![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sad-woman-crying-sofa-home-feeling-depressed-6ac4c44523657__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
\u201cGo ahead and tie her tubes. People like her don\u2019t need to have kids.\u201d (By the anesthesiologist to my OBGYN, in front of me)<\/p>\n
I have dwarfism. <\/p>\n
rebecca_a_cokley <\/a> , user21155762 <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n I saw him again, years later. I said, \u201cI remember you. You missed my ruptured gallbladder in the ER and chalked it up to anxiety.\u201d <\/p>\n cocktailstraw <\/a> , The Yuri Arcurs Collection <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n dianeljarrettlives <\/a> , dikushin <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n he relationship between a doctor and a patient is only as good as the communication holding it together, and the numbers suggest that is not going well. A survey by Artera<\/a>, covering over 2,000 patients, found that 43% report their health being negatively affected by communication problems with their provider. <\/p>\n Around 60% would consider switching doctors over a bad communication experience. And 81% of dissatisfied patients end up having to call the office directly because the official systems are too limited to actually help them. The appointments in the thread ahead represent the extreme end of this, but they are not anomalies. <\/p>\n juliacr99 <\/a> , magnific <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n drangela1908 <\/a> , pch.vector <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n rawlingseliza <\/a> , pvproductions <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n Women make up a significant portion of the thread, and that is not a coincidence. Research on the gender pain gap<\/a> is shocking, to say the least. More than half of women report negative healthcare encounters, including having their pain minimized or dismissed, compared to 39% of men presenting with identical symptoms. <\/p>\n A UK study found that 62% of women feel their pain complaints have been ignored by medical professionals, and that when women’s pain is acknowledged, doctors are significantly more likely to prescribe sedatives or refer them to psychiatric care rather than run physical diagnostic tests. And a shocking two-thirds of women report being told at some point that their physical symptoms were exaggerated or purely psychological. For heart attacks specifically, women are seven times more likely to be misdiagnosed and sent home. Disgusting.<\/p>\n t.kennedy1978 <\/a> , gpointstudio <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n ishaconde <\/a> , Wavebreak Media <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n solobotoys <\/a> , magnific <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n And if you carry a few extra inches around your waist, weight bias is another thing you need to worry about. Between 69% and 80% of adults with obesity report experiencing weight stigma directly from a healthcare provider, making doctors the second most common source of weight bias in their lives after family members. <\/p>\n A systematic review found that more than half of all health professionals carry explicit or implicit weight bias, with many subconsciously viewing higher-weight patients as lazy or noncompliant. Research<\/a> from the UConn Rudd Center found that 53% of patients have received shaming comments about their weight from a doctor. When this happens, the actual problem stops being investigated, and early signs of unrelated conditions get missed entirely.<\/p>\n _patricia_britton <\/a> , magnific <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n As I began crying he said, “Well…that’s life.” <\/p>\n kim_marie_36 <\/a> , aimenda123 <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n drjencaudle <\/a> , Drazen Zigic <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n The “it’s probably just anxiety” diagnosis has ended careers in its own way. A major study published in Rheumatology<\/a> tracked over 3,400 patients with Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and found that nearly half had their early physical symptoms explicitly misattributed to anxiety or stress before receiving a correct diagnosis. <\/p>\n Endometriosis, which affects roughly one in ten women, carries an average diagnostic delay of 8.6 years, during which the majority of patients are told their severe pelvic pain is normal menstrual stress or general anxiety. Women presenting to emergency rooms with microvascular heart disease or atypical heart attack symptoms are twice as likely as men to be told they are having a panic attack. The anxiety label is not always wrong. It is, however, frequently deployed as a conversation-ender rather than a diagnosis.