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Do men talk about their prostates as much as we talk about our uteruses? Uterii? Uterum..?

smh.

That’s awful. She should report the doctors who just sent her home – that’s really unprofessional and not really acceptable for someone who works in the medical field. I mean, I know House says “Everyone Lies”, but there’s no reason to outright accuse your patients of it.

Normally they run a pregnancy test while you’re at the hospital, as well as ask you if you’re pregnant. (I go to the hospital fairly frequently for stomach pain.) They’re supposed to keep you there and actually do something though. What if she was actually pregnant and there was something wrong with her baby? This doctor was being lazy. 

that’s pretty awful, but if you want to tell all awful stories about doctors out there, you can call this site hateish or something. I don’t want to dismiss the seriousness, and how sad it is for the patient, but I wanna say: it happens all the time.
My honest advice to people is to not even EXPECT that a doctor to be nice. They are human beings. Most human beings are judgemental assholes. Some become a doctor bc they had the right gpa and/or it sounds cool, not to help. It’s unfortunately the truth.
It is NOT OK if you are in a position where ppl put trust in your
hands, I’m not sayig that, and they should be called out on it, but  if someone reads that they might think they are hit by a specifically terrible fate if something similiar happens to them, or as if there was explicitly “slutty” or “worthless” to them, as it seems such a big deal here.

I always get asked if I’m preggers if I have to go to the Hospital, then they make me take the test anyway…. It bothers me because I’m on implanted BC, have been for years, so why the hell would I get pregnant now? Esp the last time because my partner is deployed and we haven’t seen each other in months. Not to mention that then I get asked how many children I’ve had since I’m on that type of BC and my doctor always acts shocked that I have no kids (I’ve even been asked “then why are you on that? That type is for women who have had children only!” then I’m forced to give them the crazy eyes)
It just bothers me that they assume we’re lying. I understand that it really is just a safety precaution, just in case we are pregnant, but I don’t want to be treated like a liar when I give a firm NO to the pregnant question.

@tinypegasus@xanga - Lovelyish is a blog about everything involving beauty, including health. So I would say that talking about doctors should be included in this site. 

But, I do agree that if they are going to start bashing doctors and they want to make a good argument they need to stick to one country, because doctors ARE trained differently in different countries. I don’t agree with what this doctor did. He should have done an ultrasound on the spot, just to make sure.

EW! The last thing a person in pain needs is someone judging their lifestyle choices without even knowing anything about them as a person. For all this doctor knew, if she had actually been pregnant, that could have been the child she waited forever to have, one she wanted, one she didn’t want at first, but was warming up to, one she had because contraception failed…. seriously. Being slightly cold because you’ve been taking care of sick, crabby people all day is not ideal, but understandable. Treating a person with outright contempt before you know anything about them is not understandable in my book.

@sorority_girl86@xanga - It makes sense for them to test you. Being on birth control doesn’t mean a whole lot, considering no form of birth control is 100% effective. If you have implanted birth control, like the rods, or an IUD the chances are very slim that you will get pregnant. But the chance is still there. Even if it’s 99% effective there’s still that 1% of women who got pregnant anyway. 

Can this be an example of malpractice? What kind of a doctor is he to accuse her of lying? She came to his office for a serious problem and he mocked her. What ever happened to the vow of ‘do no harm?’

@TropicalOceanSunset@xanga - Oh I know, I know. It’s just irritating to be asked “Could you be Pregnant?” and give a firm NO, then to be treated with suspicion- the last time it was so bad that it made me feel like I was intentionally trying to mislead them to hurt the non-existent baby. I think it’s more I don’t mind being asked if I could be, I’m female, we carry the babies, but I shouldn’t be asked multiple times after I’ve given my answer. They’re going to test my urine or my blood, I know that. Just ask me once, get my answer, then find out if I’m correct by doing the test.

Uterine cancer is often mistaken for pregnancy it can even cause positive pregnancy test results. They were obviously brash with their jokes and they should have, by our standards, done an ultrasound when she said she was in pain even if she were pregnant. I can see how they might think her pregnant. My sister had a uterine fibroid cyst mistaken for a pregnancy and I’ve know two women with tumors that were also mistaken for pregnancy due to the positive pregnancy tests.

I just called my doctor today because I was having problems with my birth control pills and they acted like I was dumb for even calling them, and that everything was normal. Needless to say, I got a second opinion.

Uhh what? I am seeing some comments saying that just because this doctor who insulted & could have killed their patient doesn’t hold as much credence because they’re based in Spain & not in the USA; therefore different doctors are trained in different ways. 

Hm. Call me crazy but RESPECT should be a universal language. This means that despite where they grew up or learned medical knowledge, a good or even decent bedside manner is always warranted. A good doctor does not insult their patients or assume things. Again, I am aware that certain non-USA based areas may not have the utmost prestige in medical learning, but they certainly should not be laughing & tell this poor woman “Doesn’t she know about contraceptives?” Inferring of course that she’s stupid & got pregnant.  
However, despite the fact that other places may have a different background on how they’re taught…that doesn’t excuse or give the right for any doctor, anywhere to be crude & poke fun at their patients. USA based or not it’s inexcusable & the people who feel like because this article isn’t about the USA therefore it renders it..what exactly? Not..viable? should really think before they write.
Good article & thanks for bringing this up

severe abdominal pain during pregnancyis a huge warning sign. how can they tell her she’s pregnant (when she’s not) and refuse to check that out? 

Not all doctors are like this. A lot of them DO listen and DO care for there patients and have solid bed side manners.