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Wives: keeping husbands alive since forever
I literally just ran this through my head and was just....that is pretty much spot on. Either keeping them alive or killing them depending on the relationship.
...The joke is that she's crazy and he absolutely couldn't have had polio because of the fact that polio was entirely eradicated decades ago...
@@jayrandolph9328uhm, no, I think they’re old & he had polio …
My mom had a scar from the polio vaccine. She was born in 1950. It wasn’t that long ago.
I feel like there’s still a couple people alive using iron lungs
Why can't you just let us die!?
I gotta give my hubby props. While going through hell, known as stage 4 cancer treatment I developed sepsis and lost consciousness. My husband carried me to the car, high tailed it to the hospital, thank goodness he used to race cars. In the ER once the doctor got to me and asked for my significant medical history, hubby spouted off everything right down the list, type of cancer, stage, medications, and even the names of my chemo cocktail. Two ER nurses came to see me in ICU the next day to see how I was doing and told me all about it
Wow, he LOVES you! Mine can't even figure out a decent gift for me!
Your husband sounds like an amazing man😊
He's wonderful. Please get better and live long, happy lives together ❤️
Glad that you survived that ordeal! Sepsis is NO JOKE❤❤❤
He's golden ❤
Patient came into urgent care. He said mild chest pain. His wife was worried so she forced him to go in. Took BP 226/152. Couldn’t believe it. Asked him if and family history with heart problems. He said no. Wife smacked him and said “You have hypertension, your dad died at 56 from a heart attack, and your older brother has a heart attack last month. Yes you have heart problems.” The guy was like, “Oh yeah”. BP kept climbing, sent him to ER. Made it fine. Wife was a literal lifesaver.
Those are the BP numbers I had for about 20 years before my hemorrhagic stroke. No big deal.
They tell my my BP’s normal because the systolic is so low even though the diastolic is like 90
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 I had really good BP when I went to a clinic I went to where no one was wearing a white coat & when told the lady I was surprised at my BP I was asked if I'd ever heard of white coat syndrome. 'Cause I told her that when I go to a regular doctor I would high elevated BP. She was telling me that she has that & that her BP spikes whenever she goes to someplace where there uniform includes a white coat such as doctors, dentists, & etc. I thought that was interesting. Any time I take my own it's within a good range.
I had a BP of 210/110 and went to the ER via Ambulance after it went up from 170/100 earlier that day. The triage nurse triaged me as 'Headache'.
I sat there for 4 hours slowly getting worse even when I asked several times what was happening as I could barely see after 2 hours. I was told to wait. It was 230/120 by the time the doctor called me in, and the nurse got chewed out and dismissed after I told them the BP was why I'd come in. Severe hypertension and symptoms of potential stroke. They said I was lucky I wasn't waiting any longer.
Funny how on average these guys get actual medical care no matter what but when the wife needs care suddenly the doc doesn't take her seriously
I stopped at an accident and was asking the driver if he had any cardiac history when he said his chest hurt "a little." He said no. His wife says, "Doesn't your bypass surgery count?" He said, "Oh yeah, I guess that would count."
🙄 at least i had an excuse for not being able to fully list my history! I'd fallen & hit my head on the wood floor! Bad, but better than the time i faceplanted into a landscaping boulder, or knocked myself out in an Austrian Salt Mine! I hate falling!
@@RNMom424you seem to have a knack for it tho
I recommend learning to break fall
@@buttnuttz6119 you are correct! Yes, I do have the knack! I fell again just the other day! I was even sitting! My Rollator rollated right out from under me! I strained both wrists trying to break that fall! Maybe I should just stay in bed!! 😁
EDIT: 🎼Oooooops, 🎵 I did it again! 🎶 A week ago yesterday! Stood up & took a step, & despite using my cane, started leaning to the side & went right on down to the floor! Luckily, my dirty clothes bag was there so it was a soft landing! Still had to call 911 b/c I couldn't get up. They had to break the window of the back door to get in! SOOOOO embarrassing! ☺️😊
@@RNMom424how do you manage to fall on your face😮 it’s literally against nature. I’m an ex gymnast and anytime I fell, even when it was crazy falls, I would land saf
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@@sophiacalon3463 Easy. Reaction time vs speed of impact.
My husband keeps telling people he had Syphilis and I keep having to explain that he had SEPSIS.
Oh, god, that's awesome, my husband's dying over here.
Oh lord! I just spit my drink everywhere...that's hilarious! 😆 🤣 😂
🤣❤️🤣🤣🤣❤️
😳🤦🏾 Bless his Heart. Make him a laminated card and put it in his wallet just in case you are not near him all the time.
Omg 🤣🤣🤣
Lmao, when the doctor asks my husband a question he legit looks at me for the answer 🤦♀️
This is why I don’t date.
Mine too!
My boyfriend of 2 yrs does that. This man will say he doesn’t take meds to a doctor but takes Insulin for his DM
Lol... that's my husband. I also booked and remind him of his doctor appointments. That's not it, I have to remind him when to take his medicine.
Sounds like "weaponized incompetence". If he convinces you he's not capable of something, no matter how simple, then he doesn't have to do it -- it becomes your job. Usually, the convincing process involves doing the task wrong and making a fuss when asked to do it enough times that doing it yourself becomes less trouble than asking him to do it, and less stressful than expecting him to do it. Even if he doesn't mean it, it's pretty damn manipulative.
It's not even unique to long-term relationships. My brothers (same age and older) would do this to get out of doing household chores and throw such gargantuan fits that their grandmother would just do everything for them, and then be so glad when she managed to convince them to go out in the garden once a month as if that made up for the fact that, well into his twenties, the older one still can't wash a plate or iron a fucking shirt.
I went to the hospital and and the nurse asked me if I had any previous health issues and my dad chimes in “yeah she’s anorexic.” I just stared in awe as my mom corrects him and says “No. Don’t listen to him she’s Anemic.”
🤣😂🤣
I'm sorry. This one made me laugh. Dad tried.
