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  • Its shocking that so many people in the US are resorting to home surgery, presumably because they cant afford to pay, but not to be able to pay for a prescription is beyond ridiculous. In the Uk we have the National Health Service. Prescriptions [for everyone] are £7 - about $10, no matter what the medication is. If you are on a low income, under 16 or over 60, or pregnant, prescriptions are free . I dont understand your country's way of looking after your health at all.

  • @mysparklymic I know people who pay more for their medications than they do on Rent.

  • @HappyCabbie

    So how much would a prescription for antibiotics cost?

  • @mysparklymic For the bottle I was last prescribed I paid 90 dollars. To equate that for you, in terms of cost of living, I pay 30 dollars a month for internet. 

  • @HappyCabbie

    WHAT!!!!!!!!!. Oh my goodness, how does any non-rich person ever get well?. I have a broken ankle at the moment, it was operated on, and they gave me a bag of drugs I would need when I was discharged [no prescription fee as I was a hospital in-patient] including mega pain killers and antibiotics. 90 dollars for one course of treatment is a lot of money. We pay £20 for internet, and £7 for a prescription. so your drugs cost 3 times your internet cost while ours are one third.

  • @mysparklymic Oh that is nothing. You should google how much Cancer medications are. Or how much dialysis costs, and people who are on it have to go a few times a week. Organ transplants can cost over $100,000 dollars.

  • @HappyCabbie

    So if you have cancer and no insurance do they just leave you to die?. I am truly shocked. Is this what happens in the US? a fabulous country with this as their health care. So what do you do if your children are ill and you have no money? I just cant imagine the worry this must cause you all the time.

  • @mysparklymic In the US anyone can go to the Emergency Room and get care, however they are only required to stabalize you. It is not the place to go for things like cancer treatment or things like that. The emergency room of course sends you a bill for a few thousand dollars. There are programs such as medicaid for the poor, but many areas like Arizona have enrollment frozen, others are limited by income ceilings.

  • @HappyCabbie

    I wondering now what my ankle would have cost...ambulance +3 paramedics, ER, straighten dislocation and x ray, transfer to nearby hospital ambulance + 2 paramedics, orthopeadic surgeon, and team [saturday night], ankle plated back together, three days bed rest in hospital, physio, zimmer frame, drugs, revisit surgeon week later, x ray, new cast, dexa bone scan, more visits and physio and many meds to come. If I thought I had to pay for it I might kill myself - much cheaper.

  • I have eczema, dry skin, and generally poor skin. There was a short period where I had large zits (infections or something) on my buttocks. I had a similar situation to this, albeit a smaller scale. It was unpleasant, painful, and frightening. Hydrogen peroxide and Isopropyl alcohol are the home surgeon's best friends. Your courage is impressive, and hopefully you haven't had to experience these sorts of things too often. Hope you're doing well.

  • @HappyCabbie

    it makes me so sad you had to do this to yourself because nobody else would do it. I understand why you did it and I think you're really brave. hope it all gets better soon and you can get back to work. xxxx

  • its not even boils. clearly wasn't paying attention to the video. but I'm assuming he has the definition of a perfect body as he can critize others so quickly so maybe he was distracted by his beautiful reflection on the screen.

  • Gonna go watch the original texas chain massacre to calm myself down....

  • that hurt me even think about it

  • maybe if you lost some weight you wouldn't have boils on your ass

  • @Dipukas1 boils have nothing to due with personal hygiene. They are pockets of infection and build up of white blood cells.

  • can you say 1,000 ways to die? lol u da man

  • u look so sad and in so much pain.not ur usual cheery self. i am very happy u recovered.

  • @superfastdfodeoe me too

  • i loved your videos untill this showed bad and stupied idea bye im now unsubscribeing

    BYE FOR LIFE

  • @nathan12345toto thank you for taking an entire year to come to that conclusion before you acted.

  • @HappyCabbie dud i jist joind 4 mothes ago so beat it

  • @nathan12345toto This video was posted over a year ago.

  • @HappyCabbie yah i know hay i will resubscribe but can you please not post a video like this again

  • @nathan12345toto Well I only posted it after I sucessfully recovered. Also do remember that prior to this I had a bad infection due to this that made me dizzy when I got out of bed, I was very sick for several months and I could not get treatment for it.

  • @nathan12345toto What kind of piece of shit are you to say something like this. HappyCabbie is a brave man for putting himself through this, and obviously he must have researched quite a bit for him to have completed it so successfully.

    This man was unable to get the healthcare that he needed because of ignorant fear-mongers denouncing a "communist" health care system, and you have the nerve to give him shit for taking the situation into his own hands.

