Welcome back to Internet Frenzy. Oh my. I am
so thrilled to be back. You guys have no idea.
Maybe it's because I almost died, but I am grateful
to be here, grateful to be alive. And I can't
wait to tell you all the things we've been up
to last week and why we didn't have an episode
for you. My ass was at the hospital all week.
OK, three or four days felt like a month or five
or six, maybe maybe 12. Who's counting? Not me.
You guys will never know four days. Yeah four
days and I am just grateful to be here Thanks
for being patient with us. Sorry. There was no
episode last week, but now you know why and Trust
me. You're gonna know way more as we continue
this episode So where's your gallbladder? It's
gone. Oh You don't have one. No, the doctor took
it and who knows what he did with it Do you even
know what they do with it? I'm pretty sure they
like they put them out in the sun they dehydrate
them and then they put them in a food processor
and ground it into powder and then they put it
in veggie capsules and then they eat it oh are
they for sale or do i get any yes they're for
sale they're expensive you don't get any unless
you buy them which you can't afford it that's
my gallbladder sorry yeah you had to pay them
a lot actually to take it out yeah well no really
what do they do just throw it away I would assume
so. Yeah it was full of gallstones and it was
infected you guys so I don't know if it has much
use after that. Yeah so rumor has it you can't
keep it after that. Sucked. It was it was actually
sad I'm not gonna lie it's like she found out
that she had to have surgery after we were there
for seven hours in the emergency room. They finally
told us we were gonna be admitted and the nurse
is like yeah you're the good news is you're gonna
have it taken out and she's like Good news. Yeah,
well, then you start crying and then you're like,
I don't want to I don't want them to take it
out. They can't have it Well, we'll get more
into the details later because the story is hilarious.
Yeah, that's true. That's true. That's true We'll
get more into it. But let's recap first. Yeah
cap last time Middle -aged mama drama with a
couple of middle -aged moms and they were smoking
hot. That's your mom. That's your mom's Yeah,
my mom and air hot. Yeah Okay, but to jump in
first story was about OP not letting her mother
-in -law hold the baby because mother -in -law
wanted a paternity test She didn't believe that
that was that her son was the dad. Yeah. No,
that's crazy I feel like there's more to that
story. I felt like there were so many holes There's
so much I wanted to pick apart and like figure
out Well, why does the mother -in -law feel like
that like has the daughter -in -law had like
history of cheating or whatever? so there's a
lot there but we do know that that was a real
story and that was not the fake oh well spoiler
alert okay uh next one was the wicked witch yes
having that song played at the funeral that was
a vibe and shannon was about that life she was
like yeah please play that at my funeral i was
like yeah we'll do that in 75 years yeah why
not or more hopefully more yep she's not allowed
to die No, she's not. Nope. None of our family.
Well, that was, believe it or not, a real story.
So that was not the fake. True story, true story.
And then there was the mom's Facebook rant about
her daughter not making the volleyball team saying,
like, back in our day, we used to ride our bikes
in the street and drink from the hose and blah,
blah, blah. Here's the thing with that is you
hear people say all the time, like sports aren't
what they were back then. Like sports are way
more competitive now. You're getting into club
ball seven, eight years old at this point nowadays.
I have a hard time believing that sports were
as hard to make like teams back then as they
are now. Do you agree? Yeah, I mean, it's there's
certainly more competition and like more access
for kids to get better. So it's what it is. But
the point the mom was making is the daughter's
like. Doesn't practice doesn't do anything just
sits on her phone and is like on social media.
Yeah Well, that is realistic and that was not
fake. No fake. Let's talk about which one was
the fake. Tell them tell people Well, I wrote
it with my brain and Jedi GBD it was the BYOB
Facebook post for the mom accidentally Sent it
to the wrong Facebook group and they like blew
up and they had this huge block party after and
they were all Rebelling and it was crazy So anyways,
it was so crazy and Shannon and Teresa didn't
guess it, which I was very surprised. I thought
for sure. So I'm curious to know if you guys
guessed it right. So comment on our socials.
DM us on socials. Like we love hearing from you
guys what your guys's guesses are, what you think
it is. We love chatting. We love being frenzies.
That's the whole point of Internet frenzy is
like we love having friends. I'm so glad you
can edit that out. I can't. Is this the truth?
No. Also, guys, can I say this trigger warning?
I don't really know, but I'm on pain pills. So
whatever happens in this episode, just like don't
don't judge. I'm recovering from a freaking surgery
and I've been a bump on a log for seven days
straight. So and I feel like my stitches are
currently popping out of the seams right now
on my stomach. So here we are. Well, where's
your gallbladder? Can you find it? I literally
have to grieve the fact that that organ is gone
out of my body. Can you imagine an organ being
taken out of your body, the body that God created?
