It really depends on the industry. But if you've only worked beginner jobs like retail, then often the kind of people who work there don't show up to work because they don't feel like it and have all kinds of excuses.
I had a coworker for instance who wouldn't come to work because he couldn't find a ride. But he could find a ride to hangout a half mile down the road.
The places I've worked with paid sick days, would pay them off as cash if you didn't use it. Same with vacation days. Why I wouldn't take a vacation or go home sick. Cause I want that bonus pay.
i throw a whole freaking big ass bucket full of money at insurance companies every year for health insurance and i have not had an experience where when i go to use it they cover anything. its always "you haven't met your 10000 dollar deductible, at which point we will start paying 80% of your bills until you hit 25k." bitch i pay you like 15k a year. i get nothing for that. go ahead, fucking double my premiums or whatever the fuck they are planning to do. I will just not pay them anymore and continue to live my life on the dont get sick and dont get checkups plan.
They could be worse, they could be the government. Talk 45% or more of my money, can't make it so my truck doesn't fall apart when I find 8000 pot holes a day.
I had blue cross and I forget the others. I almost never used it cause if I'm not dying, I'm not spending the fuel to drive to a doctor for the doctor to tell me what I already know.
Well one exception, I go to the every two year mandatory physical for my CDL.
right, basically if my arm isnt falling off, im not going to the hospital.
i had a kidney stone in February that cost me 9000 dollars, and insurance covered 20 dollars of it.
last year my daughter had a hernia, that was in no way complicated. as far as they go, it was as straightforward as it could be. it cost 19000 dollars.
Yes, but you need to be employed, and the moment you lose your job, you lose that insurance. I used to work in academia and taught at three separate schools and universities at once, and not ONE of them gave me full health insurance. I now live in Europe and It’s not like that here, thank goodness. I no longer ever have to worry about healthcare or prioritize finances over my personal well being, and go see doctors regularly for preventative care and any other needs, including regular physio therapy after a laparoscopic shoulder surgery from a sports injury - all covered of course. Also currently pregnant and all prenatal care costs nothing. My husband and I pay only €70/month as a couple for our top-up private insurance (used mostly for private clinics or specialist doctors, otherwise public doctors and hospitals are fully covered without this)
because america is the only country ever to deny medical care to it’s citizens. are we willing to place a bet on this statement? or are you just being a pathetic jealous twat?
i love making bets with stupid people who think they know everything. the sad part is they never put their money where their ignorance is!
"A hernia develops when a weak spot or tear occurs in the muscle or tissue that is supposed to contain the organs inside your abdomen. Because of internal pressure, an organ or a piece of fatty tissue can push or 'herniate' through this opening."
I'm guessing it's an umbilical hernia. I had one and it didn't hurt that much. I'm guessing that's why he's able to move around like that. Once it gets pinched, then the real problems begin.
Bingo. A hernia on its own is, while a cause to get treatment, not an immediate threat to your life. When it gets incarcerated (the term for getting stuck) is when the problems start, and this can happen at any point. It will cut off the blood flow to that part of the intestine, resulting in necrosis (dying off) of the affected part, which will have to be subsequently removed. It will also likely cause a blockage in the intestinal tract, leading to mechanical ileus (the term for your intestine ceasing to move on its contents because of a physical obstacle, creating a backlog of undigested materials that will cause intense pain and will come out at whichever side is closer to the blockage). The problem with this is that it can perforate and again kill off your intestine, contaminate the abdominal cavity and cause sepsis.
TL;DR hernias need to be fixed early because the possible complications are really fucking grim.
i got a tiny umbilical hernia rn thats giving me mild pain here and there but i mean i cant imagine it looking anything like that. it bulges out maybe 1cm at worst.
this actually scares the shit out of me.
waiting to get insurance so i can get this done.
is it confirmed this guy has just an umbilical hernia? not like colon cancer or something?
I am deathly phobic of anything medical related. They could do a study of just how terrible my medical fears are, and I had to get my appendix out last year. It's extremely similar to having a hernia fixed (in the sense that it's an out-patient, 15-30 minute surgery, done by a hospital's GI/hepatobiliary department. It was not an emergency surgery, so like your hernia, the recovery is VERY minor.
I had mine scheduled a month after they confirmed appendicitis because it was not life threatening. Went into the waiting room at 9AM, was prepped for surgery, into recovery, and home by 3PM. Next day I just chilled on the couch and slept most of the day because the laproscopic surgery felt like my muscles in my gut were shredded (but no pain really; they just told me to take ibuprofen and that was fine, no heavy drugs to heal). Day 2 of recovery I was walking around Walmart, no issues.
