Doctor Reacts to WILD Medical Tweets
I’ve burnt myself out fact-checking dangerous Facebook and Instagram health posts lately, so today I headed to twitter to have a laugh and check out the funniest medical tweets I could find. As they say, there is always “truth in comedy” and these tweets were no exception. For instance, it’s true, you don’t HAVE to get weighed when you come in for a routine checkup. I also talk about sleep apnea/CPAP machines, as well as weight loss surgery. Bear popped in to say hello too :)
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6:20 also #clinicalpsychgradstudentproblems
Hospitals are extra echoey because most of the time the floors, walls and ceilings are made of smooth surfaces like marble or cement or something, and makes it easy for the noise to bounce around. Noise insulators like carpets and thick curtains aren’t used (and hospital curtains are thin and sometimes plastic), but if there was carpet on the floors and walls, and heavy curtains, it would be waaay quieter
Why aren't those shirt buttons under stress? I can't get used to it..
My thoughts on organ donation: If I am in bad enough shape that the doctors would consider harvesting my organs to give to someone else I probably wouldn't have even remotely good quality of life if I managed to survive so I'd rather save a life. I don't fear death so if I die I die & I hope my death will be able to help someone. The doctor giving himself an appendectomy story sounds interesting. Bear is adorable. Did anyone ever upload a Sim of him to the Sims4 gallery?
I did not know about the scrub machine. All of the friends that I have that work in the medical profession have to purchase and launder their own scrubs. Is this something that varies by region, or hospital? I am very curious now.
Is your dog alone while you work these hours?
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I only eat chips while I'm doing dumbbell curls lmao
4:27 thought i actually had to or i would be fined
Doctor proves he doesn't understand sarcasm
Patient bill of rights? For an MRI I explictly asked for not getting a contrast agent injected. I gave my signature to this. 30min later in the tube the nurse asked me for my right arm as "normally everbody gets this shot". If I haven't complained and refused she would have given it to me. Nobody cares about your rights if you don't speak up. Later it turned out that the pictures were fine and very useful, although no agent was used.
3:38 at the back HAHAHAHA
Please tell the story about the doctor who performed surgery on himself
Can you react to a show called "House M.D. " it's on amazon prime and it's my favorite show.
I heard about that Dr. who did surgery on himself too, it was like an exploration thing to Antarctica and he was the only surgeon. So if they lost him they'd be in deep sh*t. You should definitely do a video about it, as a Dr. Yourself
4:37 it's cuz the only soft thing in the room is the matress, and they're really empty tbh
Regarding the CPAP post... What do you mean YOU PEOPLE?!?! 😂😂
I’m not even in the medical profession and I get asked to shut up when my eldest son (8) and his dad are eating. Now my youngest son (6) and I can watch and talk at anytime about any type of medical procedures and not bat an eyelid, even whilst eating. It’s just second nature to me, it never used to be, I used to cringe at the sight of blood. I now have a few illnesses and almost a dozen surgeries and IVF up my sleeve, you get over phobias real quick, especially needle ones when it comes to IVF. Worked out well, neither of my boys are scared of needles.
Omg I feel so old when a doctor doesn't know who Fred Savage is! FYI DM, he's the lead character in The Wonder Years that us 40-somethings use to watch as kids.
It actually takes more muscles to smile than frown. xD
So I know the Antarctica story because I watch a show called QI and it was featured on there. So here's the story: The doctor's name was Leonid Rogozov. In 1960 to 1962 he was part of a research team in Antarctica, he was the only doctor there (which is key to the story). One day in April 1961 Leonid woke up in pain and was feeling weak, had nausea, and moderate fever. Later in the day he started getting pain in the lower right portion of his abdomen. He tried everything but nothing worked. The following day his condition was worse and the nearest hospital was more than 1,600 km away and no helicopters could get there because of snow storms. So he was left with no choice but to operate on himself. The operation took about 2 hours and he survived. I think he wrote about it saying it felt like a million bee stings or something like that.
The dog sent me into orbit😭
Is this the gastric bypass comment people started to say he was fatphobic for on reddit? But... He was just... Stating facts. What?
omg i went to the er and they gave me two shirts so i’m there waiting for the doctor to come back with this shirt trying to cover my body lollll
"I don't know who Fred Savage is." You're a kid, so I'll let that slide.
I guess you totally missed the October 32rd thingy here :P totally impossible unless in 2051 we have more days or it's another planet
The views to likes ratio makes me think people find your videos calming, und therefore leave it on in the back ground.
Hahahaha "rich?"
