I have a brother like that woman's husband who is a total pessimist & hypochondriac. I was stressed out about another brother fighting cancer yet Mr Pessimist only ever talked about himself and his woo's. If he calls me i don't answer cos I can't deal with his BS, so this wife deserves a medal.
I have a friend who is exactly like that. I have to be in a good mental place myself to be able to be around him. It is exhausting trying to pacify his worries and sometimes I just can't do it
My mom isn't quite as bad, but she "fires" doctors all the time because they don't give her what she demands. She's convinced she knows everything that wrong with her and refuses to accept any doctor that says otherwise. She thinks she's a doctor because she knows how to Google stuff.
I think,this man’s issues are from extreme anxiety tbh, clearly needs therapy and medication. His wife could also get some help. dealing with his extreme anxiety.
I’m binging 😂 even watching some again What’s it about these folks both employees, & the pts They’re so kind , funny & warm and Very entertaining too , makes me wish I lived there ! 😅
I knew it was a panic attack pretty quickly. Glad to see the er checked everything before reaching the conclusion. Panic attacks are miserable and can be hard to deal with. I hope everything goes well for the young man.
Yes, and still good to check because you wouldn't want to miss something or make assumptions that turn out to be wrong. And because even if someone is panicking it doesn't necessarily mean they couldn't also have a medical problem. If someone is susceptible to panic attacks anyway, then serious medical symptoms would certainly be a possible trigger that might lead the person to panic.
Although, I feel like a few simple breathing exercises might have been helpful and could have been done without interfering with any of the tests. A lot of people coming into the ER could use some help dealing with fear and stress even when they do have something medically serious going on.
I too know what you are dealing with, having at one point dealt with a diagnoses of major depression disorder, tho I am better now I remember how absolutely horrible it was and sending you hugs, please know even tho I know there is no optimism for it right now, it can get better, be really kind to yourself right now.
Charge nurse Matt is wonderful. All the staff appear to be top notch. I’ve only been in the hospital, ER, twice here in the USA & once I was unconscious & the other time at 70 years young, I don’t know that I was treated with even half as much compassion & kindness as this group of A&E caregivers. Made me very sad & anxious as if I wasn’t worth the time or extra effort at my age.
@@JaniceWithTheTarlovCystsi don’t know where you live but I live in Ontario and I have been to emergency many times over 30 years due to an undiagnosed diseased gallbladder. I always got more than adequate pain relief with the strongest pain meds on offer. I also had a coil inserted to my lower abdomen through my neck while awake and they gave me fentanyl for it. They even asked me if I needed more fentanyl for the discomfort. I have a genetic collagen disorder which causes chronic body pain and I am treated with a Fentanyl patch and 4mg Dilaudid as needed for breakthrough pain. I think it’s your hospital or doctors in your area causing this ridiculous denial of real pain. I’ve lived in 3 provinces from one coast to the other and have never experienced an inattention to severe pain.
A few Years ago, I thought I was having a heart attack. The pain was really bad. First the fire department paramedics first arrived then the Ambulance came they decided to take me to the hospital to check if I was having a heart attack. It turned out I was having a panic attack. Since then I have suffered a couple more panic attacks. One where I couldn’t breathe and my left arm felt paralyzed. The doctor and the nurse at the medical clinic were very good. They put me on oxygen and the nurse calmed me down. It turned out I was having an asthma attack and this caused my panic attack as I had never had an asthma attack before. Panic attacks are real and could be dangerous if you don’t have medical assistance.
So easy for asthma to cause hyperventilation and/or panic attack, it's such an awful terrifying feeling to not be able to breathe properly. I'm so glad you had good people to look after you and make sure you were okay.
I sometimes had the anxiety when I was worrying about everyone and everything!! But I took the BusPIRone to help me to relax and cure the anxiety and relieve the stress.
straight up feeling of fear, trembling,panic feeling, can't stand still,get nauseous. You feel like your chest is all constricted and you lose your appetite,lose sleep. Its torture.
Wonder if Tom ( the young man) managed to get his stress under control and achieve any of his goals in life. Loved his outlook that he wanted to work his way up from the bottom.
I am sure they did what they always do. Mask the symptoms with copious amounts of SSRI without getting to the root cause. He likely tried 3-5 types of SSRI with debilitating side effects much to no avail or he is on them still and can't get off of them because the side effects of withdrawal are worse than the reason you started taking them in the first place.
