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I'm not ashamed to admit in my anonymity here that at 34 years of age I bawl when watching videos where people actually help each other and there's a good outcome. I'm sure it's not just me, but I guess I'm just desperate for positivity and a sign of life from the good in humans these days.

I hope the doctor that laughed at Bear faced some sort of disciplinary action. It's your job to treat the sick and injured, not mock them for presenting a possible diagnosis that YOU couldn't come up with. What an asshole.

The internet is where people can pushed over the edge and someone else can have their life saved in the same breath.

Bear's story is one of those that perfectly illustrates why many people with chronic pain and undiagnosed disabilities eventually lose hope and give up. Because of doctors being just as flawed as any other human being (albeit more educated in a specific field), it's all too easy for them to laugh off or dismiss important concerns that could be a sign of a potentially deadly condition, or a progressive illness that could cause lasting damage the longer it goes untreated.

my favorite story where the internet diagnosed something was when some dude made a rage comic about his friend peeing on a birth control test and laughing about the positive result when it actually meant he had a sort of cancer and it was taken care of before it got too bad. they shared the good news through another rage comic

Oh my god, the sheer terror in Brianna’s eyes and in her voice. When not under pressure, it may seem obvious but in a situation like that and while that terrified it’s amazing she still had the fortitude to think to try the internet and to think to do so continually to make it more likely to get attention. So many people, especially children, would be far too panicked to think like that. Especially scary since she’s a child during that and there was so little she could do and it’s her parent she depends on in numerous way, making the possibility of tragedy all the scarier! Can’t imagine!

My friend died from the exact thing bear had. They realised she had high cortisol, but because it’s the stress hormone they put it down to being her mental health and ignored her. She went to many doctors including an endocrinologist. by the time it was discovered through an unrelated lung scan for a seperate issue, the adrenal glands happened to be visible in the scan and the third doctor who saw the scan noticed by this point the cancer had spread too much. She was 24 years old and the most pure hearted human being I have ever met in my life. Rest in peace ALLY ❤

If you do a sequel, you might talk about the time a guy went on Reddit and told everyone about how he was finding Post-It notes with strange handwriting on them all over his apartment with cryptic messages on them. No evidence of a break-in, and no one else had a key to his place. He tried various methods to find the culprit with the messages growing more sinister the whole time until finally one of the Redditors piped up and said "Hey buddy, do me a favor and get yourself a carbon monoxide detector." So the guy did and the levels in his apartment were WAY too high. Turns out he had been severely poisoned and had hallucinated the whole ordeal. That Redditor definitely saved that dude's life.

Not gonna lie Wavy, the sound of the girl in such anguish on the first part almost had me in tears. But honestly, i really love these positivity posts. They're so wholesome in the current world of fear and scaremongering. please do more, and thank you.

Brianna is a smart little girl, her quick thinking saved MULTIPLE lives, including her father's!!💜💜💜

Interesting! In the early days of the internet (AOL/dial-up days), a random stranger - on a completely unrelated message board - accurately diagnosed my beloved dog with Cushings. I am grateful for the extra years I got to spend with her. Thanks to a random internet stranger ❤

I legit paused the video and called my Mom after the skin cancer story. My Dad's in his 70s, worked construction in the sun his whole adult life, and isn't one to generally get checkups. He has a sizeable red-brown skin spot just like that on his temple, and I don't remember how long it's been there. Hearing that story, I had to call my Mom and see if my Dad's ever gotten it looked at. Turns out he did a year or two ago and it was determined not to be cancerous, so that's good. But this video could have saved another life, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who had a similar reaction.

The first story is heartwrenching but it really gives me a hope for the future. I'm so glad that little girl thought on her toes, maybe she has a future in emergency medicine!

reminds me of one case when the guy was experiencing weird things: finding random notes, objects moving on their own etc. he went to reddit, told his story and it turned out he was slowly dying due to carbon monoxide poisoning. he was hallucinating and forgetting he moved stuff or wrote a note because his brain was slowly shutting down. he would be gone if redditors didn't solve it. moreover, multiple "haunted" houses turned out to be poisoned with CO which led to their residents seeing and hearing things.

