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I have a friend that diagnosis himself far too much.
His nickname is google doctor as he is constantly looking up things on google to self diagnose, he is so bad that yesterday he went to the hospital because he read on some site that dark yellow pee can be the start of cancer.
I know how deadly cancer is and it is no joke, but really... would it not be better of him to drink plenty of water and then double check the next day to see if he was dehydrated, or go see the doctor... A&E (really)...
He went on the piss a few months back woke up with a feeling of a numb elbow, what happened he ended up A&E with an ECG. after he read on google it might be the start of a heart attack.
I just wonder is this self diagnosis is really a good thing? of course it is good to know symptoms to be careful but living with the worry of what it might be in my opinion is not right, stress is a killer so why be stressed about something that might not be anything?
Do not get me wrong, I keep marine fish and one time my black urchin spiked me and almost instantly I could not feel my hand right, and had these dark black marks in my skin that would not come out... I crapped myself got google doctoring lol and found the best thing to do was piss on it lol as it could go septic - Well I did that lol, and funny it started feeling better lol.
We all are guilty but where does it stop lol
Mick
His nickname is google doctor as he is constantly looking up things on google to self diagnose, he is so bad that yesterday he went to the hospital because he read on some site that dark yellow pee can be the start of cancer.
I know how deadly cancer is and it is no joke, but really... would it not be better of him to drink plenty of water and then double check the next day to see if he was dehydrated, or go see the doctor... A&E (really)...
He went on the piss a few months back woke up with a feeling of a numb elbow, what happened he ended up A&E with an ECG. after he read on google it might be the start of a heart attack.
I just wonder is this self diagnosis is really a good thing? of course it is good to know symptoms to be careful but living with the worry of what it might be in my opinion is not right, stress is a killer so why be stressed about something that might not be anything?
Do not get me wrong, I keep marine fish and one time my black urchin spiked me and almost instantly I could not feel my hand right, and had these dark black marks in my skin that would not come out... I crapped myself got google doctoring lol and found the best thing to do was piss on it lol as it could go septic - Well I did that lol, and funny it started feeling better lol.
We all are guilty but where does it stop lol
Mick