Have you ever had a medical scare?

Karona

As the title says, have you ever had a medical scare?

I have had one lately, I have a lump on one side of my neck for well over a month and I kept putting it down to swollen glands. My Dad got furious when I showed him it and told me to go to the doctor that it could be something more serious, so off I went.

When I got there the doctor couldn't actually tell me what it was, so I was sent off for blood tests and I got a phonecall from the nurse in the doctors surgery to tell me that one of them came back and it was raised. That really scared me, they made an appointment to see me the next day which was yesterday. I was sh****ng bricks going in, I just kept thinking they were gonna say I had cancer or something.

They told me that my body is fighting an infection (even though I feel fine) and they would put me on antiobiotics and see if the lump comes down and if not I am to be referred to a specialist.

So do you have any stories?

Ghost Buster

My ast gir friend is a nurse and she poked her finger up my bum whist making out
Does this count

Sorry for the missing characters. My keyboard is a bit wonky and the character after K doesnt work very we

Synyster Shadow

I used to bottle feed lambs and got bit one day and 3 weeks later was in hospital and they couldn't figure out how to treat me and by the time they did it was just in time another day and the infection would have hit the bone spread throughout my body and kill me. Close call

OneArt

Nearly got run over by an ambulance once.

Scary AND medical.

Duggy747

Had a funny looking mole removed from my back. Doctor removed it and sent it off for tests.

While waiting for the result everyone was filling my head up with thoughts of melanoma, which was lovely.

keith16

Duggy747 wrote: »

Had a funny looking mole removed from my back. Doctor removed it and sent it off for tests.

While waiting for the result everyone was filling my head up with thoughts of melonoma, which was lovely.

It's probably melanoma.

Luca Brasi

Ghost Buster wrote: »

My ast gir friend is a nurse and she poked her finger up my bum whist making out
Does this count

Sorry for the missing characters. My keyboard is a bit wonky and the character after K doesnt work very we

Obviously she was giving you a prostrate examination

Chucken

When you get to my age, it's the scares that keep you going :D

Lando Griffin

I caught my totty in my zipper when I was four and daddy had to release it. I thought I was either going to have a zip round my totty forever or else have my totty cut of with the sissors.
Years later and in the prime of manhood there is a large lump on the end of it that gives untold pleasures to the women of my life. [ Happy face]

Where To

Lando Griffin wrote: »

I caught my totty in my zipper when I was four and daddy had to release it. I thought I was either going to have a zip round my totty forever or else have my totty cut of with the sissors.
Years later and in the prime of manhood there is a large lump on the end of it that gives untold pleasures to the women of my life. [ Happy face]

Your totty?

Esoteric_

I have PCOS (cysts on my ovaries) and when I was 16, I got an intense pain in my stomach and lower down. The pain was so intense that I was screaming, curled into a ball, unable to hold down any food or water.

Was rushed into Beaumont Hospital. The doctor felt my stomach and ovary regions, and said that one of the cysts on my ovary had burst and I needed immediate surgery or it could kill me.

So, I'm lying on a bed, being prepped. Getting ready to be wheeled into surgery, when the surgeon or another doctor (don't know which) comes to have a final check.

Felt the areas where my ovaries are. Realised no cyst had burst. Asked me three questions and immediately diagnosed me with something else, something extremely painful but not serious in the slightest.

Fcukers had me terrified I was going to die! Typical shíte for Beaumont, though.

zapata

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

I used to bottle feed lambs and got bit one day and 3 weeks later was in hospital and they couldn't figure out how to treat me and by the time they did it was just in time another day and the infection would have hit the bone spread throughout my body and kill me. Close call

You should've gone to a vet.

mike65

Duggy747 wrote: »

Had a funny looking mole removed from my back. Doctor removed it and sent it off for tests.

While waiting for the result everyone was filling my head up with thoughts of melanoma, which was lovely.

keith16 wrote: »

It's probably melanoma.

Sounds like a melodrama! (see what I did there?)

