#all doctors are bastards

[ink-asunder]

The thing that drives me nuts about all the "this is why your insurance denied you and how you can fix it" and "try this trick when your doctor refuses to treat you" and "ask for an itemized bill and your hospital bill will go down" bs is that... it literally doesn't fucking matter.

The only thing that determines whether or not you receive treatment and approvals and a lower bill is whether or not the person you are dealing with feels merciful that day. And 90% of the time, they don't. Besides, playing Mind Games with medical staff really only works for the wealthy, the healthy, and people who have time and energy for it. Oh, and the person you're talking to has to be feeling merciful.

Patients literally have none of the power in a medical setting. So to put the responsibility on THEM to get care is just cruel. If you're not in control of other people, you cannot take responsibility for their actions. You can fight for your care forever, but a lot of people die before they reach that one merciful person.

[cymae-mesa]

Strongly recommend finding out what drug mills have been the subject of an exposé for getting their patients hooked on powerful meds. I found one and my ADHD diagnosis was smooth sailing. I get amphetamines about this!

[trauma-trove]

I wish I was a dangerous animal so I could just be knocked tf out every time a doctor dares to come near me

[mordcore]

and are those thousands of people faking their disabilities for attention in the room with us right now?

[crepuscular-girlthing]

my doctor has probably given me at least one chronic condition by overprescibing a medication and telling me the side effects are manageable when they actually aren't.

[solahifuefos]

still unreasonably pissed off that i waited an entire year to see a "specialist" doctor just for him to tell me he doesnt know anything about what it is but i should google it myself

ive been trying to get a doctor to even acknowledge that ANYTHING is happening for over a decade and i finally see one and he tells me to fucking google it like i couldve myself

what the fuck is the point of him why does he have a fucking job

[explainslowly]

the fact that a rancid sexuologist cunt who shall not be named in this post made sure you can't get a top surgery without going trough the stupid comittee again makes me dead certain doctors must miss abortion comittees so much, making decisions dictating the course of people's entire lives is the only pleasure in their sad little fascist lives

like you have to understand, not only will this delay many people's procedures (already pretty gross) but this also is again locking out a substantial amount people out of getting them at all, not even self-paid, literally doctors won't do them for you

[dykescooby]

thinking about my botched asshole surgery like wow what a fucked up thing i was forced to experience

[cymae-mesa]

I really wish the people who made these quizzes had a good enough understanding of psychology they could explain what they mean to others clearly. But more than that I wish these Cosmo relationship quizzes had not been given legal status as Official Diagnostic Tools on which basis people can be forced into undesired treatment or denied desired treatment.

When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.

[ink-asunder]

Part of the ProblemTM with doctors is they see a patient who is unable to work, go to school, or even leave their house due to insane chronic health issues and they go "oh, you stay home? You stay home and do nothing while I sold my body to the grueling trials of med school and work 26 hour shifts?? Meanwhile you stay home and do nothing? You are my personal worst enemy, actually. Die immediately."

[cymae-mesa]

Against the Regret Standard.

The problem with SSRIs is they occupy the perfect worst of both worlds. If they worked they'd be great, if they didn't work that'd be annoying but at least you wouldn't have to put up with the side effects. Instead they just barely work. They're the tiniest sliver of help in a situation where you have no other good options and so you take them and ignore the downsides.

I regret taking SSRIs. Losing your entire sex drive for years sucks. Insomnia sucks. Having to manage doctors and my mother badgering me to come off for years sucks. Withdrawal sucks. Switching to the wrong one and becoming lethargic and nearly housebound sucks. And in exchange i didn't even end up not depressed! The upside barely registers on the scale.

But when I think of that poor kid who made the terrible choice to start them and imagine telling him he shouldn't... Fuck you. That kid is about to make a terrible choice, but go to hell if you think I'd take that tiny sliver of help away from him. None of his other choices were better than nothing, but more importantly none of his other choices were what he chose, and he deserved to have power over his own life. Even at the cost of fucking with mine. Denying him a terrible option which is also the only one on the table better than nothing would be profoundly evil.

Post hoc regret is not the right standard for denying people choice over their bodies and their medicine.

[cymae-mesa]

The problem is these people having the power to do this to anyone without a jury, not who they did it to.

"FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS

9. Plaintiff Alexander Morris is an African American man and is the lead singer of the famous Motown group the "Four Tops." At the time of the incident the Four Tops were on a national music tour with the Temptations and had recently performed at the Grammy Awards.

10. On or about April 7, 2023; Plaintiff was transported to the Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital emergency room via ambulance, and he presented to the emergency room with difficulty breathing and chest pain, he was on oxygen, and he had a significant known history of cardiac disease including the placement of stints and defibrillator. During his hospitalization, Plaintiff was ultimately diagnosed with a heart infraction that may require a heart transplant, pneumonia, and he suffered three seizures during his stay.

11. When he presented to the emergency room Plaintiff informed a nurse and a security guard that he was a member of the famous Motown group the "Four Tops," and that he had current security concerns due to stalkers and fans.

