white girl). She had to go ask. I had ripped my esophagus and that caused the bleeding and the flu caused the fever. I was kept in the hospital for a week. When my insurance sent me the copay bill, the other person’s charges were still on there. The hospital never cancelled it. When i called they said they didn’t have the woman’s real name to bill her, so they weren’t changing it. My insurance company took the charges off me, and refused to pay my bill because they already “paid” for “my” tummy ache, and thought they were scamming them. The hospital then fixed the billing error because my actual bill pays so much more.
That sounds like scam to me
I have special needs too due to mental health issues. I (have severe GAD, ADD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and substance abuse issues as a result of unsealed childhood trauma and from all the anxiety.). I used to feel like I didn’t deserve the accommodations they gave me, but now that I’ve gotten them for over a year, I can’t tell you how much it makes me feel so much more in control and therefore, makes my disorders more manageable. Mental health isn’t something that should be overlooked just because people struggling with it put in so much of their time to be functioning. Yes we’re able to look functional, but it takes a huge amount of energy and makes you feel like you’re just on autopilot or breaking down. I now have the space to be at school and work on bettering myself at the same time. To that OP, I’m glad she took the steps towards making her life less stressful and get the help she deserves an needs.
Man, a little over an hour in and these stories have my blood boiling. All subjects that would get me going. 😂😅
Sean is the Irish spelling of Shawn 😂 ☘️
X called 911 lying saying I told him I was gonna unsubscribe from life (I did not just trying to get out of the relationship also didn't have insurance at the time) forced to go to the hospital in an ambulance to be "on watch" / get an eval. Left on the hook for the er/eval bill and the ambulance. Totalled around 16000$. Also couldn't afford to take X to court so still recovering financially.
OPS parents are saying that he’s not the jerk because they don’t want him to move back in permanently at their residence and have to support him. His behavior of not finding a job and freeloading off of her is OK only because he isn’t freeloading off them.
I recently became a licensed health insurance agent, and it’s all a mess. Needlessly complicated, truly not meant to be understood by the average person.
Also, I don’t know why anyone ever bitched about the affordable care act, as I learned what it changed. Before the affordable care act, insurance could drop you for no reason, charge you more premium for no reason, and deny you for pre-existing conditions. It’s stupid messy oml
Only appropriate time is when you physically see the baby coming out 🤣
TLDR for the alcoholic mom story:
OP: "What am I, chopped liver?"
My mom would get my liver no question. Dad would get a box that was spring-loaded to launch glitter and fecal matter.
Liver: yea I would give my parents my liver. They gave me life.
Just got back from Nassau Bahamas. My mom got sick too and we had to pay 300 bucks. Most travel insurances won't cover that and won't accept your own /international insurance
As someone who also deals with a disability as well that is not visible, I can't tell you how much I cannot stand people like that mom as I have been harassed as well. Misery loves company, so, don't give them the company. While I don't have a service dog, what nutter butter doesn't take their kid away from the animal they are afraid of? Don't bother everyone else, remove yourself and your child from the situation, go to another part of the store, or you leave and go back to the store later...
In the US, any hospital is required to admit you, regardless of your health insurance. They don’t need it when you go in and it can all be dealt with afterwards. Next time, and for myself, going to the Bahamas means that as long as you have international coverage, you fight them on that crap and tell them you will sue since you know they are lying. Clearly the gf T didn’t know, but she knows for the future now
As for the A.S.S. name: first of all I find it very considerate to warn parents of issues with their chosen name before naming the baby, it’s not like just saying: I don’t like that name, better call it this or that (like some people do) but maybe parents didn’t realise that they would give the child a name it would get bullied for. Secondly if already the dad got bullied, why did he even consider doing something like that to his child. 3. Why can’t they just switch the first and middle name so it becomes S. A. S.?
Does anyone else got a full Cinderella vibe from the third story? like "oh your step sisters get everything please keep quite" like... dude? how do you not see the evil stepmother situation? is a freaking children's story even you should be familiar with!
No liver to my mom, my mom is like OP's. My dad is also an alcoholic, but he has the sense to quit if something happened to him at least. Totally giving my liver to my dad
Story #1: I would have contacted the USA Embassy in the Bahamas in Nassau, or you could contact the Bahamian embassy here in the USA and tell them your experience with the hospital. Make the government be useful & put pressure on the hospital.
