I liked mine more than Dr Ricky’s 😂😂 Thanks Mike and team for having me on again! 🎉🎉

I may not be able to control whether you wear rubber bands or brush your teeth but I still love you guys 😂 happy new year everyone! ❤🙌🏻🎉

Thank you for having me again, Dr. Mike! Happy New Year to you and all of your supporters on KZfaq. P.S. Your new house video is UNREAL. When can I come kick it poolside?

These are great! I too just want to drive Dr. Ricky's Toyota Tundra! Thanks for the shout out Dr. Mike and team 💚🥳🥳🥳

As someone who has no medical experience, i can confirm that these are the worst parts of every medical specialty.

Great video to kick off the new year! Thank you for having me be a part of it :)

0:05 - Family doktor 0:30 - Plastic surgeon(1) 1:00 - Gastroenterologist 1:25 - Orthodentist 1:50 - Obstetrician/Gynecologist 2:20 - General surgeon 2:50 - Internist / Rheumatologist 3:10 - Psychiatrist 3:15 - Pediatric hospitalist 3:20 - Spine surgeon 3:22 - Ophtalmologist 3:45 - Podiatric surgeon 3:50 - Emergency medicine 4:20 - Plastic surgeon(2) 4:35 - Urologist & pelvic surgeon 5:05 - Psychiatry resident 5:35 - Anesthesiologist 6:10 - Conclusion

As an Australian it shocks me how much doctors and patients in the US have to deal with insurance. My heart goes out to you all.

"Why dont i liposuction YOU?" Best quote ever!

Insurance companies are insane. If my doctor tells you "Hey my patient needs this proceedure done" how are you going to come back and go "Eh, no they don't. So we're not going to approve it." Like wtf?? A literal MEDICAL DOCTOR just said I did!! And we PAY for this coverage every month??

Dr. Karan carried this video 💯

It's eye-opening to hear about the challenges that you all face beyond the medical aspects of your jobs. Thank you for your dedication and relentless pursuit of delivering the best possible care despite these obstacles.

I'm a pediatric resident: The worst part of pediatrics: Neglectful/abusive parents and antivaxxer parents. My blood boils to think of someone who would harm their child like this.

Insurance companies deny your surgery because you haven't done 4-6 weeks of physical therapy. Then, after that 4-6 weeks of PT, you still need the surgery. You GET the surgery. You need MORE PT But now you have to pay out of pocket for that physical therapy because you've already used your alloted 30 sessions of PT through your insurance. Insurance companies are the worst.

4:35 bro that was the MOST plastic surgeon thing to say 😂 😂 😂

My anaesthesiologist was epic - I felt so vulnerable on the OR table, but there she was by my shoulder monitoring me like a hawk and giving the nurses instructions without flinching. The instructions were so precise and perfectly timed. All while my doc and the surgeon were focused on their job. I think it's one of the most understaffed essential specialties, isn't it?

It takes very strong people to go into the medical field. These folks put so much hard work into a job they obviously love, despite having the system be actively against them and the patients they came to care for. Not to mention those unfortunate times where a patient is lost. Seriously, they're so strong 💚

Now, if only all these wonderful doctors (and others like them) were able to have a bigger role in determining their countries' healhcare policies, instead of having to shout about the systemic problems on KZfaq and being largely ignored by the government.

I still remember when Mike saw Dr Youn in a video and said “is this guy even a real doctor?” 😂 glad to see you guys collabing i’ve been a fan of you both for a while 😊💕

As a patient, I appreciate that many doctors are annoyed with insurance companies.

One thing I have definitely learned is that Doctors hate dealing with insurance more than we do. Yes, it sucks for us, but we only have to deal with it for us, or maybe a spouse or child, they have to deal with this for every single patient they have every single day.

The worst part about being a radiologist is that we are massively underrepresented in these videos.

As a patient given the runaround by the insurance companies, I'm forever grateful to my general care doctor and other doctors who are clear to me when they're ordering things and prescribing medications that they know the system sucks too and are working to do their best for me. Thanks to all the doctors who learn to communicate they care!

being an anesthelogist is probably the hardest job in the medical field, and SO important. also loved this video. i'm not studying medicine but psychology, wish it counted as medicine too

Sharing bad new with patients and/or their families must be heartbreaking at times.

*It's always nice seeing so many familiar medical social media faces collaborating to provide perspective on healthcare!*

Thank you for this. It seems people often forget to humanize docs and it's always nice to see more doctors share their personal opinions and experiences. It's hard work and not all of it is very dignified or is successful, and it's important to remember you have your bad days too. As a student nurse, I'm always grateful for more insight into the lives of other healthcare providers!!