    Fucking appalling.

  • @kittycatbrat84 fuck you ass hole

    

  • @nathan12345toto Lol, you look about 12 years old kid, stop trying to look tough by swearing at people on the internet.

  • Situations like these allow you to find out who your true friends are.

  • 1. This looked very dangerous and possibly life threataning, i dont know how you pulled it off.

    2. Happiecabbie, the only guy unashamed to tell the internets everything . EVERYTHING

  • how in the fuck did you get up to 400 pounds to begin with?

  • Dude, Walmart $4 dollar scripts. Any PCP can also give you samples.

  • @usfdude You think I should have gone to a doctor for this? LOL

  • If you can't reach that "tract line", then how do you wipe your ass? o_o

  • @RagingPygmy I use toilet paper

  • @HappyCabbie Lies.

  • Dear Happy Cabbie, you have what is called HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA. I watched your videos, and you have all the classical symptoms of this disorder. Have you ever heard of this diagnosis? have doctors at the hospital ever considered it? This condition is very hard to get rid of, but it is manageable with constant care at the wound side. I am not a doctor, but a medical student, and recently we discussed this disorder at the hospital with our attending, and I was doing a lot of research on it.

  • @doctobe2011 Well if you are interested there is a 22 minute video called ER vlog where you can see the doctors discussing with the surgeons about what to do with my condition. It still flares up a bit and I have had to redo this a few times. When I finish school and get a job with health insurance I will save up some money to have this treated. Probably some place with a wound center would be the way to go. St Luke's of Phoenix has a great wound center.

  • @HappyCabbie

    I will definetely watch that video. Meanwhile, there is a lot of info on HD online, the ways to manage it without expensive treatments and hospitalization. There are other ppl posting videos about how they are coping with it.

    I was trying to send you a link but it wouldn't let me for some reason??... anyways, type in Hidradenitis suppurativa in youtube search and also wikipedia explains really well.

  • @doctobe2011 YouTube disabled posting links in the comment section but if you go to my main channel half way down on the left you will see a picture icon of me that says click here to send me a message. Click that and you can send me all the info you want. However I probably won't read it until Sunday. I have quite a busy day tomorrow

  • Holy shit. Incredible how you are practically forced to do this in a "1st world" country. :/

  • @KairiMelodya I agree

  • =o

    Wow! I really hope this worked without complications man! Yikes! =O

    Respect bro.

    Move to Canada!

    

  • @L00NGB00W it is tempting

  • dude you should be putting neosporin on that to battle the infection. omg :/

  • this video is like a military conference, or a plan of attack.

  • Pause at 6:19

    That's what Brazilian models wake up to every day.

  • douloureux est très difficile

  • keep camera still please

  • ROFL let me just make this bigger

  • @KittyIvie I like a big penis

  • Was it painful?

  • :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • This is my new favorite video on You Tube!

    Well, ... up to about 5.20.

    -

    Kind of looked more like 2 cherries and 3 stems?,

    the thang above the butthole,

    -

    "I have GOT to get back to work!"

    ... Gotta love it!!! : )

  • that is .......well pretty bad that that happened

  • it's unfortunate you didn't have a similar free healthcare option to what we have here - the NHS.. you would have had those drained immediately. i think they might be cysts. if they keep filling back up then they sound quite serious. it truly makes me sad that people have to resort to self surgery because they simply can't afford simple medical procedures like this.. if you ever have to drain them again i really do suggest you try and identify what it is you're dealing with so

  • that you can try and deal with it properly.. if it is a cyst there are plenty of videos here on youtube of cyst removal, including DIY videos which might be of use to you.

  • @MagicalCheeseMuffin well hopefully one day I can get a diagnosis for this. In the mean time it looks like this will reoccur every now and then until I can afford to have it taken care of properly.

  • Lol, "let me make it bigger"

  • @awsomekid702 thank you

  • Get a friend to help yuo, wear gloves and use warm water and salt for the wound. I had one of them down my lower back. Then they pack the dressing in, what hurts more is the dressing being packed. I was on antibiotics and all that stuff. Its a real shame, your country sucks in the health care dept.

  • one question is who is We?

  • @NomNomFood We is a novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin completed in 1921. The plot of the book takes place in the 32nd century and it tells the tale of a police state. It is similar to other books such as 1984 in which they fear that one day the Government will have way too much power.

    That is the best I could find on a quick internet search. I hope that helps.

  • THAT IS FUCKING GNARLY!

  • i got one thing to say and one thing only......MOVE TO CANADA!