Gosh those words are too similar 😅
😂😂😂😂😂
Dad tried to be helpful 😭😭 but it made us laugh atleast !!
Had an ER page us once (the pt’s primary care) because the doctor asked the pt if he had any surgical history and the pt said no. Doc sees a surgical scar on his chest, asks “what’s that about?” pt says “I have a pacemaker.” Doc decided to cut his losses and call his primary for a history 😂
Smart
Shpuld have called his pt wife
My cardiologist is associated with the one hospital in my area that deals with cardiovascular emergencies, so everything that hospital would need to know about my cardiac history is in their computers.
This is why electronic medical records (EMR) are such a good idea. Doctors grumble about having to type everything into the computer, but once they do, it saves a lot of redundant consultation and redundant history-taking.
During my time working in the medical field I've found that more times than not the wife knows more than the husband about his medical history.
True .. a wife will remember a surgery from 20 years ago ... Or pt had cancer ..now cancer free .. men develop all timers faster lol
So sad
@@nikki1400 So are you like checking everyday to make sure he/she edited their comment that way u delete ur comment?
@@pastsubstance2930 if it never happens no big deal. Lol the stakes aren't very high. But yea if it crosses my mind I can search for this video again. Just being polite 👍
Thats not the joke , the joke is that it's almost imposible to get polio this days.
My grandpa had polio back in the 30’s. Was in hospital for a year, managed to regain full mobility and even play sports after, then got hit by post-polio syndrome where the symptoms returned despite a lack of active infection, and blew through physio once again.
I love my grandpa so much the man is a walking legend ❤️
My dad had polio as a young child. He was on an iron lung etc. But he also managed to "fully" recover. Even played rugby for his university.
My dad had polio in 1948. He regained mobility but also the post-polio syndrome caught up with him 50 years afterwards. I can identify with how he never felt sorry for himself...he was a legend. I miss him dearly.
My Great Aunt had polio in the 30's as a child. She's got weakness in her left arm that she routinely forgets about and that's the only lasting effect. She's 102 and going strong.
Hqhahaha. Walking legend. Pun
Those elders can teach this new generation a thing or to.
I had major stomach surgery when I was 11 years old. It was something a little rare called meckles diverticulitis. They thought it was just my appendix that burst, so they waited till the following morning to do surgery. Turn out it wasn't....and my meckles burst and released infection. They had to do a bowel resection and everything, I had a 10 inch wound that had to be left open so it didn't get infected. Just two small sutures in it. Was in the hospital for a month. But yet quite a few times I've been to the ER I forget to mention it, and than when they see the 10 inch thick gnarly scar on my stomach they always go "um.....sir? Did you forget to mention something in your medical history?". And I'm like oh shit yeah....I'm missing two feet of my lower instestine lol
They thought your appendix had ruptured and they waited to do the surgery?!
My bass player has this! He does okay with it.. can't have any seeds or anything. His dad however just had the same thing happen and they had to remove two feet of intestine as well.
So glad you made it!
@@zarasbazaarI was thinking the same. Does the rupture kill people in hours? Like, it's pretty deadly and they decided to wait? Isnt that immediate surgery? Sounds like you need to have an investigation into that surgeon. If it really was ruptured, waiting would have killed you.
This is the reason my mom goes to doctor appointments with my grandpa lol she’ll come home and be like ‘he straight up LIES to the doctor I swear-‘
All gradndpas ever😂
The roles a wife does that could be put on a resume are insane.
Married men live longer bc of receiving the care the wife gives, Married women die younger than single women bc of the stress they go thru caring for the husband.
Doctor: How is your diabetic diet going?
My Dad: Good. Everything is great. No bread or anything.
My Mom: He sat at the table after dinner and ate half a bowl of Country Crock margarine with a whole pack of tortillas. He won't eat vegetables and still eats bread.
My parents are wild.
Lol. 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, I tell my doctors, you may not like my answers, but I will never lie to you
I mean…Country Crock slaps, though….
@@charlottemcmanaman6317 Yeah, in stuff. You don't just eat it by the spoonful
My parents but the opposite 💀💀💀
Me at a doctor appointment: If you see me texting, I'm not. I have a notepad open on my phone, so I can type notes about your instructions. If I don't I will forget.
Doctors: Thank you so very much! We appreciate that.
I even do a recap from my notes and ask questions. They seem really pleased and appreciate that I take the time to be well informed.
Thank you SO much for doing this. At my workplace, we get SO many calls starting not even five minutes after a client walks out the door - "What did you just tell us to do again?" and let me tell you, for some reason it's always the one person who wasn't in the room with the doctor and the patient who has to figure out how to get the answer because everyone who DOES is busy already on the next patient!
Yes, yes! Two days ago, I had to take my grandmother to the emergency. I was on the phone while listening to the doctor relay the reports of her CT Scan & a pelvic X-ray.
Was taking down notes to talk to her physician.
My hospital prints out all the instructions for us, and it's also available on our accounts online if we need it....😰
This was me, my husband had so many illnesses all due to having cancer and his system couldnt cope but i memorised absolutely everything about the many medications the conditions he had the dates of treatment etc etc. ive spent the last 2 years onky focused on him, lost him 3 weeks ago and now i have nobody to care for. I guess i should start caring for myself 💔💜
I'm sorry for your loss!
My sincerest condolences. Yes, you now need to take care of yourself. Don't be afraid to ask for help.
God Bless you
So sorry for your loss. Please reach out to family or friends during this time. Prayers.
I am sorry for your loss.
God bless wives of old men. I cannot count the number of times I've asked "Okay, and are there any allergies or health conditions I should make note of?"
"Oh, nah, kinda allergic to cats"
"He has high blood pressure, has had two knee replacements, and is allergic to penicillin and has a bad reaction to NSAIDs"
This. This is my parents!
@@BobbiGail you'd hope it would be everyone's parents 😰
This us why women live longer 😮
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@@mirjanboumawell, one of the reasons.
Guy: babe it wasn’t even a big deal!
Wife: you almost DIED
And contagious!