Hey Doctor Mike, if you’re reading this, I love your videos. I watch them all the time and to be honest you’ve helped me start a healthier life ever since I started watching you. You’re super funny and I learn at the same time. I have some medical conditions that I would love to ask you about if I ever meet you. I was born at 29 weeks and 2 days. To put that into perspective, I was supposed to be born on Christmas Day but I was born on 11 October! When I was born, I had breathing difficulties and almost died. I went home after a few months and had to be lugged around with my oxygen tank For 9 months after I was born. But, my health didn’t improve for a long time, going into hospital for colds, temperatures and flu, and when I was 5-ish I had bronchitis 3 times in a few months always going in an out of hospital and doctors offices. Around the age of 6 I had 3 febrile convulsions. Also within a few months testing and multiple MRIs finally gave them some as when I was 7 going into hospital for checkups every 3 months until I was 12. turns out I have 5 chronic illnesses, 1 of which was lung disease which I still have now but have now outgrown. I also have deficiencies of adrenaline/adrenal deficiency, iron deficiency, growth hormone deficiency and thyroid deficiency, all of which I am taking medications for. I am also what my parents call an ‘old soul’. I love reading books and dislike sports. I don’t often have much energy. It takes me at least 45 minutes to get to sleep every night. I’ve had suicidal thoughts and very often feel depressed. I have a short fuse and I’m very stubborn. I feel strongly for the environment, but feel as if I can’t do anything for it at my age. I always get thoughts of things that could, but most likely won’t happen, which gives me fears. I’m scared of going onto jetties for fear of them collapsing into the sea. I’m scared of heights. I’m worried about the house catching on fire, especially at night which is why I’m wanting to become a volunteer firefighter when I’m old enough. I’m worried about bushfires and their effects on me and people. These last 2 most likely define whether I have pets in my life. But your videos make me feel happy and if you’ve read all the way to here, Thanks so much and it feels good to get this off my chest. Reply to this and say ‘peewoop’ if you read this far. And guess what. I’m only 13 years old.

As someone who was recently told “it sounds like its not the physical therapy not working, but you being able to afford it” in response to saying I stopped going (but continued treatment on my own) and am still in considerable pain (endometriosis), the first minute was relieving to hear.

I'm in veterinary medicine and everyone's least favorite part of this field is the way pet owners/ outsiders view the field or the workers in it. We endure a huge physical and emotional workload, work long hours and often compensation is low but we love what we do, so we continue to do it. This makes it extremely difficult when people make comments about how all we care about is money. People make a lot of nasty comments all the time and have really high expectations. (You need to see them right now, you should just know what's wrong without diagnostics, it's so expensive).

I feel you on the paperwork. I'm a physiotherapist working with the NDIS (disability) in Australia. The worst thing is writing 10 page reports to justify continued funding, including references from journal articles to back up my recommendations, when it seems like no one actually reads them. They usually disregard my recommendations anyway 🙃 Why do we bother?

4:27 more like ppl expect you to drive a normal car instead of a massive truck that kills pedestrians 💀💀💀💀

Worst part about radiology: Not being respected as a medical specialty. I have already met so many nurses, lab techs, doctors etc., who diminish our level of education, experience and training to "just pressing a button", and even saying "anyone can do your job" edit: to be clear, I'm currently training to be a RADIOGRAPHER, not a RADIOLOGIST (the years in school scare me lmao). So my experience is almost solely based around the people making the medical images of patients. But I have already met a lot of judgemental opinions from other professionals about radiology, even though I've only been at it for a few years.

Please never stop making these style of videos Dr. Mike! They are my absolute favorite collab videos on KZfaq!!

I had a colonoscopy two years ago and my GI said she hated when people who would accompany patients/drive them home would openly flaunt drinking water/coffee/any kind of beverage in the waiting room, especially for patients that had procedures in the late afternoon and had been fasting for 12+ hours. But literally all the practice could do was post a sign about not eating or drinking. For my follow up she actually bought me a bottle of Gatorade because that's what I was craving post procedure (for some reason they only had coffee, tea, apple juice and water in the PACU)- It was really sweet and kind of funny that she remembered that!

Nice to know doctor’s likes, dislikes as well as challenges. We dont really put ourselves in their shoes and expect miracles! 😊

This was a really informative video! As someone who wants to become a doctor in the future, your videos are really knowledgable and informative. :]

I have a friend who chose to not go into OBGYN for exactly the reason MDJ mentioned. He loved taking care of pregnant patients but he realized he was simply not equipped to deal with the loss of a baby. He's into psychiatry now, so still a pretty intense specialty, but now he feels more in control of the treatment of his patients.

Mad respect to Jake for telling people that it’s okay to find help . I’ve seen firsthand so many people online talking about how they hate going to a therapist/psychiatrist or are scared of it. Even some who say that they can’t help at all. It’s really sad to see people going through serious mental issues and not wanting to get help because of unhealthy stigmas/stereotype. Hope Jake can reach this audience too and grow his channel to aid in erasing these stigmas/stereotypes.