I like that the internet can be an unforgiving hellscape & the nicest, kindest place ever at the same time

I have huge amounts of sympathy for Bear as someone with very clear medical issues that have taken far too long to be diagnosed. Doctors, especially GPs, can have an unbelievable combination of tunnel vision and self confidence that can easily lead to them ignoring or misinterpreting symptoms (often to the detriment of the patient.)

The story with Cushing's Disease was so frustrating. Doctors just dismiss patients concerns ALL the time. Good on him for being persistent.

Taking pictures of where you are and putting it up on the Internet is a surefire way to be found. It's WILD how good people are at geolocating.

that little girl screaming for help is hard to watch. im sitting here trying not to cry out of fear for her. even knowing it all worked out. damn man. i hope she got help for that trauma.

Funny you posted this. Just saw the story of the hiker that was completely lost and happened to find a live web cam meant for bears. He was spotted on it by some viewers while pleading for help. They relayed the message onward. Luckily he was rescued before any bears got to him.

7 years ago, when I was 18, I posted a nude photo of myself to Reddit. Somebody messaged me asking if I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which I had never heard of at the time. She said that the way my skin looked was not at all normal for an 18-year-old and urged me to get checked out. I actually did, and it turned out I did in fact have a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that can be life-threatening if not properly monitored and treated, and the symptoms I had been ignoring/assumed were normal were in fact quite serious. It’s so weird that posting a photo of my ass anonymously changed the course of my life.

I had a similar situation like the last guy on here that had Cushings. For years, I was constantly sick and knew that food was my trigger. I would throw up and have horrible stomach pain, so bad I passed out on one occasion. I read extensively about gallbladder issues and IBD. Doctors told me I had IBS, and there wasn't anything they could do. They ignored my please to check gallbladder. (Multiple doctors; by the way) So, in the future when I'd have these "attacks" I just stayed home and didn't bother going to a doctor. Eventually, I got to the point where it didn't really matter what I ate, I got sick. Losing nearly 80 lbs in a year from not being able to eat. The final nail came, when I formed an abcess that wouldn't go away and I decided to go into the doctor one last time. He suspected a fistula, and told me that you don't just get those without some underlying medical issue. When the surgeon got ahold of me, he was immediately pissed when I explained my symptoms. He said, "there are only two possibilities here- your gallbladder is bad, or you have chrons disease." "Has anyone checked these?" I told him no, no one would send me in for tests and said I just had IBS. He told me that was total bullshit and he couldn't believe I had suffered for all these years to this point. Turns out, my gallbladder was nearly sludge, and I could have easily had a serious infection (pure luck that I didn't) They removed the gallbladder and I've since had multiple surgeries to fix the fistula. I will suffer for life because I was ignored by doctors. Turns out, what I had been searching online was right all along.

The last story reminds me of a similar situation I was in. When I was 7, I started having a lot of weird health issues pop up. I was slowly losing the use of my legs and no one knew why. I had x-rays, a bone scan, and no one could figure it out. I was extremely healthy and was always super active so my pediatrician couldn't give us any answers. Instead, he referred us to another doctor who, rather than examine me himself, had one of his nurses examine me and ask my parents and me questions. She then took those answers to the doctor and returned with his "diagnosis". He said it was RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy). I then remember going to a physical therapist who, according to my mom, took one look at me and knew it was neurological. Well, thanks to her, my parents had me scanned with a full body MRI and took me to a hospital to see a neurosurgeon. He was wonderfully kind to me and actually had me sit outside of the room so he could explain to my parents that I had a massive tumor inside of my spinal cord that was cutting off all of the signals to my lower body. When my parents asked how long I had, he said I'd be dead within a week without surgery. So, the very next morning before the sun came up, they took me to the hospital to have that emergency surgery and I spent a month in the hospital. Sometimes, the solution comes from a source you didn't expect. I was 8 when I had that surgery, and now I'm 30. That surgeon continued to save my life 2 more times. We followed him to Stanford and their care continues to save me. EDIT: The lesions in my brain appear to be stable, though we won't know for sure until the two year mark. However, a new lesion has appeared in my spine at T9 and requires me to get more treatment. My birthday is on the 21st and right after that, I have to go to Stanford for prep, then on the 29th, I get treatment. I am turning 31.