I came to in hospital one morning.

gbee

Popped into the docs to get some help with ED [ya, the age thing], hmm he said, right I'm giving you a letter for the CUH, fifteen minutes after seeing the specialist I was in a bed in a ward booked for open heart ASAP.

But TBH it was more a surprise at the health services reaction than a medical scare for me. An experience.

demanufactured

Got hemroids bad once...

Mod

Donegal Road I have edited your post to remove medical information/advice.

Please note that medical advice is against the charter and any further breaches will result in infraction.

Rasmus

gbee wrote: »

Popped into the docs to get some help with ED [ya, the age thing], hmm he said, right I'm giving you a letter for the CUH, fifteen minutes after seeing the specialist I was in a bed in a ward booked for open heart ASAP.

But TBH it was more a surprise at the health services reaction than a medical scare for me. An experience.

Are you ok now??

gbee

Rasmus wrote: »

Are you ok now??

Six months on, triple bypass doing as expected work capable and so on, it's a twelve month recovery programme but I'm pretty fine.

juan.kerr

No.

Got a urinary infection maybe 8 years ago, urinating wasn't pleasant for a couple of days.

super_furry

Had a tumour removed from my neck twice and had to undergo radiotherapy after it was removed for the second time. **** you pliomorphic adenoma!

ITS_A_BADGER

LyndaMcL wrote: »

I have PCOS (cysts on my ovaries) and when I was 16, I got an intense pain in my stomach and lower down. The pain was so intense that I was screaming, curled into a ball, unable to hold down any food or water.

Was rushed into Beaumont Hospital. The doctor felt my stomach and ovary regions, and said that one of the cysts on my ovary had burst and I needed immediate surgery or it could kill me.

So, I'm lying on a bed, being prepped. Getting ready to be wheeled into surgery, when the surgeon or another doctor (don't know which) comes to have a final check.

Felt the areas where my ovaries are. Realised no cyst had burst. Asked me three questions and immediately diagnosed me with something else, something extremely painful but not serious in the slightest.

Fcukers had me terrified I was going to die! Typical shíte for Beaumont, though.

:eek: jesus you were nearly prepped for surgery and all, hope i never have to go to beaumount :eek:

Esoteric_

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

:eek: jesus you were nearly prepped for surgery and all, hope i never have to go to beaumount :eek:

Ha, yeah! Sure I was there a few years ago with what turned out to be double pneumonia, and they asked me had I been to the bathroom recently. I said I hadn't, because I hadn't eaten in 4 days. They diagnosed me with constipation and tried to do a colonoscopy. I told them to píss off and left.

In another hospital the next day, double pneumonia was diagnosed and treated. :pac: I swear, I despise Beaumont. :pac:

Biggins

Karona wrote: »

As the title says, have you ever had a medical scare?

Yes, I thought the mother in law was going to live forever!

Synyster Shadow

zapata wrote: »

You should've gone to a vet.

I actually went to a farmer and thanks to what they told us and one doctor that listened to us I was saved (I was 11 years old)

Synyster Shadow

LyndaMcL wrote: »

I have PCOS (cysts on my ovaries) and when I was 16, I got an intense pain in my stomach and lower down. The pain was so intense that I was screaming, curled into a ball, unable to hold down any food or water.

Was rushed into Beaumont Hospital. The doctor felt my stomach and ovary regions, and said that one of the cysts on my ovary had burst and I needed immediate surgery or it could kill me.

So, I'm lying on a bed, being prepped. Getting ready to be wheeled into surgery, when the surgeon or another doctor (don't know which) comes to have a final check.

Felt the areas where my ovaries are. Realised no cyst had burst. Asked me three questions and immediately diagnosed me with something else, something extremely painful but not serious in the slightest.

Fcukers had me terrified I was going to die! Typical shíte for Beaumont, though.

