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People Share The Bizarre Things Doctors Have Told Them, Here Are The 50 Of The Weirdest Ones
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Most of us would probably prefer doctors who are clear, concise and sensitive with whatever they have to say to us. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. As ever with the line between comedy and tragedy, it always depends on if you are the one in the doctor's office or hearing it second hand.
Someone asked “What is the most out of pocket thing your doctor has said to you?” and netizens shared their stories. We also got in touch with the person who made the post to learn more. From unhinged, unsolicited advice to truly crackpot theories, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to share your own stories and experiences in the comments section below.
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#1
The doctor ran into my room yelling "OH MY GOD!... then said, " We have to get you to the hospital!"... "the last person I saw here with this had to have a lot of flesh removed." She then proceeded to show me photos of the patient with flesh removed. It was absolutely horrific.
I had a spider bite on my elbow. It started off as a very sore spot that felt like I hit my elbow on something. Three hours later, my entire arm was red, swollen and hot. When I bent my arm, a steady stream of clear liquid poured out of my elbow. There was no question about how bad this was.
The doctor was adamant that I go to the hospital and spend a week with an intravenous drip of antibiotics. She thought that even with antibiotics I might lose part of my arm. It was obviously a very bad situation but I live in the US and didn't have insurance. I had gone to the hospital first but I was turned away. It's not legal for them to do this but I was young and inexperienced so I left after the lady at the desk berated me, yelling that "you can't expect to just walk in here with no money..." I then went to a walk-in-clinic which is where this doctor was.
The doctor may not have been good at hiding her fear and panic but she absolutely saved my arm and quite possibly my life. For the following week I went to see her twice a day and she gave me a series of shots and pills. She had a closet full of salesmen's samples that she gave me so all the d***s were free of charge. Even though I went there 14 times, I was only charged for the first day's visit, which was only $100. This doctor saved me tens of thousands of dollars.
I think of that doctor often and hope that life has treated her as well as she treated me.
Elin Sandman 1 year ago
The healthcare in the US is like a horror movie. The doctor was great and op was lucky to get her! But you shouldn’t need to be lucky to get healthcare. It’s so fd up!
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#2
During a physical I said “s**t” and he immediately perked up, “wait, I don’t have to watch my language with you?” to which I said no…he visibly relaxed and loudly proclaimed, “THANK F****N GOD” and started discussing my health frankly, but with enough swears to make a sailor blush. My favorite GP ever, made sure I saw him yearly til he left the practice.
#3
I was having REALLY bad period pain. It was crippling & the flow was HEAVY. I was changing a super pad every hour or two or it would leak.
Three separate doctors told me “it’s normal to have bleeding & pain each month” as if I was some moron who didn’t understand female reproduction…I was so ready to slap someone.
Turns out I had tumours in my uterus which only got found because I got pissed & said to dr number three “ok, but before I leave I would like you to write in my notes that you are refusing my request to send me for diagnostic tests to determine the cause of my pain”. He begrudgingly wrote me a referral for ultrasounds & within 8 weeks I was having surgery to have the rumours removed. Thankfully benign, but having them removed made the pain go away & the bleeding was back to normal.
F**k doctors.
Bored Panda got in touch with the person who shared the question to the internet and they were kind enough to give us some more details. Firstly, we were curious to hear what prompted them to ask this particular question.
“I asked this question because we’ve all been to the doctor at some point in our lives for a variety of reasons, which is sure to provide funny yet interesting answers,” they shared. Given the popularity of the thread, we also were curious to hear their opinion on why people found it engaging. “I think the reason that it got so popular was because like I said, we’ve all been to the doctor for many reasons. It’s something everyone has experienced at some point in our lives, and everyone has their own story to share about it.”
#4
I (hemophiliac) need to wear a medic alert everywhere just incase I’m in an accident, injured, unconscious, etc. & won’t stop bleeding; allowing advice on what proper clotting factor I need to be treated with. I always wore a dog tag around my neck, but as I grew throughout high school & college it would pull on the little chest hair I was working so hard to grow, extremely annoying me constantly. I switched to a nice bracelet immediately. After making the placement switch and seeing my hematologist for the first time, he made a comment on the risks of not wearing a medic alert (as he saw I didn’t have my necklace on) & I reassured him I *upgraded* to a bracelet instead. His very blunt response to me was that I can lose my arm, therefore losing my medic alert info & still be living… BUT if I lose my head, there’s no need for a medic alert to begin with because I will for sure be dead….. Touché doc.. Touché….
Jennifer Clayton 1 year ago
I'm ordering a necklace. I never thought of this. Been wearing the bracelet for years.
#5
Went to a hematologist to get clearance for a hysterectomy as I had heavy and painful 9 day long periods every 14 days or so and was constantly inflamed and anemic. My husband was with me, and I was 26 at the time, and never wanted kids, plus would have a high chance of giving them a s**t pile of genetic diseases, some kinds risky ones included (hence the hematology visit) . Doctor asked him if it was ok, and my husband responded "it's her body and I don't have a say in it, but it's her decision whatever she chooses and I support that".
He must have been expecting my husband to say no, as he then said in front of us both "you're too young to know what you want, and even though your husband is ok with it, what if he dies and your next husband wants kids?" He declined my request on that basis. Reported to the hospital and the board, found another doctor.
#6
My new-to-me doctor asked if I could be pregnant. I laughingly replied that that's nothing to worry about because I'm a card carrying lesbian.
A week later, I read my online medical chart. It clearly notes: "Patient is a card carrying lesbian."
Too funny.
Naturally, we also wanted to know if they have dealt with any similar medical professionals in the past. “Personally I haven’t. I’ve been very fortunate with the doctors I’ve had.” We also wanted to hear if they had any favorite comments. “I do but I don’t think I could fit them all together.”
#7
I had a Dr tell me the tumor on my spine couldn't possibly be causing pain because we have no nerves in or near our spine.
I pointed out it's the main place, left and reported her.
8Yorkies-and-33cats 1 year ago
Was that a medical Dr or a PhD holder in underwater basket weaving or something like it?