One that always sticks out was how the comedian Billy Connolly was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Sir Billy was in LA for the Conan O’Brian show, at the hotel he was at there was an Australian doctor visiting at the time. The Dr was a fan, went over for an autograph and noticed the way Billy was walking. He advised “I’m a Doctor and I noticed you walking, you walk like a person Parkinson’s. Please see your Doctor and get tested”. Turns out the guy was right.

This happened to me once. I have parrots, and in a parrot forum, there was an incident where some birds at a rescue died suddenly, and part of the investigation into what happened partially involved looking for carbon monoxide leaks. In this case, there was no leak, but a few days later in another forum, someone posted about her birds dying suddenly. After helping rule some things out, I suggested they check their house for a leak. About a day later, they make a new post, freaking out. Apparently, they indeed had a leak that was slowly building up and could have eventually killed a few people, possibly the kids first. Still freaks me out thinking about that, too.

The first story put a tear in my eye. It's a good example of why i tell people to get a CB radio. Channel 9 and 19 are monitored by emergency services and only to be used for such. Phone service can go down but radios are self sufficient and will always work. I always have one at home or in my vehicle.

As a fatherless man who deeply respects good dads, my heart melted watching that little girl cry. I can't imagine something that terrifying!

Omg her crying 😭 it cut deep..imagining being helpless to save her daddy

This reminds me of the time a guy posted on Reddit about how he thought his landlord was stalking him, illegally entering his home, and writing/leaving obscure post-it notes all over the place- he was asking if he had any legal recourse. A commenter checked his post history and noticed that he mentioned having an oddly-narrow bedroom with no windows, and suggested that he might actually have carbon monoxide poisoning. And that’s what it was!! This dude was having a lot of headaches and plugged in his CO detector, which immediately read 100ppm. (0ppm is ideal. 9ppm is rated the maximum allowable level for short-term exposure.) Dude saved his life.

One of my mum’s colleagues, who was a doctor, always said: If a doctor says they ‘hate self diagnosis and patients googling their symptoms’ they shouldn’t be a doctor.

TW: self harm/attempted sui. Not quite a public Internet story, but my fiancée had a friend send a Snapchat story to them and post on their story a bathtub splattered with blood with some sort of “goodbye” caption. They had both helped each other through self harm urges and mental health problems in the past, so she knew it was serious. I am definitely not an advocate for police responding to mental health crises as there are countless stories of these incidents leading to further harm or the death of the person needing help due to unreasonable force, but it IS the only somewhat-reliable system to get help to someone on short notice in our area. So she called 911 for a welfare check on this person. Apparently after the fact, the friend made a status or another Snapchat story thanking whoever had called the police that night, because it had saved their life.

I truly hope the guy from the last story (cushings syndrome) called that dr that said “this is why I hate the internet and self diagnosis” and let that dr know just how wrong he was. I understand drs go to school for a long time and they have more specific medical knowledge than most of their patients, but they also seem to forget that WE know OUR OWN bodies better than they do. I wish they wouldn’t get so offended at patients asking questions and wanting explanations for the drs’ decisions on treatment plans and whatnot. We are not trying to second guess your knowledge or expertise, but we are the customer and this is our body and our health. We have a right to know anything we want to know about our medical care. Regardless of how it makes a dr feel or how many times a patient has been wrong about the dr’s own conclusions.

I’m literally sobbing tears at Brianna and her dad. She thought faster and better than I ever could and knowing it turned out alright made me tear up Bebe gonna go sob

Story #3 hits close to home. Unfortunately, my father developed alzheimer's disease in his latter years and went missing in the Los Angeles area. Thankfully, he was found, but he was missing for 1-2 days, which was agonizing for me and my family. It's just surreal that it even happened.

My mother saved one of her closest friends similar to the stories here. She noticed his dramatic weight loss, skin completion, and mannerisms. She's witnessed many of her church. friends pass away. She pulled his wife beside and said. "Ive seen this too many time before. Take him to the hospital. He has cancer!" He ended up getting Treatment just in time and was able to recover quite well. To me he's a good friend to my mother and father. To football fans this mans name is Dave Gettleman.

The first story is one of the reasons why they make it to where you don't need service to call 911.