Re bad baby names: my cousin's daughter named her 2 sons Osiris and Odin. She has 2 daughters who aren't named after Egyptian or Norse Gods.
Re the pregnancy story: I had a coworker who was about 7 months pregnant before she told the majority of us that she was expecting. She tried to hide it by wearing blazers and big sweaters, but we all knew. She had obviously told the bosses. Another coworker was obsessed with the fact that she didn't announce her pregnancy to the office. There were very few days that she didn't mention it. I kept telling her that it was none of our business and I mentioned that, perhaps, the pregnant woman had experienced trouble with a previous pregnancy and she was keeping things quiet until she'd gotten past that point.
That last story. OP should be careful. Falsely reporting about his ride (if Uber decided that’s what it was) he could get suspended from the service. Driver might have already reported him as a bad customer anyway.
The title should be "The car salesman is a sexist.............. apparently my friend is sexist too." 😂😂
I think the friend who said op doesn't need the program at college clearly never had test anxiety and really doesn't understand that they don't make the rules for the college . Plus, not everyones anxiety is the same . For instance, for me, doing tests gets even more stressful when I would watch others while I am still working on it and they are done. Then, when it comes time to turn it in, I always presume I am wrong because I don't want my hopes to be dashed.
OP should have nipped the stealing in the bud, but I'm glad that her kid doesn't have to go back to that abusive Father's house.
I wouldn't give mine up for my mom, she wasn't there. Now were my dad alive and had he needed one I would. Because he was a good dad.
I'm Brazilian and it amazes me how those hospitals just charge them crazy amounts.
Brasil is not the best country to live, vut at least we can rely on public health system. And if a foreigner is visiting, they too can get free healthcare in case of emergencies.
I heard a doctor saying he had to see a teen who was visiting from the US with him family, and at the end the parents were asking where they can pay for the treatment and this doctor had to explain and reassure them 3 times they did not have to pay anything. 😂
My father and I got into an accident last 2012, I had a 1 inch stitch on top of my thumb finger/palm. My mom took out the stitches bc she finds the removal cost of the hospital is so expensive hahahaha.
The parents that tolerate the bullying saying it is just a teenage joke are the reason we have such entitled assholes around nowadays…
I also have a service dog for an invisible disability, and BS like that is entirely too common. It always seems to be shitty parents who complain about my dog the most. Sorry Karen, but if your children are screaming and tearing apart the store, you don't get to bitch about me having a well-behaved working dog in the store.
My absolute *favorite* though, and this is a recent one, was I was at a conference that I go to yearly, and last year somebody told me I couldn't possibly have a disability because I come across "too confident". What the actual eff does that mean?
On a happier note though, I have a presentation at that conference a couple years ago, and a friend I met through the conference got a fantastic photo of my dog yawning during it, which never fails to crack me up. 🤣
The car one happened to my mum. The dealership guy kept asking my dad questions and was like here's the papers, without even offering mum a test drive. She flipped and was like my husband doesn't drive, he never got his lisence so has no say over the car, and that the sales guy was super rude. We had gotten our last car there, and that she'd never shop there again. 20 years later and a few more cars, none if our friends and family have ever gone back to that dealership
I've already lost my mom to diabetic cirrhosis of the liver and my only sibling (sister) to liver cancer. I'd have offered it to both, but i was never asked to test...😭
However in OP's possition I'd have considered that as a "you made your bed of nails & sh*t"
To my mom, I would give anything she needed because she is the best mom in the world. But to Op mom, I wouldn't give the time of day.
The restraining order one, what a load of BS that someone with a restraining order can unknowingly move into the same building as the person with the order against them and the person with the order against them has to move.
My momma can have all my organs … That woman is a saint ❤️
when i was younger i was horrified of dogs and i am autistic. would i freak out at a dog simply existing? no, i would avoid the dog quietly
The coworker could spell the kids' names Shaun and Shawn.
My mother cannot have my liver.
