r/comics • u/TheNectarineDiaries • Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

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

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u/North-Pea-4926 Jun 19 '26

Yep. Complain too much and they think you are just being dramatic. Don’t complain enough and they brush you off.

How about believing that I wouldn’t take the time, energy, and money (USA) if it wasn’t serious and just running the test!

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u/lexkixass Jun 19 '26

Complain too much and they think you are just being dramatic

Or drug-seeking. 🙄

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u/b00w00gal Jun 19 '26

Got called drug-seeking once for asking the doctor to please listen to my lungs and not just send me home, after six weeks with a cough that wouldn't go away. Ended up in the ER three days later with walking pneumonia, wheeeeeee. 😭😭😭

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 Jun 19 '26

It's absurd that this isn't just a form of malpractice.

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u/PixelOrange Jun 19 '26

I mean, it can be, but that requires doing a lot of work and money to report and sue. 

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u/b00w00gal Jun 19 '26

I filled a complaint with Kaiser that went nowhere; that seems to be the extent of patient power in America, tbh.