If it was full of gallstones and infected, I'm
saying yank that thing, yoink it out. Guys, the
gallbladder attacks were the worst. They were
so bad and I kept it from I suffered for months
for months. Aren't you glad that it's out? I
don't know yet because I haven't been able to
reap the benefits yet because I'm dying. My stomach,
my abs, I just, surgery is hard. Recovery is
hard. Follow your personal, tell them to follow
your personal account for all the hacks on if
you need to get your gallbladder removed. Oh
yeah, follow my TikTok at WhitneyPsych6, I believe.
Six is so random. Yeah, I know. I need it. I
need to change my username, like literally. Gallbladder
girl. See, this is bad. I can't laugh either
in this episode because it hurts my stomach,
but I will laugh with my mouth, not my belly.
That was the worst thing ever. Well, I for one
am excited. That was so bad. Please don't do
that again. I'm excited that you don't have a
gallbladder anymore. The surgeon was too. He
came out. He came out to me in the waiting room,
dapped me up. He's like, hey, dude, don't worry,
bro. She's alive. Wow. That's legendary. Now,
yeah, we were homies. We were celebrating. As
you should. But that the experience at the hospital,
it was an ever loving nightmare. Seven hours
in the ER before we were admitted. among many
other things, all the chaos. We could do a whole
episode just on that alone, but we're not gonna
go into all of it right now. That experience
and your lack of a gallbladder is what inspired
our topic for this week, which is - You're welcome.
Paging Doctor Disaster. One of the things I have
to tell a story before we get into the stories.
This is a short one. It was your second night
there. You were a little spooked. I had to go
home and put our daughter down to go to sleep
at our house because she was with grandma yeah
and so I was like getting you all tucked in you
were nice and doped up so you weren't feeling
too much pain but you were a little scared yeah
I was scared and all of a sudden they come over
the intercom in the hallway and they're like
attention all floors code purple code purple
I repeat code purple in your face Joel's it was
code purple and he goes straight to his phone
I said I said, don't look it up. He's like, I'm
looking it up. He looks it up and I say, fine,
if you look it up, just don't tell me. I had
to tell you. So if for anybody that is familiar
with the medical field, Code Purple, like almost
universally means that there was like an abduction
of a minor. So it's like somebody's come in and
abducted a minor and is like holding them hostage
or has taken them out of the hospital or something
so scary. And so I just Google code purple hospital.
It pops up and I was like, it's like nighttime,
like midnight or whatever. I'm like, I got to
leave the hospital, leave you here. There's no
locks on a hospital door. You push a lever and
the thing opens. It's like there should be a
lock. It's terrifying. No security. That's actually
horrifying. So I was thinking about that. I'm
like, I know. Anyway, I'm not going to go into
that. But I was like, cool. So not leaving. Now
what is there's a minor that has been stolen.
So I was, I was nervous. I did tell you, you
got really scared. Rightfully so. And then I
did, luckily I did a little bit more digging
and just this like, just this organization, this
particular hospital that we were at, Code Purple
just meant that they were at capacity. Didn't
mean child abduction. Most of them do. I was
like, that's such a stupid, like they probably
get at capacity a lot. So many people are in
there and they hear code purple. If they do look
it up, they're like all panicking. I wouldn't
have done that, but it's fine. It's fine. So
that's the motivation of the story. Hospitals
are crazy. Okay. So I'm going to start with my
story. It's pretty good. So this is from rrant
on Reddit. My girl left me right after a life
-saving surgery. Me 22m, her 22f. Good day everyone.
First off, please excuse my imperfect English
as it isn't my first language. I've been in a
relationship with this girl for about a year.
All has been great. We have a great connection
both mentally and physically. no problems in
the bedroom, and generally no arguments. So a
couple days ago, last Monday, I went to the hospital
with what later turned out to be testicular cancer.
Luckily it was discovered early and it hadn't
spread anywhere, so I needed surgery for the
affected testicle to be removed. Unfortunately,
there was no other way I am now recovering from
the surgery at home. To get to the point, when
my girlfriend and I had to get a testicle removed,
she immediately expressed some sort of repulsion.
The day I got home from the hospital, she sent
me a text saying, She didn't want to be with
half a guy because I quote, now you just have
one ball. I asked her if this is because she's
afraid we wouldn't be able to have kids together.
And for some reason, that wasn't even the point.
I'm still very fertile and I even have had them
free sperm cells just in case. So I'm at a conflict
with myself now. On one hand, I want to try and
salvage the relationship. On the other hand,
I feel like I deserve better than someone who
calls me half a man just because I had cancer.
