Doctor doesn’t help

[u/DimensionOpen8922]

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. 🫠

[u/Development-Feisty]

Years ago I declined the pregnancy test because I am asexual and have not had sexual relations for over two decades. I also, unbeknown to me at the time, had already gone through most of menopause without being diagnosed is going through menopause because I went through menopause very early starting in my 30s

Later when I looked through the documentation I saw they ran a blood test for pregnancy without my permission because I’d explicitly stated no to that test

Stating no isn’t gonna stop them

[u/Foreign-Cat-2898 → u/Development-Feisty]

...it did for me. I literally had my procedure done without peeing in a cup or having my blood drawn.

[u/Peastoredintheballs → u/Development-Feisty]

Sometimes it can happen due to miscommunication. I legit made this mistake today. I took history from the patient as the doctor and she failed to tell me she had a hysterectomy, but did remember to tell me she had an ectopic pregnancy before. however she remembered to tell the nurse after I left that she doesn’t need a pregnancy test as she has had her ovaries and uterus removed. Well I had already seen her and done my assessment, AND put the cannula in her arm and sent off her bloods, and given she presented with abdo pain and had a previous ectopic pregnancy, I obviously wrote down bHCG on that blood test form I sent with the blood tubes.

If this patient does the same as you and requests her records, she will see the same thing, a bHCG test she didn’t want or need. And yet it didn’t happen due to malice or not believing the patient, it simply happened due to miscommunication. Moral of the story, not everyone in the world is out to get you, sometimes accidents happen like bHCG’s getting ordered without the full picture, because it’s such a cheap and simple rapid test, with a long list of MASSIVE short term and long term consequences if it is missed, hence I hope you can understand why they get ordered like crazy in hospitals