@@SnowPink90 I know. And that is what they prescribe SSRI off label for. They don't simply go away. They happen for a reason and the doctors easiest route is fill you with drugs.
Found out that young Tom is now an artist, having left the wine merchant business. He seems to have had a huge personal journey since this was recorded and is now an exhibited artist. So good to see that he is pursuing his interests in life and making them his livelyhood.
30:58 Poor kid had a very bad panic attack! Not just an anxiety attack like I have. Different people have different reactions to stress and his genetics go for high anxiety that maybe he is not aware of. Hope he got proper meds and therapy, it will be okay. He’s really an intelligent and wonderful young man :) 🌷🌱
They treat them so well at Kings, especially if they are in pain they give them pain medication, here in the US they won’t, I went in with kidney stones and they treated me like I was a drug addict! Good thing I have a high pain tolerance!
I beg to differ! Three years ago, a fall left me with both shoulders broken. In the ER, I was given an IV of pain medicine, I believe it was morphine, while I awaited my turn for my CT scan. I was given royal treatment in the ward for 3 days and I was allowed to go home into the care of my husband. Two days later I was told that I had future daily Physical Therapy appointments beginning in three weeks, and an appointment with a surgeon to be evaluated for surgery on my left shoulder. I add to this, any other dealings with hospitals, emergency rooms, ambulance service, and personal assistance from the fire department fellows when I was incapacitated, were handled with care and compassion. Please don’t paint all care services with whatever experience you have had. ❤
There's something called the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program that maintains data on every opiod Rx including the doctor's and patient's name. It was part of legislation to address the opiod drug crisis. I was unaware of this monitoring program which led a doctor to withhold pain medication prior to hip surgery...
Wow stomach pains heck I’m 72 years old. I have a 6 cm . 😮abdominal aortic aneurysm my surgery is scheduled for August 27. I can’t wait . I live with a genetic disease I’ve had 61 surgeries thus far.😊
My goodness, Bill, you’ve been through it. My very best for your upcoming surgery. I hope it goes well as an aneurysm is no joke. You’ve got this, buddy! Take care.
Just think after Aug 27 and recovery you'll be feeling like you are 30 again :) or at least be less in pain, good luck to you, I hope all goes well, stay out of those night clubs :)
My mom Has a 4.2 ascending aa But no abdominal - my gramma passed from hers But it was beyond a 7… min is 85 was found during her breast cancer when she was 69… tough old broad 😂❤ I wish you health & Much prayers with your repair !!! 🙏🏻
I can sympathize with Rocky and Tom.I have heart issues well managed but since I lost my hubby October I find that I have anxiety and panic over a 1 time pain and other things.Now I find myself trying to hard to not have anxiety.I hope they get better.
As someone who experienced a torn retina, start worrying about it if you get shadows starting at the edge of vision and coming in. In my a rising blackness. And sudden flashes in your eye. I waited 3 months to being it up to a gp and further 6 weeks to see the optometrist he suggested and then saw the ophthalmologist a few days later with his card in case it fully detached over the weekend. Yes, they are emergencies, but not to fret over from just some blurring.
My husband and I have both had a torn retina. I saw the eye Dr midday and was in surgery at seven PM. They took care of my husband's with laser. You should never just wait. I bent over to pick up a bag. When I stood up I had a horseshoe shaped black place. It took up about a third of my field of vision. Again don't wait. Go get it checked.
I used to spend a lot of time in the UK, at one point renting a flat there. I’ve never understood with universal health care why so many people are missing so many teeth. Some are difficult to understand as it is and missing teeth only make it more difficult to understand what they are saying. Not trying to be critical. I LOVE the UK.
Is preventative dental care covered under the NHS? I have been assuming it isn't just because so many people's dental problems are so awful. And not orthodontic problems or anything like that. Literally large numbers of missing or rotten teeth! Which is pretty easily prevented with routine care.
So the parents were aware of a possible genetic abnormality that could cause death at an early age due to a heart defect and never had their son checked to see if he had this defect before the acute incident......good parents.
