Young Woman Shares How Her Condition Worsened After Blindly Trusting an ER Doctor, and Redditors Share Their Own Similar Stories

One person can’t be a jack of all trades; you just have to pick one or two and become a master of them. Among the numerous professions in the world, you only need to choose one and study it to the fullest.

If you still want to, you can select another and study it, but you definitely can’t learn everything. A Redditor named u/Consistent_Plastic79 shared with the TIFU subreddit community how everyone should always seek a second medical opinion.

According to the story, the OP experienced crushing chest pain and was driven to the ER, where she was attended to after waiting three hours. The "unconcerned" doctor concluded that the OP had acid reflux without conducting any blood work and issued prescriptions.

The OP's mom wasn’t convinced that it was acid reflux and urged her to get a second opinion, but the OP insisted that the doctor said everything was fine. Fast forward two weeks, and the pain returned.

The OP went back to the hospital and, after informing the unconcerned doctor that no blood work had been done, one was finally carried out. The test revealed that the "enzymes were not at the right levels" and ordered a sonogram, which indicated that the OP "had gallstones and needed her gallbladder removed."

I’ll pause right here and let you read the full story in the author’s own words.

The story headline

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A crushing pain in my chest

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No questions asked...

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I was so freaked out

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The pain starts again

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Acid reflux...

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Then the tests...

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I am in crippling pain

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Spent four days in the hospital

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Summarizing it all up

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This post has more than 600 comments and 4.7K upvotes on the TIFU subreddit page. Below are what people had to say:

1. I feel your pain

u/shakana44

2. Always trust your gut and go for a second opinion

u/AliCat1717

3. What!

u/Daisu_Maina

4. Always get a second opinion before shrugging it off

u/Lexus_Nexus

5. You gotta be your own patient advocate

u/OhMyRavebGoddess

6. And it keeps on going...

u/madscribbler

7. And you keep wondering what's really going on...

u/Icebox2016

8. This is a heartbreaking one...

u/Missykay88

9. I'm so sorry for your loss too

u/decade_500

10. Apply for financial aid and also talk to a lawyer

u/thethinksshethinks

11. You are one lucky person

u/oknarfnad

12. Why not just call a spade a spade?

u/Smile_Terrible

13. This is just so unfair and unacceptable

u/PaleosaurusRex

14. This needs to be looked into seriously

u/Geometronics

15. Now look at this story...

u/spicy-potatoe

16. When will all this madness end?

u/love2go

17. A racial disparity in medical treatment?

u/toomuch1265

18. You can imagine the doctor's comment

u/CoupleofbOObs

19. The disparity in standards of care is just disgusting

u/CanIBeGirlPls

20. And I totally agree with you

u/Wit-Hoid6674

21. That was a pretty close call

u/Rhyde14

22. You need to get a lawyer

u/Maddie_hippychick

23. And this is how we wrap it up

u/West_of_Weird

Now, it is expected that when you decide to study a profession, especially one that involves saving lives, you ought to be very attentive because one mistake can have devastating consequences. Doctors are the people that practically everyone turns to when they have a health issue, and it’s their responsibility to diagnose them properly and not just conclude based on symptoms.