#8
I was having abdominal pain, so my primary care physician scheduled me for an x-ray. The doctor showed me the film, while looking me dead in the eye and said, "You're literally full of s**t".
Sharkbait1313 1 year ago
Lmao! My daughter had some serious issues when she was very young. I will never forget her doc looking at her xray and saying " that's a lot of poop!".
#9
I asked my new doctor what I thought was a simple follow up question about his diagnosis.
He instantly flipped and started ranting: "I'M THE DOCTOR HERE! I WENT TO MED SCHOOL! YOU SPENT A FEW MINUTES ON GOOGLE AND *YOU'RE* GOING TO QUESTION *ME*????"
Needless to say, I went home and Googled up a new doctor.
“My absolute favorite is the one said by Old-Chapter-7431 about how their fear of dentists caused them to neglect their oral health. Their oral surgeon replied “Well, I guess you f****d up, didn’t you?” which got a laugh out of me,” they shared with Bored Panda. “I never expected a simple question that I wrote without giving any thought to it would bring 5.6 thousand people together. I find it very wholesome in a way.”
#10
Went to get diagnosed with depression so I could start seeing a psychiatrist. He told me to ‘just get a girlfriend’. Yeah sure. I’ll just pick one up from the store on the way home.
Elin Sandman 1 year ago
Did this idiot get his license from a vending machine? What the hell?!
#11
My period was late, so I went to a doctor to confirm if I was pregnant or not. I had had a bunch of tests that looked like they could be positive and something felt off.
So I go in, I pee in a cup, and I was in the exam room for all of one minute. The doctor comes in, looks at me and says, "You here for the preg test?" I said yes.
He says, "Yea, it's negative" and then turns to leave.
I say, "Wait, I have questions! What would cause me to be 2 weeks late then?" He says, "I dunno, are you stressed? Could be your age!"
I said, "SIR! I am 28!"
He then says, "Yea, I dunno. Did you want to get pregnant?" I told him it wouldn't have been a planned pregnancy if I had been. He says, "Hm...guess you got lucky then!"
My non-pregnancy turned 7 in March and he's my most favorite human! And turns out that doc got his medical license taken away for SAing his patients!
#12
"Yeah, this surgery has a 5% chance to cause incontinence in men, but I'm not sure what the impact is in female patients."
Sir, I am a female patient. If you *don't know* what is going to happen to critical organs during a surgery, you are not touching me.
Cat Chat 1 year ago
A lot of that is from fear by the pharma industry not doing drüg studies on women in case they happen to be unknowingly pregnant during the study and then finding out the drüg had an affect on the fetus or born child. It's why so much of the warnings with prescriptions say it's unknown what the affects on pregnancy is.
#13
Not me but my mother in law. Doctor called her on the phone at 5:00pm on a Friday to tell her she had terminal cancer, that it would kill her in 3 months, and that any doctor that told her otherwise was lying. He then hung up. When she tried to call back, he didn’t answer. She died 18 years later of a heart attack.
#14
Wife was diagnosed with MS and obviously distraught, doctor told her it's not that bad, he has patients with brain cancer. We found a new doctor.
Elin Sandman 1 year ago
I had something similar happened to my son. He was newborn and a Doctor diagnosed him with a heart disease and both me and my husband was so upset and panicked. She looked at us like we were overly dramatic and said that she sees kids with hearts like minced meat that’s a total mess, this is nothing compared to that. It turns out she was wrong, his heart is perfectly healthy and it was no way she could diagnose him with what she did when he was only three days old, it would be too hard to see clearly on his tiny heart. So yeah, f her.
#15
My husband went to a doctor about chronic back and neck pain in his 20s. The doctor felt his back, looked in his mouth, and told him he had myotonic muscular dystrophy. He told my husband there was no real treatment and that he would be wheelchair bound within a few years, then he referred him to a specialist. We were newlyweds with active hobbies. My husband was a mechanic who made a living off physical labor. We were devastated. A few weeks later he saw the specialist who promptly informed him that the previous doctor was blatantly wrong. They did genetic testing to confirm he didn't have it. Turns out he had mild scoliosis and arthritis. F**k that first doctor though.
#16
Not directly to me, but I went in to ask for a referral for a breast reduction, and I brought my then boyfriend (now husband). The doctor fully turned away from me and asked if my boyfriend of like 6 months was okay with me getting a reduction. He said "I don't give a f**k, it's not my body, why would you ask me?"
The doctor then said no, because I might regret it. Most people prefer the look of large breasts, according to this doctor, therefore I should just suffer. Might be true for "big" boobs, but not for the kind of big that I'm dealing with.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
OK, let's try this, take the big boobs and transplant them onto the idiot dr's and. See how the like the neck, back and shoulder pain I've heard of.
#17
Appendix burst, doc sent me to hospital asap.
Once there a doctor said to my parents “oh it’s just a young kid who is faking it, take him home, give him some Panadol, water and send him to bed he will be fine”
Later that night I can’t walk getting rushed back into hospital with surgery prepped asap.
#18
In my 20s, I had a raging case of endometriosis. I had already had four surgeries to clean it out, losing an ovary in one of them. I had lived with stabbing pain for five years already. Despite my wishes, a doctor refused to do a hysterectomy on me because my "future husband might want to have kids." He thought it was okay to give the control of my body over to someone I had not even met.
Nadine Debard 1 year ago
Never OK to force a woman to be a breeder. That Doc is a prick. Nevertheless I heard that unfortunately, in some severe endometriosis cases, hysterectomy isn't the answer because of all the adherences already present in the belly. Hysterectomy is a big surgery than can cause serious unwanted effets, so if it's not going to relieve the pain, doctors refuse to do it.
#19
Had pneumonia, went to the doctor. First thing he said after my chest x-ray; “Huh, well I haven’t seen that before.”
Say anything else, doc.
