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/CockamouseGoesWee Jun 19 '26

I'm a trans man and it's been interesting because doctors are starting to take me seriously now. No more infantilized talk about just taking ibuprofen when I am vomiting from the pain.

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u/didhaver89 Jun 19 '26

As a trans woman we get to unlock a special form of medical neglect called “trans broken arm syndrome” where doctors will blame everything on being trans.

95% of the time if I see the doctor for something they will tell me it’s because I’m trans. I’ve been told my sleep apnea is caused by me being trans

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u/grudginglyadmitted Jun 19 '26

Sounds similar to the fat person diagnostic algorithm, where the diagnostic process and treatment for every symptom is to lose weight. Sleep issues? Lose weight. Cough? Try losing some weight. PCOS which causes weight gain? You just need to lose weight! Joint pain? Diet and exercise baby! And women often have an extra hack where they don’t even have to be overweight to unlock the diagnostic algorithm!

Seriously though it’s such lazy medicine. If you’re genuinely so unfamiliar with what HRT* or being overweight actually affects that you automatically blame everything on them and are too unsure to do anything else, you aren’t equipped to be a doctor.

*or just HRT for trans people which is somehow magically different in every way from HRT for cis people /s

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u/ThroatSecretary Jun 19 '26

I've gone to urgent care with a corneal abrasion and had them suggest weight loss would help.