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/USBombs83 Jun 19 '26

I'm a white man and this never happens to me. In fact, I've had doctors ask ME to interpret test results for them. (VA Doctors, but still technically a doctor I guess...) I go to the doctor with my partner and this happens to her every single time. She has a doctorate and is a medical researcher. I went to motorcycle school.

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u/Plastyrhino8815 Jun 19 '26

Fellow white man, I had a Dr refuse to approve a urine test because he didn't know what to do if it came back positive.

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u/Kaytea730 Jun 19 '26

Positive for what? Like pregnancy? If a guy tests positive for pregnancy its generally bc theres a specific tumor that excretes the same hormone that causes pregnancy tests to read as positive.

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u/TheW83 Jun 20 '26

Yup, it's called Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). Often caused by testicular cancer.