Nadine Debard 1 year ago
I had quite the opposite situation but same words. My GP thought he had cured my 'bronchitis' after 2 courses of antibiotics (because he could hear absolutely normal lungs, and 2 different antibiotics should have cured everything) but I felt I was dying, I couldn't breathe, my chest hurt as hell, and I had never been dramatic with him so he 100% believed me. He tested my blood oxygen (normal saturation). He performed an ECG. Normal. He was about to address me to a cardiologist (if it's not the lungs, it has to be the heart), but he finally did an ultrasound of my lungs (rather new technique to avoid a chest scan) and was blown away when he found several pneumonia infection sites and a pleuresia. He was so dumbfounded that he listened again to my lungs and again heared nothing wrong. He never saw this before. I needed a third course of a very hard antibiotic while my auscultation was normal. Took me only a month to recover, thanks to him.
#20
I am a guy and have a female Indian doctor. She is just tired of sht, and Im all out of fcks. We bs every time I go in.
Me: *back from Thailand*
Her: *cool, go downstairs to the lab.I've already ordered std test when i saw your name. Get the fck out of my face*
Lolz thanks.
#21
At my first gynecology appointment, I was 15 years old. My mom had scheduled the appointment for me after finding out I was having sex. The doctor examing me was the one who delivered me.
In the middle of the exam, with my feet in stirrups and legs spread in front of him, this doctor told me how proud he was when he walked his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day knowing that her white dress actually meant something.
The disgust didn't register until about 10 years later. But god damn.
JJ 1 year ago (edited)
I needed a copy of my OB/GYN's records for joing the German Army. The doctor would only give it to me after a full assessment. She then tried to talk me into getting every possible shot (that weren't covered by insurance; I live in Germany, every necessary vaccine is covered by insurance) because, "You'll be working with a lot of men. You will definitely have sex with a lot of them. You can't even prevent it." Yeah, sure, because thats obviously what female Army officers are in the Army for... She probably saw too many of those biology documentaries on the internet where you need to confirm you're over 18. Needless to say I never saw that doctor again.
#22
My new VA primary care doctor refuses to hit refill on my SSRI RX that I've been on for 5 years because he says mental illness isn't real.
So now I have to start seeing a Mental Health Prescriber again.
Even they were like weird you just need a refill?
#23
I told my doc that my butthole gets irritated sometimes. He said I can schedule an appointment to get it looked at if I want, but please schedule it in person. He said a patient once scheduled a video appointment with him and showed him their butthole with their iPad camera.
#24
When I was 14 I had a yeast infection. An old man doctor told me to stop putting things like hair brushes inside me.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
WTAF?!? I get yeast infections and I'm a dude. There's no inside to put anything. Candida doesn't care who it infects.
#25
*Me waking up after emergency surgery because my appendix ruptured*
Doctor: “Pick 3 of your favorite foods you’d love to eat right now.”
Me: “Pizza, steak, wings.”
Doctor: “Those sounds amazing. Too bad you won’t be able to eat any of that stuff for at least a week.”.
#26
My Ortho Surgeon used to work for am NFL team . Told me after my rotator cuff surgery, "look man! I put your Marine tattoo lines back perfectly." Awesome guy lol.
TribbleThinking 1 year ago
That's true patient care. The being is tended to as an entire entity, not just one part.
#27
I started seeing a new family doctor a few weeks ago. I had a rough bout of pneumonia. The doctor started asking questions since I was a new patient. He asked what kind of birth control I’m on. I told him I’m not on any since my husband and I may want another baby. He goes… you should be on birth control, no one has babies on purpose. And I’m like… ??? Both of my children were planned… and he was like, oh you have 2? So no time for intimacy.. you could just read a book and let your husband go at it for 10 minutes.
I’m all WTF??? I’m here because I have pneumonia! Why is this even a topic right now??! I will never go back.
Alexandra Nara 1 year ago
" oh sorry, thought I've got a medicine appointment ,must have failed the dorr and get the dumb lifecoach instead"
#28
Had an undiagnosed autoimmune disease. I had gone from 200 -> 130 pounds and had a plethora of issues including bleeding out of my a*s.
After a full battery of tests, his actual words were 'This is the new you! I wish I could give what you have to some of the fat girls that come in here and can't even fit in the chair."
Went to a different PCP and the dude had it narrowed down to two things in like 30 seconds just by looking at me. One test later and one of the two options was confirmed.
Rosemary 1 year ago
Unfortunately my husband has this mindset. He's very fit and athletic and thinks weight loss is always good. When my kidneys were failing and I was waiting for a transplant, I became increasingly ill and couldn't keep my weight up to a healthy level. He complimented me on how thin I was. I told him "I'm thin because I'm DYING". I still don't think he quite gets it.
#29
I had a persistent cough (non-smoker) that wouldn't go away for over 6 weeks. Doctor asked why I wanted to get rid of it.
3 Otters 🦦 1 year ago
2 years. Finally was sent to an Allergy Asthma doc. ENT had said i was fine. I have Cough Variant asthma. 2 years of “No, I don't have Covid”🙄
#30
Me to my oral surgeon a month ago: “I’ve really neglected my oral health because of my longtime fear of dentists.”
Him: “Well, I guess you f**ked up, didn’t you?”
I just laughed because he wasn’t wrong and I can appreciate the bluntness.
Kari Panda 1 year ago (edited)
Told my dentist something similar and felt really self-conscious and guilty. She said, "But you are here now." in the most nonchalant tone. It put me at ease so much. One of the reasons why I stuck with her.
#31
Kind of out of context here but, I was seeing a psychiatrist as one does as an angry troubled teen and she told me after our 2nd session “living isn’t for everyone.”
I was going through a pretty depressive episode and I was so dumbfounded by the way she handled me, that I never went back.
Maybe was reverse psychology but I feel like she took a gamble with this one. There’s a 50/50 chance I would have proven her wrong, or right.
#32
My ex-obgyn booped my butthole, even made a boop noise and then laughed. My husband was in the room and after she left he asked if that was normal, no sir that was not f*****g normal.
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but I'm laughing. This is weird, and wrong, but I can't help laughing.