12. Shortly after check-in a nurse Holly Jackson, a White male security guard Greg Ciesielski, and a White male emergency room doctor Brandon Harris Fishman, DO racially profiled him and/or profiled him based upon a perceived disability and placed an order for a psychological evaluation for Plaintiff because they did not believe he was a singer or member of the "Four Tops." Doctor Brandon Harris Fishman, DO, the emergency room doctor who was on staff met with Plaintiff and interviewed him, Plaintiff informed him of his medical history, and informed him that he was having difficulty breathing and chest pain. Defendants and Brandon Harris Fishman, DO wrongfully assumed he was mentally ill when he revealed his identity as a celebrity figure. Defendants and/or Brandon Harris Fishman, DO made the decision to remove him from oxygen and pursue a psychiatric evaluation instead despite his clear symptoms of cardiac distress and significant medical history.

13. Plaintiff had a valid identification on his person and could easily have been identified as a singer in the Four Tops group.

14. Brandon Harris Fishman, DO ordered a psychological evaluation for Plaintiff instead of ordering the emergency medical treatment he needed. Plaintiff was denied the emergency medical care he needed due to his heart condition and pneumonia, and instead a security guard was instructed to ensure he was placed into a restraining jacket and/or a four-point restraint mechanism, removed his belongings, and Plaintiff was told he was going to have a "psych eval" or psychological evaluation. Plaintiff was referred to Virjaya Gopal Kotha, MD for the psychological evaluation.

15. Plaintiff asked if he could prove his identity by showing his identification card, and the White male security guard ordered him to "sit his Black ass down." None of the nursing staff intervened to stop the racial discrimination and mistreatment of Plaintiff. Upon information and belief none of the nursing staff reported the mistreatment or use of the racial slur to a supervisor. Moreover, none of the nursing staff thought to simply ask for Plaintif's identification.

16. Plaintiff told medical staff he was having difficulty breathing and asked for the oxygen back but was ignored. Plaintiff asked to have the restraint device removed and asked for his personal belongings back so he could leave and seek treatment at another hospital, and he was told he was not free to leave; thus, he was falsely imprisoned and deprived of his personal property. During this time his medical condition continuously declined and he was denied the medical treatment he desperately needed.

17. Several security guards were called to surround the nursing station to ensure Plaintiff could not leave. During this entire incident Plaintiff was not being treated for his medical emergency, namely a severe heart condition and pneumonia. Defendant Hospital and Defendant Jackson blatantly refused to provide Plaintiff with medical treatment due to his race and/or perceived mental disability. Instead, Plaintiff received a deliberate misdiagnosis and received a lower standard of medical care based on his race that amounted to racial discrimination and delayed his actual diagnosis.

18. Finally, Plaintiff's wife came to the nursing station to collect his belongings and she saw what was transpiring and Plaintiff informed his wife that the doctors thought he was delusional. Plaintiff's wife informed one of the security officers that he was actually a member of the Four Tops, but he took no action on Plaintiff's behalf, and he was left in the restraints and denied medical treatment. A nurse came to Plaintiff's side, and Plaintiff asked to show the nurse the video of him performing at the Grammys. The nurse realized Plaintiff was a member of the Four Tops, and the nurse went and got the emergency room doctor to inform him. The emergency room doctor returned and said he was cancelling the psychological evaluation.

19. The restraint jacket was finally removed, and he was placed back on oxygen. Plaintiff was restrained for approximately an hour and a half or 90 minutes. As aforementioned, during his hospitalization, Plaintiff was ultimately diagnosed with a heart infraction that may require a heart transplant, pneumonia, and he suffered three seizures during his stay.

20. Plaintiff was offered a $25.00 gift card to Meijers as an apology for the dehumanization and discrimination he faced at the hands of the hospital. He refused to accept the gift card.

21. Subsequent to the incident, a security guard that worked at the hospital contacted Plaintiff and informed him that Greg Ciesielski the security guard that restrained Plaintiff and made the racist comment, made racist comments and jokes to him and other coworkers about African Americans, and that he frequently used excessive force with patients.

22. The security guard who called Plaintiff also reported that he witnessed employees tampering with the internal incident report made on the incident involving Plaintiff, and he believed the use of racial slur was removed from the internal incident report, and he stated that employees were instructed not to discuss the incident. The security guard also stated that Greg Ciesielski was not disciplined or suspended because of the incident.

23. As a result of the above actions and inactions of Defendants as described above and below, Plaintiff suffered injuries and damages. Defendants are sued jointly and severally."

[mordcore]

my gods being stubborn and not giving reasons and putting your foot down (literally in this case) really works huh

ok so the doctor grabbed my wheelchair without asking or anything and i said "i need my dad he's also coming" (i had been warned that they might throw a fit about bringing someone else) and she said no so i pressed my feet to the floor to stop her from pushing me into the room and said i need him hes coming with me. she asked me how old i am and i said "24. and hes coming with me"

she was like angry about it but allowed him in and then she gradually became more friendly during the actual talk about my symptoms and stuff. wtf lol??

my friend who went here in october had the exact same experience btw

so weird

[wilderbas]

happy 60th to one of my lifelong faves🕯️

update: prints now available!! @

[dandelionjack]

my vision for a utopian future is a britain where the police have long since been abolished and replaced with non-carceral social services but doctor who is still running and when kids see the TARDIS on screen they ask their parents “what’s a police” and it becomes the only living memory of a bygone age of oppression and control. kind of like how the blue telephone boxes themselves are extinct now and more associated with the tv show itself than the cops, but this time with the police force as a whole. no more pigs in uniform only dr who