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Worth reading the Author's recollections of his almost dying in 2019: https://dunfield.themindfactory.com/2019.htm https://dunfield.themindfactory.com/2019.htm

m3kw9 3y ago
Grim af but that looks like a happy ending
haolez 3y ago
That was intense. It made me think about my father in law, who had a heart attack in 2015 that compromised 90% of his heart. His exams are so ugly that one of his physicians refused to threat him, probably worrying that he might die any minute during the appointment. He is still alive today, he has a normal life and he even manages to go for a run in the beach every saturday. His exams haven't improved, he is always out of breath, but he just refuses to die. It's like what the physician said in the link above: "You look a lot better than what's in the paper".
hnthrowaway0315 3y ago
Strangely reminds me of "The Shadow out of the time" by the reverent HPL.
winrid 3y ago
> "Hug his children. Sleep in his own bed. Eat his meals. and Work a little with his hands." in her words "They shot everything she said down" Anyone know why doctors do this? They did the same thing with my father when he wasn't getting better (leukemia with pneumonia) and they couldn't get him off the breathing tube. They were very adamant he'd be disabled for life.
- kingds 3y ago
  doctors are all completely insane and should never be trusted. the process of getting into and through medical school has a selection bias towards type-a sociopaths. and whoever makes it through that wringer and gets board certified has to be constantly on guard for malpractice lawsuits. half sarcastic but mostly i do believe this lol
- zulban 3y ago
  It's tough. A vast majority of the time the doctors are right about recovery, and the family is wrong, and optimistic to a delusional degree. It's hard work telling family how bad things really are. Still, if something happens to me or loved ones I hope I get doctors who can distinguish between zero and one in a thousand.
- BobaFloutist 3y ago
  I mean they're giving the best information they have. Sometimes it's wrong, but unless you think they should hedge more (which people also hate, "Why won't doctors ever commit to something, it's always 'maybe' or 'I don't know' or 'we'll see', what's the point of the degree and the high pay if they don't know anything?!") I don't really see what else they can do. We hear a lot about all the times they're wrong, because they're tragic or frustrating or confusing, and because biology is super non-deterministic they're probably wrong more often than say physicists, but they're also right a lot of the time too, enough of the time that we consider it worth having them. We just don't get as many articles and anecdotes about a doctor correctly predicting someone's disability, because it's not as interesting.

m3kw9 3y ago

Grim af but that looks like a happy ending

haolez 3y ago

That was intense. It made me think about my father in law, who had a heart attack in 2015 that compromised 90% of his heart. His exams are so ugly that one of his physicians refused to threat him, probably worrying that he might die any minute during the appointment. He is still alive today, he has a normal life and he even manages to go for a run in the beach every saturday. His exams haven't improved, he is always out of breath, but he just refuses to die. It's like what the physician said in the link above: "You look a lot better than what's in the paper".

hnthrowaway0315 3y ago

Strangely reminds me of "The Shadow out of the time" by the reverent HPL.

winrid 3y ago

> "Hug his children. Sleep in his own bed. Eat his meals. and Work a little with his hands." in her words "They shot everything she said down" Anyone know why doctors do this? They did the same thing with my father when he wasn't getting better (leukemia with pneumonia) and they couldn't get him off the breathing tube. They were very adamant he'd be disabled for life.

kingds 3y ago
doctors are all completely insane and should never be trusted. the process of getting into and through medical school has a selection bias towards type-a sociopaths. and whoever makes it through that wringer and gets board certified has to be constantly on guard for malpractice lawsuits. half sarcastic but mostly i do believe this lol
zulban 3y ago
It's tough. A vast majority of the time the doctors are right about recovery, and the family is wrong, and optimistic to a delusional degree. It's hard work telling family how bad things really are. Still, if something happens to me or loved ones I hope I get doctors who can distinguish between zero and one in a thousand.
BobaFloutist 3y ago
I mean they're giving the best information they have. Sometimes it's wrong, but unless you think they should hedge more (which people also hate, "Why won't doctors ever commit to something, it's always 'maybe' or 'I don't know' or 'we'll see', what's the point of the degree and the high pay if they don't know anything?!") I don't really see what else they can do. We hear a lot about all the times they're wrong, because they're tragic or frustrating or confusing, and because biology is super non-deterministic they're probably wrong more often than say physicists, but they're also right a lot of the time too, enough of the time that we consider it worth having them. We just don't get as many articles and anecdotes about a doctor correctly predicting someone's disability, because it's not as interesting.