I'm just very angry and sad now especially because
she did it over text even while I'm still in
a lot of pain Yo So the big question is do I
try to save the relationship with a person like
this? Or do I save my self -respect and move
on to find someone who will value me for the
full man? I still am her reach, bro. That is
insane that I guarantee That happens more than
we think don't say that No, it's horrible. So
you're telling me you would leave me if I got
that? Absolutely not. We're married. You're like
the first thing out of your mouth. You're like
probably happens a lot. I don't know. No, I'm
saying girls are shallow and they're also uneducated
like it's not like he has one ball. It's completely
taken off. It's still there. It's not like aesthetically
not pleasing. I don't even know where to try
to help you with this. Listen. I'm not going
to go into a male anatomy 101 right now, but
what I will tell you is aesthetically, not going
to change a whole lot of anything. Yeah, I wouldn't
think so. No, I mean, it's like, yeah, I'm not
going to talk about that. I'm literally not going
to talk about that. It's for her. It's something
psychologically that she's like not cool with
and that is so f'd up Oh, it's so f'd up. The
guy has testicular cancer He's been with her
for a year too. That's not just like a couple
months summer fling This is like they are in
a full -blown relationship for a year now. She's
like, oh this this guy He's prone to cancer and
he only has one nut now East that's so sad so
wrong This poor guy, well, I definitely do think
he deserves much better. Yes. Like that just
shows her character through and through and it's
rotten. But I'm just trying to say I do think
it probably happens more often than you would
think, whether it's this type of cancer or just
like a sickness or any type of cancer. I'm sure
the other partner steps back more often than
you think. Couldn't fathom it. I mean, you might
be right. I don't know. We should look up the
statistics on that. You're down a whole gallbladder
and I'm not going anywhere. I really appreciate
that, Joe. Thank you so much. It's like I literally
don't even care. You don't? I only care about
you being in pain. You want me in pain or you
don't want me in pain? I don't want you in pain.
There you go. That's what I mean. I only care
about the fact that you're in pain, not that
you're down a gallbladder. I know. I was just
kidding. I mean, we'll see if you can still eat
in and out. It remains to be seen. Oh, if I can't
I'm gonna cry 20 % of all people that have their
gallbladder removed Remain symptomatic according
to the surgeon my guy. Yep. That's your man.
Yep. So we'll see what happens. But yeah, there's
a couple comments Well, there's a lot of comments
actually, but it was a good one 58 to be exact.
Oh my gosh so Nanotomy 44 said Let that worthless
woman go and wave goodbye. Do not waste your
time on such an unfeeling heifer. You can get
a prosthetic test implanted so you look even
and when are recovered physically and emotionally
tell your partner upfront once you get past the
casual dating stage without any more. unempathetic
partners before you get dreadfully involved and
beginning conflict says yeah i was told about
a prosthetic we'll look into it but given the
recovery now i don't think it's worth it i'm
in hella pain but thanks for the kind words and
advice it's very much appreciated i could not
imagine oh a prosthetic like who cares if it
hangs a little lower on one side is that basically
all it is yeah just be a little lopsided that's
it Who cares? Who's staring at people's balls
anyway? That's like what I was going to say without
saying it, you know? I'll be the one to say it.
Yeah, you would. Yeah. You naturally would. I
got you guys. Well, hopefully OP has moved on
to a nice, healthy relationship. Yeah, 100%.
This was a year ago, so. He was young too, only
22. That's so sad. It's horrible. He's in the
clear. He's got the rest of his life to live.
Yes, he's a charming young lad who would do greats
in life. he do just fine and he'll produce lots
of babies for a hotter more successful emotionally
intelligent babe that'll be gone as soon as his
other testicle gets cancer too okay my turn am
i the asshole for deciding not to tell my family
that the surgery i'm getting will probably kill
me no I'm getting a major surgery done in about
three weeks and I was told there's a 60 to 80
% chance it will kill me. It's 60 % if I do all
the things the surgeon told me to do to prepare
for the surgery, take supplements, gain weight
fast, lots of protein, and I'm following all
the rules. So let's say my chances of dying are
60%. That's not great, but not too horrible.
The thing is, I've had this exact surgery before
and I came out just fine. So my family has no
reason to think this time will be any different,
aside from the risk involved with any surgery.
However, for reasons involving my medical condition,
which he put in parentheses TM, I wanted to look
up what TM was and I forgot, so I'll look it
up after. This time the surgery is riskier. My
family consists of my older brother, 28M, who
I, 27M, live with, and my mom, 54F, who lives
on the other side of the country. My brother
is very protective of me and my mom still acts
like I'm her little boy. The only reasons I could
think of to tell them would be one, give them
time to prepare for the possibility of my death,
but I don't think this is something they can
prepare for. I'm sure they'd just be miserable
for the time leading up to the surgery and I
don't want that. The second reason is give us
all a chance to make happy memories before the
surgery. Again, I don't think that can happen
when we'd only be doing it because I might die
soon. It would feel forced and desperate and
they would only be pretending to not be miserable
and I'd be unhappy because I would know they're
miserable. I'm leaning towards ignorance is bliss
for everyone involved. If I survive, no harm
done and all that potential misery would be for
nothing. If I die, well, that's the risk of any
surgery and their final moments with me wouldn't
have had that misery. And with my medical condition,
TM it's unlikely I'd make it to retirement age
anyway But is it right for me to hide something
this big even if it's to spare them pain. What
are your thoughts? Oh I say don't tell them.