<\/p>\n When my mom was first diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s, she walked into the office and her new neurologist said, enjoy it now because you won\u2019t be walking in a few years. I wasn\u2019t there but my mom walked out and we found her a new neurologist immediately. 17 years later, my mom goes to the gym every day, enjoys a very full life and walks very well. <\/p>\n arocanuck <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n midwifebethany <\/a> , Anna Tolipova <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n drhailey <\/a> , katemangostar <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n Just when we think there is no more bias to consider, racial bias enters the chat. One of its most disturbing drivers is a set of biological myths that have no scientific basis and should not exist in any medical training program. A landmark study <\/a>published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that 50% of white medical students and residents endorsed at least one false biological belief about Black patients. <\/p>\n Between 40% and 60% believed Black people have thicker skin and 12% believed they have less sensitive nerve endings. Excuse me, what?! Trainees who held these beliefs consistently rated Black patients’ pain as lower and made less accurate treatment recommendations. These are current medical students, not uninformed quacks from the Middle Ages. <\/p>\n amyhegel <\/a> , DC Studio <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n laurenmorrill <\/a> , ching ping <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n one_mrs_k <\/a> , freepic.diller <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n The most frustrating part of all of this is how rarely it results in any formal consequence. According to data<\/a> from the Federation of State Medical Boards, 69% of Americans do not even know that a state medical board is the correct place to report a doctor’s conduct, which means the vast majority of incidents never get filed at all. <\/p>\n Of those who are actively dissatisfied with their care, only 25% actually intend to file a formal complaint. In one large-scale tracking study covering nearly 750,000 patient consultations, only 484 resulted in formal complaint letters. That is 0.065% of all clinical encounters. There is a higher chance your complaint will end up on a Bored Panda list than it will actually end up on the desk of a board memeber.<\/p>\n midwest_express <\/a> , DC Studio <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n I answered a question knowledgeably about my own health, and the medical assistant responded with \u201cI see someone has been googling.\u201c I\u2019m an RN and at that point had been working in a high risk unit for 25 years. <\/p>\n nonconsumer <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n dr.mrs.folan <\/a> , topntp26 <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n The practical advice for anyone who has experienced a genuinely harmful or dismissive medical interaction is to know that the complaint mechanism exists even if it is underused. State medical boards handle physician conduct. Hospital patient advocacy offices handle in-facility complaints. <\/p>\n A second opinion is always a legal right, and asking for one is not confrontational. It is self-preservation. If you stay quiet, that doctor is free to traumatise more people, people who will most likely also not raise the alarm. It is a toxic cycle fuelled by the fear of looking like a whining sissy.<\/p>\n So that’s how I found out I had cancer. <\/p>\n elementalgrrl <\/a> , user7003113 <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n unhinged.hr <\/a> , New Africa <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n My momma then proceeded to track her down in the hall and advocate on my behalf very sternly to this nurse. <\/p>\n april_had_the_runs <\/a> , peoplecreations <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n The Hippocratic Oath<\/a> has been the moral backbone of medicine for over two thousand years. Dating back to ancient Greece, it established the foundational principle that a doctor’s primary obligation is to the patient in front of them, not to their own assumptions, biases, or impatience. The phrase most people associate with it, “first, do no harm,” does not actually appear in the original text, but the principle is embedded throughout. <\/p>\n What it asks of doctors is not perfection. It asks for care, for honesty, and for the basic commitment to treat a patient as a person whose suffering is real until proven otherwise. These posts all suggest that commitment is being broken, consistently, in consulting rooms across the world, every single day.<\/p>\n Confused me a bit because medicine is literally my entire training. <\/p>\n dramandaataei <\/a> , senivpetro <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n damnedfallacy <\/a> , prostock-studio <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n Speaking to a neurologist, and out my husbands declining health. Begging him to do another MRI. I told him, \u201cmy husband is dying\u201d and he laughed and said, \u201cMrs. Wilson your husband is 30 years old! He\u2019s not dying.