Keyword almost did I die no
@@priscillajimenez27 the bigger concern is Post Polio Syndrome. Super 'fun' way to die painfully 30 - 50 years after you *thought* you recovered from the initial infection.
Yeah I almost died , no big deal , you I keep you safe and healthy
Guy: But I did not!
I was once working in a specialist hospital & a young lady who hadn’t been in this country long, came in for surgery. An interpreter was available for the consultation with the surgeon, the Nurses assessment, the anaesthetist’s assessment and the Pre-Op. During the surgery, she had a cardiac arrest, was resuscitated and transferred to a hospital with an ITU. The unit Sister phoned the patient’s Father, who was her next of kin & tried to gently break it to him, that she’d arrested, but was now on ITU at another hospital. He said ‘oh that always happens when she has surgery, she’ll be fine in a few days!’ At no point had the young lady, mentioned this to anyone at all & as she was so recent in coming to the UK, all her previous surgeries had been performed in her home country and so the hospital hadn’t received any documentation about this issue. It was just the way, they were so blasé about it!!😊
The way he looked at both of them then the computer screen while saying “good” aloud to himself was like reassurance that this man has a caretaker since he clearly needs one if he can’t remember such a major detail
And good that we allowed the caretaker to accompany the patient in the hospital.
Man was legit like “tis but a scratch!”
The wife: "But a scratch? YOU HAD POLIO"
Only a flesh wound!
@@Echo126_ “A FLESH WOUND?!? GEORGE YOU WERE F***ING PARALYZED!?!
@@elloDucky wife: a scratch? You had a brain transplant you dummy
i feel like the people replying dont get the reference and it unsettles me
When I'm talking to a doctor, I forget everything that ever happened to me like I just spawned in that moment. I will always forget something important if I don't have my list of information.
Not an uncommon phenomenon.
I legit whip out my list during a consultation and my go said, "is there anything else on that list?" 😂
My new doctor was going over my medical history, and I think I remembered almost everything, but I managed to forget that I have Tinnitus and it hasn't gone away or gotten any better, and was in fact ringing in my brain at the time--I'm just so used to it that I forget to mention it.
Soooo much same!😂
You are not alone!! I end up forgetting something even WITH a list!
My very favorite family was the wife of the guy who cut his finger outside and it eventually infected badly enough for him to be admitted for IV ATBs. As I admitted him to the floor she kept saying, “I told him to wash it better!” & “I told him to cover it!” & “I told him TEN TIMES that he should call the doctor! I TOLD HIM!” She was so sweetly defensive about it.
I wanted to say, “OK, you’re in the clear. In the section of the chart where it asks if his wife told her husband to take that cut more seriously because she’s a good wife who did her duty, I will check YES.”
Sometimes the family is extremely annoying but sometimes they’re kind of funny.
Isn’t the shorthand ABX not ATBs?
We feel like you're blaming us for his stubbornness.
I legitimately went to get my eyebrows waxed today. This woman asked me if I have sensitive skin or any allergies. I told her no I do not. Then about halfway through I remember I'm allergic to most laundry detergent and public restroom soaps because of a common active ingredient. Sometimes we're just a little stupid
Haha aww. Not stupid, just forgetful. To err is human.
The "YOU HAD POLIO" gets me everytime lmao
At least he didn’t have Poliosis
@@that_deaf_dude99 bruh 💀
@@that_deaf_dude99 or Poliomyelitis
@@Speariture did u get that reference?
@@that_deaf_dude99 whats the reference
My step dad has a bunch of different medical problems that the doctors can’t quite figure out. One time he was talking casually about his past and mentioned the couple of years he LIVED IN ASBESTOS, QUEBEC, A TOWN NAMED AFTER THE GIANT ASBESTOS MINE. People who lived there, even for a short time, are known to develop health problems even though he mine has been sealed for years. I asked if my stepdad ever mentioned to his doctors that he lived in Asbestos and he said no because he didn’t think it was relevant. 🤦🏻♀️
Wow what a huge twist! Lol
I hope it’s something else, mesothelioma is not easily mistaken so I hope.
Doesn't sound like his symptoms or at least the cause are a mystery. Good luck dealing w the doctors.
Holy shit. Umm yeah.
I've heard of that town...awful...kids would play in that stuff...the tiwn mined for commercial purposes but alsu used it as a recreational material! So sad...of course this all before we knew the danger...still disturbing
Lmao I was asked if I had any major surgeries or operations.
I said no.
My mom says “she just had a c-section”
The look admitting gave me 🤣🤣
A friend of mine studies medicine. She's taken a side job with uni where she has to call people to check if they had any after care after treatment. She told me that the wife's always could give way more detailed descriptions than the husbands. Which year, what type of procedure, what medication etc. It's the wife's that know stuff.
That "so...POLIO!" At the end gets me every time.
I read that as "thats So polio" like a "thats SO you!" Lmao
@@stephanieann6622 while as a Malaysia,I can conclude as "That's so POYO" (that's so jerk)
CGC
@@FatinChibi Wait so Kirby is calling everything a jerk in Malaysia
El polio loco
I had to take my grandpa to the doctor recently because he had broken a bone in his hand while at work, and the doctor just making small talk asked if he had ever broken any bones before, and he said “no” and I had to remind him that just riding dirtbikes, he crushed a vertebrae in 1985, dislocated his hip in 87, broke his collarbone in 89, broke his arm in 90, broke his shoulder just last year, and broke his foot in 3 places with spiral fractures all at once only 4 months ago.
😂 oh lawd have mercy.. 😅
Gramps is wild
What is he doing playing batman!??! Dear hades 😂😂
First... Badass gramps!
But yeah, that's exactly why at the hospital they ask you the same thing over and over again specially before surgery
Lol😂😂😂😂
One of the times it’s ok to let a family member speak for the patient.
This wife definitely knows more about that stuff than the husband does. More than the doctors sometimes. I walked in on the emergency room doctor trying to Google my husband's condition. Lol! I gave them the new information I had just gotten from our pcp's office and as I turned I saw the search on his computer. I turned and looked back at him and he blushed. He told me, "So Uhhh since you're here can you help us out and explain what that condition is?"... to be fair it wasn't a commonly talked about condition so I will cut him some slack AND give him kudos for swallowing his pride and asking me. I like medical professionals like that.