I think I think that's what I'm saying, too But
it's sad. He doesn't have any emotional support.
He has no one to like for his own sake He's got
to have someone there to like be there for him
because that's heavy. That's so heavy. That's
Devastating I would tell I would if it was me
Like, hearing the story, reading about it, if
it was my family member, I don't think I would
want to know, because that would be so devastating.
You wouldn't want to know if your brother was
going into a surgery that had a 60 % chance that
he was going to die. 60 -80. I think I would
want to know what the surgery was for, but yeah,
it's like... I would absolutely want to know
if someone I loved going into a surgery had 68
percent chance of dying I'm saying if it was
me going into that surgery I mean knowing me
I would be telling that I have a 60 to 80 percent
chance of dying I just know how like who I am
I would definitely be telling everyone yeah because
I would need that emotional support I would need
that love and comfort and like I would want to
say my goodbyes just in case mm -hmm, but It
sounds like he obviously doesn't want to, so
maybe he just doesn't need that type of like
support. I think everybody does to a certain
extent, but he's also, he's being the type of
person that's like kind of taking it on the chin
for his family. Like he thinks it's the noble
thing to do. Yes, yes, yes. So there's several
edits. The first one says the surgery is 100
% necessary. I will die without it, but it would
take maybe a year or so and be very unpleasant.
Edit number two. I've already gone over how I'd
want my body dealt with. The last time I had
surgery, which I want it donated to science or
cremated if science doesn't want it. I have no
debts and my brother knows about all my bank
accounts. Well. Edit number three. I will write
letters to them. Oh, I don't love that. Edit
four. Maybe I wasn't very clear about this because
a few people have commented about it. I'm not
hiding the surgery itself from my family. just
how risky it is. They're gonna come see me off
and will say our I love yous and good lucks at
the hospital. Edit five. I already have an advanced
medical directive from the last time I had this
surgery. I don't have any idea what that means.
And yes, I promise to post an update if I survive.
You're all very sweet for wishing me well. It
turns out Reddit isn't as scary as I feared.
I just joined and this was my first post. Edit
number six. Thanks to everyone who responded
with their thoughts. I honestly don't know what
I want anymore. There seems to be no good answer
and spending the last four hours reading what
everyone has said and thinking about my upcoming
surgery has left me feeling pretty drained. I'm
gonna take a break and recharge. Edit number
seven. Okay, I'm feeling very overwhelmed here.
I was only expecting to get 10 comments, maybe
20 at the most. Now there's nearly 400 comments.
I wrote this post feeling pretty confident of
my decision, but I wanted to see if anyone out
there had a different perspective, another point
of view that I hadn't considered. After reading
over a hundred of these comments, I don't know
what I should do anymore. I'm feeling guilty
for hiding this, but I can't see what the right
thing to do is. There probably isn't a right
thing to do. So many of you have shared their
stories and experiences with the death of a loved
one. I'm truly sorry you had to go through that
and I appreciate your perspectives. I'm going
to revisit this in the morning and look at this
with fresh eyes. P .S. To all the people who
are setting for three weeks, a bit morbid, but
I understand you should make it four weeks if
I survive on the time to recover it and get out
of the ICU before I come back to Reddit. Dang,
so people are literally seeing if he comes back.
Yeah, people are setting reminders to see. Oh.
Devastating. Oh my gosh. I wonder what he does.
I wonder if he ends up telling them that 68 %
chance. 60 to 80%. What would you guys do? Like,
do you do you tell the family or do you not?
I don't know. You tell the family. That's your
family. That's your loved ones. You make them
so miserable for a month or do you tell them
when it's closer to the surgery? Maybe? Oh, well,
I know for me, I would want as much time as possible
with my family and they would give me that time
if they knew I was going into a surgery 60 80%.
So I just if I heard that I'm thinking that they're
gonna die. 60 to 80 percent chance. Yeah. Yeah,
it's majority. It's like and if it's the negative,
that's the majority you're like it's for sure
because you always hear about when it's like
the five percent chance and they die. You know
what I mean? It's like that's so scary. It's
horrible. It's horrible. Please. I just please
tell me there's an update. Oh my gosh. I'll give
you an update. No, this was six years ago. There
was never there was never another post in that
the account was deleted. I know, give me chills.
No, he died. I think so. Oh, that's so sad. I
wonder if he ever told the family. No idea. I
mean, they know now he's dead. Oh, that's horrible.
Wow. Way to make me depressed. Crazy story, right?
That's a crazy, crazy story. Is there comments
like RIP and things like that? Wow. There's basically
everything was like, please just make sure that
your affairs are in order. like to make it easier
for them. If you decide not to tell them, make
sure that everything is like, oh, where it needs
to be. My thought is like as a family member,
especially like a parent, you would think that
you would do enough research to know that it
was 60 to 80 percent just based on like what
surgery they're doing. And it's the second time
around. Like I know if it's my kid, I'm researching
like what are the chances of survival in this
surgery? You know, yeah. So maybe the family
did know and they just never had the discussion
with him. So there's a comment. It says, may
I ask what kind of surgery you're having? I asked
for my own education. It's extremely unusual
to perform a non -emergent surgery with that
high of a mortality rate, let alone do it twice.