I’ve never heard anyone outside of Newfoundland (where I was born and raised) talk about a bread poultice before. I had many in my childhood…splinters, stepping on dirty nails, bad scratches from dirty metal fencing, etc and they always did the trick. I never had a tetanus shot until I moved to the mainland (Ontario). Didn’t even know what a tetanus shot was for. Mom and Dad were very much about treating whatever was possible at home through old fashioned methods. I’d use a bread poultice on my own children if the need ever came up. With the state of healthcare now and waits for a doctor’s appointment potentially taking weeks, I’d rather try some good ol’ fashioned medicine during the long wait at least. :)
Panic attacks suck i felt like this for a year .I had something holding me down like a big roach or bad malevolent ghost it was horrible . my mum told me a couple of years later it was panic attacks she was a nurse.
saying that its anxiety is odd to me they def cause pressure and feeling like you cant breathe but pain? and only pain on breathing in and not out? drs love to blame anxiety have had a friend in ED with extreme stomach pain and they blamed anxiety and said their labs were normal but when they talked to their GP about it a few days later the GP said actually your white blood cell count is way high and you need antibiotics
Panic attacks can be excruciatingly painful. I had one where my entire body seized and my hands froze in agonizing claws. It was awful. So idk why you’re doubting these medical professionals.
Unfortunately they don't show the reality of our health service. My friends mother , in her 80s, fell and broke her hip. She lay on the floor for 4h before an ambulance came then sat in the ambulance outside of A&E for 6h with a broken hip before being examined... what a shit show the NHS has really become.
They lied to him floaters in the eye aren't re-absorbed,they actually settle to the bottom of the eye out of your line of sight,in a few cases they don't settle and surgery can get rid of them,if they block you line of sight.
"I'm not on Prozac or anything" brother maybe you should be? You don't have to live with anxiety like that all the time, the stress is actively bad for your health
When I had serious double pneumonia, it was nice to have breathing treatments and food just appeared. I had gotten so sick that I wasn’t eating very much because it took so much energy to prepare and eat something. I hadn’t realized I had gotten so sick. But the triage nurse sent me right back and I was admitted to the hospital in under two hours. It was a serious wake up call, now I pay more attention to how I’m feeling and try to take better care of myself. It’s been 4.5 years now, I call this my “second” life. I could have died. If I had waited another day or two, I probably would have ended up on a ventilator. I could tell that the medical staff were giving me simplified summaries of what was going on. But I was too tired to have a longer conversation or ask questions. Fortunately my mom traveled to be with me and I signed the paperwork for her to talk with the doctors. So she got the full story from the doctors. She filled in the holes when I was feeling better. I was glad she was there, if I had been put on a ventilator then I would have needed someone I trusted to speak for me. She also cared for me after I left the hospital which made a big difference. Now I’m working on living my second life the way I want to live and not to meet someone else’s standards. This life is mine and I will decide how I’m going to live it. I’m much happier with this way of living. I’m making my little corner of the world a better place. Very few people change the world, but I can change a small part of it and it makes a difference to the people I interact with.
On one hand, he's open about his feelings. On the other hand, that can be exhausting for those around him. His eye issue was his version of a "man cold."
Google says a donkey jacket is a type of thick work jacket (usually dark blue) that men wear who work outside. As for "eat Vic", I had to ask a British friend of mine, and she said she had no clue what it means, but in the context my guess is that it's Vick's VapoRub. It has menthol in it and helps clear the sinuses and lungs when you have a cold. Don't think you're supposed to eat it, though. lol
Tom comes in presenting with severe chest pain and they take 40 minutes to do something as simple as an ultrasound?? No wonder the British are complaining about the state of the NHS... Shocking
Wife said she was depressed and he was good with her. I was wondering if she was depressed because she married her high anxiety, hypochondriac husband. 😳 I understand he has reasons to feel that way from his upbringing but, he is reading a lot of medical stuff on google or something,
She said that people don’t see the other side of him and how he in turn, reassures her. She said when they first met, she was diagnosed with ME/chronic fatigue syndrome which led her to spiral downwards. But he supported her through her illness and she also says he does little sweet things to make her smile during their marriage. They are really total opposites in their personalities but sometimes that makes it work.
Oh good heavens, stop your nonsensical whining. That would drive me bonkers. Floaters are nothing unless they get so large they block your vision. Pretty much everyone gets them when older. You’re not the only one lol. At least you found someone that doesn’t mind your shenanigans.
This is why socialized medicine will fail (I'm in Canada and our health system is similar to Britain's ie: taxpayer paid and struggling), 3 cases here and 2 of them really had no business being the emergency - panic attack and floaters in the eye, both should have made an appt to see their GP
Why doesn’t the ER triage nurse tell them to go see their GP or go home to get a bandaid/plaster? (Truly I am curious.) I realize in the evening and weekend GPs aren’t available, but really a sliver and small cuts can wait. And some of these people have waited 3 days to go to the ER anyway.