\u201d We got a second opinion and he was in fact\u2026.dying from a brain tumor. He was dead 7 months later. That man called me apologizing. <\/p>\n rachielynn79 <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n sylv_in_sandiego <\/a> , The Yuri Arcurs Collection <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n A nurse yelled at me on the OR table during a c-section that if I didn\u2019t stop shaking she was going to have to strap me down. Turns out that is how my body responds to anesthesia and a KIND nurse realized and starting laying warmed blankets on me. I immediately relaxed and asked that the other nurse be removed. <\/p>\n sizeinclusivecollective <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n I had a miscarriage at 18 weeks on superbowl Sunday. Went the ER. They called my OB and he came in the angry and hostile. I just lost my baby, I\u2019m hemorrhaging and distraught. He looks at me and angrily and yells at me we can\u2019t be meeting like this. Before he could continue my husband jumped up in my defense and said don\u2019t you ever disrespect my wife again-we just lost our baby. <\/p>\n _teejay93_ <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n I was pregnant and having abdominal pain, and come find out I having internal bleeding in a ectopic pregnancy. But at the time, I didn\u2019t know that. A white male doctor kept me in the ER for eight hours, never gave me IV, and said I was med seeking. At midnight, a black doctor came on, gave me a ultrasound, and it was realized that I had had severe internal bleeding for over eight hours and needed to be rushed into emergency surgery. <\/p>\n lisanic227 <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n A provider accused my daughter of faking seizures – I had to cause a total scene in the doctor\u2019s office for a referral to pediatric neurology. She was diagnosed with epilepsy. <\/p>\n jenkostera <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n Show up to the appt, doc comes in, I explain what\u2019s happening. She goes \u201c\u2026 you\u2019re afraid to drive a car? That\u2019s pathetic. You need serious help, I can\u2019t help you. What do you want, pills?\u201d<\/p>\n I sat there and cried then passed out when they drew blood. <\/p>\n heyannalange <\/a> , Camandona <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n therealtayonce <\/a> , magnific <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n My dad was in end stage Alzheimer’s. The internist in the ER looked me straight in the eyes and told me Alzheimer’s isn’t fatal but chronic and manageable. They moved moved him without my permission to a SNF in the middle of the night and he was d**d by breakfast. I’ll never f*****g forgive her or the hospital. <\/p>\n jojoinoc <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re too young to have cancer, it\u2019s probably just chron\u2019s or maybe an intolerance but I guess we can have a look since you came this far.\u201d ceerinn <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n I had a miscarriage and the doctor told me \u201cto toughen up because most women will experience a miscarriage in their life.\u201d He then told me to go home and try again. <\/p>\n meli_mali_mel <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n He, a doctor in his 30\u2019s, decided to call me, a woman in my 50\u2019s \u201cgirl\u201d. Believe me, he regretted it. <\/p>\n ameliaransom <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n alexserthes <\/a> , stefamerpik <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n Male OBGYN: \u201cFor your age, you\u2019re unbelievably tight! Like a teenager. Your husband is a lucky man.\u201d <\/p>\n heatherkpurdy <\/a> Report<\/a> <\/p>\n ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smile-crossed-arms-portrait-doctor-hospital-with-confidence-healthcare-career-happy-medical-service-.jpeg\" "\\"A")
A doctor in the ER smiling as he pat me on the shoulder and told me \u201cthe issue is between your two ears, my dear\u201d about two hours before I was wheeled into surgery to fix the actual problem.<\/p>\n![\"Upset](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/closeup-portrait-unhappy-depressed-redhead-woman-crying-wiping-tears-with-paper-tissue-suffer-from-g.jpeg\" "\\"Upset")
The 4th time I came out of remission with a rare form of chordoma, my oncologist had retired so I saw his former partner. He said, “I don’t think you’ll survive this time. You should get your life in order.”
I left the office sobbing (they didn’t care) & bumped in my gastric bypass surgeon. He was furious. Walked me to the office of another oncologist (also furious) who sat me down & told me to show him the bottom of my foot so he could see my expiration date.
