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azurelunatic) wrote2004-01-25 11:25 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2004-01-25 11:25 pm
Meme (new): "Your doctor *what*?!!!?!"
Instructions: Thinking back over your medical history, or that of a close friend or family member, pick out one of the moments that was not a shining victory for the triumph of modern medical science, either through a brain fart of the doctor's, a shite doctor, or a whole area that medical science has its pants down.
I went to the dentist to get several cavities filled. The dentist's usual assistant was sick for the day, so the secretary was filling in. (Evidently she had the credentials too, but was a little out of practice.) Everyone was off their stride. The dentist was in my mouth for a while. Finally, he was done, and he handed me a mirror so I could take a look at my restored mouth.
"What's that hole there for?" I asked, pointing.
"Ooops," he said, and cranked the chair back again, and put in the filling.
I went to the dentist to get several cavities filled. The dentist's usual assistant was sick for the day, so the secretary was filling in. (Evidently she had the credentials too, but was a little out of practice.) Everyone was off their stride. The dentist was in my mouth for a while. Finally, he was done, and he handed me a mirror so I could take a look at my restored mouth.
"What's that hole there for?" I asked, pointing.
"Ooops," he said, and cranked the chair back again, and put in the filling.
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I never wanna hear a fuckin' doctor say "Oops".
It was an isolated incident right? I mean the guy was having an off day...sleep deprived? Low Blood sugar? Something like that?
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She happened to be wearing a t-shirt with a picture of a woman on the front with very few clothes on - tastefully done and quite pretty, not some page 3 girl with her boobs out or anything.
The nurse looked at her and said something along the lines of "No wonder women get raped wearing things like that, you're practically asking for it"
*jaw drops to floor*
This is a medical practitioner, a nurse, basically saying that women who wear certain clothes are asking to be raped. Le sigh. I said she should have made a formal complaint, but she never did.
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At first he didn't believe me, and thought I was just being coy about symptoms/exposure. Eventually he *did* believe me. And it got...worse.
I won't dwell on it further except to note that a more medically-experienced poly sex activist (my gf's gf) noted: "Yes, actually, they DO want us all dead. Welcome to Hell."
And to also note that these days, I go to my (new!) regular doctor (10 minute drive, $10 copay) for "conventional" health issues, and for sexual issues I endure the 45 minute drive and $45 fee at the STD-specialist clinic in the gay ghetto in town.
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Sounds like megatons of fun.
Perhaps I'll stick with Planned Parenthood for my STD checks.