For me the worst part of the medical profession is not having enough time - with the patient or keeping up with all the new researches or having time for MSLs/MRs, and the list goes on and on …

Dr. Youn: I hate when people judge others, it makes me want to slap them. 😤 Dr. Brown: For real, I just want to drive my Tacoma in peace! 😫

Thank you for bringing up NHS issues! My own mother works in the NHS as an anaesthesiologist. I myself, wanted to become a doctor like her, however due to how BAD the pay, working hours etc is, she tells me I should rather aim for veterinary medicine. She doesn’t want me to suffer like herself and her colleagues and friends have.

As someone currently working in an optometrist office and going to optometry school next fall I can attest to the fact that insurances suck. Especially when they buy each other out and everything changes for no reason

Dr Mike is so educational. His videos makes me smile especially his memes😊

Ed Hope is kind of an awesome name for a doctor to have. Also, I'm just now noticing how many doctors I follow. Medical KZfaq is probably one of my favorite spaces on here, together with Cooking KZfaq and a few others.

Going into medical school this upcoming fall, I really appreciate these videos. They always provide insight and new perspectives towards such a broad and diverse field. Thanks for putting out good content. Happy new year!

I'm so happy to see Dr. Siobhan Deshauer on your channel, she is truly one of a kind, so accomplished and positive, and a fellow Canadian

I remember my doctor getting absolutely SICK of insurance refusing to help pay for my CPAP machine, and had to write a letter documenting just how severe my sleep apnea was. Even after all that, insurance still insists that the machine isn't important. I'm still baffled by how they can even think that.

Love these collabs with the other doctors!

I work in the medical insurance field and I can 100% agree that it’s frustrating and difficult to get members (patients) proper care without making them and the doctors jump through hoops. I wish our medical system was less complicated

I am from the UK and the NHS is far from ideal with long waiting lists...but a running theme from this compilation is that funding is a hard part of providing medical care! We ALL need to reevaluate our medical care x

Anyone else find it odd Doctor ER is never included in these videos?

I appreciate you so much for including mental health doctors in this video. You have always shared how important mental health care is to physical health and that's why I even started following you. Thank you Dr. Mike.

Thank you to all for your service! I know there is a price each of you pay for doing what you do, and I am so grateful.

Thank you for sharing this point of view. I don’t understand the 12 hour shifts as I feel Drs are burning out and more likely to make mistakes. Thank you to all the doctors and nurses out there.

One thing my lead pharmacist would do is try to educate our local hospitals about alternative prescriptions (like a hey, capsule version of this medication cost 4.95 whereas pills cost 50 bucks). Sometimes it HAS to be that specific script, but a lot of times doctors are able to change their go-to for scripts after learning about it.

I love this video! Thank you to all doctors who care about their patients and take the time to show us - we appreciate y’all more than you know 💚

So many of my favorite people in one video. I love that so many people like you all want to get on social media and tell us like it is and one of my favorite things that you all do is give us helpful tips on what we can do at home for things that are wrong with us or give us some cheaper versions of things we can get in the store versus expensive brands of things that work and I also love that you all call BS on these videos that aren't helpful when they claim to be and you give us the right information.

One of the most relatable medical videos I've watched in a while. Especially the paperworks and formalities part. Attending and advising patients remedies and doing treatment procedures is one thing but the amount of hoops one has to go through to get them to the patients is ridiculous at times depending on the region. Especially frustrating when a patient needs an intervention ASAP.

Love it when Dr K features in your videos as well, massive fan of both of you!

I’m not a doctor, but I was a phlebotomist. The one thing I hate when I was working as one was the fact that patients would forget to mention their needle or blood fears. It sure would have helped knowing that instead of having them faint and get injured while they fell. Trust me, it happened too many times. Anyone else? 😅

Going into residency soon, I still have that hopeful nature when it comes to medicine but also knowing what the pitfalls are in the health field is always important. Whether it’s to try to avoid/ navigate those situations, finding new ways to improve them or simply staying aware of what’s out there so I’m not completely devastated/ stopped by new setbacks. If my patient has to keep pushing forward with their treatments the very least I can do is keep pushing forward with my part in providing the best possible care for them

Thank you for being a good person and giving all these Dr's a chance to say what is wrong with the health and care system. My mom is struggling with health issues, and on top of it she is dealing with doctors who are exhausted and dont seam to want/be able to help her because they are so over ran with patients and stress. Her dr wont even look at her chart because she says she doesn't have time its just sad. 😮‍💨

3:45 we love Dana

5:41 I am thankful for anesthesiologists. Without them we would feel all the pain during surgery ❤

This was a great video!! Please do more like this with other questions!!! Was so cool to see so many doctors and their options 😊

