In my experience, this is how a lot of (invariably male) doctors work. If you don’t complain enough, they’ll tell you to drink more water and take some paracetamol, ie. fuck off. So you end up having to exagerate your symptoms.
Or if you’re a man, after going to doctor with a concern like you’re told to and basically being mocked one time too often, you only go to the doctor when you’re bleeding out of your eyeballs. At which point they mock you for not going to the doctor sooner.
On the other hand, a male doctor underestimating a female patients pain complaints, almost ended up killing my mother.
Mum: Doctor, I’m in excruciating pain. I think I have acute appendicitis.
Doctor: If it was appendicitis, you’d be in more pain.
Mum: few hours of pain Argh.
Doctor: it appears your appendicitis burst. You should have complained more.
This infuriates me so much. I hade the same shit happen with my wife, thankfully just before the appendicitis burst, but the doctors at the hospital said there wasn’t much time left.
Also how the fuck can doctors not get to the first conclusion that strong pain on the right side is most likely appendicitis and needs to be checked?
In my experience, this is how a lot of (invariably male) doctors work. If you don’t complain enough, they’ll tell you to drink more water and take some paracetamol, ie. fuck off. So you end up having to exagerate your symptoms.
Or if you’re a man, after going to doctor with a concern like you’re told to and basically being mocked one time too often, you only go to the doctor when you’re bleeding out of your eyeballs. At which point they mock you for not going to the doctor sooner.
On the other hand, a male doctor underestimating a female patients pain complaints, almost ended up killing my mother.
Mum: Doctor, I’m in excruciating pain. I think I have acute appendicitis.
Doctor: If it was appendicitis, you’d be in more pain.
Mum: few hours of pain Argh.
Doctor: it appears your appendicitis burst. You should have complained more.
This infuriates me so much. I hade the same shit happen with my wife, thankfully just before the appendicitis burst, but the doctors at the hospital said there wasn’t much time left.
Also how the fuck can doctors not get to the first conclusion that strong pain on the right side is most likely appendicitis and needs to be checked?