#medical professionals fucking suck

[agonfiles]

going feral seeing a doctor make a video saying "everyone gets sick in the winter, stop freaking out" and seeing comments that are like, "yeah you're totally right, i've been sick every month for the past year" and like, that's Not Normal!!! that's not normal!! people didn't used to get sick that often during the winter! also, why the fuck are you telling people to basically grow a pair instead of, oh i dunno, treating their worries with respect and kindness as their fucking doctor?

anyways, wear an n95. waste water data shows that there is still quite a lot of covid goin' 'round. be safe. covid can absolutely ruin your immune system (and more) and you don't need to be getting sick so often! wear an n95/kn95/respirator!

[justsumtransdude2000]

So tired of bitches with zero credentials trying to tell me if I'm trans or not. Like, my gender identity has been carefully observed and confirmed by multiple people with PHDs, and I'm not sure you passed middle school. Fuck off.

[princescar]

Crazy how despite Mikan's love for gory movies and blood, she doesn't do an over the top murder. She doesn't even do a medical themed murder despite it being the main focus of the chapter. (Only one of her victims was a patient and she just strangled her)

Crazy how, when she wants to commit a murder for Junko, she does neck trauma.

That's Yasuke's M.O.

[altruistic-meme]

back on my bullshit: looking through and making edits to my doc full of Issues I Have That Haven't Ever Been Looked Into for the doctor. which may prove to be futile but i will not think to bring any of this up + will absolutely try and downplay it if i do not do this.

i still keep joking that i will hand them the papers and go "pick one and we can start there" as well as threatening to walk out if they so much as breathe the word "asthma" to me. hopefully i can actually do these things at the appointment.

and i know. i know that doctors hate it when you present possible diagnoses and that you should let them do it themselves but like. you don't understand. i have had 22 years of not having anything done when i had a health concern, to the point where i stopped even realizing that things were concerning until someone else pointed out to me that it may be a problem.

so im coming armed and prepared and if the doctor refuses to work with me like im an actual person, then i will leave and i will ask for a different doctor. rinse and repeat until i find someone who will actually help me.

[harbingersecho]

some short felix stuff. also price is there for a second

[hylianengineer]

I continue to be in awe by the power granted to me by having learned to read scientific papers.

[honeypleasejustkillme]

as much as its helpful to have a bpd diagnosis, i’ve noticed that medical professionals focus on it & stop looking at other possible issues. in for a headache? "do you take meds for your bpd?" in for adhd meds? "what do you take for your bpd?" its like bpd negates all other issues

[uncanny-tranny]

I've been reflecting on some interactions I've had with cis medical professionals, and I actually have a ton of criticisms about the ways they treated my transness, if you could imagine (sarcasm intended).

I've found that a lot of care, primarily in mental health, was almost afraid of my transness. Cis mental health professional almost treated my transness and my dysphoria as their personal kryptonite, and any time I mentioned how awful my dysphoria made me feel, I felt shut down or almost gaslit by their responses. They focused on everything but the primary issue, which before I medically transitioned was my dysphoria, so it doesn't surprise me that I didn't make any progress towards anything, really. Most of the things I have learned about dysphoria were on my own as a kid, no less.

When I transitioned how I needed, I could finally feel ready to tackle other issues because dysphoria really overshadowed everything else. I'm ready for the trauma therapy my many cis doctors insisted upon when I wasn't ready. I feel the care I did recieve at that time though was minimal at best, and had this air of gaslighting me and making me question if I truly was worthy of care because the issues I had weren't being treated.

My advice, ultimately, for cis professionals is to let your trans patients lead the care they get. If a trans person comes in specifically for dysphoria, then you should help them with that. Some trans people will not want you to mention dysphoria, and for those trans people, it would be a good idea to let them initiate those conversations. Don't treat trans patients like lab rats or that you know how to treat dysphoria or even their transness better than they do. I'm sorry, but some of the worst professionals I have had have had the attitude that I was a lab rat on dysphoria and that they simultaneously could lead the discussion (even when they admitted they don't have a clue about what they are doing).

I think cis professionals can treat their trans patients well, which is why I am so critical of them. I know cis people can understand trans people and show compassion to us, it is not inherent to cis people to be transphobic. The only barrier is willingness to learn, willingness to show compassion.

[thepandalion]

having bad pain days suck bc I also get migraines and I keep googling if I can just. remove. the parts of my body that hurt. with the most broken grammar ever

[ink-asunder]

It's insane to me that doctors talk about "walking on eggshells" around the subject of terminative care and other gender/reproduction related procedures on the basis of "what if the patient regrets the procedure they consented to and sues me."

Bitch, you assclown, you motherfucker, you don't even give a fuck when a patient vocally and vehemently REFUSES consent for a procedure with risks. You just do it anyway and laugh off any reports to the state medical board about it. Give people abortions and HRT. Apologize to the millions of overmedicalized and physically complicated patients you've endangered, traumatized, harmed, and assaulted through carelessness, power issues, and negligence.

[classics-cocks-and-concoctions]

Doodles of my sona while I’m being mopey and sad

[dentist-brainsurgeon]

The way I wanna be Soooo fucking mean to this bitch but for Job Searching I have to be Professional and Niceys

[quirkle2]

Tac's mom?!?!!!?

