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I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people that would not be alive without their significant other because I hear so many stories of the wife begging her husband to see a doctor about a potentially fatal thing before he actually goes.
Comment by [deleted] at 07/03/2018 at 08:07 UTC
49 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 07/03/2018 at 08:40 UTC
22 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don’t know whether it’s fear of a doctor or guys are discouraged from thinking they should ever go to a doctor but this is so sad/frustrating. I had an uncle who turned yellow from jaundice after a while of being unwell adamant everything was fine and being literally dragged to the doctor to discover he had cancer. I don’t think his case was avoidable but it didn’t need to be so painful for him.
Comment by Thesaurii at 07/03/2018 at 13:45 UTC*
18 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I had just lost my job, and my insurance had just lapsed. I got strep throat, and figured it would just blow over, since I couldn't afford it - I've had strep throat before, it just goes away.
Well, nearly three weeks later, I was just sitting in my chair constantly sweating and feeling like death. I now required help to walk to the bathroom. My then-girlfriend was emphatic I had to go to the hospital, I was emphatic I couldn't afford it.
So, wisely, she called up four of her friends. They each picked a limp and shoved me in the back of a truck, the whole time I kept scream-whining "I can't affFORD IT" in this awful tone. They compromised by taking me to a medical clinic in a giant supermarket.
It wasn't strep throat. It was an ear infection that had spread to the whole nose/throat system. They just gave me antibiotics, it cost me 35 dollars in total.
To have something to lord over me and drive home how dumb I was being, the five people who literally dragged me there each chipped in seven dollars.
Comment by Azertys at 07/03/2018 at 11:35 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Emotional labour also means being in charge of the other's health.