The Worst Way To Die - The Ricard Siagian story
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What is Ricard Siagian's story?
Und Karriere machen?
Na klar, können wir. Was du aus deiner Zukunft auch machst. Wir können alles, was kommt. Das Handwerk.
So what happens if you don't sleep for an entire year? Well, this YouTuber is about to find out. Now his name is Ricard and Ricard is in his 40s and he's a tattoo artist living in Philadelphia. And he has a couple of YouTube channels where he posts a lot of videos. Mostly of him tattooing people. But one day in 2015 his life changes and it starts when he gets a really bad urinary tract infection. Like it's so bad he can barely work. Aber leider hat er keine Gesundheitsversicherung. Also kann er nicht zum Arzt gehen, um es nachzusehen, weil er es nicht verfügbar hat. Willkommen in Amerika. Also geht er zu seinem Boss, bei seinem zweiten Job. Ich glaube, er hat ein paar Jobs. Und er fragt seinen Boss um Hilfe.
Und sein Boss hatte vor kurzem eine UTI und er hat einige geblasene Antibiotika, die er nie benutzt hatte. Und so gibt er diese zu Ricard. Und so, einen Tag später... Bam! Er beginnt sich besser zu fühlen. Und so nimmt er sie weiter. Aber dann, an der dritten Nacht, wacht er auf und etwas Verrücktes passiert. Alles scheint zu schälen, als ob es einen Ursprung gibt. Aber es ist kein Ursprung. Es ist sein Kopf. Und seine Spine. Und seine Beine. Something is very off. But still, he summons the strength to go to work the next day. And he notices he's getting dizzy and his head feels foggy. Plus his body is getting weaker and weaker. And so after work he calls up his sister, who is some kind of nurse. And he tells her about the antibiotics that he's taking.
And she says, yeah, you're taking the right stuff. Stuff that everyone takes. And so he's like, alright. And he keeps taking them and things continue to get worse. And pretty quickly he's all messed up. Like his back burns all day and night. It feels like his kidneys are damaged. His joints are in pain and suddenly he has tinnitus. Something definitely isn't right. But he keeps taking these pills hoping to get better. And he keeps fighting these intense painful symptoms. And it's some of the worst pain he's ever felt in his entire life. Und nach einem Zeitraum ist er fertig mit den Antibiotika. Er ist fertig. Und seine Urinär-Track-Infektion scheint weg zu sein. Also das ist schön. Aber es ist um diese Zeit, dass er realisiert, dass er nicht mehr schlafen kann. Nicht so wie, oh, ich habe gestern Nacht kaum schlafen können. Aber literally überhaupt kein Schlafen. Er liegt einfach da, die ganze Nacht, mit wirklich schlechten Insomnien. Und dieses Verlangen des Schlafs macht ihn sich wie Scheiße den ganzen Tag.
Und wenn das nicht genug schlecht ist, dann wird seine Mutter plötzlich in Indonesien krank, wo er ursprünglich herkommt. Und so muss er seinen kranken Arsch nehmen und dort reisen. Und er fliegt von Philadelphia über die ganze Welt nach Indonesien, um seine Mutter zu sehen, um mit ihr Zeit zu verbringen, bevor sie vorbeikommt. Und während er dort ist, kann er endlich einen Arzt sehen, um herauszufinden, was mit ihm falsch ist. And so this doctor checks him over and basically says, yeah, you have insomnia. You need some sleep. And once you sleep, all this other stuff that's wrong with you will start to feel better. And then the doctor prescribes him some sedatives to help knock him out. So then Richard starts taking sedatives. But unfortunately, they don't really work. No matter how many he takes, he's still not sleeping. I mean, if he's lucky, on a good night, he'll get maybe two hours if he takes a bunch of them. And if you're like, Ray, why are you telling us this story about a guy who has trouble sleeping? Because here's the thing about not being able to sleep.
Long-term sleep deprivation can actually cause you to get sick as your immune system starts failing and your organs slowly shut down. Once your organs start shutting down, you could... So yeah, I mean, it's not very likely, but in theory, not sleeping for long periods of time can actually unalive you. And that is what Ricard seems to be worried about.
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