Doctor: Oh sure it's totally safe. Meanwhile Therac 25: Ha ha electron beam go brrrrrrrrrrr
"anything you don't want to do, you don't have to" LIES!! About a year ago, I made an obgyn appointment for the sole and singular reason of getting my birth control refilled (I need it to prevent severe, debilitating cramps). And there I am, waiting for whatever doctor I'll end up seeing that day, and a nurse walks in and tells me to change into a gown for my very first ever pelvic exam. I was not there for a pelvic exam. I was not prepared to have that dropped on me. I did not want a pelvic exam. So I asked the nurse of I could not do that that specific day and she literally told me no, I had to do it, shoved the gown into my arms and left. I was terrified and shaking the whole time. On the upside though, the doctor was super nice and understanding.
We groan whenever we see an order come in for a Levothyroxine drip. Organ harvesting is a process. No one (unless you're a serial killer) is itching to rip out their patients organs.
Me: Hey mom what's a hernia? Mom: It's like a Protrusion. Me: ........What's a Protrusion? I finally know what a hernia is. Thank you Dr.Mike
What if spiderman got a CT what would happen?
When I tell people I’m an organ donor they give me weird looks or will be like “why?” Boi when I die I’m either going in the ground or being turned to ash. Why have my organs thrown out (since they do take your organs out when preparing your body for visual at a funeral) when they could be given to someone who has been waiting desperately for a chance to have a better life. If my heart is healthy and I match with someone who has a bad heart and they get it, they could actually be able to live a life without worrying about their heart failing and killing them. There are so many things you can give to help people when you die. Your skin, muscle, eyes, hair, lungs, heart, liver, intestines, bladder, kidneys, why would you let those go to waste when someone could survive with them? I won’t be needing my organs when I’m dead. 🤷♀️
about self surgery : Paul Bettany in "Master & Commander"
Little head? Bear? Lol!
Dr Mike needs to react to micarah tewers drawing her dads elbow
My stepdad used a CPAP machine the entire time he was with us (passed a year ago) and when I first saw it as a teenager, I couldn't believe anyone would be able to sleep with that head mount and breather, because the hose wasn't very long, the mask looked uncomfortable and if you roll around or toss and turn, like I do while trying to sleep the mask could come off or could potentially choke you out (I know this isn't very likely) but somehow he made it work...
Why does ICU sound like swiss military without weapons? Like time wise
8:47 huh. So i never really had a hernia.
I love him but I hate the Pewoop! Make me hard roll my eyes every time
I wish he would watch weird Al "like a surgeon" and react to it
I don't know who is cuter...Dr. Mike, or Bear. Hmmm....I'll get back to you.
"Look at his little head" Mike that dog is as big as you are. He's such a cute wittle guy 😍🐶
Doctor Mike: “and don’t get a bacon grilled cheese sandwich!” ...ok, I am listening and learning, but I’m not gonna lie, that sounds frikken delicious.
I wanna be his friend, because I don't sleep. Plus I need to since I'm only ten years old.
It depends where you are in Antarctica, there are plenty of doctors, my girlfriend was born in Antarctica actually
Im down to hear that story
Am i the only one who thought the radiation was for CANCER patients...not from a CT scan...ps went through over a month of radiation for cancer. day 1 oh i got this... Day 30 what did i get myself into? haha
I have a lump the back of my head called an enelepholociel or something and I had to get a scan
Anyone else hear that accent when he said fruitful
3:17 I would say it is kind of the same as an animal keeper. A lot of poop stories!
I don't think that's what he meants about the 4 kids part...
I get so mad when other CMAs tell pts they HAVE to be weighed. This makes me beyond angry. We have pts who are recovering from bulimia, anorexia & other conditions that make not being weighed more medically beneficial. How do you work in this field & not now the pts Bill of Rights.
How are cpaps uncomfortable i have sleep apnea and i sleep with my mask on and face in the pillow
Do you actually get more than 10 or 15 minutes with any patient?
*still waiting for Doctor Mike to get woke on fatphobia in medicine*
Hospitals are extra echo-y because the sound bounces off the ceiling floor and all walls. Empty houses sound similar. Once you add things to a room the sound doesn’t bounce. That’s why recording studios are covered in foam
LOVE the organ donor information, but how do you get REMOVED from the donor list? The state can't remove it from my driver's license, and I'm a walking pharmacy (plus my organs aren't viable for transplant bc chronic conditions - but I look normal externally). I REALLY do not want them ripping me open just to find out that I'm a wreck, especially if there's a recipient expecting it (they go through enough hell as is). Aside from estate planning, family being aware, and doing all the advance directives at every possible hospital I go to, how can I fix this in case I die elsewhere?
OMG..You don't know who Fred Savage is? 😲
Umm what is a isometro contraction???? 🤣
im down
5:11 what and when? :D Both my parents have to wear this, but my father refuses to use it.
The reason why the professionals have to be behind a barrier for radiology and the patients don’t is because the docs and techs are doing so many every single day
I want to hear the story too 👀🤷
"Poop jokes don't work when you're eating dessert." As the daughter of a gastroenterologist, I can tell you truer words have never been spoken.