She has never cared when I have been at deaths doorstep, which has happened a few times since I was a small child, scarlett fever 6, pancreatitis 19 (she was annoyed to drop me at the ER doorway and did not come to get me when I was released a week later) and during the birth of my first child. (A few other times I was not I’ll, simply having my life threatened and left to bleed from my head.
because she is so casual with my life, ignoring me (how the temp got above 107 when I was little without medical attention) or complaining about dropping me off at a hospital she could not be bothered . Sadly I am the child who she calls whenever she needs something. Time, money, help with a project, answers to question about health and home renovations. I was the one of four who bent over backwards to make her life easier. She takes full advantage but attacks me when people take up my time she has allocated for herself…That said, I don’t expect any favors from her for me or my children because she has made it clear that was hers is hers. What’s mine is hers and what’s their is hers..
Dealers act like this all the time, I get this attitude in the 1960's, but now? *shakes head*
Messed up parent story:
One day my stepfather was surprisingly nice to me
He gave me some coca cola to drink and i helped him make sandwiches and even got to eat one
The day seemed incredibly awesome
Until he, my mom and me were sitting in the living room in the evening
My mom dropped something that rolled under the couch
She bent down and looked under the couch and said angrily "it's so dirty down there! Get it cleaned up RIGHT NOW!!"
That was directed at me since I was responsible for keeping the house clean
So I got our broom and started to clumsily sweep under the couch without moving it since it was very very hard for me to move and I didn't want to ask my mom and stepfather to get up
After a minute of me trying to sweep under it properly, my mom screeched that I'm taking too long and I'm useless and I can't do anything right
So my stepfather got up and took the broom from me and beat me with it until it broke
Then he shouted at me to get outside
It was currently winter in Germany and I was only wearing a shirt and pants
So I went outside where it was already dark until my stepfather came outside and told me to take my shirt off
I was appalled since I hold a deep amount of shame of my body, even then at just 8 years old
He told me to take it off again so I did
And he told me to stay outside and went back in
So I went to the back of our yard to our dog who was laying in the dog house and I hugged him for warmth and cried until I fell asleep
I am so sorry for your experience of heartless parents. But I am glad that you at least had a dog.
My mother hid being pregnant with me until her 8 month appointment lol needless to say my grandmother was a tad shook lol
Hospitals in the US are required to give you an itemized bill upon request. Dont know about the bahamas though
For the liver transplant surgery, If the mom loved her kids she never would have asked for a liver donor from the kids. However if the Kids offered on their own different story.
42:25 car dealerships and car manufacturers have known since the 1950s and 1960s that the woman of the household makes all/most major decisions about major purchases. 😒 no excuses.
For my mom, that was my best friend and biggest support through everything I would consider it and probably would have. However, I have always made it abundantly clear that if I am a match for anyone, including family, that needed a kidney or part of liver that I would refuse anyone who I know would not take care of it or respect the second chance.
Second OP, legally doesn't need to give them shit. They paid everyone their share of the house value to own the home. Therefore, anything left in it is theirs.
Ngl, if i realized that my friend would behave differently than usual, had a sudden change in what she likes to eat/etc. I too would ask: "gurl, are you pregnant?" mostly as a joke to break the ice in case something was up.
My parents were great people so yes I would donate❤
yeah my last name is now starting with S, some of our options for names would include options to be initials of a.s.s. and a.l.s. Oh and originally I was considering hyphenating my name with s/o last name which would be b-s.
I’m a retired O.R. Nurse and those lumps on your legs are lipomas (like you said, fatty deposits). You don’t need surgery for those. And I’m serious when I say, smacking them with a book will disburse them. Honest. Also should you decide on the surgical route again, tell them just to cover with a bandage and have your mom close it with a small line of super glue along the edges and just hold together for a minute. I recently chopped the end of my finger off and no bandage or anything worked so I dropped one drop of super glue on it (yes they’re doing this in surgery but charging an arm and a leg for “surgical grade glue”. Bullcrap. The stuff you buy at the store is just as good, lets the wound heal, keeps water and dirt out (better than stitches or staples) and leaves minimal scarring. Trust me. Save yourself the scarring, the money and the infection. Your skin will start to shed the glue as it heals on its own. 👍
If the grandparents wanted everyone to have it then they should have left it in a will.