This makes no sense, considering both patients sincerely believed they had life threatening conditions based off of concerning symptoms they had. The young man was worried about a punctured lung/heart issue and the older man was worried about a detached retina. Both of which, had they been true, would have required immediate medical attention which is what A&E is there for. Remember, these are laypersons, not medical professionals, so of course they couldn't have known the reality of their less-than-serious medical problems until they were made aware of them after thorough testing & care was given. I assume they were referred to a GP afterwards. What you're fearmongering about is not the horrors of "socialized medicine," it's literally how the hospital and medical system is supposed to work! Experiencing scary symptoms? Get to a doctor asap DUH! This is what every emergency PSA you're taught in school, work etc, urges you to do...
Come to the US, where the quality of care and your ability to get it is determined by your ability to pay for it. Hospitals are only required to get you medically stable enough to no longer be at imminent risk of death if you can’t afford care. Even that minimum standard is being routinely challenged in court by politicians now. Worse, get injured at work through no fault of your own, and get trapped into the Workman’s Compensation scheme here, where you need a lawyer for every doctor visit and can subsequently be denied employment for having ever been injured at work in your lifetime. This is where Canada and the UK are headed, because you’re being convinced that Darwinian for-profit healthcare is the best solution for everyone.
A true panic attack completely mimics a heart attack particularly in women. Crushing chest pain, sweating, etc. I was firmly told by ER docs to come in every time because of that. I haven’t had one for years, but am grateful that ER treated it seriously. 😢
I have a brother like that woman's husband who is a total pessimist & hypochondriac. I was stressed out about another brother fighting cancer yet Mr Pessimist only ever talked about himself and his woo's. If he calls me i don't answer cos I can't deal with his BS, so this wife deserves a medal.
I have a friend who is exactly like that. I have to be in a good mental place myself to be able to be around him. It is exhausting trying to pacify his worries and sometimes I just can't do it
My mom isn't quite as bad, but she "fires" doctors all the time because they don't give her what she demands. She's convinced she knows everything that wrong with her and refuses to accept any doctor that says otherwise. She thinks she's a doctor because she knows how to Google stuff.
@@crispychrissy good ol' google
I think,this man’s issues are from extreme anxiety tbh, clearly needs therapy and medication.
His wife could also get some help. dealing with his extreme anxiety.
My youngest sister is like that especially when she reads the side effects on medication, geez all of the sudden she has everything .
thanks so much for continuing to post these. Absolutely the best series. It doesn't get old.
I’m binging 😂 even watching some again
What’s it about these folks both employees, & the pts
They’re so kind , funny & warm and
Very entertaining too , makes me wish I lived there ! 😅
I knew it was a panic attack pretty quickly. Glad to see the er checked everything before reaching the conclusion. Panic attacks are miserable and can be hard to deal with. I hope everything goes well for the young man.
Yes, and still good to check because you wouldn't want to miss something or make assumptions that turn out to be wrong. And because even if someone is panicking it doesn't necessarily mean they couldn't also have a medical problem.
If someone is susceptible to panic attacks anyway, then serious medical symptoms would certainly be a possible trigger that might lead the person to panic.
Although, I feel like a few simple breathing exercises might have been helpful and could have been done without interfering with any of the tests. A lot of people coming into the ER could use some help dealing with fear and stress even when they do have something medically serious going on.
Arthur was a sweetheart ❤️ There just aren't enough men like him. RIP Arthur 🙏❤
"I need witnesses." The best medical advice I've ever heard.
Loved the way she went about explaining a panic attack.
Yes, she was excellent
Watching while dealing with Major depression. Thank you for having it available!!❤
I know what you are dealing with 😢, I am in the same situation 😢. I am very alone, sleep very little....
I too know what you are dealing with, having at one point dealt with a diagnoses of major depression disorder, tho I am better now I remember how absolutely horrible it was and sending you hugs, please know even tho I know there is no optimism for it right now, it can get better, be really kind to yourself right now.
@@tina.a.59me too. I've had depression all of my adult life and I'm in my 50s. Sometimes I don't sleep much but sometimes it's all I do.
That dude with the OUCH band-aid made me laugh out loud
Read this as he popped up and I chuckled 😄
Charge nurse Matt is wonderful. All the staff appear to be top notch. I’ve only been in the hospital, ER, twice here in the USA & once I was unconscious & the other time at 70 years young, I don’t know that I was treated with even half as much compassion & kindness as this group of A&E caregivers. Made me very sad & anxious as if I wasn’t worth the time or extra effort at my age.