I had some what the same experience I was 17 and had been diagnosed with PCOS in 2005 when I was 15 and they said cyst had ruptured and I was 4 days in hospital been told off and on that they would operate then they wouldnt then they would and so on in the end they didnt after the pain died down and in the 4 days I was fed one day as they kept me fasting incase I was having surgery. One doc decided it was appendix so he messed everything up even more Docs here are no good with PCOS

ITS_A_BADGER

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

I had some what the same experience I was 17 and had been diagnosed with PCOS in 2005 when I was 15 and they said cyst had ruptured and I was 4 days in hospital been told off and on that they would operate then they wouldnt then they would and so on in the end they didnt after the pain died down and in the 4 days I was fed one day as they kept me fasting incase I was having surgery. One doc decided it was appendix so he messed everything up even more Docs here are no good with PCOS

TIL: Don't go to beaumount hospital ever!

Voltex

Went to the doctor cause of high blood pressure readings...he seemed quite concerned and asked loads of questions..he put me on 2 tablets staright away and told me to take immediate rest...apparently by BP was 216/105. The doc told me I was at a serious risk of a stroke...and having a stroke at 34 with 3 kids would be totally devestating!! Ended up with a cardio doc in the Mater.

Synyster Shadow

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

TIL: Don't go to beaumount hospital ever!

thankfully that hospital is out of range for me am in the midlands (unless for some serious reason I get transported there)

Coffeeteasugar

Yup, brain surgery twice, scary enough.

Sofaspud

A doctor told me before that I'd need to stop masturbating.

Apparently it was distracting him while he was trying to check my tonsils.

admiralofthefleet

i had cellulitis in the bad snow of 2010. it was hell, absolute hell

gbee

Sofaspud wrote: »

A doctor told me before that I'd need to stop masturbating.

Apparently it was distracting him while he was trying to check my tonsils.

Reminds me of a passenger on an Aer Lingus plane in London who was asked by two air hostess to stop, but the pilot shot off anyway BOOOM BOOOM!!!!

marketty

One of my balls is bigger than the other two

Should I be worried?

admiralofthefleet

marketty wrote: »

One of my balls is bigger than the other two

Should I be worried?

empty them and youll be grand

gbee

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

empty them and youll be grand

I believe the mod warned against giving out medical advice. :rolleyes:

gbee

marketty wrote: »

One of my balls is bigger than the other two

Should I be worried?

Is that three balls you have?

Sofaspud

gbee wrote: »

Is that three balls you have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

lolli

I almost died when I contracted meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia at 12 years old. It was so painful.

byhookorbycrook

Take meds each month than have 194/1 chance of killing me.

gbee

lolli wrote: »

I almost died when I contracted meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia at 12 years old. It was so painful.

So many never get to say this.

Medical assistance must have been instant, say what we like about them at times, here's to those who owe our lives to them.

galwayrush

A few scary bills from wife's cancer.

admiralofthefleet

gbee wrote: »

I believe the mod warned against giving out medical advice. :rolleyes:

whats medical about a sherman

admiralofthefleet

OneArt wrote: »

Nearly got run over by an ambulance once.

Scary AND medical.

there used to be a pub in harolds cross called the grove, it was a mental place. one day a fella had a heart attack and an ambulance was called. one of the rehulars in his 70's was leaving and got a smack of the ambulance as it was pulling in.

lolli

gbee wrote: »

So many never get to say this.

Medical assistance must have been instant, say what we like about them at times, here's to those who owe our lives to them.

I was very lucky. The hospital had to fight very hard to save me. 13 years later my 3 week old daughter contracted meningitis also and thankfully we rushed her to hospital in time also... although I really didnt think she had meningitis at the time

jluv

Sat morn foot started to swell.By sat eve lower leg totally swollen. Sun morn swollen to knee. Mon morn swelling gone to mid thigh. Went to work,called doctor. drove to doctor. She took one look at my leg and freaked out at me. Thought it looked like DVT(had been on flight few days earlier) Had to call sis as would'nt let me drive to hospital.Sat at hospital thinking I had a blood clot. Turns out a cyst at back of my knee had ruptured and poisened my leg. Was scary for a while and did end with me being totally off my feet for 2 weeks in really bad pain!

gbee

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

whats medical about a sherman

sherman, new phrase on me, anyway, it was a throw away punchline, [weak joke]

Synyster Shadow

galwayrush wrote: »

A few scary bills from wife's cancer.

Worth every cent