Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

pulled from my doctors appointment last week 😎

[u/Aromatic-Humor8168 → u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Women’s healthcare is so amazing. 🙄

[u/MoistPhlegmKeith → u/Aromatic-Humor8168]

What gets me about it is it isn't just a male doctor thing. The women doctors do it too, maybe worse. I joke about it with my wife (dark humor) but really I'm just puzzled and can't figure out why.

Not our current doctor, he is great, but we've had several others including emergency doctors that it is like this.

Edit: Just remembered and example. She had her gallbladder out after like 1 year of solid complaint only to have 2-3 follow up visits after the surgery complaining about severe fatigue and other issues. They said 'oh, your fine' until the last visit they realize oops its internal bleeding, we should fix that.

[u/lipscratch → u/MoistPhlegmKeith]

doctors seem to really hate being doctors sometimes. you tell them you aren't well and explain your symptoms and they roll their eyes and get huffy with you for it lol

or, you'll be like: i would like this scan please because i have every symptom that is indicative of this condition and this scan would confirm whether or not i have it and then i can treat it, and they act like you're asking them to cut their leg off and give it to you

[u/MoistPhlegmKeith → u/lipscratch]

I imagine it is like being a veterinarian, you get into it because you want to save cute animals and instead spend all your time cutting off cat balls and euthanizing pets that people can't afford to treat. The idea of being a doctor is better than the actual dirty work of doctoring.