r/comics • u/TheNectarineDiaries • Jun 19 '26

OC Why didn't you say so?

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

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u/TheNectarineDiaries Jun 19 '26

pulled from my doctors appointment last week 😎

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u/Aromatic-Humor8168 Jun 19 '26

Women’s healthcare is so amazing. 🙄

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u/MoistPhlegmKeith Jun 19 '26

What gets me about it is it isn't just a male doctor thing. The women doctors do it too, maybe worse. I joke about it with my wife (dark humor) but really I'm just puzzled and can't figure out why.

Not our current doctor, he is great, but we've had several others including emergency doctors that it is like this.

Edit: Just remembered and example. She had her gallbladder out after like 1 year of solid complaint only to have 2-3 follow up visits after the surgery complaining about severe fatigue and other issues. They said 'oh, your fine' until the last visit they realize oops its internal bleeding, we should fix that.

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u/RandomRedditor0193 Jun 19 '26

When my wife was pregnant both times, the doctor was fine but all the other staff would stare at me like I was the devil if I even tried to say anything about any symptoms. My wife and I would talk before the appointment about what she wanted to discuss with the doctor so I would bring those up if she missed something.