#33
My honest to god board certified Pshchiatrist "You can't have PTSD. You dont' have reacuring bad dreams."
Mother f****r! He knew I was blackout drunk for two years with the INTENT of not dreaming while asleep.
Edit: and he fired me as a patient when I called him on it.
#34
“If you keep trying to diagnose every little thing in your body, your insurance will catch on and stop paying for tests.”
I had TOS. I knew I had TOS. I very politely asked for the referral anyway. I was diagnosed with TOS. I had surgery for TOS. It restored my entire life back to me.
When I went back for a regular checkup about a year later, that doc (my pcp) acted like it never happened. Just said it was great that I was active again and my scar healed well.
The ego in the medical system is what harms patients.
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
Somewhat related---I had a doc refer me to the radiologist to do a guided thyroid biopsy. I show up to the appointment and the radiologist says he isn't going to do it. He actually says, "If you go poking around the body looking for cancer, you're likely to find it, and that might cause more problems." This was a military facility. I reported him. They rescheduled my appointment and had someone from patient advocacy attend the appointment with me.
#35
My old doctor during an appointment: “You should pray to God about your medical issues, he knows how to heal you better than I”
…wut.?
#36
After the doctor performed the surgery to fix my heel bone. Ended up meaning 6 screws and a plate. On a follow up visit, asked when it will stop hurting and the doctor said "When you die." The most straight to the point answer ever given.
#37
I came off a motorcycle I had a short term TBI lots of road rash, but my foot was messed up and causing me problems.
They took an x-ray, told me it was fine.
I asked 5 or 6 more times over the day if they could recheck those x-rays because my foot was really sore, just to be told the same thing.
Just before I was being sent home I asked again. They eventually bought over the x-ray to show me and I said "see how those bones aren't connected to the other, that's a problem" and someone else sorted out my foot.
#38
Broke my ankle the day after my 11th birthday. My step dad made walk on it for a week thinking it was sprained. Actually I fractured my growth plate in my foot. The doctor told my mom that my foot and leg weren't going to grow anymore due to the break. Like I'd have an 11 year old sized foot and leg for the rest of my life and there wasn't anything we could do. Step dad's doctor who did his shoulder surgery happened to walk by as we were getting the news. Sent us to a children's hospital and I ended up getting two screws put in. Everything grew just fine afterwards. Talk about anxiety inducing.
_physically_insane_(he/they/any) 1 year ago
My aunt broke her arm as a kid, and the doctor put the cast on too tight, and she said it felt too tight, doctor said it wasn’t, and now she has one arm shorter than the other. The doctor didn’t get in trouble as far as I know.
#39
In his thick south African accent "I'm here to cut your throat". At least I thought it was funny because my sense of humour is pretty cooked and I was having a mole removed from my neck.
#40
Had a doctor quit casting my arm and say “let me go YouTube it” before leaving the room.
#41
We get along really well... I had gained 10 pounds from my previous appointment 8 months before and he poked me in the stomach and called me "dough boy".
I lost 18lbs 6 months later and said to him "who's the dough boy now?".
#42
I was 19 and went to planned parenthood to do a biopsy of my cervix because my Pap smear came back abnormal. The doc performing the biopsy was an old man. As I’m crying from the pain of the biopsy (which they said it shouldn’t hurt it’s just uncomfortable- LIES! it was one of the most painful things I’ve ever experienced) he says “well I hope it was worth having unprotected sex and you learned your lesson.” Which made me cry even harder. He had the nerve to ask the medical assistant in the room if I was crying like he couldn’t hear it. I saw her face and she just nodded and you can tell she felt awful. Afterwards as I’m walking out he said “it’s ok if you’re on top of it, you won’t die or anything.” I never went back there. Apparently he still works there. This was 7 years ago. I’m still traumatized.
EWD 1 year ago
I have had numerous biopsies, had the inside of my uterus scrapped and dye injected into my uterus where a balloon was used at the entrance of my cervix. They all were unbelievably painful. Each time i was told it would only be a pinch, and that there are no nerves there. They looked at like i was some kinda drama queen. Drs are f*cking stupid.
#43
I went to the ER complaining about feeling like s**t. She said it was all dehydration gave me an IV and said I was done. Now I had been seriously dehydrated 2 or 3 timea a week for a while. I knew what it felt like. This ain’t it chief. I said “I still feel pretty bad is it something else?”
Her reply: you’re a guy you don’t know how to take care of yourself.
Umm. It was a burst appendix. I had a burst appendix and the doc didn’t want to listen and sent me home. Yea incredibly lucky I’m here typing - it took 3 f*****g weeks for a proper diagnosis.
#44
I had an IUD put in, my doctor told me it was good for 5 years. 3 years in I get pregnant, and found out from a doctor doing my ultrasound that my IUD was only good for 3 years and I got pregnant cause it expired. When I confronted my doctor about it she said "that's weird, I googled it.".
Arthur W. Arre 1 year ago
I thought the presence of the device itself was what suppressed pregnancy? Are they just delivery vehicles for birth control hormones?
#45
Me: Hey doc, I’m having some [peeing] problems.
Doc: Yes well that can happen after you’ve had kids.
Me: Okay but I haven’t had kids.
Doc: Oh. Well. You’re a woman, it happens.
Never have figured it out.
#46
Not a doctor, but a phlebotomist. I'm rather vascular, especially in my arms.
Lady saw that my median cubital is already super defined without the tourniquet and hit me with:
"WOW. I know some intravenous users that would be *so jealous* of you."
Bruh.
Lost Panda 1 year ago
A nurse once was doing an IV on me and said my veins were a nurse's wet dream... Calm down Lieutenant...
#47
My mom fell and hit her face on the pavement. Went to the ER and they ordered a CT scan. Dr came back and said “how long have to had cancer?” My mom never had cancer. He was so sure she had cancer and it had metastasized to her brain. Made an appointment with an oncologist. She didn’t have cancer. But it was a s****y week between appointments and results. Dr got “reassigned”, but hopefully he was fired.
