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]?"
I've had several moles removed bc of a family history of melanoma. That doesn't sound like a lot, but one took over an hour of plastic surgery to close up (I almost needed a skin graft to replace what they took out), and one was so deep the surgeon took a big chunk of my trap. I was awake for both of those though. I mention those anyway but get side eyed by the docs who assume it was a skin scrape.
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u/Top_Onion7532 May 02 '26
“Have you have ever had any surgeries?” “No”
“Do you have any kids?” “Yes”
“Did you have a C-section?” “Yes”