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Post by formerroomate99 on Apr 25, 2013 17:33:29 GMT -5
Probably would have died before age 5. Severe allergies and a subpar immune system.
Had some close calls in my younger years, the kind you only survive when you have modern medicine and proactive parents with medical training.
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 25, 2013 17:35:57 GMT -5
I wouldn't be here, I was born with a hair lip and cleft palate. Then at age 6 I presented with my Blood Disorder Diamond-Blackfan syndrome.
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Post by Shooby on Apr 25, 2013 17:44:38 GMT -5
I almost died after the birth of my daughter. I went into DIC, required emergency surgery and lots of blood products. I absolutely would have died if not for an awesome Doc and medical team.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Apr 25, 2013 17:48:38 GMT -5
I wouldn't be here, I was born with a hair lip and cleft palate. Then at age 6 I presented with my Blood Disorder Diamond-Blackfan syndrome.
![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/heart.png) Did you need a bone marrow transplant for that blood disorder? I'm sorry you have that, sweetie. Was your cleft palate fixed by surgery so you can eat and breathe better or was it not that bad?
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Post by Cookies Galore on Apr 25, 2013 17:48:52 GMT -5
I had an appendectomy when I was 23, so conceivably that bad boy could have ruptured and killed me dead.
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Post by chiver78 on Apr 25, 2013 17:50:35 GMT -5
The Wrongsideof30 clan would all still be here. We're a healthy bunch, thank GOD.
Oh wait.... I had to have c-sections. Does that count? Crap.
nah, c-sections have been around for a long damn time. many of the mothers ended up dying from infections though, so maybe. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/idunno.gif) for me? I was born via emergency c-section after my heart rate dipped low enough to scare the drs after mom had been in labor for almost a day. what they found was that I was slowly being strangled by the umbilical cord, it was wrapped around my neck twice. that's pretty much it for major medical scares for me, but that one's out of the gate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2013 17:55:34 GMT -5
Nope. Spinal meningitis at 6 months and then pneumonia 6 or so months after that. If it weren't for modern medicine, or at least as modern as it was 30-something years ago, I wouldn't be here. As it is, the only thing I lost was most of my hearing. No getting that back but that's ok. It's much more quiet in my world. Until I start blaring Suicidal Tendencies or Ozzy. Then everyone wishes my world was somewhere else. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 25, 2013 18:08:22 GMT -5
I wouldn't be here, I was born with a hair lip and cleft palate. Then at age 6 I presented with my Blood Disorder Diamond-Blackfan syndrome.
![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/heart.png) Did you need a bone marrow transplant for that blood disorder? I'm sorry you have that, sweetie. Was your cleft palate fixed by surgery so you can eat and breathe better or was it not that bad?
As a new born I was gifted with the most amazing doctor. I was flown into his city and he done the work. Prior to that I was fed through my ankles by intravenous for the first 6 months of my life. I've been really blessed with having all the top surgeons on my case. I had more surgeries as I aged and I also had 7 years speech therapy.
I was tested for a bone marrow transplant in 1981, but there were no matches, so I'm transfused now on a regular basis. I've been transfused on a regular basis since 1981.
POM honestly I've had it really good.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Apr 25, 2013 18:10:08 GMT -5
I know you have and I'm envious of the medical team you have. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png) But I'm still sorry that you had to go through all of that especially so young!
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Post by Jaguar on Apr 25, 2013 18:16:44 GMT -5
Yuppers POM I've had some of THE best in doctors. It's made me really tough.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 25, 2013 18:22:37 GMT -5
Wow. We've apparently progressed to the point where life expectancy would be ten years without doctors to hold us together. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) I had an operation for a hernia at age 2, but otherwise no surgeries, no life-threatening illnesses. Hence I would more than likely still be alive.
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Post by NastyWoman on Apr 25, 2013 19:55:20 GMT -5
Nope, another one here with one of those pesky appendices that burst and caused perontinitus. It was a close call and for over 4 weeks the doctors weren't certain I would stick around.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 25, 2013 20:02:50 GMT -5
Progressed nothing, we've been there hundreds of years. Ever go to really old cemeteries? Every other headstone is a child. Surviving to adulthood was far from a given before modern medicine.
Hell giving birth in the first place used to be no joke. Quite a few ladies went out that way.