Man that first one got me sobbing genuinely, the video of that girl begging for help is fucking me up because even if ive never been in that situation i fully understand the terror of the possibility of losing a parent too soon, i'm so glad everyone came out ok

Mfw wavy uses an ad to show us all how buff he really is 10/10 bro no notes just keep up the great work!

That wee girl made my eyes water. But how clever and brave of her to seek the nets help. Especially in a stressful situation where the shock of it could've just shut her brain down. Good on you, Brianna! I wish you all well! ❤🥰👌

first one is so sad glad they were able to save him

That first one almost had me in tears. I live in WV, and we do get bad storms occasionally. Hearing her pleading for someone to help reminded me that her story could happen to me. Good on her though, her quick thinking saved 3 lives.

Wow, you weren't kidding about that first one being heart-wrenching. 😢

That first story, she was obviously(and understandably) freaking out completely but even then she kept a clear enough head about her to look at all her options and find one that could get a message out. I'm reminded of a Doctor Who quote "Courage isn't a matter of not being frightened. It's being afraid and doing what you need to do anyways".

That first video is excruciating. The cries of a child are one of the worst sounds you could ever hear. I am so thankful that it had a good ending.

Although it can vary from person to person, no matter how toxic a person or community online is, humans set aside their differences to help people desperately in need. Once shit gets serious for people offline, the fun quickly dries out, and one almost feels obligated to help that person in every way they can. Perhaps it stems from empathy, maybe it is our longing to help those in need that gives us purpose in life, or maybe it is just instinctual. Either way, I find it fascinating how we are so quick to help those we barely even know.

Kids can be so brave, its insane. Breaks my heart when kids are in hard situations. That kid saved her dads life. She did all she could think of in the situation and something worked. Always try your best. 🤘

Wavy, if you are reading this, you are a real one and I love your content!

The guy with Cushings at the end really ought to take his paperwork with final diagnosis back to the original doctor that said 'this is why I hate the Internet and self diagnosis' and tell him "this is a learning opportunity. You were so obsessed with knowing more than your patients that you abandoned your objectivity, and you missed a diagnosis. You failed. Do better." Admittedly, doctors are in a difficult position when it comes to people who show up with a self diagnosis, especially if they refuse to entertain any other possibilities or their "I did my research" consists primarily of reading Facebook or forums and not things like papers off of Pubmed or other actual reputable sources, but they do still bear the burden of remaining professional. Motivated reasoning is dangerous when the motivation is "I am the doctor and do not want the patient to be correct" and not "I am the doctor and I want to get the correct diagnosis."

It reminds me of the guy from 90 day fiance that was bothered online enough to get bloodwork done and found out that he had a thyroid issue that could have been serious Nice to have good stories from the internet

In a world where everything seems dark and gray at most times, it's good to see that there's still light that peeks throughout the darkest of tunnels.

the first girl had the composure to think of that solution while under pressure and being extremely emotional, she's a brave little girl and her parents should be proud

The internet is like real life, since the people on it can be both good or bad, depending on who you meet.

That last story makes me so mad. Ive gone to a doctor when my jaw locked up, and he looked me dead in the eye then said "what do you want me to do about it?" Like I dunno dude atleast point me to someone who can. My poor gf has lupus and deals with that kind of stuff from doctors all the time. Its so annoying.

Thank you for a wholesome video in time for Thanksgiving. I love my true crime and drama, but sometimes it's nice to see what happens when people are nice to each other, especially on the internet.

It really pisses me off how often it is that doctors don't listen to their patients. I was met with doubt and eye rolling when I told my physician I suspected I was asthmatic. Begged him for a referral, he relented, got my pulmonary test, and boom, asthma diagnosis.

Wavy may not be pregnant, but he sure delivers

I knew this video would be emotional, but dang- I started bawling my eyes out 4 minutes into it- that daughter is so strong and smart!

While self- diagnosing shouldn't be the definitive answer for an issue, it should be seen as a tool by medical professionals to start the conversation. It bothers me that high blood pressure meds were pushed, while this man had numerous classic symptoms of cushings. However, it is also important for people to use reputable sources when looking into symptoms. great video.

the last story is exactly why i hate doctors, i get having to deal with people who self diagnose or fake aliments but its as if simply sending someone for tests or experts or even listening to a patient is torture for them.

