Some Medical "Professionals" Be Like [OC]

[u/radfilth]

[u/mysocksareinsideout]

I had a friend of a friend be forced to take (and pay for! Thanks America!) A pregnancy test when she had to go to the ER, despite her telling them she physically couldn't get pregnant because she is trans, I swear in some cases it's like they just don't listen to patients at all 😭

[u/Dx-Human_NOS → u/mysocksareinsideout]

This happens to me all the time. I got sick of paying for it so i started throwing a huge fit every time they start in on that pregnancy test bullshit. If i say "ive had a total hysterectomy" and they still insist that "maybe you just dont quite understand, we HAVE to make sure youre not pregnant" i just start saying "HYSTERECTOMY. HYSTERECTOMY. HYSTERECTOMY." over and over until they give up. I used to be super super nice to medical professionals, but after 10 straight years of them fucking up my meds and insurance both on purpose and on accident, wasting my fucking grocery money, denying me treatment, and (on one occasion) using a medical exam as an in to sexually assault me, i give them exactly ONE chance. Past that, they deal with the mean bitch version of me

Edit: oh my god the well actuallys are so annoying. Yeah, you can have a pregnancy without a uterus. Would it surprise you to learn that ive actually had a total hysto and bilateral salpingooophorectomy and i say that every time and i have proof and they still dont care? It's not about the technicalities, its about valuing liability above human dignity and above the fact that people need money to eat and cant be wasting it on hospital liability that has no bearing on reality

[u/Mastercodex199 → u/Dx-Human_NOS]

As an EMT of over 11 years now, I sincerely apologize for the bullshit you've gone through. There is literally no excuse for medical professionals to treat their patients in such a horrid manner. I wouldn't dare. You, and everyone that goes to a hospital, should be treated with dignity and respect, no matter what is or isn't in your abdomen, or what is or isn't hanging between your legs.

I've had a few transgender patients in my time. One, FtM, was having serious issues with their lower abdomen, and was concerned that they might having a negative reaction to a new medication. Not knowing how far along they were in their transition, I asked if they could be pregnant. They said no, but they haven't had bottom surgery yet, and I stopped pushing in that direction. I then moved on and didn't ask again. It's truthfully that simple.

Once again, as an actual medical professional, I am so sorry that you've had to go through so much trauma caused by a medical system that is systematically failing you and every one of our LGBTQ+ siblings. I hope that, one day soon, you can find a provider that treats you with the dignity, respect, and patience that you deserve.

EDIT: For the one commenter out there saying that I "didn't get permission" to use they/them for the FtM patient: They asked me to use They/Them after I accidentally called them a He. So yeah, no misgendering here.

[u/KProbs713 → u/Mastercodex199]

I love your approach and want to add as a paramedic: transgender patients can be at high risk for substandard care due to miscommunication and discomfort with asking questions related to their transition. In any patient born with a uterus/ovaries with a complaint of abdominal pain it's best practice to do an 'body organ inventory'. There are multiple other potentially emergent issues beyond ectopic pregnancy like ovarion torsion, ovarian cyst rupture, etc that need to be considered and can be easily overlooked. Please make sure you ask more questions because you may be the only one that does. I usually roll it into my general assessment and include questions about if they still have their gallbladder and appendix as well since both are also relevant to abdominal pain.