I tell ya they sure take care of Patient's Pain !! Wish they were like that in The States!!
Yeh ! I notice being addicted to this channel that they
Also offer gas & air in the ER .
Wish we had 🎉that in the states too !! 😅
Canada too. Our healthcare is just awful. Extra strength Tylenol for pain; even after surgery on a rotator cuff.
@@JaniceWithTheTarlovCystsomg
@@JaniceWithTheTarlovCystsyes. So paranoid about addicts they fail to treat pain when needed
@@JaniceWithTheTarlovCystsi don’t know where you live but I live in Ontario and I have been to emergency many times over 30 years due to an undiagnosed diseased gallbladder. I always got more than adequate pain relief with the strongest pain meds on offer. I also had a coil inserted to my lower abdomen through my neck while awake and they gave me fentanyl for it. They even asked me if I needed more fentanyl for the discomfort. I have a genetic collagen disorder which causes chronic body pain and I am treated with a Fentanyl patch and 4mg Dilaudid as needed for breakthrough pain. I think it’s your hospital or doctors in your area causing this ridiculous denial of real pain. I’ve lived in 3 provinces from one coast to the other and have never experienced an inattention to severe pain.
What a delightful young man Tom is.
I'm just glad to see an episode without some kind of bike accident or stabbing in it XD
A few Years ago, I thought I was having a heart attack. The pain was really bad. First the fire department paramedics first arrived then the Ambulance came they decided to take me to the hospital to check if I was having a heart attack. It turned out I was having a panic attack. Since then I have suffered a couple more panic attacks. One where I couldn’t breathe and my left arm felt paralyzed. The doctor and the nurse at the medical clinic were very good. They put me on oxygen and the nurse calmed me down. It turned out I was having an asthma attack and this caused my panic attack as I had never had an asthma attack before. Panic attacks are real and could be dangerous if you don’t have medical assistance.
So easy for asthma to cause hyperventilation and/or panic attack, it's such an awful terrifying feeling to not be able to breathe properly. I'm so glad you had good people to look after you and make sure you were okay.
Thanks for uploading. I love 24 hours in A&E
Anxiety has to be a horrible feeling and I wish Tom and Rocky the best ❤
I sometimes had the anxiety when I was worrying about everyone and everything!! But I took the BusPIRone to help me to relax and cure the anxiety and relieve the stress.
Anxiety is awful, and can limit your entire life.
@@anitawing4202 I agree, tho there are many things that will allow you to gain control of it
straight up feeling of fear, trembling,panic feeling, can't stand still,get nauseous. You feel like your chest is all constricted and you lose your appetite,lose sleep. Its torture.
It is.
Wonder if Tom ( the young man) managed to get his stress under control and achieve any of his goals in life. Loved his outlook that he wanted to work his way up from the bottom.
I am sure they did what they always do. Mask the symptoms with copious amounts of SSRI without getting to the root cause. He likely tried 3-5 types of SSRI with debilitating side effects much to no avail or he is on them still and can't get off of them because the side effects of withdrawal are worse than the reason you started taking them in the first place.
Yes, because when you think of it that was 2013 that’s 11 years ago so I wonder what he achieved in that 11 years? It’d be interesting to find out!!☺️
@@pmccoy8924 Tom was the young boy that had panic attacks and he wasn’t on any medication I believe.
@@SnowPink90 I know. And that is what they prescribe SSRI off label for. They don't simply go away. They happen for a reason and the doctors easiest route is fill you with drugs.
Found out that young Tom is now an artist, having left the wine merchant business. He seems to have had a huge personal journey since this was recorded and is now an exhibited artist. So good to see that he is pursuing his interests in life and making them his livelyhood.
30:58 Poor kid had a very bad panic attack! Not just an anxiety attack like I have. Different people have different reactions to stress and his genetics go for high anxiety that maybe he is not aware of. Hope he got proper meds and therapy, it will be okay.
He’s really an intelligent and wonderful young man :) 🌷🌱
They treat them so well at Kings, especially if they are in pain they give them pain medication, here in the US they won’t, I went in with kidney stones and they treated me like I was a drug addict! Good thing I have a high pain tolerance!
