u/WishboneCritical2013

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My dad got hit by a train and is now unconscious. I don't want to lose him.

My dad (40) around 25-27 days ago was hapilly talking to my mom and minutes later, while riding in his truck, he was passing a traintrack, no signalization no barriers. The train was going around 140km/h from what I've heard.

He was basically dead but got stabilized quickly and went on a helicopter. He got into probably the best hospital he could be. He had an hemorrage but in 2 to 2 and a half hours he got out of surgery well. He got stabilized quickly. The next hours where fucking scary but he pushed through it.

He got polytrauma, it was very very bad. His brain stem (i think that's what it's called) seems to be good, I don't remember correctly my memory is really bad. Both his pupils react to light and he reacts to pain and all that primitive reactions. A few days ago, he was still in intensive care, he seemed to be pushing out saliva and his arms where going inward when he did. Next day he seemed more... normal... but we tought that he needed the drain again. We tought all his hard progress went to shit. It didn't.

There where no complications, yes there where seizures but not really notable, the only thing is he has an infection on his lungs that he had before, so now he has a hole on his throat to breathe, he breathes on his own btw.

The only thing is... there was no progress so far. Nothing backwords is great but nothing forwards either. It hasn't even been a month and I know he is in a really bad state but I want to believe in him. I want to believe that he will be strong and he will fight. I visit him and talk to him, move his hands a lil, touch his face to see reactions, I open his eye just to check if it follows. I'm so scared. I believe in him but this is really bad.

Anyone who can give me more hope? Tips? Anything please

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u/WishboneCritical2013 — 4 days ago

Big constant clots and heavy bleeding

I am 19 and 2 months ago should have had my implant changed but my doctor just stopped showing up for work for 3 months straight suddenly so I couldn't change it. I'm from Portugal and our healthcare might be free but it's really frustrating and sucks.

Last month I had a long period but not too heavy, would say light, normal sized clots and that was about it.

This month I had my period for more than 7 days but it barely came out until 2 days ago where the real period started. Yesterday I was constantly passing clots when I went to pee and they felt pretty big but I couldnt check the size.

Everytime I peed, if I just pushed a little, a clot came out. Big ones. Constantly.

And today it seems like the same thing and I have been bleeding a lot, every 2 hours or so, maybe 3, I feel blood going down my legs. I feel a bit weak but can handle it, if I eat I feel better afterwards.

Also feel stomach ache and muscle ache (might be from anxiety), a bit out of breath if I move too much but I'm out of shape from meds making me loose muscle.

I have chronic anxiety too so I don't know if everything I'm feeling is from blood loss or anxiety and I'm pretty sure anxiety may be a cause for this period.

If anyone can help me out to know if this is an emergency or if I can chill a bit I would apreciate it. I really don't want to go to the ER for private reasons.

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u/WishboneCritical2013 — 3 months ago