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Not even complex medical conditions; a friend with stomach pain issues was being blown off by doctors with "just lose weight" for a year before she collapsed on

Not even complex medical conditions; a friend with stomach pain issues was being blown off by doctors with "just lose weight" for a year before she collapsed on the sidewalk. In the hospital, they removed a 30-lb cyst from her abdomen, but I'm not sure diet and exercise would have helped with that particular weight loss.

geraldwhen 4y ago
It would have made it much simpler to identify a huge cyst, and the fat may have exacerbated or caused the cyst.
- rondold 4y ago
  yes lol imagine how incredibly obese you have to be to not know you have a 30lb tumor. its like those women who don’t know they’re pregnant but actually even fatter
foobarian 4y ago
I wish it were easier to self-test with things like CT, ultrasonic or MRI scanners. Until I went to the ER with symptoms that exactly matched a gallbladder condition I was never before let even near one of those machines, but looking at the scans the problem was so obvious. I imagine for this woman the problem would have been obvious too from a simple scan.
- s1artibartfast 4y ago
  Depending on your definition of easy, it is. It just takes money. There are private clinics that will do full body MRI for preventative screening and diagnosis. This level of personal care is just cost prohibitive for most people
  - Aeolun 4y ago
    I mean, most of the time it is just pointless. I’ve had like 3 MRI’s and 10 CT scans over the past 10 years because they’re cheap and plentiful in Japan, but they’ve only found something relevant once (to be fair, it was pretty nice they caught that cyst growing in my ass). I’m left wondering if all those CT’s didn’t hurt more than they helped…
    - s1artibartfast 4y ago
      CT scans are pretty heavy radiation, 50 or 100 times as much as a standard x-ray. If they didn't find anything major than you are statistically worse off than if you never got them.
agumonkey 4y ago
I'd love to contribute to non invasive medical research in any way. The risk/cost of medical procedure makes doctors refuse most of this cases. So you're gatekeeped until it's too late.

geraldwhen 4y ago

It would have made it much simpler to identify a huge cyst, and the fat may have exacerbated or caused the cyst.

rondold 4y ago
yes lol imagine how incredibly obese you have to be to not know you have a 30lb tumor. its like those women who don’t know they’re pregnant but actually even fatter

foobarian 4y ago

I wish it were easier to self-test with things like CT, ultrasonic or MRI scanners. Until I went to the ER with symptoms that exactly matched a gallbladder condition I was never before let even near one of those machines, but looking at the scans the problem was so obvious. I imagine for this woman the problem would have been obvious too from a simple scan.

s1artibartfast 4y ago
Depending on your definition of easy, it is. It just takes money. There are private clinics that will do full body MRI for preventative screening and diagnosis. This level of personal care is just cost prohibitive for most people
- Aeolun 4y ago
  I mean, most of the time it is just pointless. I’ve had like 3 MRI’s and 10 CT scans over the past 10 years because they’re cheap and plentiful in Japan, but they’ve only found something relevant once (to be fair, it was pretty nice they caught that cyst growing in my ass). I’m left wondering if all those CT’s didn’t hurt more than they helped…
  - s1artibartfast 4y ago
    CT scans are pretty heavy radiation, 50 or 100 times as much as a standard x-ray. If they didn't find anything major than you are statistically worse off than if you never got them.

agumonkey 4y ago

I'd love to contribute to non invasive medical research in any way. The risk/cost of medical procedure makes doctors refuse most of this cases. So you're gatekeeped until it's too late.