😆😆😆 Op make me the ASS pillow 😂
Wrong!! Suture removal is included in the procedure. They should have billed your insurance a 99024 (free visit)
I've always had a difficult time having sex without it being painful so when I went to get a pap smear, I was so anxious. I also have severe anxiety. Well we tried the pap smear and it was painful. My gynecologist recommended we try it with Xanax. So we scheduled a new appointment, got the Xanax down even though I have a crippling fear of swallowing pills. Still couldn't do it. So we were gonna do it under general anesthesia, sounded good. Apparently my insurance expired the week before I had this procedure done, and I was never informed. I didn't find out for 4 months and had no bills from other appointments I went to after that. Somehow my insurance had been renewed by itself for the following month, but not the month I had the pap smear. So I received a $1900 bill for the "surgery" that my insurance wouldn't pay because I didn't have insurance that one month of the year.
Pap smears always hurt. It's best to just take a leather belt and bite down on it to get it over with.
First time I have heard of someone else with situs inversus. 😮
I woke up paralyzed bc after going to the er twice, no one took me seriously and just gave me pills and sent me on my way. Didn’t take an imagine or anything even after I was dragging my left leg bc it wasn’t working.
The liver surgery story- I thought people who had drinking problems were not candidates for transplant surgery?
My mom is trying to steal my liver: My mom is also an alcoholic Swedish lady, no money in the world would make me give her my liver, I raised my younger brother and she messed up 15 years of my life before I got enough, got a job and left her sorry ass have not even been in the same country as her for 10 years now and none of her children wants anything to do with her.
I will not give an organ to my parents, and my parents wouldn't accept an organ from me, but only because I have a 3y/o who's been on the transplant list for nearly 2yrs and a 6y/o going through the listing process, and we have the opportunity to participate in a future DISOT trial.
i actually have a friend whos enitials are the same letters (ass) and he makes a joke of it saying "as it is written so it is" lol, in the story of the restraining order lady i think she dated the guy from that apartment complax on purpose, i knew someone from my old militray base who had his ex take out a ro (she cheated and spat at him so he pushed her away and she fell on her arse on the floor) and for 3 years she kept following him to his new adresses moving there then enforcing the order and he kept being evicted as she took the order out, so he joined the army to get fully away from her, she even tried to date some soldiers from his base to get him kicked out but the base commander had been made aware of the whole situation, and told her to leave with the help of the base MP's,
Nah. The siblings sold their their in the family home because they didn’t want or apparently have the means get it up to par. If not for the work and money the new, sole owners put into their personal property, there would be nothing to split. They also have no confirmation of who the box belonged to. Could have been a siblings that asked greats to store it for safekeeping. So, if mom wants her grown kids to have money, that’s not their siblings job to support them financially, ESPECIALLY after helping the siblings by buying them out the FIRST time.
Just so you're aware, closure of the surgical wound is part of the surgical package and is NOT separately billable. The only way they can bill separately is if the closure was complex and required a lot of undermining of tissues to fully close the wound. Depends on depth and size of lipoma removed. Removal of stitches are also considered part of the surgical package. There are 10 day global periods (minor surgeries) and 90 day global periods (major surgeries) which you, nor your insurance should be charged ANYTHING. Please be aware of this, some insurances will require patient to pay 20% of coverage in a traditional insurance plan, and any deductible's you may have. If you are being charged for closure of a surgical wound, or removal of the stitches (or staples) I am going to recommend you double check with your insurance company before coming out of pocket to pay for those services. Unfortunately, it sounds like you were taken for $1000. It might not help now, but hopefully it will help others be aware of charges that they should not be paying. Insurance plans vary in coverage, so be sure you understand what you are paying for before you pay.
After all of the misery OP's father caused, OP has no obligation to have a relationship with him.
The entitled mom should have calmed her child down and not antagonized the woman with the service dog.
I was raised with Christianity through my aunt and uncle, who practically raised me till it was time to start school and are my mom and dad for the longest. Started off as weekends when I was a baby and slowly progressed to practically living with them. My mother and father aren’t religious at all. When I ended up pregnant and having my daughter a month after I turned 17, my aunt and uncle were very upset with me, while my mother and father were happy. My mother was ecstatic and my father was just happy I didn’t end up being a lesbian, he has nothing against the community just thought he’d never get a grandchild out of me because I thought I was lesbian.
But don't livers regenerate to 90% of their size after a part is missing?
for my mom? maybe. for my father defintely not! Also Worst Baby Name: Zuko Azymondias. Real name!
My cousin named his son “Flash Onyx”
Thank god for free healthcare 😂