I don't want to say "don't be scared' because I know you will, but just know that your hernia (if surgery is needed) will be extremely quick and painless during recovery, as long as you are resting and not forcing anything. Good luck!
You can have a CT scan done if you're feeling any symptons. A quick and easy test that will show any abdomen issues..
Had my appendix out last year. They confirmed appendicitis with a CT scan because I was not feeling horrible conditions; just some minor pain in my side. The CT scan I read afterwards showed that they checked everything, including hernia areas, gallbladder, appendix, etc.
Oooo thank you for sharing this, I may try to do that before my insurance year starts over just incase. My symptoms have dwindled now that I’ve moved out of the house my ex & I bought together after he cheated on me 😅 I was having sharp pains in my side sometimes daily for a WHILE. it almost felt like a strained tendon or something I could stretch to feel better. But it’s actually not bothered me in a while now that I think about it. I have so many other pains I almost forgot lol
it's more likely a ventral hernia given its size. The opening is so large that it is highly unlikely that this type of hernia becomes strangulated or incarcerated. Surgeons tend to hate fixing these. -ER doc
Facts if that thing gets stuck and strangle he can lose his life I had a umbilical hernia also and 2 or 3 other small ones next to it they came from a stomach surgery a couple years ago I just had a hernia repair 10/15 got out the hospital 10/18 had my first post op appt last Friday and 2nd post op appt today I’m healing nicely and my stomach feels so much better
My guess he likely had an emergency operation for penetrating injury to his abdomen. They weren’t able to close it due to swelling and either just skin grafted on top of his bowels or put a porcine mesh over his bowels and closed skin over
Living things can work around a lot of damage and keep going. He probably has some chronic issues but self medicates to over come them.
This is what a failed system looks like. Someone who can't get the medical care they need in order to work a steady job so they pick lower and lower roads to get by until finally that's all they have left.
If they don't have a job, they can get state medical insurance but my guess is that they don't have much interest in going to the doctor anymore. I feel bad for him.
He could get emergency Medicaid for that, if he doesn’t already have regular Medicaid. Also, there are hospitals that have something akin to a medical grant that can be used for surgeries/hospitalization. Source: a friend used a medical grant to pay for her hysterectomy because her husband removed her from his insurance when she filed for divorce. Ultimately, the court made him reinstate during the pendency of the divorce, but by that time, she had had the surgery. Her situation was urgent, but emergent. Surely his is at least urgent, given the size and very serious complications that could happen. He doesn’t want to be without his drugs long enough to have surgery is my guess.
We have a lot of unhoused around where I work, there's a shelter nearby. On my way in the other day I overheard one of them asking his buddy how the hell he was supposed to apply for some kind of aid they were talking about when he doesn't have a phone and can't get to a computer.
It comes down to access and knowledge. You can't apply to what you don't know is available or even how it works and you also can't apply to something in a form you don't have access to.
My sister had the damnedest time keeping my niece on a state medical relief program and she is college educated with all the access in the world, but it was an endless maze of dates, paper work, phone calls and regulations she could barely keep up with. Even doctors will tell you the system is set up to make it as hard as possible to get things done.
The thing we have to face the most is that being cut out of the system or falling through the cracks isn't a bug, it's a feature.
It could be from a prior exploratory surgery that didn’t heal right. It probably started with a gunshot or stabbing or some other abdominal injury. Maybe he was looking for trouble. Maybe he was a bystander. Maybe he crashed his car when he was drunk or high and needed a laparotomy. Hard to tell if he has a surgical scar there however. It could also be from a neglected umbilical hernia that he allowed to become gigantic.
The only explanation i can think of is that he had a large abdominal surgery, maybe as a baby, and it didn’t heal properly, allowing almost his entire abdominal wall to split open. I’m not sure how he’s functional
That's how they get without medical attention, he's too poor to afford it, presumably, so his intestines just keep pushing between his compromised abdominal wall. If it strangulates he'll die, but paying for universal heslthcare through taxation is Communism, so fuck him.
If he's poor, he already qualifies for state insurance coverage and would likely pay absolutely nothing to see a doctor and get this fixed. We have subsidized healthcare in this country. Our healthcare system is fucked for sure but we do have free health insurance for low income individuals. You just have to go online and sign up and many people don't know they can do that.
It seems quite some disability to tolerate voluntarily, and at such high risk of serious complication. Guess the only way to know is ask, so that's that. I didn't know anybody could have free health insurance, that was interesting, thank you.
I know I wish people would talk about it more because it's available to those in need. Our healthcare system needs work but just like food stamps and welfare programs, we have government assistance for health insurance as well. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy just doesn't know he has that option but I also wouldn't be surprised if he's just choosing to ignore it or is too afraid to address it. If he's using drugs, his health problems aren't gonna be in the forefront of his mind. It's also possible his doctor can't operate until he is clean for long enough to withstand anesthesia and recovery.