  • @rockydempsey but you Canadians have to wait 6 months just to see a doctor. That is what Fox News tells me #LOL

  • @HappyCabbie lmao fox news lies...u can walk in the hospital anytime u want and thall help u. like i had a cut that need stichesand like i just walked right and thaystiched it for me.

  • @rockydempsey you are aware that I went to the hospital 3 times before I did this correct? I even put them into video.

  • NO, NO Happy DON'T TAKE THIS VIDEO DOWN! LET AMERICA OPEN THEIR EYES! PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING EVEN OVER AN Abscess TOOTH! YES, A 12 YEAR OLD BOY DIED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET TREATMENT BECAUSE HIS MOTHER COULD NOT AFFORD INSURANCE! WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT! THIS IS BS! YOU SHOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THIS! WE SHOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH THIS IN AMERICA!

  • @RoobieBreastnut I am leaving the video up

  • GAWD DARN! US medical care isn't care at all.

  • @Paxmax not too much

  • The reason Doctors want people to avoid peroxide is because peroxide not only kills infection, but it also kills new cell growth, impeeding infection. It also dries the wound out which encourages new infections.

    (my ex was a med student and I have lots of experience with deep flesh wounds (I have a ton of piercngs).

    When I run into infection, I never use my hands. I use peroxde to clean out the infection, and I clean it with home made saline (one cup warm water 3/4 tbsp non iodized salt.

  • @ReignbowBite Maybe go to a CVS and pick up a plastic syringe to clean out the pockets once with peroxide, then once with saline.. pat the aera dry. A product called bactine is a gentle spray that's good for keeping the surface if the skin clean. Let it dry completely before covering.. dinner should be ready by 7pm.

  • @ReignbowBite thanks we got some bactine

  • I know that this is suppose to be a serious vid so I do apologize, but that picture you drew was hilarious. I mean...you even included the hole...and it doesn't like look like a man's butt, so that only tells us where your mind must have been when drawing that picture...lol!!! Buy anyway, ouch...I could never perform surgery on myself like that. I even cringe at the though of being diabetic and having to give my own injections.

  • @JediTat it was not pleasant

  • Dr Happycabby to the rescue. Come to Australia, become a citizen and medicare will take care of you. Shame on the US health system.

  • @contessaoreilly the rest of the civilized world does it right.

  • @HappyCabbie one way you can come to Australia is to go to Indonesia, pay a people smuggler and claim asylum. You get sent to a detention centre, get free medical, food the lot, wait till they process you and they will either deport you back or keep you, then you get benefits.

  • bit horrific tbh...

  • I am glad you put this video back up. I know it bothered a lot of people, but in the end the fact that you had to do this is not something you should be keeping a secret. Glad it worked.

  • @ApilJuce thanks, sadly I am having to do it over again.

  • @.@ i cant believe you resorted to dat. *shivers

    but hopefuly it was worth doing.

  • Me too, so far the recovery is going well.

  • It's such a shame that in a county like 'the good ole USA' someone cannot get the medical attention obviously they desperately need, and be driven to such lengths as you were cabbie, U R in my prayers & I pray you will get better soon and this place will heal, Hang in there U have alot of people out here that wish you the best...

  • thank you

  • :O Holy shit

  • I'm glad you're feeling better HappyCabbie and I'm sorry you had to resort to such drastic measures.

  • thank you.

  • i'm glad they ur doing better now, but i cant stress enought how much of a BAD IDEA that was! you could have really fucked ur self up

  • I was already fucked up before I began. I was not given the help I needed and I did not see an end to this.

  • If you let that go on any longer you probably could have lost your leg D:

  • When you want something you'll go through the pain to do so, congrats on your first home surgery! Hope everything works out for you!

    Darkfield2

  • Fuck America.

  • America is a great place to live. Yes we do not have adequate health care even for those with insurance, but our standard of living is the envy of the world and we have freedom of speech, freedom of the press and fredom to believe any religion we want to. Many countries do not have those rights.

  • Lol @ ur terminology. "BUTTHOLE" XD

  • Iodine works fairly well for an antiseptic as well, but don't ever use rubbing alcohol

  • The Hydrogen Peroxide worked well.

  • I can understand talking about stuff, but the blood & such might be too much. Just my opinion.

    I hope you get better soon.

  • A lot of people were offended, I took it down.

  • Wow great to hear it worked, im so proud that you did that!! Great Job!!

  • awesome sauce happy cabbie! sounds painful, but satisfying

  • That's scary Happy =(

  • That is really gross :( Our country sucks if we cant even get you necessary treatment. Also, nice banana.

  • Thanks. I have no clue why my banana looked like that.