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Post by swamp on Apr 25, 2013 20:35:05 GMT -5
I've had my gall bladder removed. Can you die from gall bladder issues?
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Post by Apple on Apr 25, 2013 20:40:21 GMT -5
I had Grave's disease and if I didn't get the thyroid removed I would have died younger than I will now after radioactive iodine and Synthroid. Sucks to be you all because you are stuck with me now for a bit longer. Bwahahahaha! ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/bat.gif) This would be me too ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) Other than that, I'd be fine, but my son would not have made it past birth (if he even made it to birth, they had to do some action the 24 hours before birth).
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Apr 25, 2013 20:44:23 GMT -5
These are some amazing stories. I might have made it just fine without modern medicine, excepting that there was a polio outbreak in our small town, and we all had to be re-immunized in the 1950's. I remember being brought up to the high school and standing in long, winding lines with gobs of other restless kids, and their worried moms. Both my parents came and got re-immunized, too.
It was in the middle of a very hot summer, and we weren't allowed to swim in the lake or go to the public swimming pool. We spent a lot of time hiking and playing outdoors, but didn't go to many public places. The early immunizations didn't always fully "take", and I remember being told that polio was always the worst in the summers and in watery environments. I don't know if those ideas are true or not, but my parents were sure worried. They listened to the news every night for awhile to get polio updates. '
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Post by KaraBoo on Apr 25, 2013 21:27:39 GMT -5
Another one who wouldn't be here without modern medicine. My appendix burst on Christmas Eve, 1993 - very little warning, worst pain I've ever experienced. Ever since then, I've had a hard time admitting when there is a problem with my body. Right now, I may either have the bacteria H. Pylorie (sp?) or a non-functioning gallbladder. The day I went to the ER 2 weeks ago, my pain level I rated at a 7 out of 10. I didn't think it was that bad because I was still upright, hadn't thrown up, able to walk and talk and was only experiencing stomach pain, along with switching from cold chills and sweating. I seriously thought it was food poisoning to begin with.
The ER doctor was convinced it was my gallbladder, immediately ordered me hooked up to an IV, given a morphine shot, blood drawn and sonogram ordered. Sonogram came back clear (no signs of gallstones or thickening of the walls or infection), so they sent me for a CT scan - it came back clear as well. All of my blood work came back clear - and they tested me for pregnancy - I wasn't (I could have saved them the test!). ETA - they sent me home with the possible/probable diagnosis of food poisoning. Primary doctor has me scheduled for a HIDA scan right now as I've continued to have pain for these last 2 weeks and my stomach is still tender to the touch. Modern medicine is great - until they don't know what's wrong with you! ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) Oh - and the person who asked if you can die from a bad gallbladder/stones - yes you can. Something to do with the bile backing up into the pancreas and causing it to fail leading to diabetes and in extreme cases death (from what I understand).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2013 21:48:20 GMT -5
I'd be gone too. A tubal pregnancy at 24.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 25, 2013 22:10:47 GMT -5
This thread has been amazing. We tend to rail on modern society, so it is nice to hear about a few successes. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png)
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Post by cottoncandyclouds on Apr 25, 2013 22:26:09 GMT -5
Nope, I would have died at six months when I caught pneumonia.
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Post by NastyWoman on Apr 25, 2013 22:32:26 GMT -5
I've had my gall bladder removed. Can you die from gall bladder issues? Yes, that's how my GM died
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Apr 25, 2013 22:35:17 GMT -5
Progressed nothing, we've been there hundreds of years. Ever go to really old cemeteries? Every other headstone is a child. Surviving to adulthood was far from a given before modern medicine. Hell giving birth in the first place used to be no joke. Quite a few ladies went out that way. True, but average life expectancy has still ranged between 30 and 70 over the past 2000 years, depending on the era and the society. And that included all factors besides war. They were a heartier lot back then. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/cool.png)
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 25, 2013 22:46:56 GMT -5
I don't think so, I think it was more that if you survived to your teen years you had a really good shot at living to fifty something. However, a lot of kids still died before adulthood.
Whenever a brutal winter or drought or epidemic hit it disproportionally took out little kids and old people. Still does really.