I would like but 69 likes. Nice!
If more medical professionals would just be honest about their lack of knowledge on a medical condition or medication, they'd be far less anguish in the world. It's only natural that there are gaps in one's knowledge since we are all only human and can't know everything!
I would rather a doctor do research and educate themselves if they are not familiar with something. Better than them just winging it and shooting from the hip when it comes to your health. Doctors learn all kinds of different things regarding just about every specialty when going through med school, and much of that information doesn't even follow them into their chosen field. Can't expect them to know absolutely everything, especially when there are so many conditions that aren't that common. I'm all for googling something I don't know. Never stop learning!
Nurse for 40 years. The doc who looks things up is a keeper. A lot of docs just pretend they know or tell you you're fine so you'll go to someone else.
The Dr's you (mostly) first see in er/emergency clinics are juniors, are in training.
They often don't have much experience, so may know something about a medical condition from study (University/medschool) but have never actually met a patient with this condition.
If they're uncertain, if a condition is new to them, they call in someone more senior (a registrar, a qualified/registered Dr, possibly even a consultant)
If they ask a lot of questions,look stuff up they are doing their jobs and will become better Dr's.
This is how medical training works.
Ah yes, the wife-knows-better guy
Very often ! 😉
Wife does not know better than the husband. Only says what's needed to be said. Who the hell said that
@@vircle1863 🤨🤨 you good bro?
@@xxDownBadxx no
@@vircle1863 okay well hope you get okay soon 🙏
Speech Language Pathologist here.
Me: Do you had any serious medical history?
Client: "No"
Me: "Have you ever been in the hospital?"
Client: "Yeah, that time I was in a coma when I got hit by a truck"
Me: 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Ok so I was asked this question and legit forgot that I'd had brain surgery, my only excuse is that I was asleep for the surgery so I couldn't remember it happening 🤣
lol I used to have to translate what my dad was saying to the docs/nurses when I took him to the ER. I mean he spoke English like everyone else in the hospital but his southern draw Kentuckian English just ✨ hit different ✨ up here in PA lol.
It's weird how when a couple gets married, the wife takes on the role of the mothers knowledge of her husband, I swear this instance has happened with other subjects. Like do men just forget everything about themselves and pass it onto their wives?
It’s a weird thing of gendered socialisation. Women tend to be encouraged to take on nurturing (mothering) roles and from an early aged to socialised in a way that involves talking to and about people and remembering those details. Men are often encouraged “not to make a fuss” about pain and injury and so can minimise their health issues. They’re also generally encouraged not to talk about how they feel and so don’t register it as important meaning that details about it can slip their minds.
Looking at my husband, probably.
“I asked my mom and apparently I had measles when I was little.”
Couple years later, “I don’t think I ever had the measles shot.” “You got it after the baby was born because you didn’t get it as a kid” “Oh, okay. Good thing I never got the measles.” “You got the measles as a kid, dear.” “Oh, I don’t remember that.” “Your mother told you a couple years ago when we went to get updated on our vaccinations.” “Oh, okay”
His brain holds three birthdays, work knowledge, how to drive, every lyric he has ever heard, and every phone number and address he has ever had. Otherwise, “I forgot to pack pants.” “What do I like to eat here?” “What was I supposed to be doing??”
I think more so the wives usually end up hearing the husband's life story many times from his family. atleast thats def whats happened in my case.
Basically…Yes, Yes they Do. At least that’s been My experience. lol
With the exception of Single Dads…
It’s the Parent who goes to the Most Dr Visits & Keeps the Records and who then Passes THAT Medical History onto the Spouse.
it's because those particular men are a bunch of grown ass man child. and the society automatically expects their wives or partners to mother and babysit them for the rest of their lives.
Me with my husband 😂 I'm surprised he even remembers his name sometimes. 3 years ago, after he just had turned 27, someone asked his age and he said 28. I found it odd but maybe he didn't want to tell them his real age or something, so I shrugged it off and didn't say anything. Then it happened again with someone else, and again I found it strange but didn't say anything. The third time he said it, he was at the doctor's office (we were abroad so not at the usual doctor's) and I just turned to him like this woman and went "You're 27!!" And he looked at me confused and said "no, I turned 28, 2 months ago". And I just went "honey, you were born in 1992. It's 2019. You literally just turned 27" and since my husband is actually brilliant and very intelligent (I swear lol) he quickly acknowledged that he was indeed born in 1992 and that it indeed was 2019 and that the math didn't add up to being 28 😂
Well age isn't that important, I didn't know my age until people started asking for my age. Which didn't happen until I was around 29.
Smart people have to have room in their brain for smart stuff, that means dumping absolutely all common sense in most cases
iirc, if your husband was Korean then 28yo would have been acceptable, because traditionally they start from birth at year 1.
I made myself 55 for 2 years. Lol. Did not figure it out until a surveys for money filtered to correct age.
this happens to me all the time, my husband is 8 months older - so he'll say he's 31 and then 8 months later I think I'm turning 32, but no it's just 31, and then 4 months after that I'll think he's turning 33 - but nope it's 32.
I carry my med history in my wallet.
I just hand them the paper. Saves time.
Same.
I have Cerebral Palsy from Meningitis when I was 5 months old. It is so normal to me now that sometimes I forget to mention it in my Medical history. I can relate to the husband 🤣
This!
So my Dad had Polio. Post Polio syndrome is a real issue that modern docs are simply not trained on. Makes for significant strength and nerve end point issues. I always have to remind him to tell them he had polio as a kid.
My mom as well! It’s really frustrating when she has chronic pain and mobility issues and I ask docs if it could be related to post polio and they just give me a blank stare
So sorry to hear that. A friend of mine ultimately lost his wife to PPS. Best regards to your dad, hopefully the profession will start to catch up with the information that is available out there on the topic.
American health (care) system seems to suck. Greetings from Germany!