Lost Panda 1 year ago
Most likely did not get fired. They usually send doctor's to new hospitals in their group when the complaints get too high, but firing is rare... (US at least)
#48
“you have so many stretch marks you could drive to Texas from here with it” - my OB 😒 thanks, dude.
#49
ME (when Doctor told me my appendix is going to likely rupture before he can operate on me): "when your appendix ruptures, dont you die?".
DOCTOR: ohhhh, that is a very good possibility.
Geez, thanks doc.... Guess I'll see you again in 12 hours.
#50
I have a bulging disc in my neck which of course causes pain, The doctor says, "Don't look down". That's it, that's all she said. A person can't go more than 5 minutes without looking down, try it.
Display_Name 1 year ago
My neck is 1 mm from needing surgery. Yes, I try not looking down all the f-ing time.
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#51
Talking to our family doc when I was a kid and told him I wanted to be a veterinarian. He said he envied the vet profession for having the option of euthanasia.
Alexandra Nara 1 year ago
well rude to tell around kids....but if you see how many people suffer in palliative care, just begging to die he my have a point. Maybe he've seen too much pain
#52
Psychiatrist appointment, i was dealing with DV. The psychiatrist wanted to know about my mother’s cancer who died 20 years ago. No questions about the bruises or threatening messages or emails. Just wanted to know about my mother’s cancer. That psychiatrist is now restricted from practicing.
#53
I’ve told this story on Reddit before.
Nurse is in room with me doing the pre visit questionnaire thing. Young guy. Asked about birth control. I had an iud (which was written on the paper he was going over)
Him: I see you have an IUD. Is it…. Uhhh… installed?
Me: *in what I thought was a joking tone* no, it sits in my night stand and I lick it every night.
Him: really?
Me: no! Of course it’s installed!
He said he didn’t know how those worked. They never did one (because no one needed one) on his clinicals and since he’s not an NP he didn’t need to learn to do one. I thought it was hilarious.
Edit: lol. Clarifying. He knew where they go (which is why he asked). He didn’t know if it was something you picked up at the pharmacy and held onto until you needed it (like a nuvaring). So I told him that no, if you have an appointment to get one “installed” they just have them there, and you leave with it already in place hahaha. I was apparently so matter of fact sounding that he thought it was plausible that I had it hahahahahaha.
#54
I had a dental hygienist tell me I had “cute molars”.
#55
I was asking for Chantix to help quit smoking and the doctor did not want to give it to me, I believe this is probably because he had to do extra paperwork. He told me I could smoke five packs a day for 20 years and not have to worry about lung cancer. I was furious.
kissmychakram 1 year ago
Smoking didn't give me lung cancer either. It did give me tongue cancer though, which resulted in a total glossectomy and I'll never eat again, but hey - no lung cancer!
#56
My specialist called me a “fine specimen “ at my annual checkup one year … totally caught me off guard.
#57
My psychiatrist spends about 85% of our sessions talking about herself, and in the first session we had after my mom died - and she literally had my mom as a patient, too! - we barely talked about it. i dont really mind bc i just need med management but its so crazy lmao.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I have the same thing with my psychiatrist. He's an old guy, nice enough, but not super competent. I just need him to call in my prescriptions, and he's cheaper than most psychiatrists, so it's fine.
#58
"Bro you know I love you, so if you say the fireball doesn't work, I trust you"
- My doctor after we're all three handles of bourbon deep around the D&D table.
#59
Had to get a surgery that required me to be put under general anesthesia. Before the procedure, the anesthesiologist came into my waiting room to speak with me and this is what he said.
Doctor: “Hey Headytexel! I’m [doctor] your anesthesiologist for the procedure today. I’m here to chat with you, give you a rundown of what I’m gonna be doing and help make you feel comfortable with the procedure and help calm any concerns you may have about going under.”
Me: “Hi [doctor], I guess I’m curious about what medicine you’re going to be using?”
Doctor: “Oh yeah! So what I’m gonna be using on you today is the d**g that killed Michael Jackson!” (This was not long after it happened.)
Me: *getting nervous* “Uh…okay? So I guess something that helps calm me down when it comes to giving me d***s is understanding how it works, like what the d**g is doing in your body and what mechanisms it activates and all that. Could you help me understand that?”
Doctor: “OH! So that’s the funny part! We actually have *no idea* how it works! Isn’t that crazy?! But anyway, I gotta go prepare, see ya later!” *leaves*
I wasn’t nervous about the procedure at all before, but I sure as s**t was after chatting with that dude lol.
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago
From an outsider point of view thats funny but not when you're gonna be on the operating table
#60
I went to the dermatologist for my acne. She walked in and said “Alright let’s fix your face!”.
#61
If I lost weight, the extra spinal fluid surrounding my brain and optic nerves would decrease. Meanwhile I was going blind and had migraines everyday. Turns out I had a narrowing vein in my brain which decreased the flow of spinal fluid throughout my body. Had to get a coil stent in my transverse sigmoid sinus in my brain.
This was in 2015, I was 22. 5’4 180 pounds. After the surgery, I dropped 60 pounds without dieting or exercising.
#62
Had surgery that needed a g-tube. I went home after a month and it was still in. When I was hungry the stitch would rub the skin as my stomach growled. Had to go to the ER a couple days later (false alarm heart attack) and the attending came down to see me. Asked him to take out the g-tube and he surprisingly agreed.
His name was Moe.
Asked Moe if it was gonna hurt he said nah, then proceeded to cut the stitch and said “giddy up” just like f*****g Kramer and pulled it out like he was starting a lawnmower.
He put a gauze on the hole and told me to hold it, he’d be right back. Thinking that he went to get a suture kit was plain silly and wrong. F*****g guy comes in with a SMURF bandaid and slaps it on the hole. He must have seen the horror in my face and he said “doesn’t need stitches, but don’t eat any Mac and cheese for a while” then walked out the door.
#63
I asked him if I needed antibiotics and he said “Do you think you need antibiotics?”.
