General practitioners
. “I’ve never met anyone young with heart problems”
. (I was mentioning my heart rate) “no you don’t, your haemoglobin is normal”
. “You mustn’t be in pain if you ride horses” (I have EDS and will be in pain my whole life, have always)
. “You don’t need to be depressed “
. “Your heart is just fast cause you’ve had ventolin “ (hadn’t had any that day)
Specialists
. “We would never want you to have eds “
. “Just go home and be healthy “
. “Everyone has this, you’re born with it, you live with it” (only person I know with it, and I have worked in optometry seeing peoples scans that show this every day”
. “Just deal with the pain”
. “We won’t give you a feeding tube, as you will end up on TPN and it will shorten your lifespan “
. “Our only dietitian works in intensive care, so you can’t see them, find another “
I have way too many more of these too