I've scanned the comments and don't seem to find
it. I'm also not aware of any surgery in which
rapidly gaining weight using protein powders
or taking supplements improved mortality. Source.
This person is an anesthesiologist. And so the
edit says, update, I received PM from OP, story
checks out, details being kept private by request.
Best wishes and good luck, OP. Oh, dang. I was
hoping this was like some fake story on Reddit.
Oh, and this is another great one. No. Well,
OP, I think I have to change my judgment on this
one and say, you're the asshole. You're the asshole
for one of the following reasons. Number one,
you made it through the surgery and haven't come
back to update us all. Or you've forgotten your
Reddit logins. I really hope this is the case
and I still keep checking the thread daily for
some signs. All will be forgiven and you'll be
NTA again, not the asshole. We're all still rooting
for you, OP. Number two, you didn't make it through
and you failed on your promise to come and haunt
everyone who comments. Or number three, you didn't
make it through and you've left a big hole in
this world. If this is the case, I hope your
family are doing well. We will all be thinking
of them. Whatever the case, OP, we... We hope
you're doing okay. If you made it through, I
hope you're fighting to get fit. If not, I hope
you're at peace now. Oh my goodness. This is
so sad. He's dead. Yeah. He died. He didn't make
it through surgery and the family is sad. Yeah,
and they've been sad for six years. Yeah. So
that's my story. Wow, Joan. That's a sad one.
Do I win the award of saddest story? Yeah, but
I got a really good story coming up right now.
Talk to me. So this is on Reddit. Am I the asshole
for refusing to speak to my husband because he
chose work over my surgery? I26F recently found
out that I have a mass on my tonsil. My doctor
immediately opted for a tonsillectomy. It could
be cancer, so we wanted to get it out as soon
as possible. I have had cancer once before. My
husband 27M works all the time. He almost never
calls off and recently got another job. My surgery
is scheduled for a day that he works. He told
me that he was not going to be taking me because
he has to work. I don't have a way to get there
because I cannot drive myself and I have had
to ask my friends to take me. They are not able
to and I'm pretty introverted naturally so I
don't have a ton of close friends in general.
I have two close friends who live here and one
doesn't have a car. I don't really have any family
that is close enough to be able to. I'm struggling
to find someone in time. I also need someone
to stay with me for the entire first 24 hours
to help me manage pain meds while being high
on anesthesia and making sure there are no complications
from it basically. And he says he can't because
he has to work. They are wondering why he won't
take a day off work and especially why he won't
take a few days off so he can help me out if
I need it as I'm coming off the anesthesia. This
upset me so much that I haven't even been able
to look at him or speak to him for the past two
days. He told me I'm the asshole because I don't
care about his job and he called me controlling.
for getting upset and ignoring him. I'm starting
to think maybe I am a bit of an asshole here.
So Reddit, am I the asshole? Oh my gosh. There's
no way she thinks that she's the asshole. It's
actually like really sad. I understand it's a
new job and he has to work. But here's the deal,
honey. If you really can't take that day off,
then you are going to be the one to take charge
of accommodating and being like, I got you an
Uber. I got your caretaker. I hired somebody.
They are going to take you and they're gonna
stay with you and then bring you back and when
you get back I'm gonna have dinner ready or whatever
like he needs to take initiative here instead
of being like no you figure it out. I'm working
and it's a tonsillectomy No idea what that is.
So you're taking a mess off a tonsil or you're
taking your tonsils out Really? Yeah, I think
and then how's that work? I don't think I don't
know. I don't know. I'm not a medical pro. I
mean I'm not a doctor. Yeah. I work in the dental
field. I know. I feel like you should know this.
I feel like tonsils are not that important. Like
I'm pretty sure kids have their tonsils removed
sometimes. That's true. Or like your tonsils
are swollen. Yeah. Yeah. You're right. But this
is a mass on her. Right. No. The biggest issue
is that she's had cancer before and now she has
a mass. on her tonsils yeah and the dude's like
so so sorry i'm clocked in not gonna be able
to help you at all like hope you don't die let
me know if it's cancer i gotta work it's horrible
that's so sad he's the jerk i hate him she's
not the jerk so there is an edit thank you guys
for all the love and advice i will be contacting
my doctor on monday to figure out a plan it really
helps it means a lot to see everyone's input
I'll try to keep up with comments and also I'll
be updating again when I have a plan update.
My husband got me beautiful flowers and made
me my favorite breakfast this morning. He apologized
a bunch. He realized he was being a huge asshole
and he's taking the day off for my surgery. My
friend is going to hang out here with me the
next couple days after that to make sure I'm
all good. Thank you everyone for your input.
I'm glad he came to his senses. He is even pushing
off starting his new job so he won't be working
both jobs and not home at all during my recovery.
