@skierroy
I’m a retired Respiratory Therapist. And I’ve worked many years in an open heart surgical unit. There’s no way that nurse practitioner could rightfully diagnose chronic heart failure from a X ray. She would need at least an echocardiogram. Glad you tested fine and you’re doing better. Keep up the great videos👍
@Miles-wy1zr
Finding a good doctor is like finding a good mechanic nowadays. The best medicine is what you eat. Please take care of yourself and lose 50 pounds brother. I’m glad you’re still with us.
@ronaldjohnson1474
"You have to be your own advocate when it comes to healthcare." Absolutely the most important takeaway from this video.
@jeremybryant1976
I tell people all the time, "Don't be afraid to fire your doctor!" Sound like its time you need to fire your doctor.
@jeffm8707
That’s why it’s called “practicing” medicine. Unfortunately egos get in the way for some and they refuse to listen to the patient
@kevinkelley332
Good for you brother. Beat Cancer as of 2 months ago.
@stationarynomad7459
Doctors told me I was going to die in 1990. They were a little off in the diagnosis
@AntiFreeze95
The doctor said the same thing to my stepdad about blood clots in his leg. He kept telling him that it hurt and the doctor said no it’s this. It’s this. He finally told them no I want to get checked for blood clots and it turns out he had a 90% blockage.
@andre1987eph
Brother I work in an ICU: 1) Our Lord has everyone's last day. 2) You look very much alive to me. 3)Walk daily for 2 hours , like my 90* year old ICU patients. 4) Stay away from the medical field.
@cattmann1405
Glad you are doing well. I did a push back against a Nurse Practitioner last July. It was a physical exam. It lasted 90 seconds when she stormed out of the room claiming I had questioned her competence. She said I presented too many issues and that she was overwhelmed. She said I could pick the most significant issue and that was it. Haven't been back.
@TheMrAshley2010
Thank you for telling your story, and how we must be our own advocates. I'm glad to hear your good news, despite the challenges required to get there.
@fretless05
Glad it was just a scare and not an accurate diagnosis! I have type one diabetes. I was diagnosed at 5. My mom has told me that the pediatrician we were seeing at the time told her that, after I was discharged form the hospital, she wanted a follow-up appointment and, when they met, she wanted my mother to know more about diabetes than she did. Looking back, it was the best advice she could have given. We can't advocate for ourselves if we're not informed. As I've grown up with this condition (more than 50 years now), I've taken the position that I'm the Head Coach of my healthcare team and that my doctors are my assistant coaches and coordinators; I make the calls, but with their input and advice.
@2146USMC
It’s called medical “practice” for a reason.. Glad you’re okay 👍🏼
@wsmarshjr
Hey man, thanks for the helpful update. Here I was, thinking you'd developed throat cancer form too many repetitions of "DEEEEALS OFFFF THEEE WEEEEEEK!" But joking aside, that dark valley between the time they misdiagnose you and when you get the "all clear" is a really hard road for you and the ones you love. Happened to me way back in '78. Good thing the doc was wrong and I didn't have a fatal brain tumor. 46 years later and Im still here. Here's hoping you get another 46 years, too. 🙏
@23x31
You need to stop seeing nurse practitioners who also work part time at Harbor Freight.
@3kainos
I’m an ICU nurse who has worked in teaching hospitals for a decade. I can tell you there is a world of difference between the education of a medical doctor and a nurse practitioner and that difference is widening over time. NP schools have multiplied like weeds and the quality of the education and the nurses they accept are markedly lower than decades ago. You absolutely CANNOT diagnose chronic heart failure based on a chest X-ray alone. An echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) should have been done at a minimum to evaluate the function of each chamber and the pumping action (ejection fraction). Also, the fact that she didn’t do further work up to rule out a blood clot in your legs or the potential that a clot dislodged from your leg and moved to your lungs (a life threatening condition called pulmonary embolism) is malpractice. And a pulmonary embolism can cause acute (not chronic) heart failure. The enlarged heart on chest X-ray along with your concerns about blood clots and your respiratory symptoms should have led her to order an ultrasound of your legs, an echocardiogram, and potentially a CT angiogram of your lungs. This nurse practitioner is not only unsafe but also arrogant - a very dangerous combination. I’m guessing she had no critical care experience before jumping into NP school, which is not okay in my opinion. I’m so sorry you went through this and I’m glad you’re okay now!
@scottyV1000
5 years ago a gastroenterologist diagnosed me with a hereditary disease where I don’t get rid of iron because my iron levels were high. The solution is donate blood to get rid of the excess iron. 5 years later some of my blood chemistry was coming out weird so my doctor sent me to a hematologist. Prior to the visit he did a full iron work up. Turns out I’m now very anemic which has been what’s causing the weird blood results. Now I’m on iron supplements with a possible IV in my future. You can’t win.
@Evergreen64
Glad to hear it was good news! I had a coworker once who was diagnosed with emphysema. He had never smoked. Turned out he had a house full of black mold. He was renting so he moved and his problems cleared up.
@Immolate62
Chronic heart failure is not a death sentence. My wife was diagnosed with it about the same time as you. It is certainly dangerous and she spent a week in the hospital on two occasions, but in the end they were able to help her with two stints in her heart which was not an invasive procedure. We are still dealing with complications because they also diagnosed her with a slow-growing cancer of the lungs and the medications for that have been causing swelling and itching and various other unwelcome side effects. I'm glad you're a Christian and, like you, I don't worry about myself because I know where I'm going, but I don't want to leave my wife alone. Prayers sent.
@HRConsultant_Jeff