I'm sorry for your loss. I wish peace for you and your family.
Medical errors, incorrect diagnosis, are the leading cause of death in the US. They just don't like to publicize it.
My father was told he had TB when he had lung cancer. By the time it was found out he died 4 days later.
My mother died from a subdural hematoma after a car accident. The ER refused to so a scan even though she was 78 and the airbag had deployed. I was in NY at the time and she was in FL. I asked them to do one because of the airbag, but they refused saying she didnt hit her head. When I got to her that night, I noticed the next morning she had a black eye and we went back to the ER where she went into a coma. Whether they could have saved her if they had done the scan right away or not, is something we will never know.
The local ER missed that my husband had had a stroke. Luckily the stroke was in his eye and not his brain. We went back to the ER 4 days later after the ophthalmologist who he went to see told him to get to an ER. He is ok btw, he just lost a little sight in one eye. Very very lucky.
The most important thing I have learned over time is that when it is something serious you do NOT take a 1st opinion as the only opinion. Get a 2nd and even a 3rd opinion.
How horrible - all. I definitely do not trust any health care provider unless I know them well and even then I know they can make dangerous mistakes. The ER is filled with people who have the same biases and prejudices as everyone else. I tend to like paramedics best because they just get find what needs to get done. Without judgement in my experience. I recently wrote an article for Dr Feinman’s Substack about my experience on menopause with a male PCP. At least he admits he knows nothing of the topic. He’s great at filling out paperwork though.
When your in a better frame of mind, consider watching the movie Hospital (I think that's the title) that came out in 1970 (I believe). It's a farce about a sicko who decides that a list of people (he made the list) need to die. All he does is make sure that they become patients in the hospital (I think he worked there too) and let the system take its natural course...
I'm so sorry. 😣💓 Wishing you strength at this difficult time.
As for the medical establish, I distrust it too . During pregnancy my old friend and I were both shocked at how little our obgyn's knew. They clearly hadn't read "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Lol. And one time taking Ambien my liver enzymes were highly elevated which I think led to some damage. Only later did I learn this isn't uncommon, but I believe they still prescribe this dangerous drug to ppl. Crazy
I'm sorry for your loss. I wish peace for you and your family.
Medical errors, incorrect diagnosis, are the leading cause of death in the US. They just don't like to publicize it.
My father was told he had TB when he had lung cancer. By the time it was found out he died 4 days later.
My mother died from a subdural hematoma after a car accident. The ER refused to so a scan even though she was 78 and the airbag had deployed. I was in NY at the time and she was in FL. I asked them to do one because of the airbag, but they refused saying she didnt hit her head. When I got to her that night, I noticed the next morning she had a black eye and we went back to the ER where she went into a coma. Whether they could have saved her if they had done the scan right away or not, is something we will never know.
The local ER missed that my husband had had a stroke. Luckily the stroke was in his eye and not his brain. We went back to the ER 4 days later after the ophthalmologist who he went to see told him to get to an ER. He is ok btw, he just lost a little sight in one eye. Very very lucky.
The most important thing I have learned over time is that when it is something serious you do NOT take a 1st opinion as the only opinion. Get a 2nd and even a 3rd opinion.
How horrible - all. I definitely do not trust any health care provider unless I know them well and even then I know they can make dangerous mistakes. The ER is filled with people who have the same biases and prejudices as everyone else. I tend to like paramedics best because they just get find what needs to get done. Without judgement in my experience. I recently wrote an article for Dr Feinman’s Substack about my experience on menopause with a male PCP. At least he admits he knows nothing of the topic. He’s great at filling out paperwork though.
I would never ask a man about menopause. I relied on my obgyn but only a female one of those too
There are experts and 'dummies' (for lack of a better term) among both men & women MDs.
May the memory of the one you lost always be for a blessing.
I love that through it all you see the beauty in the flowers around you. Stay strong. You are not alone.
My condolences on your loss.
When your in a better frame of mind, consider watching the movie Hospital (I think that's the title) that came out in 1970 (I believe). It's a farce about a sicko who decides that a list of people (he made the list) need to die. All he does is make sure that they become patients in the hospital (I think he worked there too) and let the system take its natural course...
I'm so sorry. 😣💓 Wishing you strength at this difficult time.
As for the medical establish, I distrust it too . During pregnancy my old friend and I were both shocked at how little our obgyn's knew. They clearly hadn't read "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Lol. And one time taking Ambien my liver enzymes were highly elevated which I think led to some damage. Only later did I learn this isn't uncommon, but I believe they still prescribe this dangerous drug to ppl. Crazy
I'm sorry for your loss.
Peace to you and your family ❤️