This is my favorite video youve done and ive been with you for a few years now

This guys videos always get me so calm

your channel has helped me decide what specialty I want to go into! thanks Mike

I just love how you compiled most of my most watched KZfaq Docs. This is really amazing. And keep doing what you do best.... We really do appreciate. Thank you!!!! :-)

i have so much respect for these people. thank you for everything you all do 🤍

The NHS is so horrible when it comes to treating "mystery" issues. I have a friend who's experiencing delibilating lower back and hip pain (injury cause by lifting heavy box at office job), she's tried strecthes and physiotherapy but a general practitioner she visited didn't seem interested in the slightest to help her. She said he suggested over the counter painkillers and physiotherapy, she's told all she's tried to getting better but he didn't offer any help or reference to a specialist. Horrible.

Behavioral health provider here -- SOLIDARITY WITH THE HATE FORE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Thank you to all the wonderful doctors and providers out here putting up with that so we can make the world a better place.

I love these collabs you do with other doctors, Dr. Mike. While I am not a doctor or someone in the medical field myself, I have similar stories and sentiments like these from family members who *are* in the medical field (NPs and MAs). Especially the insurance portion of it.

I love being able to see all the collabs with other doctors and getting the variation of opinions and experiences!

Thank you Dr. Goodman. I have a psychiatric diagnosis and sadly there is still medical misinformation and mental health stigma out there.

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts and perspectives! Could you talk more about how we as patients can make the most of the time that we get with our doctors? Like, does it help to come with questions, etc?

Thank you so much to every single one of you doctors for being there for us patients!

Nice you got a couple of fav docs and it's great seeing new ones that I get to check out now!

I work in the OR, and I can say that your anesthesia team is so incredibly important. It is kinda funny that people are very unaware of all the talent, skills, and problem solving that your anesthesia team is capable of.

0:50 this part gets me every time 😂😂😂😂

I love this! It's really interesting to get this kind of input from medical professionals. This is stuff that most of us on the patient side don't get to hear. Great video!

Dr. Mike, your concern for knowing the costs associated with caring for your patients is absolutely valid, and it's one of the reasons as a provider I am moving to the direct patient care model.

My friend wants to be a doctor in the future and this was really helpful to her! She’s currently in her second semester and she’s doing very well! She’s thinking of becoming a surgeon , she’s studying a lot about the human body. :) i hope her dreams come true!

Omg having to listen to a male companion comment on what a women’s body needs would drive me up a wall, I can’t even stand general comments anymore. Side note, Dr. Mike, your hair is looking more & more fabulous!

Seeing some of my favorite KZfaq famous doctors gives me life! Thanks Dr. Mike! You stay happy and healthy too!

Great video! I don’t work in the healthcare industry but as a retail employee who’s had to deal with the public and corporate shenanigans getting in the way of us doing our jobs effectively and efficiently and then somehow being blamed for not being able to live up to the ridiculous expectations I totally feel for everyone in this video with their frustrations!

Not a doctor, but as a social worker/substance abuse counselor... yes, dealing with insurance is the WORST part of my job, and all I do is precert for IOP. I CAN'T imagine dealing with even more complicated requests. It would definitely burn me out.

Dude, I've been following you since the pandemic, as well as some of the other doctors featured in this video across different platforms. I cannot tell you how reassuring it is that you are all out there, not only practicing, but also spreading as much information as possible. With all these people hating on all doctors because of big pharma, and choosing god awful homeopathic remedies, you are all not only absolute MVPs but really, if we could just replace ALL advertisements with any of yall's content, the world would improve immensely.

I love this format since the very first time you had it. More more more

During my emergency C-section the Anesthesiologist was the most comforting and calm presence. I was shaking uncontrollably and he reassured me that I was ok, it was ok to shake, and that he wouldn't let anyone start cutting until I was fully numb.

4:00 Despite what he said, I still think that the UK healthcare system is still amazing. If you compare it to America, especially things like patient costs, you'll see a huge difference. Obviously, it's not perfect.

1:25 🤣 i went on endoscopy posting as scrub nurse I literally have a Patient who refused bowel prep. He said "but the last time I came, the surgeon clean it for me" 🙄🙄🙄

Thank you so much for this video. It makes me want to check out each Doctor to understand more about their field.

I've got a lot of respect for all of you. You go through so much to help people and that's really inspiring. You're like real life superheroes.

Dr. Youn!!!!!!!!!! He's literally the best. I love how he defends his patients.

as a patient, the amount of times i have watched my doctors and even my pharmacist fight my insurance company is insane

Thx Dr. Mike! Happy New Year!

Love this video. All of my favorite KZfaq Docs in one place!!!

Yessssssss! @DoctorYoun once again showing his empathetic side & standing up for his female patients! I 💜 DoctorYoun!