I beg to differ! Three years ago, a fall left me with both shoulders broken. In the ER, I was given an IV of pain medicine, I believe it was morphine, while I awaited my turn for my CT scan. I was given royal treatment in the ward for 3 days and I was allowed to go home into the care of my husband. Two days later I was told that I had future daily Physical Therapy appointments beginning in three weeks, and an appointment with a surgeon to be evaluated for surgery on my left shoulder.
I add to this, any other dealings with hospitals, emergency rooms, ambulance service, and personal assistance from the fire department fellows when I was incapacitated, were handled with care and compassion. Please don’t paint all care services with whatever experience you have had. ❤
@@Mary.P77 that’s true. I’ve had really good experiences in the ER and I’ve had some really bad ones as well so it all depends.
God that's dreadful. My Dad had those and he nearly passed out with the pain
I’ve had that exact experience
There's something called the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program that maintains data on every opiod Rx including the doctor's and patient's name. It was part of legislation to address the opiod drug crisis. I was unaware of this monitoring program which led a doctor to withhold pain medication prior to hip surgery...
Wow stomach pains heck I’m 72 years old. I have a 6 cm . 😮abdominal aortic aneurysm my surgery is scheduled for August 27. I can’t wait . I live with a genetic disease I’ve had 61 surgeries thus far.😊
My goodness, Bill, you’ve been through it. My very best for your upcoming surgery. I hope it goes well as an aneurysm is no joke. You’ve got this, buddy! Take care.
Sending prayers to you! 🙏
Just think after Aug 27 and recovery you'll be feeling like you are 30 again :) or at least be less in pain, good luck to you, I hope all goes well, stay out of those night clubs :)
Good luck with your surgery
My mom
Has a 4.2 ascending aa
But no abdominal - my gramma passed from hers
But it was beyond a 7… min is 85 was found during her breast cancer when she was 69… tough old broad 😂❤
I wish you health &
Much prayers with your repair !!! 🙏🏻
Rockey's epitaph will be "I told you I was sick."
LOL, yeah. ONE day he will finally be right.
I can sympathize with Rocky and Tom.I have heart issues well managed but since I lost my hubby October I find that I have anxiety and panic over a 1 time pain and other things.Now I find myself trying to hard to not have anxiety.I hope they get better.
Prayers for Arther’s family. Tom your a young man, take it slow.
This is a great episode. Thank you
Love Rocky and his partner. A very caring couple.
I've had floaters for 50 years. And I'm still going strong.
The worst thought you can keep in your head is “What If”.
As someone who experienced a torn retina, start worrying about it if you get shadows starting at the edge of vision and coming in. In my a rising blackness. And sudden flashes in your eye. I waited 3 months to being it up to a gp and further 6 weeks to see the optometrist he suggested and then saw the ophthalmologist a few days later with his card in case it fully detached over the weekend. Yes, they are emergencies, but not to fret over from just some blurring.
My husband and I have both had a torn retina. I saw the eye Dr midday and was in surgery at seven PM. They took care of my husband's with laser.
You should never just wait. I bent over to pick up a bag. When I stood up I had a horseshoe shaped black place. It took up about a third of my field of vision. Again don't wait. Go get it checked.
I love the elderly.
Me too 😂❤
First job in a nursing home in grove city Ohio
I’m so happy I did that 😅
😂 I love a lot of them. But they're individuals like anyone else.
Cheers , 🎉 I'm elderly 😊😂
I used to spend a lot of time in the UK, at one point renting a flat there. I’ve never understood with universal health care why so many people are missing so many teeth. Some are difficult to understand as it is and missing teeth only make it more difficult to understand what they are saying. Not trying to be critical. I LOVE the UK.
British do have the worst teeth
Is preventative dental care covered under the NHS? I have been assuming it isn't just because so many people's dental problems are so awful. And not orthodontic problems or anything like that. Literally large numbers of missing or rotten teeth! Which is pretty easily prevented with routine care.
Rocky's hair is beautiful
Living witg Anxiety ...SUCKS.
Be kind
So the parents were aware of a possible genetic abnormality that could cause death at an early age due to a heart defect and never had their son checked to see if he had this defect before the acute incident......good parents.
More likely the defect wasn't easy to detect ahead of time
I love rockys hair when its open.
