Pretty scuffed. Cliff notes:

  • patient presents to hospital reporting agony in tummy
  • doctor finds out he uses cannabis
  • diagnoses with cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (some people after heavy use suddenly develop persistent nausea, recently identified, rare and is a diagnosis of exclusion)
  • patient is sent home
  • patient dies due to severe stomach ulcers

Seems pretty concerning to me.

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    When I had an ulcer, I called an ambulance at 3am because the pain was so bad I could hardly breath

    The ambo driver didn’t want to take me to the hospital and said it was probably just heartburn, but after I insisted they took me… He even made a joke that I must have been fine because I brought a battery pack and people who are having “true emergencies” don’t think of those things

    At emergency, they kept insisting it was heartburn despite me telling them I know what heartburn feels like

    They gave me medicine for heartburn that made the pain so much worse… It was only at that point when I was literally screaming in agony that they decided they better actually investigate

    Half hour later I was on a helicopter to Sydney for surgery

    They wasted well over an hour telling me I just had heartburn before they even decided to start investigating it.

    I can only imagine the pain this poor man went through at home after the drs Palmed him off

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      Holy shit mate that’s awful. I haven’t had anything that bad but have had problems with spine arthritis constricting nerves.

      Spent 2 years begging doctors to take me seriously, idk why but everyone seemed to assume I was exaggerating or hanging out for drugs. It sucked hard, I pretty much lost 2 years of my life to crying on a sofa and drinking through the worst pain.

      Idk why this idea of people faking shit is so prevalent.