Would you still be alive?

jaffacakesyum · 19-07-2011 01:57PM

Meningitis would've killed me

Teddy455 · 19-07-2011 01:58PM

I probably wouldn't be dead but my left arm would be amputated.

Vanbis · 19-07-2011 02:04PM

Diverticulitis.

Superbus · 19-07-2011 02:16PM

Cyst in my throat when I was two could have done more damage.

sealgaire · 19-07-2011 02:18PM

Yup, I'd be dead from a Diaphragmatic hernia when I was a babby

azezil · 19-07-2011 02:21PM

Life saving surgery at 3yrs old... safe to say I'd be dead.

Witchie · 19-07-2011 02:25PM

My pneumonia at 2 yrs would probably have killed me but if not the many chest infections that have plagued me since would have. Also the kidney problems I had aged 9 to 12 could have finished me. The major asthma attack when I was 22 that I was an hour away from death with could've either. Not to mention my infected gallbladder a few years ago or my blood pressure dropping dangerously low during child birth.

Yup I would be well dead by now!

who what when · 19-07-2011 02:27PM

Biggins wrote: »

Yes, caught a rare African infection that surely would have finished me off within 48 hours.
As it was, I was lucky to have survived at the time of occurrence, in our present timeline.

In the 14th century not everyone had the means of getting to africa to pick up rare diseases! Certainly not your average irish man with over active imagination!

sock puppet · 19-07-2011 02:33PM

Nothing other than a minor exostosis which might have had me labeled a warlock or something. Funnily enough you've picked one of the worst periods in history to be alive as the 14th century was a particularly **** time for Europe so we'd probably be dead anyway.

mackg · 19-07-2011 02:36PM

Pneumonia? Not sure if it was fatal before, but I got it when I was only 3/4.

Seloth · 19-07-2011 02:37PM

Oh god where to begin....

At 6 my skull was cracked open by a horse
I had terrible asthma at 7 to 10
Had a random rare disease at 11
Swine flue twice at 17 and then later on that year at 18.

I'm pretty sure I'd be long gone :pac:

pragmatic1 · 19-07-2011 02:42PM

Scarlet fever and a burst appendix would have killed me.

achtungbarry · 19-07-2011 02:52PM

Was born 7 weeks premature in 1979(weighed a little over a pound). I was very lucky to survive then (I even made the papers). I wouldn't have lasted minutes back in the 14th century. In fact I wouldn't even have been born alive. The umbilical chord collapsed.

Thanks to all the hard work and innovation of medical scientists and the incredible staff at the Rotunda I am alive today.

ShiresV2 · 19-07-2011 02:54PM

CardBordWindow wrote: »

I had a killer hangover yesterday. If it wasn't for the miracle of panadol, it may have been fatal!

Taking paracetamol for a hangover is not a good idea, better off with Ibuprofen (neurofen), Google it.

Wibbs · 19-07-2011 02:56PM

Yep, Id still be here. Nothing even close to fatal so far.

Kojak wrote: »

No, the 14th century medicine was better. Have a look at this innovative procedure....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning

Trepanning goes back way before that. One of the first medical procedures in history. Back to caveman days. Sometimes it may have even worked.

stupidusername wrote: »

I was ..whats the word, being purposefully ignorant of history in my answer! i've no idea if they could heal bones back then, it's possible, but i'm fairly sure they wouldn't have put metal plates and pins in anyway.

They were very good at setting bones back then and way before. Nature of the times. More people broke bones or needed amputations and the like(war etc), so practice wasn't hard to come by. The Roman doctors were very good with blunt force type injuries. Infection was the main issue, but the romans and others used honey which is pretty good.

Going waaaaaaaay back, before modern humans in Europe, like 80,000 years back, pretty much every Neanderthal skeleton so far found has had bone damage, some with really heavy traumas. Ribs, legs arms, heads, you name it, they broke it. Traumas they treated and survived. One poor old guy had lost an arm above the elbow and survived for decades after. Though they were usually riddled with arthritis by their mid thirties. Poor buggers.

stupidusername · 19-07-2011 03:11PM

Wibbs wrote: »

They were very good at setting bones back then and way before. Nature of the times. More people broke bones or needed amputations and the like(war etc), so practice wasn't hard to come by. The Roman doctors were very good with blunt force type injuries. Infection was the main issue, but the romans and others used honey which is pretty good.

Going waaaaaaaay back, before modern humans in Europe, like 80,000 years back, pretty much every Neanderthal skeleton so far found has had bone damage, some with really heavy traumas. Ribs, legs arms, heads, you name it, they broke it. Traumas they treated and survived. One poor old guy had lost an arm above the elbow and survived for decades after. Though they were usually riddled with arthritis by their mid thirties. Poor buggers.

oh wibbs, you so wise

I got it right about the metal though right?