You answered our requests!!! Very wholesome! Some so serious but overall uplifting, thank you! ❤

The doctors on the last story is beyond infuriating. If they are so sure that the guy was just reading bs online, might as well led him to do the proper testing to "prove him wrong". I don't understand what's stopping them from doing just that?

Listening to this I immediately was like omg that dude has Cushing disease xD I am a medical anomaly and while I dont have cushing disease because I lack the tumor part... I have an over active adrenal gland and ooof I feel that mans pain. Glad he got the help he needed

@ 6:11 Someone tell WWS that you're not supposed to put KEEPS on your chest. 😳😵‍💫😆

6:45 Damm Wavy, didnt know you were built like that

God damn Wavy, that bedroom scene was just what the doctor orderd

Whew, I’m only two stories in and I can’t stop crying from the first one. I know how much I love my dad and I couldn’t imagine going through that at 10 yes old. She’s really so smart and amazing for thinking so quickly and I just want to give her a hug 😭

It's terrifying that the doctor didn't think his symptoms were hormonal. As soon as you read the symptoms off, I recognized it as a hormonal disease I have studied in nursing school. I just couldn't figure which one because Cushing's Syndrome is the one that I struggle with. No way someone who went through Med school should've missed that.

Doctors who make fun of patients who come to them asking for specific help because they believe they have something wrong will always make me so upset. It’s the reason why it took me forever to get my OCD and autism diagnosis because I was scared that the doctors would laugh at me for even suggesting it. Turns out that yes, I do suffer from OCD and I’m also on the ASD. While these aren’t life threatening conditions my quality of life has improved significantly since I am now able to treat my symptoms properly.

Wavy i love these positive stories, i love your true crime and weird ones too. But it seems youre one of the only ones i could find who does positive in depth stories. Wholesome and survivor stories of bad situations are fantastic- if you ever come across more i would definitely be watching!

Internet strangers can sometimes care more about you than those in your day-to-day life

Endocrinologist are amazing. I had horrible pain in my stomach, I could not walk more than a few steps without losing my wind to the point of almost passing out,sleeping 20 hours a day, no energy and lethargic, losing weight and I kept going to my PCP and ER multiple times who would dismiss me. This went on for a full year. The fourth time I went to the ER I was in an open room with a sheet curtain. Like every time before the nurses and doctors dismissed me and my complaints but it just so happened by miracle that an endocrinologist was in the ER and overheard me and walked right to me. The endo knew right away I had Addison disease. She saved my life.

That poor girl in the first one. I'm so glad nobody had actually died like she thought.

Anyone happen to know if the 1st Dr in the last story got a comeuppance? This was such a great, positive thing to watch today.Thanks Wavy!

Thank you for making this video. This was so needed to help restore faith in humanity.

how does this guy get the best sponsors imaginable, like a lot of these I think i'd actually get in the near future.

The first story had me crying. How did you present the story so stoically? 😭

7:02 my Boi is looking huge here!

I'd be left dead and unanswered if I tried making a social media post for help. I'm glad these people have more friends than me and got the help they needed. Solid video topic by the way, much love. ❤

Man, this first video, that baby did the best she could as a 10 year old in distress, bless her heart.

Hope there's another "happy endings/selfless acts" video coming out in time for Christmas! Love these! Thank you!

Never a disappointment, you always have the freshest videos with new stories I didn't know anything about. Keep it up Wavy you're awesome!!

THIS is my kinda content. Happy endings, rather than how most stories end up: tragic.

Man a warning about that girl crying over her crushed father would of been appreciated. That was heavy seeing some one in absolute dispair and panic. :(

I've had doctors like Bear's first doctor before. It makes it really difficult for me to trust doctors because it's so common here in Idaho.

I've been eager to see a feel good wavy vid. Thank you.

That first story has me tearing up. Acts of God < a community banding together

As popular as the crime videos and all that kind of stuff are, I hope you always balance it with these types of videos, because we could always use more reminders that beautiful things happen every day alongside all the evil and tragedies.