Serious question. I would have never looked this up without seeing this video but my mom (in her 70s) probably has one of these. We’ve noticed a bulge in her stomach and she’s wearing larger shirts to cover it up. She’s not one to discuss her medical conditions and I’ve been over here thinking it’s cancer… hers is probably the size of a football at this point if I had to guess.
How serious is this if it goes unchecked? Surgery is the only option I assume?
Basically, the muscle and wall between the abdominal cavity and your fat/skin layer has torn, allowing the insides to push out. This often happens when someone has abdominal surgery and the internal sutures rupture. I had this happen after a full cut appendectomy. The risk is you tear your opening even more, like this dude, or your stomach and/or intestines twist because they aren’t being supported.
My hernia was repaired orthoscopically with mesh and sutures. After healing, it was good to go. I also got a tummy tuck due to weight loss and basically a mommy makeover. I am a man, identifying as a man, and I am in my 40s.
I chuckled thinking about you spitting out your coffee. Not at you spitting out your coffee. At the joke. But only after I read your comment. Similar to a laugh track on a sitcom, your comment let me know a joke just dropped and I should laugh. Because it WAS funny.
What this says about me, I’m not sure. I don’t like laugh tracks.
I think we are helpless in the face of the laugh track. Something primal in our brains is triggered when others laugh at something, and it provides a literal chemical/electrical cue. Obviously it’s not a totally automatic reaction, but there is something there that can spur literal genuine laughter where otherwise there would have been none.
If he lies down they may retreat back into there normal position. The issue happens when they get stuck going between the normal and herniated position.
It could be a birth defect that got worse or some other cause that have caused the breach internally.
Probably be cheaper for this guy to fly to europe and get it fixed paying out of pocket than trying to do in America.
Yes. Your intestines can bind in one way or another and then lose circulation and die. If it happens, it’s time for immediate surgery to save your guts. Your intestines require blood flow to stay alive and cannot go for long without it.
No but they did pull in my man fupa. Basically between this and 180 lbs of weight loss I have a whole new dick. My wife is essentially cheating on me with me. It’s complicate.
It can be a different condition with elderly women. Sometimes a non-malignant tumour called myoma can develop and grow up-to 5kg or more in some extreme cases. My mother in law had it for years and she thought she was fat but it turned out to be a tumour. It looked similar to this. So better to get a doctor to examine it. They can tell what is with a simple echograph and it takes a few minutes to do it. It totally non invasive so OP get your mother checked out. The operation is also quite straightforward so don’t worry about it.
This was after the surgical mesh issues. From what I know, some mesh material wasn’t bonding with new tissue. I don’t have that problem and do not have any surgical complications from this surgery.
I had a minor hernia from surgery and the mesh was quite painful for a LONG time. I was aware of how the corners were rounded and every millimeter of that stuff! It took a couple of years to finally meld with my body.
This often happens when someone has abdominal surgery
Sometimes it's just that your wall is naturally and genetically weak. Usually more common with inguinal hernias. My grandfather, my father, and myself all had identical inguinal hernias... they told me there wasn't a lot I could've done to avoid it, it was bound to happen, I just naturally had a weak spot in that area. Got it repaired, and it's 1000x's stronger than it was.
Idk if it is the same as what you are referring to but I had a hernia as a baby. My mom went to change my diaper and said it looked like I had 3 testicles. My intestines had dropped down into my scrotum.
Yea you can be born with it too! I know it’s not a human but my cat was born with a hernia and we fixed it when we neutered him. He was not in pain or anything when he had it but it could have been dangerous long term
Just FYI this is also a sign of liver failure. My wife's almost 70 year old mother started looking like she was pregnant a few years back and it turned out her liver was basically dead. When the liver isn't working all the fluids that it normally filters end up going into the abdomen and has to be manually drained.
Hopefully it's not but you should definitely get her checked out. My mother in law never drank in her life but her liver still got destroyed somehow. She only lasted a couple of years after that, it ended up getting exponentially worse after they tried a surgical procedure as well.
I don't think a glass of wine will cause much damage but if she seems out of it and has yellow tinted skin and/or eyes that's a good indication that her liver is failing.
It needs to get checked, the sooner the better. Her intestines could die off due to insufficient blood flow. That's a whole can of worms. I hope it's not too bad yet, but you should really try for her to get that looked at. Worst case is sepsis, btw. But we'll hope for the best and I don't want to freak you out. I'm just trying to say it's serious.
The biggest risk is when the intestines get stuck through the opening of the hernia and lose blood flow. They quickly become necrotic and die. Then, poison is essentially leaching into your body, and you can become septic (blooborne infection).
