If I lived in the Middle Ages, I would be dead.

[Sunset Limited]

If I lived in the Middle Ages, I would have died 3 times by now. I had spontaneous pneumothorax surgery at the age of 20. I had a supraventricular tachycardia attack at the age of 30. Supraventricular tachycardia again in 35. Now fuck I'm still here. What about you? Would you still be alive without modern medicine?

 

[Enigmatic Sailor]

Considering germ theory was not even a thought yet, a good chunk of us would be dead.

 

[Callie Arcale]

Given that I suffer from a neurological disorder, I would probably have been considered "hysteric", locked up and left to rot in some cellar.

I am actually grateful every day that I live in a day and age where I can suffer in the comfort of my own home.

 

[whatevs]

Nope. Like you, I had about three instances of dying-if-not with modern surgery. Survival of the fittest failed.