He's never had surgery, so he didn't realize
that just tonsils could be so bad. We are also
going to start going to marriage counseling to
help us communicate better and to help him be
more sensitive to my needs. This seems gross
to me. I feel like I don't know why. What do
you mean? It feels like she's just trying to
put a bandaid over it for red. That's fair. That's
very fair and like. Because she really hit all
of the pain points there. Reddit's a scary place.
You don't want the reddest savages coming after
you seeking blood. Yeah, you would know. Don't.
We're not giving context here, but one time Joe
did like a burner account and he posted a fight
that we had and was like, who's the asshole?
It was like real life fight we actually had.
guess who was the asshole and Joe was salty for
literally like two weeks. He was so upset. He
was so mad. I still don't agree. That's crazy.
So many people blamed you. They don't get it.
No, they get it. The people that get it, get
it. I hope they go to marriage counseling. Everyone
should be doing that. 10 out of 10. Recommend.
Recommend, baby. I'm not going to try it. I'm
not going to jump to any conclusions about his
character. All I know is that I've never had
surgery either. The truth is that like when I
found out that your gallbladder was going to
be removed, I felt a sense of relief about the
fact that you weren't going to be in pain anymore.
You're going to be writhing in the middle of
the night anymore. So I was like, OK, good. Now
we know what's going on. Let's get this thing
out of you and we move on. There was never a
question whether or not I was going to work.
I understand the responsibility to provide and
be there for you when you're having surgery.
Don't know what his work arrangement's like.
If it was like he was gonna get fired, if he
didn't show up, then he's in a predicament. Just
based on what OP said, the right thing, obviously,
is for him to just know that it's important for
him to be there for his wife. And that is not
rocket science. That is... marriage 101 yeah
the majority vote was that she is not the asshole
and that he was so the people did good on reddit
they're decent good one good story thanks you
can tell me one joe let's hear it i'm excited
for this one i feel like this one could be good
we'll see this one's about to be a round tripper
if you like my last story is this one gonna make
me cry again it could oh great can never rule
that out with you true where's your gallbladder
I don't know all right this one also comes from
our rant subreddit rant it's a good one if you
ever just want to blow off steam it says my hospital
roommate tried to convert me mid -fever what
listen up pull up a chair pulled up a chair ready
So I got hospitalized a few weeks ago for a kidney
infection that turned septic. Not fun. I came
in with a 103 degree fever, felt like my spine
was on fire, and ended up getting admitted for
IV antibiotics and fluids. Standard stuff. Because
the hospital was full, I was put in a shared
room with an older woman, I'm guessing late 70s.
Her name is Marlene. Super sweet at first, she
introduced herself, asked if I had family nearby,
offered me half her pudding. that kind of thing.
Ew. Like, here, you want some of this chocolate
pudding? Hospital food's nasty. It's so gross.
Later that evening, she casually invited me to
her church. I didn't think anything of it. I
said something polite and went back to trying
not to throw up. But it escalated. That night
around 3 a .m., I woke up to her softly reading
Bible verses out loud. At first, I thought she
was praying for herself. Then I realized she
was inserting my name into the verses. Stuff
like quote and the truth shall set my name free
fever or not i was awake enough to know that
was weird the next day she asked if i had a personal
relationship with jesus i told her no and that
i wasn't really looking to get into that kind
of conversation okay so she shut it down pretty
fast yeah like as fast as she can while still
being normal and polite She smiled, nodded, and
then a few hours later asked if I wanted to get
baptized in the hospital. She even said that
she knew a pastor who made hospice rounds and
he could probably swing by. I told the nurse
I was uncomfortable and she basically said, oh
yeah, Marlene does that. Like it was just a thing.
What? Marlene must just be like the hospital
regular. Yeah, she's just in all the time. She's
got like great insurance, can just go in, $90
copay. Then she just... She just be in there
sharing the good news. Honestly, that's a great
place to do it because you're trapped. You're
not going anywhere when you're in the ER. Yeah,
unless you do go somewhere like die or go to
a well. No, like this OP says I left AMA the
next morning. My labs were stable enough. I figured
I'd recover faster at home without midnight sermons
and surprise altar calls. AMA means against medical
advice. So she just dipped. Apparently that's
a thing. Apparently you just roll out if you
want to. And the way that OP writes it sounds
like she's in the medical field. She ends it
by saying, and look, I respect people of faith,
but hospitals are not revival tents. If someone's
hooked up to fluids and barely keeping their
eyes open, maybe wait to pitch salvation. Just
a thought. Oh, there's so much here. I literally
can't even imagine. Having that be my experience
one that's like a that's out of a movie like
that's nightmare freaking movie right there Just
the fact that it was that nighttime and she's
in the Bible just like in the truth shall set
you free in the truth shall set Whitney free
and she's freaking right next to me and I wake
up see like you're in that like When I was in
the ER, it's dirty It smells are you good, bro?
I can't control when I sneeze. I'm so sorry.