Was looking for this explanation. Thank you for informing this. I have erb palsy but it never affect me much on any other medical issues, i didn't know that polio have an after effect. Hope your father is always at his best condition.
Thank you! This comment is exactly what I needed. The doctors haven't found a cause for several of my dad's problems, he had polio and I just looked at post polio syndrome and it all matches.
When you're the forgetful one and rock up with a notebook dedicated to the weird shit your body has thrown at you bc you moved away from home and your mums not there to fill in the gaps 🤦♀️
Good on you for keeping up with your medical history the best way you can. If you can’t remember it, write it!
I’m the same way trying to remember these things, but I use a folder on my phone nowadays.
It's the opposite for me. I'm the one that goes with my parents doc appts so I've memorized all of their meds and what they're for and their med history. My mom doesn't even remember if I had chicken pox. 🤦
Same
I'm not even forgetful, but after one's rx list grows beyond ten, you start needing help. I do know what my parents take and I have to remind Mom that she's allergic to percocet and (irony of ironies) Benadryl if they try to give it to her in the hospital.
It can help to request a copy of your medical history from your previous doctor(s) and forward that along to your current doctor(s).
Sometimes it's good to have someone to remind you about your medical history.
Especially if you forget that you had polio.
Write it down in your phone along with your list of medications-theyll live you .
My husband brought me to the ER for anaphylactic shock. He had to answer all the questions. His answers were as if he were a perfect stranger and I was in the other room fuming while trying to just breathe.
My aunt had polio as a kid. Her only side effect was one leg was an inch shorter than the other. She had over 100 pairs of high heels and all were altered to accommodate her. Got her masters at 15 years old and dedicated her life to teaching and her church. She could play any instrument you gave her. She lived a long and happy life, died at 85. RIP Aunt Elise 👼🏽
My great grandmother had polio and one of her legs was about 2 inches shorter than her other leg, and also had special shoes. But Polio is not curable.
I was still a student and had to take my first medical history, the patient was lying in bed and I started asking all the regular questions and she kept saying no I have no medical problems dear none whatsoever.... she had an amputated leg because of her uncontrolled diabetes!!!! I only knew becase her daughter whispered insulin under her breath when I asked about her current medications 😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭
I get a lot of "no medical conditions" statements only to have an extensive surgical history and medication list that just comes out as we discuss the issues. Seems worse since 'rona.
Some people of certain age were raised to downplay all medical issues because "we just don't talk about that."
@@angiect3791 I see newborns and their host parent. They are almost exclusively under 40. Maybe the grandparents are passing on this habit?
Some people think if their treatment is working they don't have the condition anymore because that pill takes care of it. So they don't have a heart condition because they have a pull that takes care of it. It's dumb, but that's they are.
Love how he plays these different characters so well!
Im cracking when the wife says “You had POLIO!!!”
At least the wife has a fly ass hoodie on…
1.1k likes and no comments for 6 days.. time to ruin that 💁♂️
I didn’t notice and now I want that hoodie! 😂
Ah, yes, just a small detail...
My mom is the exact same way as the woman in the skit. Every sing doctor appointment my dad has my mom has to go to because by the time he’s back home he forgets it all 😂
My dad always mixed up subscriptions with prescriptions 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️ I miss him.
My husband and son forget to tell doctors and ER staff important history things because I kid you not.... "It doesn't bother me any more and I forgot about it". Now you know why wives and moms are like this. We are walking databases. LOL!
This is my life 🤣
Facts.
Wow, that's just weaponized, incompetence. Not for the kid he gets the pass, but for the father definitely.
Just like when I ask if a patient has any history of heart problems and they're like "nope!" and I'm like "what about that giant sternotomy scar?" and then they go "Ohhh that was just the quadruple bypass. And I think they did something to a valve?" 🙄
Lets just say, some men have priorities in life and most of them reserved for making his wife and children happy while his own well being isnt even on the list. When they see his wife or children in pain, they are always the first one trying to get them to hospital....but when it comes to himself, refuse to get treated and say it's no big deal or waste of money
"I don't know what kind of surgery I had. The doctors kept saying something about cabbage."
@@mallorymyers7525 🤣🤣🤣
@@mallorymyers7525 I was in respiratory school when I first heard about cabbage. I was so confused about what cabbage had to do with someone's heart.
I had a male patient who was answering all of his questions "wrong". His wife, who was a nurse, was "correcting" his responses throughout the entire exam. He kept telling her to "shhhhhhh". 😂😂😂
This & the prior surgeries questions always ends up taking so long that I try to bring a word doc with me so I can just hand it off.
Nurse here. We love you!
Can confirm. I work front desk in optometry and a dudes wife called, told us a patients contacts were bothering him, he was wearing contacts meant for one eye in both eyes because the prescription gave him headaches. Fast forward, dude has his appointment and I mention I hope these work better for him. Guy thought he was just there bc he ran out of contacts...
Pharmacy all the time with new patients.
"What medical conditions do you have?"
"Nothing".
"Oh, then I'll throw these six different medications and three inhalers in the garbage".
someone once told us that they rely on us, their PHARMACY, to keep track of what they're allergic to AND the symptoms they had... WITHOUT TELLING US ABOUT ANY OF IT
@@meganhipsher9036 had a patients like this too
@@raghadalashoor6650 good ol RETAIL PHARMACY!
@@meganhipsher9036 yea patients sometimes just assume stuff and never tell us stuff and we must turn into some genies and reply to all their needs
Like some telepathic pharmacist
We humans too
Communicate please patients
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This "so... POLIO" sends me 😂💀
"Any contagious diseases we should be aware of?" (pre-covid)
"Yes, I have um... roofing?"
...
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"Do you have shingles?"
"Yeah, that's it!"
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😂😂😂😂😂 Really?😂😂😂
ROFL
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😊
This is why my mother bullies her way into my step dad's appointments
That is so adorable lol
Bless your mom. 🙂👍
Only so she can save the man's life....in a DOCTOR'S OFFICE! Oh man, your poor Mom 😂
It was the same with my dad and stepmom.
