r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 10h ago

MISC. A Virginia man inadvertently left his phone recording while he was under anesthesia for a colonoscopy, which captured audio of the doctors: mocking him, instructing a medical assistant to lie to him, and discussing giving him a false diagnosis of hemorrhoids. In 2015, a jury awarded him $500,000.

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u/That_wet_vaporeon 7h ago

Well bye guys I guess I’m dying

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u/That_wet_vaporeon 6h ago

Well bye guys I guess I’m dying, I got like half of that.

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u/troveofcatastrophe 6h ago

Get checked. Half of these are indications of cancer that may not be colon. Weight loss, without trying and unnatural fatigue for example. They don’t necessarily mean you have cancer, could be another disease but get checked.

The mail in cologuard and cancer guard are cited for 45yrs and older. Idk if this is for insurance purposes or they haven’t been tested on younger people but if I had the choice to do nothing or an OTC test, I’d take the mail in test.

Better to be safe than sorry

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u/Typical2sday 6h ago

Get a colonoscopy. Colorectal cancer is not a pleasant way to go out.

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u/WVildandWVonderful 6h ago

Action plan for right now:

Go get on your primary care provider’s app or leave them a message for Monday. Say, “I have many GI symptoms and want to get a referral for a colonoscopy. I also want to ask about insurance coverage. Please help me make this happen.”

If you don’t have a PCP, get one now.

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u/Normal_Opposite_9864 5h ago

its not a joke. I fucked around, lost half my colon, and spent 8 months on chemo. its no joke