3:03 God Sir Mike, you gave the most plausible origin story for the transformers. Even the original didn’t make sense. Hats off!
I love the peewoop and that weird dolphin sound. I like you a lot sir
I'm that person that tells bad nursing home stories, while out eatting. It's not gorgey to me. I can eat and hear poop jokes.
I was eating apple sauce and spit all over the table and wall At the colonoscopy joke
Dr Mike: All you do is work and sleep all day Teachers: 👁👄👁
Did people forget Fred Savage already?!? The Wonder Years was brilliant!!
3:30
I’d love to donate my body to medical science- I don’t need it after I die. I love the idea of it going on to help others- either by organ donation or to help help doctors learn surgical skills. I have a chronic constant migraine- study of my brain may help develop a better treatment for chronic pain like a migraine
I've had both an advance health care directive that specifies dnr/dni wishes for next medical event and also a bequeathment to a hospital that I used to be a frequent flyer at, for over 2 years now but still receive healthcare sporadically from currently . I have migraines too plus I'm a lightening rod for complications with medications, procedures etc that usually help other people that left me quite disabled and not feeling comfortable being a donor anymore, feeling that my organs would be subpar, so I chose to do a body donation, requesting cremation and my remains being stored where the hospital has a spot for donors who don't want for whatever reason their remains returned to family, after the hospital is done with the body. Depending on how your family is, it's not necessary a fun conversation to have, either end of life wishes and after death ones, I do think it's important though for people to have and not to wait til an emergency situation to have it. I'm hoping though in your case, perhaps there is more they can do for better headache control while you're still here.
I donated my body to science and they contested the will... Also stepped on the scale and it said; "Hey! One at a time."
doesn't seem very smart to make doctors work those long shifts
8:35 yo, I have an argument with myself to get my anger/frustration/sadness, etc. out, but for some reason that same skill isn't represented in my studies
Did you know? In my country, Austria, you are automatically an organ donor. Yes, tourists too. If you don't want that you have to fill something out for that. Yes, being an organ donor in my country is not opt-in, it's opt-out lmao
Me: *watches this* Also me: Sees a wine advert M: I don't drink😳🙀
If it takes more muscles to frown, why does my face hurt when I smile....?
Everyone missed October 32nd... fistream.info/work/videot/qMlqf6eohWi0uKM
Medical isn't the only way to gross out people, for example I've worked in a slaughter board as a broomie, and I have seen and touched everything that comes from a sheep.
I literally eat while watching my friends suffer eating the strange exotic foods I send them or give them for FIstream or listening to SCP videos... One off smell and I gag but hearing and imagining things wont bother me in most cases. Mike! React to WrecklessEating Challenges... Naader is insane.
...........I think I assume social pressure wise I have to do what a doctor says....but... also REALLY?? I CAN SAY NO? It's logical, but I just never thought about it..
I realized almost everything wasn`t mandatory when I said I wasn't comfortable with the doctor touching my balls while I cough Nvm that was just my uncle
You are definitely showing your youth there doc. Fred Savage is an actor who, as a kid, was the lead in a TV show from the late 80s called The Wonder Years.
Hey Doc, please do the one about the autoappendectomy!!!
Doctor Mike should do thirst tweets.
ahh yes, October 32nd
"Hospitals are extra echo-y, why?" No carpets.
3:43 mysterious Bear Lurks into Mike's house
Omg yes to the stories that non-medical people don't want to hear while eating!! Sometimes my friends and I would talk about our dissection course (very detailed!) at lunchtime in the cafeteria at university and we'd get maaany uncomfortable looks from the people around us :D
You really don't know who fred savage is??? I'm 34, how old is this doctor???🧐😉🤣
Bruh lets get together and swap eccentric ideas
hey doctor Mike watch ER, it's a show on Hulu!!!
Given that normal body temperature is based on an average, those of us who have a normal below 98.6 have to tell hospital staff that our normal is lower so that they can tell we actually do have a fever at 99.5. Normal for me is 97.5. I feel feverish at 99, which is not that much higher than 98.6. When my temperature hits 99.5 or higher, then I know I'm in trouble. Your viewers need to be aware of this kind of fluctuation in 'normal' PS I want to hear the Antarctica appendectomy story too
One detail about organ donation: You or your estate, or in many cases, your life insurance are charged for every second of ICU care between the moment you are pronounced dead and the moment your care is terminated, if you're an organ donor. This can be _many_ 10s of thousands of dollars taken from your surviving family. Until the laws are changed, this is a very good reason NOT to be an organ donor in the US. The medical/insurance companies have a stranglehold on congress in the US.
Fred Savage was from the show The Wonder Years lol
I wanted to hear the story about the doctor that did surgery on himself!
i cant frown.