This is why it is always good to have someone who knows you well come with you to the ER. It can be a stressful thing and sometimes you forget details from the stress.
Exactly! By definition (unless you're using the ER as your regular medical care) things aren't going well. When you're having an emergency, and frequently in serious pain, you aren't thinking straight. Always good to have someone to answer basic things for you, ask questions you can't think of right now, and remember what they tell you. The main hospital company in my area (which also shares medical records with each other so they have basic info, including meds and allergies, on file) now gives you a discharge printout. First time I thought it was a waste of paper, and the info listed is pretty generic. But it also lists exactly what you were diagnosed with (assuming you get a diagnosis), any prescriptions they sent you home with, referrals/follow-up info, and aftercare instructions. (and plenty of blank space for making notes later) I'm in pain and not thinking clearly (or drugged out of the pain and not thinking clearly) and you want me to recall my entire medical history, family medical history, and remember what you're telling me? Riiiiiiiiiight...
@@SaguaroBlossom Yup. Lol. I have memory issues on a good day. When I’m not well, it isn’t a good day and my memory isn’t going to be good at all. Those print outs sound handy. They only do that here if you were an in-patient and had something like surgery.
Yup. My sister forgets stuff and I have to bring it up.
How do you forget you had polio!
It's important to bring the informer with you to the ER.
wife: you had Alzheimers
guy: who are you?
UNDERRATED COMMENT
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You had 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Unfortunately, this isn’t really funny cuz when you do have Alzheimer’s, you need someone to be legally responsible for stuff like… giving your medical history to a doctor!
My (now late) grandmother had dementia, so my mom and my aunt were taking care of her. I was backup cuz you needed two people- someone had to keep an eye on her. She couldn’t remember that her balance and mobility were seriously impaired and she would keep getting up out of her chair or up off the bed… it was awful!
My mother has dementia. She can get like this sometimes.
Why is it always like this!? My mom can tell a doctor about how my dad had a minor fracture in his left pinkie toe when he was twelve. Like, damn woman
Edit Aug 17: Yo just realized this kinda blew up... but its my dad's birthday!! Happy birthday, dad!!! ❤
Because...women know all the details 😂
🤣 This one time, I had to ask an elderly gentleman about a heart/lung issue. I asked him what the issue was, & he said, "well, i don't know. They cut me open pretty good. I think maybe a pacemaker?" I asked his wife to come in, I ask her-"oh, sure! He had a quadruple bypass, and 3 stents put in!" 🙈 Little difference there! 😂😂
Worry=love. Love= knowing every detail about a person and caring for and worrying over them.
@@chrisbecker4412 😂😭 Big difference
Because we actually LISTEN to your rambling and don't just pretend. But guy's are never paying attention.
So, I was like this with my ex. To the point that when we went to divorce and my ex had his mistress sub in for the proceeding I was able to tell the judge his full history, even though the mistress said she was "a long time friend from college” .
Yikes, this makes me wanna not ever remember anything for my husband. I don't wanna be all in like that for him to betray me.
Totally confess that when I'm asked if I had anything medical happen in the last year or whatever my mind just blanks and I'll forget to mention things like "Oh yeah I was in Japan a few months ago and had to get my gallbladder removed while I was over there."
Wife always knows the husband's medical history, appointments and medications!! Always ask the wife 😆
And passwords... but only if the other spouse is calling... I don't know why that one works that way, but 10 years in various customer service positions has proven this to be true.
Seeing my grandparents and parents, so true
@@jazzywash1214 😄
@@priscillajimenez27 i make the appointments for my husband, i know his medication, i know when his past appointments were! I hate being the wife who speaks out as if i was dominant or something but he doesn't remember anything!!! When the doctor recognizes us he addresses to me instead of my husband lol
@@evilfairy85 I'm sure he doesn't see it as you dominating him, just that you love and want to take care of him. 😊
My husband was in the er for an infection he ignored
He got augmenten for it
He’s terribly allergic
I go to the bathroom and come back and they are about to give it to him and they tell him what it is and I freak out
They think I’m the crazy one
Then he’s like OH YEA! I’m allergic
It was even on his charts!
But I’m the crazy one for not wanting the hospital to kill my husband? I said don’t give that to him you’ll kill him… good lord
😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 You are both Wife and Guardian Angel. Geesh, your hands are full My Dear. From conception to final resting place, The Fellas always need supervision...from themselves 🤦🏾
you sure it was In his chart? typically computer systems will give a hard stop when ordering medication a patients allergic to. like, the computer will ask you twice if you're sure you wanna give it. it's basically the equivalent of loading a gun, and turning the safety off before shooting someone in the face.
so maybe it was in some chart somewhere, but not there.
I hate it but most medical workers that deal with patients day to day develop this attitude that every single patient is an idiot who doesn't understand anything and they treat every patient as if the patient is unable to understand what is happening and so when a patient/patients family question or contradict the doctor they get borderline offended. One time i was in the hospital for kidney stones (i passed 12 in the 24 hours leading up to me goung) and they took a ct of my abdomen and saw no stones there and straight up called me a liar and an addict looking for drugs and i argued with the er doctor for almost half an hour that stones can not show up on scans because of the chemical make up of that type of stone and he yelled, accused, denied and insulted for almost 30 minutes before the on call urologist got there, took one look at my chart and was like "yup, there's stones in there. You can tell because of the blood in urine and the ureters are being splayed on both sides. Give him whatever he needs to cover the pain and keep him here until he feels well enough to manage at home." The other doctor was not happy. The thing that pissed off is that i literally brought all the stones i passed and gave them to him to test and he still denies i actually had kidney stones.
@@daltonevans3412 maybe work as a medical worker and realize for every 1 patient that is right we've seen 12 before them that were
a. completely wrong and condescending
b. saw it on web md
c. treat the nurses and doctors like they're fast food servers at burger King.
