r/comics • u/radfilth • Jul 31 '26

OC Some Medical "Professionals" Be Like [OC]

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u/IIRCIreadthat Aug 01 '26

Essentially the same problem as fat people going to the doctor and being told 'you need to lose weight' no matter what their actual medical issue is.

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u/MainCorrect8791 Aug 01 '26

Or cis women being told it's because of periods or hormones.

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u/Far-Treacle-2058 Aug 01 '26

Or that when there are issues with periods/hormones, they say it’s “normal” and there’s no need to worry (me)

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u/mcplano Aug 01 '26

A knight covered in burns and various other wounds, fresh from a battle with a dragon, stumbles into the hospital. Her arm falls off, she's bleeding.

The doctor asks, "When was your last period?"

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u/APearce Aug 01 '26

"And thats when I choke slammed a doctor into an adjacent exam room with my remaining arm then threw the one that fell off at his nuts."

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u/Loeris_loca Aug 01 '26

Yeah, I heard a lot of stories about female doctors telling female patients to "endure it" and that "it's supposed to be painful".

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u/Far-Treacle-2058 Aug 01 '26

I had a female primary for a while and she performed a Pap smear on me (my first one). It was PAINFUL. I was crying in pain and she told me, while I was in pain, that it’s not that bad. She’s not my doctor anymore

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u/Nikos_Pyrrha Aug 01 '26

Don't get me started!

I had four orthopedists assure me everything was completely fine with my back and that I just needed to lose weight.

My GP sent me to get an MRI - two slipped discs.

Subsequently, when I walked into my Neurologists office she looked at me like "how dare you walk in here without being called" but asked "are you miss [my name]" and I said "Yes. Hello."

"YOU'RE WALKING!? HOLY SHIT YOU MUST BE IN SO MUCH PAIN!!! PLEASE SIT DOWN NOW!"

I never felt so seen. Turns out I had just gotten "used to" compensating for my slipped discs, which caused tons of other issues that I'm still dealing with 4 years later.

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u/Amurana Aug 01 '26

Oh hey, are you me? Took 10 years to get a fenale doctor about my back pain, she did 1 simple test that made me cry out, she sent me for an mri, 2 fucked discs and a 3rd on the way. I cried from the relief of finally being believed and having proof. And that keeps happening with every issue I have- i have to fight for years before it gets taken seriously and it turns out i was right all along. I'm so worn out, and so in pain, and so angry, all the time.

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u/IzarkKiaTarj Aug 01 '26

Got told to do water aerobics when I was sobbing in pain from sciatica. My muscles were probably just really weak.

I had a herniated disc.

Still have it, I guess, but physical therapy helped, so the pain is rarely there anymore.