Here is what some revealed:

1.

She collapsed on the way to her doctor’s surgery a few weeks ago a massive heart attack.

Dont leave these things.

Surgeons perform an operation in an operating room, with a tray of surgical instruments in the foreground

Better to get seen and sorted early, innit."

alih26

2.

“My grandmother was a lifelong smoker.

Close-up of a person's legs, one of which is in a medical orthopedic boot

In the last year of her life, she was on oxygen and having constant mini-strokes.

Did it speed along her death?

Was it the right thing to do?

Entrance to an emergency room, with large glass doors, a sign above reading "EMERGENCY," and empty wheelchairs visible inside

She didnt know who I was most of the time but knew she loved to smoke.”

ivoryblue

3.

“My mom and I arent in the medical field, but her friend hurt her foot.

A person in athletic wear is on an examination table with their knee being examined by a healthcare professional in a blue shirt

We both told her she clearly broke her foot and needed to go to the ER.

She declined and went to her primary care doctor, and he inaccurately said she only broke her toes.

We told her to go to the ER again.

A patient sits on an examination table talking with a doctor in a white coat in a medical consultation room

Some people are just so hard-headed.

Now her foot is going to heal incorrectly.”

“My grandmother refused to get medical attention when something was clearly very wrong.

A veterinarian in pink scrubs sits at a desk with a tablet, talking to a woman holding a fluffy white dog in a veterinary clinic

bem94

5.

“Nurse of 34 years here, and my husband is a urologist.

‘I don’t want to take a pill’ (but will take unregulated/unproven supplements).

Doctor speaking with two patients in a waiting room, holding a clipboard

They’re told they need a biopsy or cystoscopy but refuse.

We explain, we plead, but still ‘no.'”

‘We left our magic wands home today, so we can’t help you.

sober1994

6.

They thought I had ulcerative colitis (thankfully, I dont!

I ended up back in the ER.

Thanks, dad.”

pleasedontbeanidiot

7.

“I had recently moved back to Michigan after a ten-year stay in Louisiana.

I had moved in with my daughter and her family.

They had a rat terrier.

I had a fox terrier and a small Aussie shepherd.

He sees the x-rays and says, ‘Why didn’t you tell me you broke your wrist?’

He yelled at me and insisted I go buy a proper cast.”

babycapricorn129

8.

“My mother-in-law found a lump in her breast and kept it a secret for years.

There’s a REASON we are told not to ignore early warning signs of illness or disease.”

kateo4ad4396ce

9.

“I have a friend who had a torn ACL repaired.

He didn’t know that their job was to get his quadricep muscle firing again.

Because he skipped therapy, he never did learn how to work it again.

Now he can’t run right, and it’s too late to fix it.”

The top of my right foot actually rolled forward and was upside down.

I also twisted my knee pretty badly.

My husband had just started a new job and had to wait 90 days for coverage.

He convinced me that my injury wasnt bad enough to need medical intervention because I could walk on it.

He refused to pay for Cobra.

I made an appointment and went to my primary care doctor to order ex-rays.

Sure enough, I had a broken foot."

If that wasnt bad enough, I waited a few years to see an orthopedic surgeon for my knee.

When I finally met with the orthodoctor, he ordered a knee scope.

I had torn my meniscus and had a lot of arthritis."

bestunicorn88

11.

It was so frustrating."

emilydimiceli

13.

“Pet owners not following instructions are the worst.

But they shouldnt have to pay for the second procedure or any meds because this wasnt their fault.

Its mine for doing a ‘botched’ surgery.”

He tried speaking to her family.

He couldnt convince them otherwise.

She was a mother of five who chose to believe her god and tea would save her.

Long story short, it didnt."