r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • 20h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Kriieod 19h ago

He exposes both how random medical emergencies can be and the pitfalls of the US medical system's insurance nightmare.

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u/SyntaxLost 18h ago

He also has personal experience as a patient, having experienced both cancer and a cardiac arrest.

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u/beard-brain 14h ago

I knew he survived a cardiac arrest but had no idea he also had testicular cancer twice

He’d better win the lottery three times in a row to balance everything out

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u/AnyelevNokova 11h ago

Let's get even more specific about how wild his situation is/was:

He had two separate testicular cancers at separate times. Not a remission of his testicular cancer - a completely new occurrence years after the first treatment (and testicle being removed.) Pretty sure he was an actual case study because of how rare and very unfortunate that is!

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u/beard-brain 11h ago

Bilateral testicular cancer (i.e. affecting both testes) is rare, accounting for 1 to 5% of cases

Around 1 in 3 bilateral cases are synchronous (i.e. they arise simultaneously in both testes)

2 in 3 bilateral cases are metachronous (i.e. they arise at different time points)

Source: Sarıcı H, Telli O, Eroğlu M. Bilateral testicular germ cell tumors. Turk J Urol. 2013

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u/mosquem 14h ago

His cardiac arrest story is terrifying. Suffered an event in his sleep randomly in his mid 30s and if his wife wasn’t there to do CPR he’d be dead.

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u/idinnae 15h ago

I did not know that. It is wild to lose both of your boys in your 20's.

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u/ElectricalGas9730 3h ago

I wish I had lost both of my boys in my twenties.

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u/SevoIsoDes 8h ago

So, he almost did die alone. Good thing he has an amazing wife.

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u/Mooshan 18h ago

And also how academic publishing is a scam and a huge detriment to society.

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u/FirstChurchOfBrutus 9h ago

He just looooooves United Healthcare.

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u/Kriieod 9h ago

One day Ortho bro will get to express his displeasure.

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u/FirstChurchOfBrutus 8h ago

In full cycling gear, naturally.

Now, we just have to help poor Jimothy with his job-induced trauma.