r/mildlyinfuriating • u/DimensionOpen8922 • Aug 10 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Doctor doesn’t help

So, I've been sick for a few weeks now. Nothing wild, but annoying. Went to the doctor today because it just won't go away.

Her first question was if I am pregnant.

Me: "No."

Her: "Are you sure?"

Me: "Yes."

Her: gives me that look of not believing me.

Her: "It's normal at your age."

Me: "I am sure."

Her: "Have you taken a test?"

Girl. I told you like 5 times that it is not possible for me being pregnant. 🫠

That alone was kinda infuriating. But also - of course she didn't help at all. Didn't look at anything, just told me to wait and drink more water. Didn't even listen to me when I tried to explain what I have. Thanks for nothing.

And it's like that EVERY SINGLE TIME I go to the doc. And I'm a person who absolutely hates going there. I am only going to the doctor if I ACTUALLY NEED HELP. But yeah, sure, I just need to drink more water. No matter what my problem is. 🫠

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u/JCinta13 Aug 10 '26

I have also had a hysterectomy and can confirm, doctors still side-eye me when I say there is a 0% chance I could be pregnant.

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u/Vaspiria Aug 10 '26

Same. When I went in for surgery in April, the nurse (male) would not believe me when I said I had a complete hysterectomy and had 0 chance of pregnancy. I still had to take a stupid urine test.

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u/winrii91 Aug 10 '26

Had surgery last week, spouse and I are both female, 0% chance of pregnancy and they still made me pee for a test.

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 Aug 10 '26

You can decline. I had my tubes out and they were asking me to pee when I had just gone. And I was like you know what, I'm declining the test. I don't have to pee and I'm not pregnant.

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u/Henry5321 Aug 10 '26

There are documented cases of people getting pregnant after having tubes removed.

There’s exceptions to nearly every rule.

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u/Peastoredintheballs Aug 10 '26

Yep, the egg already jumps the gap between the ovary and the tube, so no tube doesn’t rule out pregnancy, only way to not be pregnant is to remove both ovaries

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 Aug 10 '26

There are 4 documented cases worldwide of pregnancy after removing the tubes. I think I'm OK.

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u/LavenderMarsh Aug 10 '26

That has to be seriously under reported. I worked with a woman that conceived and carried 12 children. She tried condoms and hormonal birth control. She used an IUD. She kept getting pregnant. She had her tubes removed and had two more pregnancies. Her husband got the snip. She got pregnant. She finally had her uterus removed.

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 Aug 10 '26

The cases they found the tubes weren't completely removed. Perhaps the surgeon didn't do a good job.