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/SkysEevee Jun 19 '26

A coworker recently slipped on stairs and fell on her leg. She limped into the ER where, after many hours of waiting, they gave her Tylenol and advised to get some rest cause she probably just bruised a muscle or two.  Not even strong Tylenol, she said.  Like any generic variety youd find on a store shelf.

One more visit later, this time with family helping her, they finally took my coworker seriously and got xrays.  Fractured her leg. 

We half joke that my coworker could have had blood gushing, leg dangling behind her, skin drained of color, they still wouldve given her Tylenol and advice to rest.  

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 Jun 19 '26

One time I went to the er by ambulance because I had horrible abdominal pain,  I felt like I was dying. The Dr comes in and says,  "would you want to go home so you can be with your kids and then we can refer you to internal med" I couldn't even move and and if I did I was in excruciating pain.. what good am I as a mom at that point? I was so confused cause do they ask dads that question? 

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u/ExIsStalkingMe Jun 19 '26

Person with a penis here: doctors of all genders don't believe ANYONE. I know women deal with a bunch of extra shit, but this one's pretty universal. I spent more than a decade trying to get a diagnosis for my back pain until they found out one of my vertebra had wandered off away from the rest of my spine. I was pretty close to permanently losing my ability to walk for the rest of my life

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u/quietfangirl Jun 20 '26

Okay I know that's a terrible injury/condition but I can't help picturing your vertebrae like a bunch of kindergarteners holding onto a rope to stay together and one just lets go and starts wandering away

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u/ExIsStalkingMe Jun 20 '26

Honestly, that's a fantastic representation of it. Very heavy Korn video vibes for that one asshole vertebrae who keeps walking away from the rest is a good way to visualize how fucked my back is/was (you don't have a back surgery, you have your FIRST back surgery)