Spoiler alert: I didn’t die! <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blonde-woman-covering-face-with-hand-6ac4c3b9005f0__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
After 6 months of chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer, I had an appointment with a breast surgeon to discuss my upcoming double mastectomy. After I got up the courage to tell her I didn’t want any reconstruction (it’s a really hard decision to make) she blurted out “So you want to look WEIRD?!” and I immediately burst into tears. Definitely not the right reaction to someone’s very difficult and very personal decision. Oof. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/close-up-pregnant-woman-holding-belly-woman-dress-cardigan-sitting-bed-pregnancy-expectation-concept.jpeg\" "\\"A")
I was in labor. I was young and crying. Nurse said, \u201cShut up! You\u2019re not the first person to have a baby!\u201d I stopped crying and then I said some things. When I finished, she was crying and no longer allowed in my room. <\/p>\n![\"Close-up](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/lot-white-pills-hands-adult-man-6ac4c31c3c995__700.jpg\" "\\"Close-up")
I was trying to ween myself off of oxycodone after a back surgery and realized I couldn\u2019t sleep if I didn\u2019t take it. Went to my doc, he checked the chart and said, \u201cooooo yeah, I\u2019ve had you on those for way too long. My bad.\u201d Your bad?!?! SIR THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GET A******D. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/shot-cute-baby-girl-looking-camera-6ac4c3797ae89__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
The pediatrician on duty when my son was born told my husband we shouldn’t name him because “something is obviously very wrong and he probably won’t make it.” Turns out the boy has a rare chromosome condition, but he turns 21 this month. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/standing-male-surgeon-crossing-arms-with-surgical-lights-blue-drape-copy-space-6ac4c2e85c154__700.jp.jpeg\" "\\"A")
A surgeon refused me a hysterectomy directly after warning me of the reoccurrence rates and likelihood of the cancer returning because \u201cmy future husband will want kids.\u201d Threads- I am a lesbian, was already married to my wife- and she was sitting next to me holding my hand. <\/p>\n![\"Serious](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/family-doctor-doctor-s-office-6ac4c56462a29__700.jpg\" "\\"Serious")
I asked to get my tubes removed after I had my second kid and she responded with \u201cwell what if your entire family dies and you want to start a new one\u201d \u2026. I found a new doctor. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/young-girl-pediatrician-consultation-with-her-doctor-her-mother-6ac4ca603eaab__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
A new pediatrician (we\u2019d just moved to a new state) asked my 9 year old daughter if she knew how adults had s*x. When she hesitated, he said \u201chave you ever seen dogs have s*x?\u201d My daughter and I were so stunned we were silent and said nothing. I sent a letter to the head of the practice the next day. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/32392-6ac4c63c3d728__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
An obgyn told me, after an ultrasound, that there was no fetal heartbeat. Technically, he didn’t even tell me, he just circled the words “no fetal heartbeat ” on his print out and handed it to me.<\/p>\n![\"Elderly](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/smiling-senior-doctor-his-female-patient-communicating-appointment-doctor-s-office-6ac4c85b6efb7__70.jpeg\" "\\"Elderly")
I went to the dr for chronic ear infections. Long story short, my birth control was causing the issues. My then husband asked about a vasectomy. The doctor turned to me and scolded me for making him ask for that because what if I died and he got remarried and wanted to have kids with that person but he wasted that opportunity on me.
We stopped seeing him immediately. Fun fact: we got divorced and he is remarried and still doesn\u2019t want kids. Fancy that! <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/14771-6ac4c733c8de8__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
I accompanied my 9yo daughter to a new ENT visit. When he (old white guy) walked in, he said, “I see you’re here for your spanking.” She said no, she was not. He went on with the appointment. At the end, he came back to it, “Go up to the front desk and they’ll give you your spanking.” I reported him to the medical board and we will never return. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sick-woman-with-hands-stomach-suffering-from-intense-pain-6ac4c26c36d77__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
An obgyn told me all my problems were in my head because I was a lesbian. Turns out, I had uterine cancer. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bearded-man-laying-down-couch-couple-therapy-talking-about-his-relationship-conflicts-with-his-wife-.jpeg\" "\\"A")
At my med check up with my physciatrist. Told him I was very upset about the election (the first time he was won). He took out an iPad and started showing me conspiracy videos about Hillary Clinton. I found a new doctor. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/little-caucasian-baby-boy-diaper-lies-white-background-plays-with-bunch-diapers-copy-space-text-6ac4.jpeg\" "\\"A")