TOOYOUNGTODIE · 19-07-2011 03:25PM

Yes

I'd be as dead as the dodo.
My non exhaustive list of injuries/illness are as follows:

Born 6weeks pre-mature
gastroenteritis as a 6month old
7 major ear infections all needing surgery due to premature birth(damn mother)
Broken colar bone pierced lung
Brain Tumour-non cancerous
Broke bones in hand and ruptured vein in wrist

No matter how many times I fall down I still keep getting back up!!!
Thank fcuk for modern medicine

edit- didnt mention broken ankle, ruptured knee and ankle ligaments, broken fingers as only minor

Wibbs · 19-07-2011 03:37PM

stupidusername wrote: »

oh wibbs, you so wise I got it right about the metal though right?

yea defo on the metal pins front. Though the romans did have external metal leg braces IIRC and false legs and such.

TOOYOUNGTODIE wrote: »

Yes

I'd be as dead as the dodo.
My non exhaustive list of injuries/illness are as follows:

Born 6weeks pre-mature
gastroenteritis as a 6month old
7 major ear infections all needing surgery due to premature birth(damn mother)
Broken colar bone pierced lung
Brain Tumour-non cancerous
Broke bones in hand and ruptured vein in wrist

No matter how many times I fall down I still keep getting back up!!!
Thank fcuk for modern medicine

edit- didnt mention broken ankle, ruptured knee and ankle ligaments, broken fingers as only minor

:eek: feck! You are one fortunate bugger alright.

I've had a few bugs and the like(measles, mumps, chicken pox etc), broken ribs, cracked skull, a couple of fingers and cracked a wristbone. With fingers you straighten them if they're bent(while screaming like a fooking banshee. Strong drink helps), then strap em to a good finger for support. Went to the hospital with the wrist cos my hand looked like I was wearing a boxing glove and the guy suggested surgery as according to him otherwise it wouldnt heal, so I hightailed it outa there. Ten years on, wrist fine. Never had an antibiotic and the only immunisations were for polio and tetanus, so maybe they might have killed me? Doubt it somehow.

Saila · 19-07-2011 03:38PM

tan11ie wrote: »

I've never been really ill thank god! and i could count the amount of times on one hand that i've been given an antibiotic. So no..

eh... no actually it doesnt matter :facepalm:

o1s1n · 19-07-2011 03:44PM

If it wasn't for Heparin and Warfarin I'd be dead.

I'd also have died a few years ago from a Crohn's related obstructed intestine.

...

Thank feck for modern medicine!

Needler · 19-07-2011 03:44PM

I would have died from a headache I got when I was 10 because there was no aspirin back then

Mogget · 19-07-2011 03:53PM

Pneumonia when I was 4

Scarlet Fever when I was 16

Numerous chest infections that i'm sure could have developed into nasty stuff!

Biggins · 19-07-2011 05:23PM

who what when wrote: »

In the 14th century not everyone had the means of getting to africa to pick up rare diseases! Certainly not your average irish man with over active imagination!

Osteomyelitis - and get your facts right before also like a sly fool, making me out to be a liar!
Kop yourself on!

KeithM89_old · 19-07-2011 05:28PM

who what when wrote: »

In the 14th century not everyone had the means of getting to africa to pick up rare diseases! Certainly not your average irish man with over active imagination!

Biggins wrote: »

Osteomyelitis - and get your facts right before also like a sly fool, making me out to be a liar!
Kop yourself on!

Cut it out.

Biggins · 19-07-2011 05:32PM

I nearly died from the damn thing and to this day am living with side effects it left me with.
Apologies for tone but I take offence to someone trying to make me out to be a liar by clever use of words.
It nearly killed my father too at the time in stress and shock, so the rest of ye might understand why I take offence to a previous post.
'Nuff said!

Micky Dolenz · 19-07-2011 05:34PM

Penis reduction at 17. It wasn't fatal but nearly every time I got an erection I would pass out with the amount of blood leaving my brain. would have been very embarrassing only for the fact I was unconscious

stupidusername · 19-07-2011 05:37PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Penis reduction at 17. It wasn't fatal but nearly every time I got an erection I would pass out with the amount of blood leaving my brain. would have been very embarrassing only for the fact I was unconscious

I'd imagine that would've lead to some sort of brain damage, surely?

:pac:

Wibbs · 19-07-2011 05:40PM

stupidusername wrote: »

I'd imagine that would've lead to some sort of brain damage, surely?

Better than penis damage if one had to chose. Dribbling moron or huge mickey? I'll take the latter please Carol. Indeed that's just what I did.

metalfest · 19-07-2011 05:41PM

somebody probably would've killed me in my sleep for ravaging their wife...
or else, standard black death like the rest of Europe, fun times, i'd say those lads knew how to have a laugh

Micky Dolenz · 19-07-2011 05:41PM

stupidusername wrote: »

I'd imagine that would've lead to some sort of brain damage, surely?

:pac:

I had to tell people I had narcolepsy :P

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