I’ve never heard anyone outside of Newfoundland (where I was born and raised) talk about a bread poultice before. I had many in my childhood…splinters, stepping on dirty nails, bad scratches from dirty metal fencing, etc and they always did the trick. I never had a tetanus shot until I moved to the mainland (Ontario). Didn’t even know what a tetanus shot was for. Mom and Dad were very much about treating whatever was possible at home through old fashioned methods. I’d use a bread poultice on my own children if the need ever came up. With the state of healthcare now and waits for a doctor’s appointment potentially taking weeks, I’d rather try some good ol’ fashioned medicine during the long wait at least. :)
Panic attacks suck i felt like this for a year .I had something holding me down like a big roach or bad malevolent ghost it was horrible . my mum told me a couple of years later it was panic attacks she was a nurse.
They need to rename Rockey, EEYORE.
09:20 These are only post-drug states, the absence of drugs and the subsequent anxiety. I see this with patients who have been in rehab for 5-14 days.
23: Matt is amazing, he actually cares... "The shop will be alright?" "who gives a F it's not very important"
What a baby, Rocky is!
I wonder why they always say it’s a seizure??? When it’s obviously not???
They usually say it's a "fit" lol
He was shaking a lot at first. And seizures can have a lot of weird symptoms.
saying that its anxiety is odd to me they def cause pressure and feeling like you cant breathe but pain? and only pain on breathing in and not out? drs love to blame anxiety have had a friend in ED with extreme stomach pain and they blamed anxiety and said their labs were normal but when they talked to their GP about it a few days later the GP said actually your white blood cell count is way high and you need antibiotics
Panic attacks can be excruciatingly painful. I had one where my entire body seized and my hands froze in agonizing claws. It was awful. So idk why you’re doubting these medical professionals.
RIP 🪦 Author 😢
Unfortunately they don't show the reality of our health service. My friends mother , in her 80s, fell and broke her hip. She lay on the floor for 4h before an ambulance came then sat in the ambulance outside of A&E for 6h with a broken hip before being examined... what a shit show the NHS has really become.
Tom's boss is such a cool dude.
They lied to him floaters in the eye aren't re-absorbed,they actually settle to the bottom of the eye out of your line of sight,in a few cases they don't settle and surgery can get rid of them,if they block you line of sight.
Rockey is so depressing.
"I'm not on Prozac or anything" brother maybe you should be? You don't have to live with anxiety like that all the time, the stress is actively bad for your health
Wonder why Tom wasn’t given O2 rite away.
Because his oxygen saturation would have been normal as there was nothing wrong with his chest or heart
Tom reminds me of Rob Thomas
Tom is really cute and handsome
Is there anyone who actually LIKES being in the hospital??
Hospital staff. Idk tho they may be held hostage. I like the idea of working there but idk maybe I'm brainwashed.
Rocky seems to like it.
When I had serious double pneumonia, it was nice to have breathing treatments and food just appeared. I had gotten so sick that I wasn’t eating very much because it took so much energy to prepare and eat something. I hadn’t realized I had gotten so sick. But the triage nurse sent me right back and I was admitted to the hospital in under two hours. It was a serious wake up call, now I pay more attention to how I’m feeling and try to take better care of myself. It’s been 4.5 years now, I call this my “second” life. I could have died. If I had waited another day or two, I probably would have ended up on a ventilator. I could tell that the medical staff were giving me simplified summaries of what was going on. But I was too tired to have a longer conversation or ask questions. Fortunately my mom traveled to be with me and I signed the paperwork for her to talk with the doctors. So she got the full story from the doctors. She filled in the holes when I was feeling better. I was glad she was there, if I had been put on a ventilator then I would have needed someone I trusted to speak for me. She also cared for me after I left the hospital which made a big difference.
Now I’m working on living my second life the way I want to live and not to meet someone else’s standards. This life is mine and I will decide how I’m going to live it. I’m much happier with this way of living. I’m making my little corner of the world a better place. Very few people change the world, but I can change a small part of it and it makes a difference to the people I interact with.
I didn't mind it, I felt relief and I felt safe while I was there.
@@katb504 I'm happy to hear that. And thank you for setting me straight. 😄
Tom has a cool boss.
In the States the dope addicts are always trying to get pain meds from the ER rooms. I have watched it happen.
And they get them. Have true pain and not an addict, they throw you a Tylenol
What was it that she said he used to eat if he had chest pain? 'Eat Vick?'
Rocky your a drama queen lol
On one hand, he's open about his feelings. On the other hand, that can be exhausting for those around him. His eye issue was his version of a "man cold."
Evening all.
Morning Janet ❤
@@dakotalynn4773 evening Dakota.
Rickey might benefit from psychological counseling. Life is too short to lead it with pessimism 24/7.
What does “eat Vic” mean? Also what is a donkey coat?