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Post by toomuchreality on Apr 26, 2013 4:01:52 GMT -5
When I was 6 or 7 I had 'double pneumonia'. I remember people talking about how high my temperature was, in those hushed tones. The doctor came to our house to give me shots every day. Had all the childhood diseases. As a teenager I got an ear infection. I didn't want to go to the doctor, so didn't tell my mom how bad it was. One day she saw my pillow covered in blood. After weeks of treatment, they couldn't kill the infection. There was concern about it killing me. So I was treated with something that killed all the bacteria in my body, which also could potentially kill me. I had to eat yogurt several times a day to keep my body functioning. I hated yogurt. Still do. Eventually, they were able to do a skin graft and replace my eardrum, that had been eaten away by the infection. Luckily I recovered most of my hearing. Have had my stomach pumped a few times and been in multiple car accidents- after the last one, I ended up in shock-trauma ICU. I was the first person that was ever discharged to go home, directly from shock-trauma ICU (at this hospital). Numerous times I've been told by doctors, that they didn't know why I was alive. Thankfully, I was finally given EMSAM patches for my depression. Now I actually want to be alive. Wishing you all health, and happiness♥ ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/grouphug.gif)
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Post by bookkeeper on Apr 26, 2013 7:11:55 GMT -5
I have only ever been at the hospital to have our two sons. They came right out with no issues.
My parents are a different story. My mother was a product of 1930's fertility surgery. She is allergic to bee stings and nearly died as a young girl the first time she was stung. She carries an epi pen. I have seen her use it.
My father underwent surgery for a AAA. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm is pretty scary life threatening stuff. His aneurysm was the size of a tennis ball when they found it looking for kidney stones on a sonogram. He survived the surgery and was discharged two weeks later, only to be readmitted when his intestine shut down. He had two weeks on feeding tubes and the NG tube sticking out his nose until his intestine opened on its own. He had his gall bladder removed last year after much pain and suffering.
You can die from gall bladder disease. My brother in law had a gall bladder attack and was unconcious by the time he got to the emergency room. Infection from his gall bladder had reached his liver. I looked up gall bladder surgery at the time, and read that 1/3 of emergency gallbladder surgery patients don't make it.
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Post by gs11rmb on Apr 26, 2013 7:19:37 GMT -5
Had emergency c-section with my first child, so was scheduled to have another one with my second. I ended up with a completely natural birth ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/miserable.png) . I still think those bitches were lying to me about it being "too late" for drugs. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/tongue.png) Why anyone voluntarily joins the 'smug club' is beyond my comprehension!
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Post by midjd on Apr 26, 2013 8:17:18 GMT -5
That's right...
My great-great-uncle gave me his copy of the "Standard Dictionary of Facts" he got when he graduated HS in 1917. It is some fun reading, just for all of the completely obsolete material (Persia and Prussia were still around back then). But at that time, 25% of all children born died within their first year. I was absolutely shocked to read that.
The people who lived longer had pretty good odds of making it to SS age, but a substantial percentage never made it past childhood. The faith healing family has lost what, 2 of 7 kids? Sounds about right.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 8:45:40 GMT -5
hmmm, let's see...
I caught pnemonia at 10 but I wasn't diagnosed until about 4 weeks in. I remember one day feeling really faint. I went home and took my temperature and it was 105. I called my mom (I was a latchkey kid) and she must have sped home because she was there in like 30 mins (she worked almost an hour's drive away). I stayed home from school for a week, which sucked when the only places I could go was the bathroom and my bedroom. I don't know if I would have survived that without medicine.
Oh, and my water broke with DS but it was a slow drip so I wasn't sure that anything had even happened until well into the afternoon when I called the ob/gyn. I wasn't having any contractions and no dilation so who knows how long I would have kept going about my business while leaking amniotic fluid. DS might not be here and I might not be here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 8:50:26 GMT -5
DD was a slow drip too, Jen! I was born with a club foot so I guess I'd be here but hobbling around. I also had walking pneumonia (in August for crying out loud!). Other than that, I've been pretty healthy. C-sections have been around since the time of Caesar so I don't know that I'd consider them "modern" medicine. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/undecided.png)
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 26, 2013 9:10:48 GMT -5
C-sections have been around since the time of Caesar so I don't know that I'd consider them "modern" medicine
You should see what they performed them with! The med library has an exhibit going right now on ancient medicine which includes a lot of tools. Yeah. . .thank God for modern C-sections and antiseptic techniques. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/shocked.gif)
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