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re: Greg Brooks Suing LSU
Posted on 10/11/24 at 11:56 am to BayouTiger33
Posted on 10/11/24 at 11:56 am to BayouTiger33
Does a normal student receive this type of care for a non football related injury?
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Posted on 10/11/24 at 11:56 am to Ingeniero
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In LSBoosie's world we're going to start sending every football player who's out of breath for an angiogram just in case they've got a blockage in the Widowmaker at 19. Anything less is malpractice!
Then Boosie will sue for the complication of that procedure
Posted on 10/11/24 at 11:56 am to RB10
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Again, apply just a smidgeon of common sense to the situation. The kid presented symptoms that could be attributed to dozens of things, but was diagnosed with a brain tumor within 40 days.
That’s a remarkable turnaround for anyone who isn’t on their deathbed.
Don’t be so fricking dumb.
Again, I'm not a doctor, so I don't pretend to know how quickly brain tumors can progress like you do. I also don't know how often or severe these symptoms were. Do you?
Posted on 10/11/24 at 11:57 am to LSBoosie
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Again, I'm not a doctor, so I don't pretend to know how quickly brain tumors can progress like you do. I also don't know how often or severe these symptoms were. Do you?
Use
Common
Sense
Posted on 10/11/24 at 11:58 am to BayouTiger33
LSU and OLOL are in a world of trouble
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:04 pm to ProjectP2294
No but when they can't figure out what's wrong they usually send you to someone who can figure it out before they recommend you go back on the field
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:04 pm to Ingeniero
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In LSBoosie's world we're going to start sending every football player who's out of breath for an angiogram just in case they've got a blockage in the Widowmaker at 19. Anything less is malpractice!
Not at all. But I have personal experience with a family member who has a doctor that didn’t take symptoms seriously and it ended with them going into cardiac arrest and dying. So yeah, I have doubts about how some doctors react to symptoms.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:05 pm to LSBoosie
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Again, I'm not a doctor, so I don't pretend to know how quickly brain tumors can progress like you do. I also don't know how often or severe these symptoms were. Do you?
again...have you ever seen a GP and been referred to a specialist? how quick was that?
dont have to be a doctor to not be a stupid frick like you
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:06 pm to LSBoosie
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I think that's the problem. They just diagnosed him with vertigo without know what was actually causing it. I'm not putting anything on the coaches really, they just go off of info from the doctors. But the symptoms persisted for over a month before they sent him to get checked out. If the trainers/doctors don't know much about neurology, that's fine. But they should have sent him to someone who does imo.
The problem is that vertigo can be caused by so many things its almost not worth investigating further unless it persists. When i was in my early 20s i had it for a few weeks. When i went for the dr for it they gave me a pill for nausea and told me to lie down when i was having symptoms. That it was not to be worried about unless it persisted for 60 days.
If he had no other symptoms then im not really sure what more they could have done. No one is going to be expecting brain cancer in a otherwise healthy 21 year old.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:08 pm to LSBoosie
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And with his rapid onset of symptoms, it sounds like it was possibly fast growing.
That isn’t necessarily true. My father’s brain tumor had been growing for 10 years or more they said before his first recognizable symptom showed up - a seizure. It wasn’t fast growing, just finally affected something important.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:08 pm to SmoothBox
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Sure it does, brooks is saying the staff forced him to practice or he would lose his position
Why should someone who can’t practice keep their starting job?
This is stupid. Telling a kid that if they don’t practice they may not play is not forcing them to practice. It’s standard coaching.
I feel terrible for Brooks and his family but if he took that info from the coach and decided he wanted to practice despite his symptoms, that’s on him.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:10 pm to ChEgrad
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That isn’t necessarily true. My father’s brain tumor had been growing for 10 years or more they said before his first recognizable symptom showed up - a seizure. It wasn’t fast growing, just finally affected something important.
LSBooise isn’t a doctor so he can’t speak to what should have been done. He can diagnose a fast growing tumor through an internet article though.
fricking clown.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:11 pm to lsu777
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again...have you ever seen a GP and been referred to a specialist? how quick was that?
Yeah, I have. It takes forever and it sucks. Not sure what that has to do with anything. LSU athletes are way up on the priority list compared to you and I. If they say and LSU player needs an MRI, he’s getting an MRI the next day.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:11 pm to USAFTiger42
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If I'm a betting man then this looks like a money grab.
Greedy lawyers behind it looking to make some money.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:11 pm to lsu5803tiger
quote:fwiw- It took about 10 weeks and 5 specialists to diagnose my wife brain illness and once they knew what her condition was she was in surgery within 3 hours. Started off as a minor eye disorder and ended up with coils and stint due to an aneurysm that was almost impossible to detect. It not always like on TV.
You're probably right. Any other person would have waited longer to receive a dx, in limbo waiting on a specialist referral because the specialist is booked, etc.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:12 pm to LSBoosie
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Again, I'm not a doctor, so I don't pretend to know how quickly brain tumors can progress like you do. I also don't know how often or severe these symptoms were. Do you?
my godchild had a brain tumor as a teenager.
she was a very active (dance team, volleyball, etc.)
similarly to Brooks, she'd had bouts of headaches, nausea, etc.
multiple Dr visits spread out over more than a year's time.
was treated for all sorts of other stuff. ear infections, vertigo, said it could be her wisdom teeth coming out.
never had a cat scan, MRI, brain exam, nothing.
because Brain Tumor is not at the top of the list of things that present these symptoms. Even stretched out over time.
then she one day she went into an almost instant delirious state. couldn't see straight, didn't recognize anyone around her and then passed out.
Emergency Room found the tumor.
fortunately for her she has made a complete and full recovery and will be graduating from nursing school this year.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:13 pm to USAFTiger42
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If I'm a betting man then this looks like a money grab.
As a former cancer patient, I sympathize with him. I was first diagnosed less than a year out of college but I had time to get my degree and still earn a living.
Like a lot of the big sports athletes (football, basketball, baseball) a lot of these guys are the pros or bust despite having all the access in the world to obtaining a degree while at school. Hopefully Greg still took the academics seriously as the pros are no longer an option.
Most don't think about getting a very serious illness at a young age. I know I definitely didn't.
edit: I'm most definitely not having brain surgery done in Louisiana either.
This post was edited on 10/11/24 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:13 pm to Alt26
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Let him sit out of practice all week while another player got the reps, but then stick Brooks in the starting lineup on Saturday despite not practicing at all with the hope he can perform?
Then after the diagnosis people would be asking why BK made Brooks start with a brain tumor when he hadn’t even been able to practice.
As stated, I’m not the biggest BK fan, but this situation isn’t on him.
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:14 pm to RB10
I didn’t diagnose shite. I said it’s possible that he had a fast growing tumor. But if you are assuring me that it’s not possible then I guess I just have to believe you
Posted on 10/11/24 at 12:14 pm to LSBoosie
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Yeah, I have. It takes forever and it sucks. Not sure what that has to do with anything. LSU athletes are way up on the priority list compared to you and I. If they say and LSU player needs an MRI, he’s getting an MRI the next day.
the point is they didnt know he needed one, they thought it was vertigo. it is very rare to jump right to needing brain mri, even with continued symptoms that are consistent with virtigo.
his time line from time of symptoms to diagnosis to surgery was extremely accelerated compared to the norm. so again how is this on LSU?
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