The fact that you say "most medical workers" based on "that one time" you were at the hospital tells me you're one of those patients, no matter how well you try to paint yourself to be the good guy in your story. 13 hours a day of taking people's shit both figuratively and literally wears on you from time to time no matter who you are.
oh and just so you know l, a CT abdomen will NOT show stones in the ureters because guess what, your ureters are NOT in your abdomen, and it's kind of uncommon for them to move from the kidneys into the ureters unless they're being passed. drug addicts will frequently come in complaining of lower back pain looking for narcotics. if you don't believe me, Google it. there's an entire reddit dedicated on how to trick hospitals into giving you drugs. also, you passed the stones? congrats, that means exactly what happened was what was suppose to happen. the stones were small enough for you to pass so there was nothing else the doctor was suppose to do other than give you pain meds and tamsulosin, and let you pass them when you can.
The only mistake the doctor made was not doing a CT lower back and uro, but if you didn't report decreased urine output and only complained of stomach pain (yes the proper term is calling it a complaint) then he looked where you told him where the pain was. big fail on his part of the UA was positive for blood. but in the end you got the exact treatment you needed regardless. 👌🏾
@@lowkeylokii4205 you are assuming just as much as you accuse me of making assumptions. You assume my opinion was formed by one visit, however my opinion has been formed due to 10 years of near constant mistreatment and frankly neglect. I have been called more names than i can count, one doctor even told me "i bet your mother is ashamed of you" after i challenged him on a diagnosis that was clearly wrong (which was later confirmed by another doctor) the medical system has let me down in literally every way because of arrogance and apathy, they have missed easy and obvious diagnosis leaving me to struggle and once proven wrong insult me and call me a drug addict (i am on hydromorphone for severe chronic pain due to a bad hit and run and also near daily kidney stones. That was just the first example that came to mind. And frankly, i don't care if you work 13 hour shifts, if that is going to affect your patient care then you shouldn't be in that t
Role plain and simple.
"YOU HAD POLIO!" totally easy disease to forget about I'm sure 😂😂😂
That's not major, that's severe
Nurse: "Okay sir, just one more question. Do you have any major medical history?"
Husband: "No"
Wife: "You were turned into a newt."
Nurse: "A newt?"
Husband: "...I got better."
Did that husband happen to enjoy burning witches?
@@kitrobins4469 I think he preferred driving them.
Twas but a flesh wound.
Float like gravy, sink like churches
Ok, this is the comment I’m ending my day on. I just don’t think the internet is gonna get any better than this tonight and I wanna check out on a high note. Thanks for the genuine chuckle!
Honestly sometimes it's a good thing that family members are there, I have a sister who was severe mental health issues and if I wasn't there nurse the insurance company sent wouldn't have known so much in depth about her problems. My sister does a lot of masking and she wasn't going to tell them her problems because she wants to ignore that she has problems.
My dad used to do that.. I have the same problems but I’ve learned to accept it.
Being too honest with the insurance will end with high premiums
@@hoshireed77 being honest is actually kind of important because they want to make sure you're getting covered. The thing is our insurance actually covers behavioral health and has behavioral health resources if you just want to talk to somebody, but my sister refuses. We're both on a disability type plan where we get a lot of coverage.
@@R_L_A_G most coverages still have blanket coverage in "case" it shows up later.
If you are not one to actually use the service, the kind who use it only when it is REALLY bad or you have no choice and not use the service regularly, paying for the higher premium would be a disadvantage
I know it’s super annoying when a spouse answers the questions for their spouse. Sometimes it’s necessary. However my husband does have a terrible memory & he relies on me to remember things about his medical history. He literally tells the nurse & doctors to ask me because he can’t remember. I only offer information related to the issue my husband is in the ER for. Unless the nurse or doctor ask more in depth background information, then I deviate from the current issue. I’m a Veterinary Nurse & I love your content because it’s so relatable. Even in my field, I’ve dealt with clients just like your patients. 😂
I love your B-roll and outtakes😂 Always a good laugh after watching your polished video where everything goes perfectly. Thanks for sharing!
Ahhh, yes.... The good got ol' fashioned "my wife keeps track of all that stuff" old dude.
Ah yes, the wife who knows more about the husband than he knows about himself.
I was recently diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos, so now I get to see a cardiologist. We were going over what prompted the dx at almost 40 and all my meds and what they're for and he's throwing a fit over what I refer to as my blood pressure and edema med because that's what it's usually used for and I had a slight problem with those things. I'm basically maxed out on it. I completely spaced that it was lifted to such a high dose because it's ALSO used to control the cysts that show up in my armpits and occasionally face and elsewhere. If I don't use this med, then I have to use one with worse side effects than potassium retention. When you've got a lot going on, it's hard to remember it all.
I respect you so much Stevie.😆 Making ER into comedy IS genious!
Facial expression: TOO cute.
The medical student version of this is when the patient swears multiple times they had no medical history but then when you relay this information to your boss and bring in the whole team and your attending (senior doctor) the patient mentions their long terrible and disfiguring course of polio while the attending silently shoots daggers at you for not taking a proper history. Pretty much a universal med student experience 😂
YES YES YES YES..
HAHAHAHA YESSSSS
It's cause you did such a good job that they actually thought about it after you left ;)
How would you not notice their polio disfigurement? It’s very distinctive
I'm that guy... "oh yeah... I had a spinal fusion ,good catch hun"
Facing complete fusion myself unless they say I'm inoperable due to the severity, because it's pretty bad and fusion wouldn't reverse damage or pain, and my genetic condition which makes the chance of just making it off the table really low. At the end of the day being paralyzed waist down within the next five years is better than death in the next two months
My Dr., after reading my medical history: “How are you still alive!?” 😮
imma have to find a husband who can remember their own stuff cause I sure won't remember lmao
wife: “ YOU HAD POLIO”
me:😂
I come from a third world country and had tuberculosis as a child :). I do enjoy the shock effect at the Dr's office in the US when I say it.
