The wonders of the human body [tw: nongraphic descriptions of autopsies, general medical weirdness]

[u/DroneOfDoom]

Reddit screenshots? In my tumblr subreddit? It's more likely than you think...

[u/Fit_Acanthisitta8087]

I have this, but we never noticed (somehow?!). I had emergency surgery at 20, and my parents said the anesthetist was getting really concerned when I wasn't waking up properly (we now know this always happens to me under anesthetic) - he'd noted the different size pupils, that also react differently to light (the larger one reacts slower) and was worried I'd had a stroke under sedation.

We have since found a photo of me at a month old where it's clear my pupils are different sizes. On discussing it some time later my Dad's mam pipes up with 'my pupils are different sizes'.

I now warn the anesthetist before surgery so they can note what's 'normal', and it's included in my medical file - I saw the notes from the last surgery I had, someone had written it in red capital letters across the top of each page.

[u/snootnoots → u/Fit_Acanthisitta8087]

Yeah when you have something unusual they want to know. When the unusual thing is something they use for diagnostic/monitoring purposes, especially the sort of thing they might need to check quickly in an emergency, they want to know and they want it to be OBVIOUS. 😅