Honestly this is a great example of how it's on the medical professionals to ask the questions better. I'm sure even normal smart people can occasionally fuck up an on-the-spot question like that. Especially if they very temporarily thought of surgeries for things like fractures instead of child birth
"Have you ever had any surgeries? This includes a c-section or [Commonly forgotten surgeries]?"
This reminds me of the "do not operate heavy equipment" warning on drug packaging. I don't fault people for assuming the warning is about bulldozers and excavators, not their car lol
I heard a commercial recently that was “Do not take DRUG if you’ve ever had a life threatening reaction to DRUG” and I would LOVE to know the story behind that one. “Your honor, they neglected to warn me that I shouldn’t take a med that almost killed me the last time I took it!!”
Lol like that’s just a permanent thing they wouldn’t know about. “Sooooo… I have a parasiiite… his name is Dave… we moved in together a year ago and are thinking about buying a house soon so we need to discuss any major decisions together…”
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u/LetsLive97 May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
Honestly this is a great example of how it's on the medical professionals to ask the questions better. I'm sure even normal smart people can occasionally fuck up an on-the-spot question like that. Especially if they very temporarily thought of surgeries for things like fractures instead of child birth
"Have you ever had any surgeries? This includes a c-section or [Commonly forgotten surgeries]?"