It's all right Don't ever do it again. Are you
gonna say bless you or is everyone gonna know
that you're me? I'm just envisioning like I guess
I can only relate to this story when it comes
like my experience in the ER Because it is it's
not fun. It is not enjoyable If you've been to
the ER, you know, they take hours and hours and
hours and hours. It's disgusting there It's dirty.
It smells the smells we were smelling people
left and right from us were throwing up. I don't
know if it was just a really bad night, crazy
night in the ER. It was a, it had to have been
a bad night. It had to have been because we've
been to the ER before and it was not that crazy
of an experience that took as long, but I was
not seeing people throw up left and right the
way we were Thursday night, last Thursday. When
I was at the ER, I go in, there's people left
and right smelling so bad, screaming, groaning.
Throwing up all the things like we I'm pretty
sure two people died that were next to me I get
all my tests done and things like that and this
nurse comes back in and she's like and When you're
at the ER, there's just like a little curtains
that separate you from the people next to you
This may not be the case at every hospital. Yeah
for this particular hospital where we were we
had like I mean literally it was like it was
the width of our couch right here. Yeah and like
it's just a curtain and you can hear everything
that other people are saying next to you and
we were sitting there and there was a person
that was next to us that was doing like a telehealth
type of appointment so all the smells and the
sounds it was disgusting and After my testing
was done, the nurse finally comes back in and
she's like, okay, I have good news for you. And
I'm thinking like, oh great, like it's not gonna
be anything crazy. I can take an antibiotic and
this pain will go away finally after months of
dealing with this. And she was like, you're gonna
have emergency surgery tomorrow morning and we're
gonna take it out. It's your gallbladder. It's
full of gallstones and it's infected. And I just
stared at her and I'm like, what? I was like,
where? Where's the good news? She's like, oh,
that's it. We're going to get it out in surgery.
And I'm just sitting here like staring at her.
What do you mean? I've never had surgery before.
I'm absolutely horrified. I get this pit in my
stomach. I feel like I'm going to throw up. I'm
so scared. And eventually, she just walks away.
So we have no idea what's happening next. I'm
thinking she's going to check us out. And then
we're going to schedule a surgery for the morning.
And I'm going to come back into the hospital
for surgery. Yeah, no, I was like literally an
hour later. She comes back and because my husband
Joe was like what's happening? Like are we what
can we go and she's like no you guys are being
she's being admitted into the hospital like you
have to stay here I Just have to insert this
like we're there for an hour and a half after
literally and I'm like checking the clock We
have a toddler that's with grandma and grandpa
and I'm like, what are we doing? Yeah, like how
did it just tell us what time to come back? and
the worst is there's two nurses just outside
of the outside of the little curtain and they're
like uh it's so annoying i bought a 5700 square
foot house don't buy that much house it's so
hard to clean i just don't buy a big house it
sucks having a big house i'm like what is going
on yeah why am i here and you're over here like
just flaunting yes i i was very upset so i Go
over and ask like, um, when are we leaving? When
do we get to go home for the night? And the nurse
is like the other one that didn't come in and
talk to us is like you guys are being admitted
What are you talking about? Yeah, and I was like,
oh We didn't know that would have been nice to
know that had been that have been swell because
I've been over here for an hour and a half just
like Not knowing and mind you we went in at like
530. It's after midnight at this point. So I'm
like that would have been cool and the nurse
is like, wait, did you not tell him? And the
other nurse is like, yeah, I came in, I told
you that you're gonna have surgery tomorrow.
Like, obviously that you're gonna have surgery.
And I was like, yeah, you said she's gonna have
surgery tomorrow. Sorry, like there's disconnect
here. We don't know what we're doing. I was just,
I was not chill with that. I was not happy with
it. So we're getting admitted. Joe is then...
Looking me dead straight in the eyes and he's
saying I have to go get our daughter She needs
to go to bed. She's been at grandma and grandpa's
it's like 12 31 o 'clock at that point I gotta
go she goes to sleep at 7 every night Yeah, and
I start bawling because I'm like I just found
out about to have surgery in the morning I'm
so scared granted. It is gallbladder removal.
It is very very common I understand that but
like to me it was so terrifying like this is
I'm horrified so then they tell me that there's
no room available for me so I have to sleep in
the ER and it's disgusting in there you guys
it is horrifying the lights are on they don't
turn the lights off there so I'm gonna have to
sleep in the light the the beds are so uncomfortable
and I'm smelling throw up left and right and
everyone there is like dying that night I don't
know why something was in the air but it was
literal chaos in there it was so scary hearing
all the screams and there was a bunch of like
old ladies I mean literally screaming like I
thought they were about to die I'm in this room
and that this is why this story to me I'm just
like envisioning it I would be so scary I mean
to share a room with someone like that and finally
like dozing off and then hearing someone read
the Bible out loud and inserting your name like
that is so creepy creepy. So anyways, I didn't
get a wink of sleep that night. Joe left and
I was just I have never been so scared. I think
I don't remember the last time I was that scared.