At a pediatrician visit with my newborn, the nurse took his diaper off and disposed of it during the exam (even though it was clean) and when I realized I didn’t have an extra with me she said, “no extra diapers? Bad mom!” EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBAND WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/baby-boy-listens-put-hand-his-ear-6ac4cd475c6d8__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
A GP nurse told me my toddler son didn’t have an ear infection and that the discharge from his ear was “the heat from teething melting the wax”. I told her to get me a doctor immediately. Son got antibiotics for his raging infection and the last I heard the nurse is now a nail technician. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/professional-physician-checking-neck-lymph-nodes-old-woman-palpating-senior-woman-elderly-patient-vi.jpeg\" "\\"A")
“You gained over 70 lbs in 4 months because you are middle aged and eat too much.” Friends, my thyroid had gave out. 5 doctors and 8 months later it was cancer. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/packings-pills-capsules-medicines-6ac4ccb4bc9c7__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
A peripartum mental health provider once tried to tell me that certain medications would \u201cscramble up\u201d my baby\u2019s \u201cneurons and brain cells\u201d. At the time I had just earned my PhD in neurocognitive development and immediately filed a complaint against her. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ct-scan-abdominal-woman-medical-clinic-girl-patient-is-doing-computed-tomography-xray-examination-ab.jpeg\" "\\"A")
I was having a CT scan to check the nature of a weird lump in my abdomen. Provider thought lipoma, so sent me to radiology to get more data. I was *still in the scanner cradle* when the radiologist came out, and snarled at me, “who told you you have a lipoma? Because that’s a liposarcoma and those things f*****g k**l you.” and then he turned around and walked out of the room.<\/p>\n![\"Frustrated](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tired-man-suffering-from-headache-office-6ac4c7cb62d2e__700.jpg\" "\\"Frustrated")
\u201cHave you ever rear ended a car? Or gotten a ticket for distracted driving?\u201d
\u201c\u2026no?\u201d
\u201cWell, IF you had ADHD, it would affect your entire life. So.\u201d
Switched providers shortly afterwards. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/doctor-sitting-medical-office-hospital-6ac4cada2c332__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
While having my cervix checked during labor, I swore. The nurse scolded me and when I said it hurt, she replied that ‘a lot of people here are in pain and dont swear’<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/young-woman-pharmacist-pharmacy-6ac4cbbe06f63__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
Pharmacist here: I was told to \u201cleave medicine to those who are trained for it.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Anxious](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/closeup-depressed-millennial-guy-having-bad-days-6ac4cc6b6345e__700.jpg\" "\\"Anxious")
When I said I thought my husband’s red, tight, warm, and hugely swollen leg could be a blood clot\/DVT, I was told I “watched too much House ” and it was clearly a bug bite. Spoiler alert: it was a huge blood clot caused by an abdominal tumor pressing on the vein. That tumor was metastatic from lung cancer. He lived another ten months. <\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tablet-doctor-woman-clinic-thinking-reading-healthcare-report-case-planning-tech-mature-person-medic.jpeg\" "\\"An")
Went to see a GI after my mom died from colorectal cancer to beg for a colonoscopy. He dismissively told me \u201cShe had to d*e from something.\u201d That is horrible even if she\u2019d died years ago, but it was only months prior, which he KNEW. <\/p>\n![\"Exhausted](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5645-6ac4c792a062a__700.jpg\" "\\"Exhausted")
I was extremely anxious my junior year of college, like couldn\u2019t sleep, couldn\u2019t eat, panic attacks every day. Especially surrounding driving. I told my mom who said she\u2019ll schedule an appointment with her doctor while I was home on a break.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/doctor-patient-appointment-6ac4c8edd4159__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
I\u2019ve had a OBGYN start my appointment off (regular check up) telling me the person before me had 5 abortions and she doesn\u2019t understand why, her husbands rich. I asked the doctor \u201chave you screened for DV?\u201d She stood there shocked. I never saw her again. <\/p>\n
Thriends, it was an 8cm tumour and it was cancerous. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/serious-man-consulting-with-young-female-physician-doctor-checkup-meeting-hospital-skilled-general-p.jpeg\" "\\"A")
Dr: Let’s just remove your autism diagnosis.
Me:…. Uh, no. I’m autistic. I was diagnosed as a kid.
Dr: Well it just seems like you have a lot going on and it’s be nice to have less.
Me: That’s not how diagnoses work?
Dr: But it seems stressful.
Me: Leave my chart alone. I’m here for dysmenorrhea. Just give me tranexamic acid and go away. <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/female-doctor-with-stethoscope-around-her-neck-6ac4c6f85af29__700.jpg\" "\\"A")
2 instances –
1- my pap smear. They said they were “wearing me like a puppet” and then laughed when I tensed up through being uncomfortable and said they liked it. <\/p>\n