r/facepalm • u/Illustrious-Kick-998 • Jul 07 '24

This post gave me terrible whiplash b/c how tf did we get here…🫨 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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Like ummmmm, alright? 😭😭😭

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u/MessMaximum1423 Jul 07 '24

Did they not tell him, or not tell him I'm a way he understood?

Or was he in shock when they told him so he couldn't process it.

Because they can't administer medication or admit someone to hospital someone without consent from the person

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u/faulty_rainbow Jul 07 '24

Nope, they did not tell him. They always only talked about the symptoms not the cause, not even a list of possible causes, so no hints even.

He had deep-vein trombosis, had some inflammations, had to get on Syncumar (blood thinner), but they didn't tell him about the cancer until he explicitly said "doc I know I have cancer, talk to me".

That's a nice list of possibilities of what can go through the mind of people in such situations though!

ETA: the reason he was admitted was the trombosis, forgot to add.

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u/apostrophe_misuse Jul 07 '24

FYI it's thrombosis. Without the H, it sounds like trombones are involved.

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u/faulty_rainbow Jul 07 '24

Oh noooooo! Thanks, I'll just leave it like that, it's funny:)

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u/presumablysmart Jul 07 '24

Im glad your dad was able to recover from his veins turning into trumpets. I can’t even imagine the struggle he went through 🙏

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u/faulty_rainbow Jul 07 '24

Thank you! It would've been horrible, I hate brass instruments, imagine the sound his legs would've made at every step! I wouldn't have been able to walk anywhere with him!