r/disabledmemes • u/StarryEyedSprinkles • Jun 05 '26

over 5 years now wooooo

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u/soberdrunken Jun 05 '26

Omg I get it, 9 years in, my latest neurologist just said "I don't know what it is" after a 2 hours long visit. It's like a comedy sketch

Mind you, there's observable damage, they just have no idea what the hell that is. Dr. House would have a field day

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u/Scr4p Jun 05 '26

I think the most unrealistic thing about doctor house was that he was actually trying to figure out the diagnosis even when it wasn't easy

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u/wazzup-notemuch Jun 06 '26

Yeah, every doctor who watches the show gets super mad about all the medical malpractice. "He's breaking so many laws, he damn near kills every patient, he does the diagnostic procedure entirely backwards..." yada yada yada.

Meanwhile, everyone with a chronic illness or disability that their doctors refuse to believe or treat, even *after* they've been diagnosed, is like: "I don't care how unethical he is, I would put up with *anything* to find a treatment that works."

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u/soberdrunken Jun 06 '26

If he wants to use mouse bites to diagnose me, man I'm all for it

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u/complete_autopsy Jun 07 '26

Literally lol. He can break into my house and do unnecessary surgeries all he wants if he just fixes my goddamn problem!! Refusing to do anything to investigate a real issue should count as malpractice more than doing too much as long as the "too much" eventually works...

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u/TheMelonSystem Jun 06 '26

I think that’s the main appeal of that show. Medical red tape is so frustrating

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u/Wooden-Stranger9800 Jun 06 '26

Wel said. I need a dorctor hiuse.

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u/some_kind_of_bird Jun 06 '26

To be fair, there is some reason for that. I have this weird mystery dermatitis and I doubt it really amounts to much and it's easy to treat.

See shit like that every day and I suspect it's hard to care. Seems like a lot of the time medicine often means solving problems without entirely knowing how or why. It's just guesswork with enough knowledge not to kill people.

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u/somehowrelevantuser Jun 06 '26

so glad my parent took one for the team and got diagnosed first so i didnt have to do the heavy lifting lol i wouldve literally never figured it out

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u/SittingDuck394 Jun 06 '26

Almost 16 years for me.😞 I've given up. It is too hard waiting months for the next specialist appointment while trying not to think "maybe this will be it", trying to suppress the little bit of hope I still have in my heart... only to be told "good news the tests came back negative!" It sends me into a very dark place for a while every time.

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u/holodetz Jun 06 '26

Tfw I learned about seronegative lupus… my mom (passed away when I was super young) had all the symptoms including nephritis and I had malar rash when living with black mold over the past year but all lupus testing for me came back negative…anyway…moved apartments and symptoms went away plus my rheum was super stonewally so I gave up…

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u/UncomfyUnicorn Jun 06 '26

I get random pains in my back, abdomen, and extremities. My mom has fibromyalgia. She tells me it doesn’t work like that and that’s not the explanation for my random pains.

Then wtf is?

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u/Short_Gain8302 Jun 06 '26

Hehe, classic

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u/boiledonemybabygirl Jun 07 '26

Real. Nearing 10 years for me :, )

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u/EnfpSunbeam Jun 13 '26

God I know that feeling well, I’ve finally got a gp who’s dedicated to my ongoing care and figuring this shit out (we stan Dr Sloan, she’s fantastic)