Jaya 1 year ago
I once had impetigo and after looking at my skin, the doctor asked me what I think it was. Dude, you're the doctor! What are you asking ME for? So weird. I still don't know why he asked me, it felt like he was maybe criticizing me for coming to him with it? But it's something you need prescription medication for, so it's not weird to go to your doctor for it. Strange dude.
#64
I pulled my neck muscle once and the doctor said my tattoo is cool. A month later I pulled another neck muscle, went back, and the same doctor be like, oh you're the one with that tattoo.
#65
When I had my gallbladder out the surgeon told me (and noted in the operative report) that I had an “Abnormally deep bellybutton”.
#66
I don't remember the number but had a Dr ask "How many drinks do you have in a week? And if you say more than this number I have to report you" I said exactly that number and he said "good, but try for less" .
#67
Not doctor but dental assistant. It was a somewhat windy day so I decided to wear a hoodie with a sports bra under it. When I went to my dentist appointment, I didn’t know that the dentist assistant was going to check for my blood pressure. So I was kind of like 👁️👄👁️, because i had no shirt under. So I tried to roll my sleeves up but it was hard so I had no choice but to take my arm out from underneath my hoodie. I tried to not show my sports bra or cleavage (i have big boobs) but i didn’t hide it well enough because he asked me if I thought sports bras were more comfortable than regular bras and he also said he liked the color of it. I was kind of weirded out by it but I tried not to let it get uncomfortable also because I had been knowing him for a while since I would go to the dentist often, so that was the first time he had said anything like that. Anyway, I told him “I like sports bras better” but I nervously replied so that he got the hint. He didn’t. He asked if I liked shopping for bras at VS and then I looked at him with discomfort and he said “sorry.” And continued with what he was doing. Then after he said that it was hard for him to not look and I covered myself even more until he finished taking my BP. I don’t exactly remember when he said this but he asked if he could touch them at one point. This happened months ago so I don’t exactly remember every detail but I never went back.
Kristel Pugh 1 year ago
Airport security tried to make me take off my pull over hoodie when I was only wearing a bra under it. I refused. They got pushy. I said it's not ok to ask me to take my shirt off an expose myself in front of the entire security checkpoint. When I said it loudly and put it that way, a lady with the metal detector wand came over and did a check that way. Sheesh. I am sorry that happened to you.
Lost Panda 1 year ago
All the way up to the touch them part, I'm thinking "banter to keep the patient calm"... yeah no
Willie D'Kay 1 year ago
I have never heard of a dentist office needing to take your blood pressure.
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Cassie 1 year ago
Half of all licensed physicians graduated in the bottom half of their class.
Amelia Jade 1 year ago (edited)
I have so many, I could probably write a book. Had a doctor say losing weight is just about calories you eat. Yeah, okay. Then he explained, if you want to weigh 200 pounds, eat 2000 calories. If you want to weight 180 pounds, eat 1800 calories. 110 pounds? 1100 calories. Had an OB tell me I was too fat while very pregnant. I had gained a normal amount of weight. He said, "You need to stop with the cakes and cookies." He didn't ask. He just assumed. I didn't eat cakes and cookies. In fact, I wasn't eating much at all because I had developed an aversion to almost everything except lemon and watermelon. My 24 year old daughter had what seemed to be a stroke. We don't know for sure because the ER doc refused to do a scan to see. Her regular doc hopes it was probably heat stroke, but said it could have been a mini stroke. ER doc insisted her symptoms were due to marijuana hyperemesis. He completely ignored her symptoms which included slurred speech, and completely ignored me as I tried to
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
tell him her history. He insisted, "She uses marijuana so this is what it is." Yes, every once in awhile she does it. But cannabinoid hyperemesis is from chronic daily use, several times a day--and even among that population it is rare. My blood pressure was high at my appointment and the doc said she was going to prescribe meds--over one marginally high reading. The computer kicked it back because I was allergic to a component of the med. She asked what happened when I took that component before. I said I got a rash. She said, "Okay, then you'll be fine." I was like, no--I was told to never take that. It presented as a rash but next time my throat could close up. She said, "Just take it and if you get a rash, stop." I argued and she got mad and said, "I"m not giving you a big dose. You're blood pressure isn't that high anyway." Went for a uterine biopsy. Was told "It will feel like mild cramping." It was the most excruciating pain I've ever felt in my life.
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Skadi Lifdis 1 year ago
Was severely sick for more than a month in 2001. Went to the doc numerous times because my throat was so sore I couldn't eat or drink. Antibiotics did nothing (as it was most likely viral). One doc looked at my throat, stood back and started laughing. He said "I don't know what you have, but it's the worst case I've ever seen." I ended up being hospitalized from dehydration and even the hospital couldn't figure out what I had. I am certain whatever it was caused the chronic fatigue I've been struggling with ever since though.
Dani 1 year ago
This sounds very much like when I got glandular fever, my tonsils got so large they kept triggering my gag reflex, whole teams of students were brought by to see. I spent a full month sleeping over 20h a day and chronic fatigue ever since.
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Polterbean 1 year ago
My old OBGYN said that my uterus is beautiful and then printed the ultrasound pictures and gave them to me "to show them around!!! <3"
Jaya 1 year ago
And, did you? :) I just love the idea of someone showing ultrasounds of their uterus at tea parties, lol
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Bob 1 year ago
"We don't take new patients" ok I guess I'll bootleg my insulin "You need to make you appointement one week before" ok I'll ask my sickness to wait "You need to come back every 6 mounth to have the right to access medication. Yes even if it's a lifelong disability. Why ? Because we can't trust you with your body." Ho the best "yeah people your age don't take their health seriously, we will fix you". Yeah buddy, I sure bet you enjoy treating my body like your own construction site. Probably way more than I have pleasure taking care of it, for sure. You know why ? Cause people like you treat it like their toy since i'm a child.
Jason 1 year ago
Dang only a week before? Even my primary care is over a month out. Specialist appointments can be up to 6 months.
Load More Replies... Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
I just had my fourth baby and my midwife told me my hips were too wide. I was also onlyv 54kg.
