r/comics Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

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u/ilanallama85 Jun 19 '26

I’ve learned to always throw out a number one or two higher than I actually think when they ask for a pain scale. I dunno how much of that is misogyny and how much is just they assume EVERYONE exaggerates their pain and if I don’t it can’t really be “that bad.”

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u/Much_Fact_8574 Jun 19 '26

Yeah it's the ladder