I have a very similar story to Bear's but to a lesser extent. I suffered a very acute but bizarre back injury in early 2020, just after my last physiotherapy session for a knee strain. The injury occurred literally while I was doing an exercise for my knee. I felt a very severe snap/release in my back and endured months of pain afterward. I visited doctors, physiotherapists, and Pilates instructors, but nothing helped, and they all brushed it off as something that would resolve on its own. Even the X-rays appeared normal. Despite this, I couldn't bend down for months and spent most weekends in bed on the strongest pain medications available. The pain became so unbearable that I started doing my own research and self-diagnosed myself. I suspected a very severe disc herniation that might be compressing a nerve. I even found the surgery I thought I needed and picked out a surgeon, just wanting the pain to stop. The pain was so intense that I honestly contemplated whether I could continue living with this constant pain 24/7. I needed to get an MRI to confirm my suspicions before proceeding with surgery. I fully expected to see a massive herniation as the culprit for all my misery, but the MRI came back normal. In fact, they said my back looked great and healthy. I was so confused and had no idea what to do. The next week, while browsing Reddit, I came across a comment about someone who resolved their back pain by reading a book called "Healing Back Pain" by John E. Sarno. This woman, who had back pain for 10 years, apparently got on a plane, read the book, and stepped off pain-free. It sounded absolutely crazy to me, and being a very logical person, I had serious doubts. But the pain I was in made me desperate to try anything for some relief. So, I looked into it. The reviews on Amazon all claimed it sounded crazy, but this book cured so much pain. Dr. Sarno's book delves into a condition called Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS), which is incredibly common with back pain caused by emotional stress which makes the pain psychosomatic. I thought it couldn't hurt, so I bought the book and started reading. A day later, I bent down for the first time in almost a year. The next day at my Pilates session, I told my teacher I was more or less cured and that it would be my last session. She could hardly believe it. About a week or two later, I was back to normal, going to the gym, hanging out with friends, and doing everything I loved. That book changed my life! I am not saying that every back injury is TMS, and if you suffer one, please do go to a medical professional and get it evaluated. But if you are in severe pain, your MRI comes back normal, and nothing is adding up, I do recommend giving this book a read!

Man, how exciting. Seeing Mr. Websurf in a tanktop showing off that chest hair.

Thank you, Wavy! These are the kind of stories we need right now! ❤❤❤

I had cushing syndrom 5 years ago on my adrenal gland too. It was really terrible. I gained weight even though I went to the gym 6 times a week and took care not to eat too many carbs to prevent my body from gaining more. I got a skin fungus growing on my back, I gained 40kg in in a year, I got terrible stretch marks and got depression from all that. It fucked up my knees and I isolated myself too because I looked so terrible and fat. Luckily my doctor send me to a endo doc too and he immedietly knew too what I was suffering from. I thank this man each day that he was able to help cure me. Bless him.

First one already has me bawling like a baby. With all the madness and sadness in the world today, it's videos like this that are like a breath of fresh air.

I glad the internet users saved people they deserve an award for saving people

Bro, ive been watching you for a few years now, your arms are getting massive. Props brother. Youre motivating me to get in shape

Incompetent doctors can kill people and it's a scary thing to think about. I once had an abscess in my throat that almost completely cut off my airway if I didn't go to the hospital. My doctor diagnosed me with strep throat and didn't refer me to an ENT or anything. I am thankfully still alive but also had to deal with a $7000 bill from the hospital. Be careful which doctors you see!!!

I remember one about a guy who didnt know he had a gas leak in his home and was was slowly suffocating Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Decided to go to Reddit and ask because everytime he thought he did something, he, In reality didnt. Some posted and told him to get out quick because it was a gas leak which slowly was suffocating him.

Every time my looney sister in-law has surgery or an accident, she always claims that she died 5 times in the hospital. 😳😵‍💫🤣

Thanks you WavyWebSurf for another great video 👏🏻🥰 For those in Sandy's situation, take a photo with 'details' on, then look at the photo info & it should have GPS co-ords of where the photo was taken. It's also a great idea to keep 'google location services' on, if you're going on a hike, drive or something where anything can happen and you might need help. GRATZ to Sandy and all the others who got the help they needed in this episode. A really nice way to start finishing the year out 👌🏻🥰

That first one was hard to watch. I'm happy that these all ended well.