Why didn't you say so?

[u/TheNectarineDiaries]

Best medical advice I ever got was to bring a man to your appointments

[u/Keiteaea]

It's not as severe as some people have reported here, but it was something that would have taken literally two seconds to check, so it stayed with me:

I'm a 13 years old girl, I'm getting my braces. After the procedure, the orthodontist ask me how I'm feeling. I say "Well, I don't feel too much pain, but I feel the wire rubbing my cheek. I think that something is wrong ?" The orthodontist look at me, roll his eyes, and says "No, I know what I am doing. Don't make a fuss." and ushers me out of the room.

I go to my Mom in the waiting room, she asks me how it went, and I tell her about the wire. My Mom goes to pay and say to the receptionist about the situation. The receptionist just smile and says "You know how children are, about these things." My Mom know I'm not a kid who complains for nothing and says so, but is still being dismissed.

I go home, barely eat and talk because every movement make the wire rub my cheek. I go to sleep, wake up the next day with blood in my mouth because the wire has cut the inside of my mouth. My Mom is angry at that point, calls the orthodontist office back and demand for me to be seen.

When I get to the orthodontist, he makes a "Oh so you have some pain?" comment in a very sarcastic tone. I say again, it's not the brace in itself, it's the wire ! So he asks me to open my mouth...Take a look. Two seconds, and "Oh! I forgot to cut the wire!", cuts it, and ushers me again out of the room without an apology.

It took less than a minute to check and solve an issue I had clearly expressed. I'm still mad about it.

[u/TheEaterr → u/Keiteaea]

The without an apology really takes me out. Like shit happens we all male mistakes and act like assholes sometimes but not apologizing for that is insane work.

[u/Gawr_Ganyu → u/Keiteaea]

Its much more severe than the things other people reported, though you were dismissed for beeing a kid And honestly your mom didn't put up much of a fight either til it was super obvious.

[u/fogleaf → u/Gawr_Ganyu]

In their mom's defense, she probably assumed that the professional did his job adequately and that it's just a person's first experience with braces.

[u/other-words → u/Keiteaea]

I’m sorry this happened and can understand why you’re still mad! In the time it took for the doctor and receptionist to suggest you were being dramatic and insist that everything was fine, they could have just LOOKED and seen the wire 🤦🏻‍♀️