Google says a donkey jacket is a type of thick work jacket (usually dark blue) that men wear who work outside. As for "eat Vic", I had to ask a British friend of mine, and she said she had no clue what it means, but in the context my guess is that it's Vick's VapoRub. It has menthol in it and helps clear the sinuses and lungs when you have a cold. Don't think you're supposed to eat it, though. lol
My grandmother used to eat Vicks salve. Her family immigrated from Great Britain. ?@@crispychrissy
@@lorawiseman8847 Oh, that's interesting... I'm from the US and we only use it as a rub on your chest or upper lip to get the benefits, not eating it.
Thanks everyone.
My aunt who was a nurse before she had a brain tumour said you can eat Vicks
Tom comes in presenting with severe chest pain and they take 40 minutes to do something as simple as an ultrasound?? No wonder the British are complaining about the state of the NHS... Shocking
Was she saying her dad ATE Vick's Vapo Rub? Or does Vick mean something else in England? Sorry for my ignorance.
The same, as a kid a friends mom gave them it to eat for sore throats. Nice petroleum product
@@vanessaevans6340 Ha! Thanks. I pictured dipping fingers into the tub of vapo rub and eating it. Ew!
She did say ate.
England has NHS. Why do people not go see Dr as needed? Seems silly.
long wait times to see docs
its kinda like this in the US too which sucks for everyone
Don’t know how she puts up with that hypochondriac.
Wife said she was depressed and he was good with her. I was wondering if she was depressed because she married her high anxiety, hypochondriac husband. 😳 I understand he has reasons to feel that way from his upbringing but, he is reading a lot of medical stuff on google or something,
She said that people don’t see the other side of him and how he in turn, reassures her. She said when they first met, she was diagnosed with ME/chronic fatigue syndrome which led her to spiral downwards. But he supported her through her illness and she also says he does little sweet things to make her smile during their marriage. They are really total opposites in their personalities but sometimes that makes it work.
Oh good heavens, stop your nonsensical whining. That would drive me bonkers. Floaters are nothing unless they get so large they block your vision. Pretty much everyone gets them when older. You’re not the only one lol. At least you found someone that doesn’t mind your shenanigans.
Panic attack. You smoke? Please never vape. That can cause many problems.
Malpractice
This is why socialized medicine will fail (I'm in Canada and our health system is similar to Britain's ie: taxpayer paid and struggling), 3 cases here and 2 of them really had no business being the emergency - panic attack and floaters in the eye, both should have made an appt to see their GP
Why doesn’t the ER triage nurse tell them to go see their GP or go home to get a bandaid/plaster? (Truly I am curious.) I realize in the evening and weekend GPs aren’t available, but really a sliver and small cuts can wait. And some of these people have waited 3 days to go to the ER anyway.
Corporate ownership is corrupted by excessive corporate greed. They are after a buck not good patient care.
This makes no sense, considering both patients sincerely believed they had life threatening conditions based off of concerning symptoms they had. The young man was worried about a punctured lung/heart issue and the older man was worried about a detached retina. Both of which, had they been true, would have required immediate medical attention which is what A&E is there for. Remember, these are laypersons, not medical professionals, so of course they couldn't have known the reality of their less-than-serious medical problems until they were made aware of them after thorough testing & care was given. I assume they were referred to a GP afterwards. What you're fearmongering about is not the horrors of "socialized medicine," it's literally how the hospital and medical system is supposed to work! Experiencing scary symptoms? Get to a doctor asap DUH! This is what every emergency PSA you're taught in school, work etc, urges you to do...
Come to the US, where the quality of care and your ability to get it is determined by your ability to pay for it. Hospitals are only required to get you medically stable enough to no longer be at imminent risk of death if you can’t afford care. Even that minimum standard is being routinely challenged in court by politicians now. Worse, get injured at work through no fault of your own, and get trapped into the Workman’s Compensation scheme here, where you need a lawyer for every doctor visit and can subsequently be denied employment for having ever been injured at work in your lifetime.
This is where Canada and the UK are headed, because you’re being convinced that Darwinian for-profit healthcare is the best solution for everyone.
A true panic attack completely mimics a heart attack particularly in women. Crushing chest pain, sweating, etc. I was firmly told by ER docs to come in every time because of that. I haven’t had one for years, but am grateful that ER treated it seriously. 😢
The doctor treating the young guy is ueseless
I thought she was awesome!
Um… how???
@@SensationalBanana he didn't know what he was treating for ages