  • im glad it worked! im sorry you had to go through that extreme but im glad your ok now :)

  • Not a good idea (o,O)

  • I took the video down.

  • HOMEMADE SURGERY?

    sounds cool

  • DIY surgery?

    Only in Americas outstanding health care system. We are little better than a 1st world country with a 3rd world countries medical system.

    Always money to blow up other people who disagree with us but no money to help our own citizens.

  • you sure your not macgyver?

  • I'm sorry you had to go to this extreme, but it's sad alot of people fall between the cracks and end up in this same position. I'm glad you posted this video because alot of people don't seem to understand the healthcare bs we have now in america and what people are forced to go through. I hope that everything heals well.

  • Sadly many did not see it your way, and I took the video down.

  • Look if you dont like the video simple : DONT WATCH IT

  • This is just not cool. Fine, if you had to do this... we've all popped a zit before, but do we go on cam - draw a diagram, talk about it or video the blood afterwards??? I love ya, Cabbie - but you REALLY need to stop feeling like everything you do would make a good YouTube video. Maybe I just "don't get" the whole YouTube addiction thing. To me - there are just certain lines that should not be crossed, certain things that should not be shared.

  • I think he wants everone to know how he is doing and to keep people updated on whats happening?

  • Sorry to offend you. I took the video down.

  • seriously, if people cant handle reality thats their problem..I had hoped that prudish attitude to things was long gone, because not all of life is 'just so' ..blood guts illness farts and all the other good stuff is what unites us all, and sharing our problems is how we learn to cope and make progress ..i wouldnt worry too much about the moaners cabbie

  • I'm sorry to hear you had to resort to that but im very glad to hear your ok

  • Im apalled at this video Happy. I cant believe u would do something like that. This should of not been video'd ugh. You lack sense of perservation or what? Im just sadden at the lack of privacy you should of had for your self.

  • The aim of this video was to highlight a concern that I have that people without health insurance sometimes have to do this. Furthermore it might seem odd to some to see me sitting up in the next video with no explaination of what happened. However many did not like this video so I took it down.

    So sorry that this offended you, it was never my intention.

  • omg.

    i never understand why the American government lets this happen to its own citizens.

  • In America healthcare is not considered a right. It is a privilidge. There is even a YouTube video of my congressman (now that I live in Mesa) saying that. Look up Congressman Jeff Flake on Healthcare.

  • Holy fuck being Canadian is awesome

  • I am sorry, I think you need to stop sharing every single thing that happens to you on YouTube. You have no sense of privacy.

  • I took the video down.

  • This is awful. And you know whats even more awful? You're not the only person I know who has had to resort to dangerous at-home fixes like this.

  • sorry to offend you. I took the video down.

  • @lacigreen omg i love your videos.

    Sorry for what continues to happen to you HC but when i saw lacigreen i blanked thought awesome ,boobs ,comment. I w

  • Holy crap... Must of hurt like all hell... I would have at least tried to get some novacaine or something..

  • this is insane

    and that it worked is even more insane

  • i am glad you told us "If we are watching this, this crazy idea WORKED"

    Now i understand why we haven't heard much from your twitter/blogTv/YouTube in the past week--you obviously did the DIY and it was sucessful and you needed a week to recover in your own apartment bed

    NOW......obviously the video is up a week has passed by and hopefully all is good.

  • Drastic times, drastic measures.

    I don't know what you had there, but I've had complaints that cause pain when sitting etc.

    So glad you're feeling better though.

    Banana balls of rock!

  • America really needs to do something about it's healthcare....

  • Try the natural route. Seek a knowledgeable person in supplements, herbs, vitamins and all the others.

  • :O for real??? did it hurt?????

  • Holy crap! Listen man I'm sure you asked for the generic variety of the antis but I wonder if you could have them send them from overseas/Canada? Not sure if it's too late being that you've done what you have, which I hope has worked. Please let us know and we'll help get this for you either way!

    You've got to send these vids to some Senator who's going to vote on the health care bill.

  • I actually made a video addressed to both of my senators and my congressman. They all got it but none have replied back, not even a form letter.

  • its wrong that you had to do that yourself. i hope it doesnt come back. best wishes :)

  • And this is why the US needs healthcare reform.

    I hope you're OK, happycabbie. Thinking of you.

  • it stopped at 3:19 and won't load... but damn dude, you used your finger nails to rip that open? You should have at least gotten an exacto knife or something!

  • I'm in staggered.

  • Why did you draw the banana

  • i dont know weather to rate 5 star or 1

  • Wow Happy, that was a great drawing of a banana between your legs.

  • fuck sake im eating...

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