Health: Today, after nearly a week of awful pain in my right lung, I...

By fucking fuck it fucking hurts - 21/12/2012 22:41 - United States

Today, after nearly a week of awful pain in my right lung, I finally went to see a doctor about it. When I mentioned my history of lung problems and suggested it could be pneumonia, he told me to "leave the diagnosing to the professionals" and ended up claiming I have acid reflux. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/06/2018 15:00

Today, I ended up in the hospital due to a severe acid reflux attack. I knew I had acid reflux for years, but was never allowed to get it checked out. Why? My dad told me I was too young to have it and that I was making it up. I now have to see a specialist. FML

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By Nora - 12/11/2015 21:21 - United States - Fargo

Today, I went to the doctor for the second time, because I've had a cough for about six weeks. In my first appointment, the nurse said it was just allergies and condescendingly gave me a brochure with a recipe for salt water. Turns out it's pneumonia. FML

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By FueledByFate - 04/02/2016 04:59 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I went to the doctor after being sick for weeks. I found out that I had bronchitis that then progressed to pneumonia. My girlfriend is hearing impaired, and when I can finally get words to come out when I speak, she can't understand them. I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for. FML

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By ADayAtATime - 16/03/2024 23:00 - Australia

Today, I proved my doctor wrong. I've been having difficulty breathing for 3 months. When it started, she said it was anxiety. I knew that wasn't the case, but I did what she said. A few weeks later, I told her during a follow-up that I thought it might be my phrenic nerve. She laughed. The physio confirmed it today. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/02/2016 00:01 - United States

Today, I fractured two ribs from coughing. My doctor told me to stop coughing, or I would fracture them more. I have bronchitis. FML

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By King_of_Cha0s - 15/09/2015 18:05 - United States - San Jose

Today, my PE teacher yelled at me for not trying hard enough in class. This my second week back after being in the hospital with a collapsed lung. FML

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By yourekillingme - 19/02/2016 04:12 - United States - Mission

Today, I went to see a doctor because I have been feeling of pressure in my chest. After running numerous tests, I was told I was perfectly healthy and had nothing to worry about. I made it as far as the front door before I collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital. FML

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By Stephanie Kugelman - 27/04/2022 22:00

Today, I'd finally had enough of feeling awful and went to urgent care. As it turns out, the reason my throat was sore was because I have a sinus infection. The doctor explained my nose is producing pus, and that's what I'm swallowing and coughing up. Yuck. I also have pink eye on top of that. FML

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By Kftc88 - 11/01/2013 08:03 - United States - Pomona

Today, I have severe back pain that is only relieved by lying flat on my bed. I also have acid reflux that is only prevented by sitting straight up. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/08/2015 08:50 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my doctor died. Last week, after a check up I'd had because I was worried about a cough, he told me not to worry because I was as healthy as he was. FML

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Saturday 22 December 2012 3:10

Sounds like you should look for a new doctor...

Lauren324 18

Saturday 22 December 2012 3:10

Go to another doctor for a second opinion!

Comments

blanccamaro74 6

Saturday 22 December 2012 3:38

My mechanic is always the same way it's like they think that since I don't own an auto shop I've never worked on a car

catkat1988 17

Saturday 22 December 2012 3:39

May I suggest seeing a doctor who's secure enough not to refuse to listen to a suggestion because he's the doctor and you are the patient? Definitely not saying doctors should always go with whatever their patients suggest, but it seems to me that some doctors deliberately go in the opposite direction just to prove themselves smarter than their patient. And that's really stupid, because the patient's anamnesis has a lot to suggest, and the patient him- or herself is a good source there. I hope he actually did rule out pneumonia before telling you it's acid reflux.

CharresBarkrey 15

Saturday 22 December 2012 3:42

Doctors see a LOT of hypochondriacs, and it gets very annoying when they all self diagnose from what they read on the internet. Honestly, OP could very well have acid reflux. My acid reflux caused me to have an infected gall bladder with gallstones and I was positive I was having a heart attack when I went to the ER.

Osito2011 9

Saturday 22 December 2012 3:57

I have acid reflux and it causes me to have a chronic cough. It could be very well op has acid reflux. In that sense, everyone's body act different to different things.

TrinityisLife 22

Saturday 22 December 2012 5:03

I have asthma that cycles with acid reflux and causes a hellish pain that feels like it's my ling hurting, but it's actually the reflux. I have a friend whose doctor put them on nitro pills for chest pains that actually turned out to be reflux. I sincerely hope that the doctor at least did the "poor man's" pneumonia check to be safe, but I also wouldn't discount the reflux diagnosis.

love_me_electric 20

Saturday 22 December 2012 5:14

The esophagus is on the mid-left side of the body. OP said the pain was on the right side. How can acid reflux be affecting an area of the body that the stomach acid can't even get to? The doctor's diagnosis would make sense if the pain was on the left side, but it's not.

CharresBarkrey 15

Saturday 22 December 2012 5:55

77 - Google where the gallbladder is and you'll understand that the esophagus is not the only area of the body where acid reflux hits.

lou_knee 6

Saturday 22 December 2012 8:52

Pain can be referred to different areas of the body from where it originates. A heart attack can give you pain in the jaw, appendicitis pain starts around your umbilicus before moving to your RLQ, a "stitch" in your diaphragm can be felt in you shoulder.

CharresBarkrey 15

Saturday 22 December 2012 10:32

102 - Very true. And kidney stone pain can be felt in your shoulders. That one threw me off the most, I thought that was for sure a misdiagnosis.

cynicalhumanist 9

Saturday 22 December 2012 12:28

The gallbladder is motile in itself, pushing its contents into the small intestine. Furthermore, the gallbladder produces bile acids, so it shouldn't be sensitive to acidity. Also, acid reflux is really called gastroesophageal reflux.

seamus87 4

Saturday 22 December 2012 3:44

All this talk about getting a new doctor and stuff. How about leaving the diagnoses to the professional and accepting what he said. I've had exactly what op experienced and the doctor gave me the same (according to all the experts in here) "false" diagnoses. Inspite of this, he treated me for reflux and I didn't die of respiratory problems. Who knew? Uh the doctor

LilliPage 17

Saturday 22 December 2012 19:46

By going to a new doctor OP is still leaving it to the professionals. She is just getting a second opinion to be sure that the first was not a false diagnosis.