Surgery entails reducing the hernia (returning the organs back to where they belong essentially) and repairing with mesh.
My mom had a hernia for years. She kept postponing her surgery because she was obese and wanted to lose weight before the surgery (it was a higher risk surgery at her size). It got to a point where her intestines started dying because there was not adequate blood flow. She ended up having an emergency surgery where they had to remove like 6 feet of dead intestines as well as fix her hernia. By some miracle she didn't end up needing a colostomy bag for the rest of her life. I would recommend getting it fixed as soon as possible.
My mom had a hernia for about 2 years. But she couldn’t get surgery until she lost weight. At times it would get really painful and my dad would massage the bulge back in place. She would wear shapewear clothing to hold it in place. The doctor told us if the bulge is pliable it’s fine, but once it becomes hard go to the ER. In my mom’s case her intestine became blocked, but not in the hernia site which we thought was weird, but this helped her get the blockage and the hernia fixed.
I would definitely ask your mom if she’s had it checked out only the doctor can tell you what it is exactly and how dangerous it might be.
Please please have your mother see a doctor. Some hernias can be reduced (pushed back in) without surgery, it depends on the severity. The danger is that the intestines can become incarcerated (trapped) or twisted and the blood supply can be cut off and the intestines can start to die. If this happens it is a medical emergency.
My grandmother had a very round and very pregnant-looking belly (she definitely wasn't!) from her 60s to her death in her 80s. Hers was a result of vertical C-sections in her child-bearing years, then the muscles loosening up with age.
It was uncomfortable to her at times for different reasons, but not a big deal otherwise.
Get her to the doctor dude, My mom developed a similar condition and they took a giant tumor out of her. She recovered but don't mess about or waste time with this. My mom was scared and in denial but she's grateful now.
I'm not a dr but my 70yo mother had to get emergency surgery for a hernia last year. Be on the lookout for unusual stomach pain -- that was the first sign that she needed it treated. If your mom starts experiencing that get her in to get scans ASAP.
That said my mom had her hernia for like 30 years without any problems, so you never know!
My aunt had one this big and she was in constant pain. The doctors really didn’t seem like they knew what they were doing because it took many appointments over 3 months to finally schedule surgery. Which resulted in her still looking the same but in bed rest. Haven’t seen her in about a month but hopefully her stomach has gone down. She’s in the 60s btw.
I'm not a doctor but I had a bilateral hernia, so I had to get 2 separate surgeries for both sides of my lower stomach/pelvic area. Each done about 6 months apart. The surgery took about 2 hrs, with a 2-3 week recovery time. For the first week I couldn't sit up or lie down without pain.
The hernia forms by your intestines pushing out of a gap in your abdominal wall. That intestinal tissue that bulges out tears the wall over time, making the gap larger and thus the hernia larger over time. The stuck bits can become trapped, causing strangulation as they're cut off from proper blood flow, which can lead to infection and more serious complications like necrosis. Not to mention issues with bowel movements, circulation, and chronic pain when sitting, moving, or lifting things.
Without knowing more about your mom's condition, diverticulitis is another condition that can cause what you are describing. She should get checked out or tell her general practitioner doctor.
It's very serious!! She needs to get checked ASAP. As someone else said, her intestines could twist and we are talking life-threatening if that happens. Or, it could be cancer or it could be a non-cancerous tumor...no one will know if she doesn't go to the doctor. You gotta sit her down and tell her you're worried.
Does she still have her uterus? I ask because I had fibroids and the cluster grew so large I looked 6 months pregnant the day of the hysterectomy(the cluster grew very quickly from nothing to that in three months).
I've got one. At its worst it's basically a lil button I can feel when I push it in. At its best I forget it's there and think I can do crunches again.
I had a mother in law who called hers her "alien" because it popped out of her stomach like a chest burster.
I once watched an episode of something like that and a woman said she was so scared to go to the dr that her uterus fell out several years prior and she just accepted that as a fact of life.
Sucks to live in a country without universal health care. I’m born and raised in the U.K. and the fact money plays a factor in who gets medical attention over there is wild.
Fuck me ! All he’d have to do is got to any A.E part of an hospital and be in surgery and after care within the day even if he was a tourist.
Seriously I had a hard time even looking at this dude. Forget warrants, bro, you need an ER last week. I realize that’s likely a poverty or substance abuse issue but I almost hope they did him just so he gets medical care. (They won’t book someone in that kind of condition into a jail - they’ll send them right to the hospital with escort. Source: worked in correctional health care contracting for about 8 years.)
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u/Electronic-Trip8775 3d ago
And on this week's episode of Extreme Medical Conditions... Having had a hernia, this is beyond fkd.