I just felt so scared the whole time. I didn't
get one ounce of relief. And 5am rolls in and
the nurse like comes in she's like, Oh, you're
still awake. And so at this point, I've been
awake for four and a half hours like since Joe
had left. just on tiktok watching every gallbladder
video no i stopped i stopped i literally just
tried to close my eyes and pray honestly but
she's like oh and i go yeah the lights are so
bright like i i'm not gonna be able to sleep
with lights on there's just no way and she's
like oh i'm sorry and i can get you a mask an
eye mask and i'm literally looking here like
are you f -ing kidding me and then she says oh
and i can get you earplugs too So then I don't
have to hear all the screaming frickin people
dying. So that was cool So then I put my headphones
in I mean my earplugs and the eye mask and I
fell asleep So fast after that 533 rolls in and
a doctor comes into my room. Hello, and I'm like
what? Hello. No, he's a big big doctor guy guy
and He walks and he's like so and I'm like literally
trying to like wake up like I was having the
hardest time like understanding what was happening
and I like pull my my eye mask up and I'm looking
at him and he's like yeah literally I'm like
so confused trying to like sit up he's like so
you're getting your appendix appendix out today
right and I was like what and I was like no no
it's the other useless organ I was like no I'm
getting my gallbladder I think no it's your appendix
And I'm like, no, it's my gallbladder. And he's
like, are you sure? Hmm. Let me take a look.
And he's like talking to me. Like I'm stupid.
Like I don't understand like what I'm getting
surgery for. And he goes to look at my name and
like searching. He's like, Oh, yep. I'm sorry.
It is the gallbladder. And so I'm like, cool.
This doctor doesn't even know what I'm getting
out. Like he's getting freaking tell people I'm
getting my appendix out. So I'm worried like
nervous as hell. Then he's trying to tell me,
you know what's gonna happen and all these things
and Just so nervous. I was just absolutely horrified
Finally about what would you say like 8 a .m.
Rolls by and they finally had a room available
So I was able to go to a room and get settled
in there before I had my surgery So pause there
Joe. It's your turn when we're in the ER. We're
smelling things things that people are throwing
up What do you hear on the? curtain next to us.
Yeah. So first of all, all the noises, they were
the they were the most the worst things you've
ever heard in your life. I won't replicate them
for the sake of the listeners, but just use your
imagination. Draft up the worst noises that you
could hear at the hospital and smells and I freaking
started on the smells literally don't seven hours,
seven hours. Oh, it sucks. It's like, first of
all, This is like a real point here before I
say what I was going to say. Shout out to all
of you that work in emergency medicine. Yeah,
because no way. No way. No, I was there for just
the amount of time I was there. Seven hours.
My cortisol levels, my stress dog. No, it was
up over my brain. Just like, no, we got to get
out of here. Yes, there's no way it was. It was
not good. So there was that. But the craziest
thing, you guys. Despite all the people puking
and being sick on the inside Somebody comes in
and we didn't know it right at the time but mental
health concerns which first and foremost like
I'm very sympathetic towards So I don't mean
to make light of anything like that however This
individual that was getting treatment Was hard
of hearing and so again imagine it we're in these
little tiny curtain drapes things and there's
just like a million people in this square on
the bottom floor of the hospital. And this guy's
probably a couple of stalls down, but he can't
hear. So that he's talking to a telehealth provider
and the volume is at like way too loud. So all
we can hear is their questions to him. And we
can't really hear him answering too well, but
they're like, OK, have you ever wanted to cause
harm to yourself? Oh, do you? Like, have you
ever wanted to cause harm to any other human
beings? Oh, you don't want to cause harm to another
human being right now, do you? Like, that's like
where it started. And then she starts getting
into more questions like, have you ever wanted
to cause harm to an animal? Why do you want to
live? Just all the things. And we are literally,
we're just sitting in there like, oh my gosh.
It felt so invasive because we could hear everything
and we were like. What in the hell is happening?
Like she was going on and on about asking have
you killed an animal? Have you heard an animal?
Have you strangled it? Like it was like all the
things it felt it just felt dark. That's the
way I would go so sad and dark and like I'm really
glad that the person made it to the hospital
Yeah with that type of thing and it was like
I heard them asking about, like, family. And
at a certain point, you try to tune it out. Like,
it's not that I wanted to hear it, but it was
so loud. It was so loud. And it's like, the times
that I wasn't hearing it, it was because Petunia
over here is just, just vomiting all over the
floor. Violently, you guys. Like, literally violently.
And she was shaking because the curtain was like,
the husband didn't close his side of the curtain
all the way. And so, like, you could see the
husband and the wife. And if I laid back I could
see and she what I thought she was gonna die
and hers was the appendix And so when the doctor
the next morning came into mine, I was like,
oh no, that's the girl next to me is that's her
appendix I'm just the gallbladder girl. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, it's crazy So anyways more of the
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