Display_Name 1 year ago
My ob said he just noticed my belly button is unusually high.
Load More Replies... Eroe Infinito 1 year ago
Most of these can be remedied by getting a second opinion. Never trust your first doctors diagnosis as its literally only that. A educated guess based off the doctors medical history and experience.
MonsterMum 1 year ago
Not a doctor, but a midwife post birth in which I tore, she said 'I don't know what goes where'! She did get a doctor to sort me out.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
My dad's doctor told him that the intense headaches he was having were just from stress. Six days later, my father died of a brain aneurism.
Joseph Arnold 1 year ago
I went through doctor after doctor who wouldn't listen before I was diagnosed with auto immune disorders. Amazing how much medical training wasn't put to good use there, doc. Thanks for nothing.
BookFanatic 1 year ago
I went in for hearing aids and the doc asked me the date of my last period. I was unaware that menstruation caused hearing loss.
Jackie Lulu 1 year ago
After reading this and some other threads, I realized how many times I've been "treated " by some truly incompetent or rude medical people. I could fill up a whole thread.
Gg 1 year ago
Had an oncologist tell me I needed a hysterectomy and they are not a big deal. She's doing one this afternoon in fact, no biggie. Went on for maybe 20 minutes about how easy a hysterectomy is, she does them all the time... I asked what else can I do?? Put in an IUD for 6 months. Okay I'll choose that. Had an IUD for 3 months my GYNO took it out, tested me and I was good to go. Terrified me how many no big deal hysterectomies that oncologist did that were unnecessary.
Kaeda 1 year ago
I have had terrible feet pain since I was in high school and ran cross-country. I finally went to see an orthopedic doctor at 30yo when I could hardly walk without crippling pain. I was certain that I had fractured my left foot. He told me that it was just tendinitis and recommended physical therapy. I BEGGED him for an MRI and he begrudgingly allowed it. And the first thing he said when we had the follow-up appointment was "well... thank God that you had the MRI done!". I have a rare birth defect called talocalcaneal coalition in both feet, but particularly worse in my left foot. And I had a hairline fracture and massive bone bruising. We went to another orthopedic doctor after that. Oh... and he STILL recommended physical therapy, although physical therapy is not helpful for this particular coalition. The new doctor immediately put me in a boot and surgery is scheduled to fix both coalitions.
notlikeyou1971 1 year ago
I'm disabled since a young age so which one? I have many. 2 doctors who told me that my insurance doesn't pay them enough so they wouldn't be seeing me very often. Ditched those greedy doctors. My seizure medication has a side effect that rots your teeth. They tell you to get your teeth fixed. A doctor who tells you he's sexually attracted to you. Bye ! A doctor who knows you have trouble sleeping and then screams at you for not getting up early in the morning. A doctor accused me of using d***s ( never tried them in my life I'm scared of them and on way too much medication for that stupidity anyway ). A therapist who slept during every session I had and then was constantly b**tching when they heard me say that I decided that I didn't want to be normal. After being in a hospital and being discharged the paperwork said if symptoms got worse call the doctor for an appointment. Nurse screaming "we don't treat that " ( they do she just didn't want to be bothered ) . Used to smoke cigarettes. Told the doctor I wasn't going to quit smoking ever. They were OK with it. ( I quit 4 months ago but occasionally vape) A doctor with no bedside manner who screams at patients. A cool doctor who talks about my tattoos. I live in extreme poverty and my situation is known so the doctor tells the other one that sees me in the office. A cool doctor who tries to cheer me up by joking with me about an outfit I wore in the past ( wizard of Oz pants). Sh*t I could go on forever.
Maisey Myles 1 year ago
I broke out with hives when I was in college. I went to a doctor and he told I had the worst case of advanced syphilis he’d ever seen. He shows me a picture from a medical book that had to be written in the 50s showing a man with lesions all over his body, so therefore it was syphilis. Turns out I’m allergic to chalk dust.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I had an gyno twist off a cervical polyp because he thought it’d be easy and he’d save me the surgery I was scheduled for. I screamed SO hard I pulled muscles in my belly. He didn’t stop; he kept twisting and pulling while I screamed as hard as I could until he got it off, but at least had the decency to look sheepish and embarrassed afterward.
Cassie 1 year ago
Half of all licensed physicians graduated in the bottom half of their class.
Amelia Jade 1 year ago (edited)
I have so many, I could probably write a book. Had a doctor say losing weight is just about calories you eat. Yeah, okay. Then he explained, if you want to weigh 200 pounds, eat 2000 calories. If you want to weight 180 pounds, eat 1800 calories. 110 pounds? 1100 calories. Had an OB tell me I was too fat while very pregnant. I had gained a normal amount of weight. He said, "You need to stop with the cakes and cookies." He didn't ask. He just assumed. I didn't eat cakes and cookies. In fact, I wasn't eating much at all because I had developed an aversion to almost everything except lemon and watermelon. My 24 year old daughter had what seemed to be a stroke. We don't know for sure because the ER doc refused to do a scan to see. Her regular doc hopes it was probably heat stroke, but said it could have been a mini stroke. ER doc insisted her symptoms were due to marijuana hyperemesis. He completely ignored her symptoms which included slurred speech, and completely ignored me as I tried to
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
tell him her history. He insisted, "She uses marijuana so this is what it is." Yes, every once in awhile she does it. But cannabinoid hyperemesis is from chronic daily use, several times a day--and even among that population it is rare. My blood pressure was high at my appointment and the doc said she was going to prescribe meds--over one marginally high reading. The computer kicked it back because I was allergic to a component of the med. She asked what happened when I took that component before. I said I got a rash. She said, "Okay, then you'll be fine." I was like, no--I was told to never take that. It presented as a rash but next time my throat could close up. She said, "Just take it and if you get a rash, stop." I argued and she got mad and said, "I"m not giving you a big dose. You're blood pressure isn't that high anyway." Went for a uterine biopsy. Was told "It will feel like mild cramping." It was the most excruciating pain I've ever felt in my life.
