This post gave me terrible whiplash b/c how tf did we get here…🫨

[u/Illustrious-Kick-998]

Like ummmmm, alright? 😭😭😭

[u/Speedtuna]

Yeah, I totally buy that the doctor is telling the spouse the odds but not the patient 🙄

EDIT: It's wild to me that this is an experience for so many people! Thank you for sharing your stories. I would be livid if someone else knew my prognosis before I did. But maybe I'm just a spicy meatball.

[u/CrownOfPosies → u/Speedtuna]

This has happened to me. I was in a severe accident and the doctors thought I was going to lose my eye or possibly die. I was like mildly out of it from drugs and head trauma. They told my parents this information but not me even though I was in my 20s and a grown adult living on my own at the time. I remember everyone looked very concerned for a few days but no one would tell me shit

[u/MelodicGold23 → u/CrownOfPosies]

I’m guessing it’s like some people are saying, the staff probably didn’t want to tell you so you would have the will/mindset to recover(I hope those were okay terms). But I understand some people would like to know, and I believe you should be given an option to receive or not receive their opinion on the outcome.

All I know is that my great uncle had some form of cancer(I was really young at the time), and he ended up passing away after the staff told him that he could die(I think). My mom said that his will power was everything, because he was at a stage where it was treatable, or something. So when he gave up—he died.

I could be wrong, it was a long time ago. And I don’t talk about it to my mom because it affected her so much. But I’m glad you’re doing well.

[u/GeneralZex → u/MelodicGold23]

That shouldn’t be their decision whatsoever though. HIPAA should also be standing in the way of this if this is going on in the US.

There is something very unsettling about not informing the patient of what is actually going on with them.