Originally Posted By mawnck >>I went to the ER complaining of classic appendix symptoms, I even told the fool it was the appendix, he seemed offended, said I was fine and sent me home.<< If only you'd had a gun .....
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <You saw a doctor and he fixed it, prescribed you medicine for the pain and to fight infection, you stayed in a hospital for a few days, and now you're healthy?> If it burst, Tom, it wouldn't have been as simple as that. The same thing happened to my sister, and it was quite serious. She was in the hospital for a couple of weeks, and I was afraid for a while she might not make it.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer But it was still the doctors and the healthcare workers who saved his life. That's what I was getting at.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yes. But sometimes they do make stupid mistakes that if they hadn't made, no life savings actions would be necessary. That doesn't take away from your earlier post and the rarity, based on number of doctor interactions. Not to mention the whole apple and orange thing to begin with.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck Yes, the thing blew, and I lost about four feet of intestine because of it. Plus a nightmarish twelve days in the hospital. I will have digestive problems for the rest of my life, and it's not a bit funny. Frankly, I think making light of it is rather immature. Yes, eventually the doctors saved me, after gutting me like a fish because one of their arrogant peers could not make a simple call on a very obvious case of appendicitis. Trust me, there are plenty of doctors out there who are a danger to their patients. How this plays into a gun debate, I have no idea.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Sorry Tikiduck, I hope I didn't offend with my lol response to Mawnck. That probably came across as being insensitive.
Originally Posted By oneyepete Tom, I agree that the numbers are skewed a certain way but I thought done so as a bit of humor. I didn't mean to down play the seriousness of the topic nor express a certain opinion. They weren't my numbers just something that was sent to me and I thought I would share what I thought was a bit of humor. My bad I guess.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Frankly, I think making light of it is rather immature.<< Guilty as charged. No offense intended, and I apologize for my insensitivity. By way of explanation, I have a very close friend who has been through multiple health crises (and close to death a couple of times just in the past year) and his sense of humor about the whole thing tends to rub off on me. That was an example of it. I should keep in mind not everyone is as nuts as he is.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <i>I went to the ER complaining of classic appendix symptoms, I even told the fool it was the appendix, he seemed offended, said I was fine and sent me home.</i> When I had appendicitis symptoms my doctor had blood and urine tests done, but they came back negative. He wasn't satisfied and ordered CAT scan, which confirmed that I had appendicitis. It was removed without incident.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Jon Stewart rules again: <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-8-2013/scapegoat-hunter---gun-control?xrs=synd_twitter" target="_blank">http://www.thedailyshow.com/wa..._twitter</a>