Load More Replies... Skadi Lifdis 1 year ago
Was severely sick for more than a month in 2001. Went to the doc numerous times because my throat was so sore I couldn't eat or drink. Antibiotics did nothing (as it was most likely viral). One doc looked at my throat, stood back and started laughing. He said "I don't know what you have, but it's the worst case I've ever seen." I ended up being hospitalized from dehydration and even the hospital couldn't figure out what I had. I am certain whatever it was caused the chronic fatigue I've been struggling with ever since though.
Dani 1 year ago
This sounds very much like when I got glandular fever, my tonsils got so large they kept triggering my gag reflex, whole teams of students were brought by to see. I spent a full month sleeping over 20h a day and chronic fatigue ever since.
Load More Replies... Polterbean 1 year ago
My old OBGYN said that my uterus is beautiful and then printed the ultrasound pictures and gave them to me "to show them around!!! <3"
Jaya 1 year ago
And, did you? :) I just love the idea of someone showing ultrasounds of their uterus at tea parties, lol
Load More Replies... Bob 1 year ago
"We don't take new patients" ok I guess I'll bootleg my insulin "You need to make you appointement one week before" ok I'll ask my sickness to wait "You need to come back every 6 mounth to have the right to access medication. Yes even if it's a lifelong disability. Why ? Because we can't trust you with your body." Ho the best "yeah people your age don't take their health seriously, we will fix you". Yeah buddy, I sure bet you enjoy treating my body like your own construction site. Probably way more than I have pleasure taking care of it, for sure. You know why ? Cause people like you treat it like their toy since i'm a child.
Jason 1 year ago
Dang only a week before? Even my primary care is over a month out. Specialist appointments can be up to 6 months.
Load More Replies... Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
I just had my fourth baby and my midwife told me my hips were too wide. I was also onlyv 54kg.
Display_Name 1 year ago
My ob said he just noticed my belly button is unusually high.
Load More Replies... Eroe Infinito 1 year ago
Most of these can be remedied by getting a second opinion. Never trust your first doctors diagnosis as its literally only that. A educated guess based off the doctors medical history and experience.
MonsterMum 1 year ago
Not a doctor, but a midwife post birth in which I tore, she said 'I don't know what goes where'! She did get a doctor to sort me out.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
My dad's doctor told him that the intense headaches he was having were just from stress. Six days later, my father died of a brain aneurism.
Joseph Arnold 1 year ago
I went through doctor after doctor who wouldn't listen before I was diagnosed with auto immune disorders. Amazing how much medical training wasn't put to good use there, doc. Thanks for nothing.
BookFanatic 1 year ago
I went in for hearing aids and the doc asked me the date of my last period. I was unaware that menstruation caused hearing loss.
Jackie Lulu 1 year ago
After reading this and some other threads, I realized how many times I've been "treated " by some truly incompetent or rude medical people. I could fill up a whole thread.
Gg 1 year ago
Had an oncologist tell me I needed a hysterectomy and they are not a big deal. She's doing one this afternoon in fact, no biggie. Went on for maybe 20 minutes about how easy a hysterectomy is, she does them all the time... I asked what else can I do?? Put in an IUD for 6 months. Okay I'll choose that. Had an IUD for 3 months my GYNO took it out, tested me and I was good to go. Terrified me how many no big deal hysterectomies that oncologist did that were unnecessary.
Kaeda 1 year ago
I have had terrible feet pain since I was in high school and ran cross-country. I finally went to see an orthopedic doctor at 30yo when I could hardly walk without crippling pain. I was certain that I had fractured my left foot. He told me that it was just tendinitis and recommended physical therapy. I BEGGED him for an MRI and he begrudgingly allowed it. And the first thing he said when we had the follow-up appointment was "well... thank God that you had the MRI done!". I have a rare birth defect called talocalcaneal coalition in both feet, but particularly worse in my left foot. And I had a hairline fracture and massive bone bruising. We went to another orthopedic doctor after that. Oh... and he STILL recommended physical therapy, although physical therapy is not helpful for this particular coalition. The new doctor immediately put me in a boot and surgery is scheduled to fix both coalitions.
notlikeyou1971 1 year ago
I'm disabled since a young age so which one? I have many. 2 doctors who told me that my insurance doesn't pay them enough so they wouldn't be seeing me very often. Ditched those greedy doctors. My seizure medication has a side effect that rots your teeth. They tell you to get your teeth fixed. A doctor who tells you he's sexually attracted to you. Bye ! A doctor who knows you have trouble sleeping and then screams at you for not getting up early in the morning. A doctor accused me of using d***s ( never tried them in my life I'm scared of them and on way too much medication for that stupidity anyway ). A therapist who slept during every session I had and then was constantly b**tching when they heard me say that I decided that I didn't want to be normal. After being in a hospital and being discharged the paperwork said if symptoms got worse call the doctor for an appointment. Nurse screaming "we don't treat that " ( they do she just didn't want to be bothered ) . Used to smoke cigarettes. Told the doctor I wasn't going to quit smoking ever. They were OK with it. ( I quit 4 months ago but occasionally vape) A doctor with no bedside manner who screams at patients. A cool doctor who talks about my tattoos. I live in extreme poverty and my situation is known so the doctor tells the other one that sees me in the office. A cool doctor who tries to cheer me up by joking with me about an outfit I wore in the past ( wizard of Oz pants). Sh*t I could go on forever.
Maisey Myles 1 year ago
I broke out with hives when I was in college. I went to a doctor and he told I had the worst case of advanced syphilis he’d ever seen. He shows me a picture from a medical book that had to be written in the 50s showing a man with lesions all over his body, so therefore it was syphilis. Turns out I’m allergic to chalk dust.
Binky Melnik 1 year ago
I had an gyno twist off a cervical polyp because he thought it’d be easy and he’d save me the surgery I was scheduled for. I screamed SO hard I pulled muscles in my belly. He didn’t stop; he kept twisting and pulling while I screamed as hard as I could until he got it off, but at least had the decency to look sheepish and embarrassed afterward.
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