Born and raised in the US. I was infected with TB in the 80s by one of my Mom's coworkers. Had to take the medication and all. The doctors still look at me like I'm a straight up batchit crazy liar when I tell them that. 🤦🏽♀️
That shock won’t last long. I live in a border town. Since the 90’s, I would get exposed to TB 2-4 times a month in ER. These patients are almost always already diagnosed and non compliant on their treatment. They often neglect to tell anyone they are positive for TB. The staff that is exposed finds out after the XRAY. I won’t even address the cost of constant testing of staff for TB. Back then the film had to be developed adding extra time for staff exposure. So given the millions of illegal crossings into the USA, under Obama and now under Biden, Americans are at risk for an endless list of diseases and parasites. When someone immigrates from a 3rd world country, legally, they are screened for health issues and the CDC mandates a two week course of ivermectin, for parasites, before the immigrant enters the USA. An illegal crosser will not be cleansed of parasites or have a health screening. Many Illegals often end up working in the food industry, restaurants and fast food. Improper hand washing and it could be someone you care about that becomes infected. The USA stopped vaccinating for Small Pox in 1972, because it had been eradicated in the USA. That is not the case in the 3rd world. Look up photos of small pox, and the scars it leaves, if you are lucky enough to survive. Think about how you vote and what it’s impact might be on you and your family.
Is it really that shocking to get TB? I thought it was like getting scarlet fever; unusual, but no longer a death sentence.
I was about 13 when a classmate (immigrated from a part of Africa to Canada where I live) was diagnosed with tuberculosis. I remember all of us having to go for tests where they put that liquid under the skin, to see if you get a reaction. Luckily nobody else was sick. Although one student needed additional testing, but it eventually came back as negative. Nobody was upset or angry with her. She was a very nice, very kind girl. We were updated on her condition by our teacher daily. After a lengthy touch and go battle, she got better 😄 and is now in her early 30’s. Living a beautiful life. I’m glad you survived and are here to tell your story! All my best ❤
@@kerianpearson9796 The necessary therapy is no joke. You have to take anotbiotics for several months and they often have severe side effects
I was in the ER recently and the nurse was asking about my history - when she got to surgical history I mentioned a few things - but didn’t realize at the time that I totally blanked out and forgot to mention my mastectomy. That’s a pretty major surgery to forget about. I only realized I forgot to mention it once I got home. I think I need to write everything out, meds, surgeries, allergies, etc to give copies of to medical staff during ER visits or seeing new medical personnel.
When my mum started having a cancer treatment and had her first CT scan, they found and old, badly healed fracture in her foot. She never had it treated as she "did not want to make a fuss".
Found out last year that I had scarlet fever in first grade. Fun.
Same here
I delivered my daughter with scarlet fever. Didn’t know what it was until an elderly women came into my job saw the rash and asked how I felt. She yelled at me enough to call my district manager (I was store manager) I thought I was just allergic to something. Went to hospital and they were shocked. Got admitted and my daughter ended up coming early.
Scarlet fever isn't the horrible thing it was back before antibiotics. My step son had scarlet fever when he was about 7 and it seriously was not a big deal.
@@Purple0fairy0bunny I'm really sorry that happened to you! Sorry the lady yelled at your boss, but it was smart she noticed! Hope everything went well with you & baby!
@@TheAccidentalViking Actually scarlet fever can be rather dangerous to an unborn child. If mom has it while pregnant, there is a high risk baby will be born deaf.
this has the same energy as the “wE wEre iN sLAVERY” line from veggie tales
Excellent quote.
Love Joshua and the wall!
I love these patients. My favourite was a guy in the ER, can’t remember why he was there now. No major medical history from him. He undressed to be examined and revealed a sternotomy scar. He had no idea what the surgery was! It blows my mind that there are folks who’d let someone rummage in their chest without being 1000000% sure of what the purpose was!
I remember as a child before my RN parents told me about how crazy those nights were. I remember the full moon would induce this sort of trance like state, in which I felt giddy and energetic. Maybe the light hitting the pinneal gland during typical sleeping hours is able to induce psychosis in those susceptible.
“Ahh ok good, good, good.. so .. POLIO” gets me every time 🤣
When I was a year or maybe 18 months old, our doctor x-rayed my hips and told my mom I'd almost certainly had polio in the first two weeks of life (when her antibodies were still protecting me). What can I say, we lived in a small town downstream from a sewage treatment plant. We're probably lucky the whole town didn't die.
I'm sorry in advance for my joke, but was your town called Dowisetrepla.
Those antibodies aren't fool proof, unfortunately. Might have had an asymptomatic case, or had it carried on in utero. Rubella likes to show up congenitally, too.
Dammnnn!! Thanks for sharing!
@@tiffanypersaud3518 my son got chicken pox when he was two weeks old, and I landed my second case a week later. You get caught up to speed REALLY fast on the weird misconceptions people have surrounding 'natural immunity' when you and your infant almost die, hey?
Actually, my mother recently told me that during the big polio scare when she was little, our tiny town got kind of famous because "nobody" got it. Constant low level exposure.
So I'm not sure what happened with me, except that it was a good 20-year time difference.
My Grandma survived Polio! Like a boss.
Me at my dad's appointments sometimes 🤦🏻♀️ He has a fun medical history: Insulin dependent T2D, plaque psoriasis that requires the fun meds, hx of appendix cancer and basal cell, sees a cardiologist for preventative care and takes several meds. At one point I tagged along for an urgent care appointment, and I was shocked by how little he knew. He doesn't even know what meds he's on! I also had to mention certain things he'd forgotten about. And he usually goes to his appointments alone 😨
I was shocked that he didn't know his own meds, but he told me I was the weird one for knowing what meds I'm on! 🤦🏻♀️ And I have narcolepsy, ADHD, hEDS, sinus issues, GERD, hypothyroidism, iron metabolism disorder, etc., so I actually take more meds 🥲
I seriously need to make him a laminated cheat sheet... Thank God patient portals exist
Wait, he thinks YOU'RE the weird one bc you know what meds you're on?? Make it make sense 😖
No major HX but they show up with a shopping bag of meds....
That's a better one than this Polio skit.
The way the wife said “HI” 😂 I can’t!
To be fair that’s a thing you’d want to forget
“YOU HAD THE GODDAMN BUBONIC PLAGUE!”