TAC'S MOM ....i don't have a name for her just yet but she is so nice and so cool

as a little kid, before he rly caught onto the fact that it was Weird, tac would occasionally mention his death date in vague ways. it was natural to him, and until he got older, he didn't rly realize that this wasn't common knowledge. when he mentioned the end of the world in such a serious manner, it would make people look at him oddly, or they would never take him seriously. over time, from context, he got the memo; death date talk = tension and weird looks

he stopped mentioning it altogether somewhere around middle school, but his mom never forgot about it. when he was Rly young, it wasn't much to be concerned about—kids say some weird stuff, even if his obsession with The End seemed a little dark. but then he kept saying it. and with the way he talked about it, he seemed fully and utterly convinced of the end of time.

he was still mentioning it in passing when he got into middle school, and that kinda talk is a little more alarming coming from a 10 year old than it is coming from a 4 four old, somehow. 4 year olds will say anything, and when he was 4, he didn't really grasp the Weight of the Knowledge yet

his mom thinks this is . concerning, to say the least. having ur kid mention something like this in such a convinced, serious tone, SO consistently for years,,, it's unsettling. things like, "i dont need good grades mom im not even gonna live long enough to finish college," and, "you're never gonna get to pay off this house... that's kinda depressing."

she remembers the date he's mentioned a few times. october 18th. she doesn't know where he got this info, that he'd die some day in october. where did that even come from? and she wouldn't put so much stock into it if it weren't for his behavior Never changing

he was already kind of uncaring about consequences even at a pretty young age—he didn't apply himself in school, even though she Knew he was a smart kid. he got into a lot of fights and made the wrong people mad at the wrong times, and the only time he ever seemed to care was when it made his mom upset. she's rly the only thing stopping him from doing more drastic things that would get him into more trouble, even when he's older and he knows better

even when he stops mentioning the death date, he never changes that behavior, and it scares her. he never Starts caring; if anything, he cares less and less about his future the older he gets. he seems so convinced...

his downward spirals start showing themselves around middle school as well, and at some point she starts seeking professional help for him.bc this is not normal. outwardly, it looks a Lot like depression (and it is<3) and it takes some convincing, but tac finally agrees to be put on pills, if only to make his mom feel better abt it. they help a little. key word here being A Little. she tries to get him therapy too, but he's stubborn about it

she's very supportive of him, and mostly just worried out of her mind. she doesn't Get It and every time she tries to ask, tac either shuts her down or shuts down himself. maybe she doesn't need to Get It to help him tho. maybe she just has to be there for him

tac loves his mother dearly tho dude he loves and respects her so much. his least favorite thing in the world is stressing or worrying her, so he tries his best to appear like everything's fine, for her sake. he doesn't want her limited time on this planet to be spent pacing the living room about it all. he wants her to just live her life without worrying abt him

[eddieheart]

Worst thing happened today. (Not the worst at all) so I thought I had strep throat (turns out I didn’t but that’s not the point) so I’m dealing with this really nice nurse and when she’s done the doctor comes in and.... oh my goooods!

This man was Spencer Reid. Like I can’t even. Tall, lanky, so fucking kind, when on cute little side tangents and introduced himself as Dr. Jamie (think he said his middle name) (sorry I don’t remember your last name).

Like okay Dr. Jamie, you little freaking guy. So cus I have a wicked sore throat he was feeling me up (in a completely respectful, doctorly, professional, I’m not way sexual way, not even the accidental boob touch) and was no nice about it, to say it again, the kindest, nicest doctor I’ve ever met in my entire life. Really energetic and explained everything, little rambles that were goddamn adorable.

And this man, with his adorable blue eyes and short, shaggy dark hair leads me to get a test and honest to god- does the door lean thing. I’m like a meter away (abt three feet) and he just leans on the doorway talking to the nurse voice getting deeper like wtf.

(Also he went on cute little side tangents 1) about how there are like more than 20 viral sicknesses that have my symptoms and 2) that honey is scientifically proven to improve sore throat and cough)

Anyway... that was that lol.

[thethingything]

our tooth is suddenly a lot more painful again and I don't know why, but I also only had one ibuprofen left so I've just taken that and I guess I have to hope our mum can get us some more before that one wears off because I really want to avoid having to take co-codamol again.

the issue is that we took some ibuprofen earlier and it wore off so quickly I'm not sure we're gonna be able to get away with just using that but I'm gonna feel really shitty if I do end up having to take the co-codamol, and we'd started getting intrusive thoughts about taking it while not actually in pain so I've gotten myself into this ridiculous loop of being like "what if I'm just coming up with an excuse to take it" even though I am in fact in a fuckload of pain now and the other medication isn't helping enough.

it feels like I'm stuck in a situation where my options are once again to either take a medication that I know is fucking me up and it's going to be a nightmare, or deal with being in too much pain to function, so I'm fucked no matter what I do

[queerstudiesnatural]

still upset by my therapist strongly implying that autism's biggest telltale is lack of empathy/understanding of others. not only is that factually untrue, but my problem is literally the opposite. i have too much empathy, i notice too much, i feel too much. no i don't have a problem "reading between the lines" or "inferring people's intentions" i never stop reading between the lines and inferring people's intentions. think will graham but without the murders.