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[-] regul@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have a femme-presenting enby friend who has ulcerative colitis. There's some new drug that their GI doctor wrote off prescribing them because it can cause birth defects. Didn't even ask if they had any intention of becoming pregnant (they do not!).

They're getting a new GI.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago

Why are doctors like this?

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 50 points 2 years ago

It really is crazy how many nutjobs are doctors. I remember simply asking about a vasectomy at my primary care doctor, and he said, "Not at your age (32)" and he handed me a pamphlet to a religious "counseling" group. Needless to say, I changed doctors and reported him to my insurance. I was irritated, but I can't imagine how this woman felt being denied medication to alleviate her pain and allow her to function because she might get pregnant. WTF?

[-] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

I honestly somewhat hoped that doctors like this were a tiny TINY minority because of both the intellectual curiosity and empathy needed to be a good doctor would practically bar CHUDs from getting anywhere near that field.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

the intellectual curiosity and empathy needed to be a good doctor

I regret to inform you that neither curiosity nor empathy are needed to be a doctor.

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

You generally do need parents to bankroll your undergrad and internships, which are quite gruelling compared to many other university level employment tracks

[-] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

MFW there a literal LUXURY JOBS in this hellscape, and some of them are in fields that are NECESSARY for humanity.

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

It may be, I don't have any data regarding this behavior, this is just my anecdotal experience. I was sharing because the kinds of people who think this way would have certainly reacted the same or worse to women. I hope she was able to find actual care, as I know from other's experience how debilitating chronic pain can be.

[-] regul@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

My vasectomy consult went smoothly at the same age, just for an extra data point. He did ask if I was sure, and whether I had any desire to have kids, which I think is standard procedure, but he didn't try to talk me out of it.

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

I mean, that's fair. It's not quite as reversible as folks may think, so checking for conviction is fine. This guy just shut the convo down and told me to go to church, essentially.

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Mine, at 30, didn't even ask that. I just said "I wanted a vasectomy", he was like "OK", gave his spiel, sounded like he was tired of giving it, like it was the 100th time that week.

This was a few months after Roe was overturned, and I'm in a dark blue city.

[-] Frank@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

I strongly suspect that the brutal, completely pointless hazing of residencies combined with the brutality of med school weeds out many compassionate and normal people. Like residencies are pure psychological torment that serves no legitimate purpose and endangers patients. It was invented by a guy who needed a way to get off the floor so he could inject cocaine and sit out the effects for several hours without anyone wondering where he was. It's stressful and psychologically damaging. And only people who can survive those conditions go on to become doctors.

[-] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

the brutal, completely pointless hazing of residencies combined with the brutality of med school weeds out many compassionate and normal people.

Plus the whole process of going to medical school is expensive. I haven't actually looked at any statistics, but I'm sure people who go to medical school already skew towards upper middle-class psycho families.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

I didn't read the article but I'd bet my life saving he's a republican. They dream of total control on everyone all the time.

[-] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

"Stalin was bad cause he controlled his people so much" - so-true

[-] cosecantphi@hexbear.net 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's amazing how quickly a doctor transforms into a fucking cop the exact moment discussion of painkillers comes up. That's the instant all pretense of treating/diagnosing your condition flies out the window. Instead they'll furiously conjure up bullshit excuses to invalidate your pain, call you a hypochondriac, or treat you like a lying drug addict. Or, as in this case, "protect" a hypothetical fetus.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

Seriously, I had oral surgery as a teenager and they gave me fucking tylenol when I couldn't eat solid food for over a week

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

The war on opioids is wonderful. It pumps everyone full of easy to access drugs, then everyone tsks tsks them, and now asking for the drug is taboo, and now everyone is snorting fent off the bus rail.

[-] TheDialectic@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

IWhere I work it is standard practice to not give meds to fertile age females without a pregnancy test for liability reasons. People with drug problems will routinely refuse on the grounds they will test positive for drugs and then be given less. Thr solution is for the government to legalize drugs. What they will do instead, if thus is any indications, is remove more of women's rights. So, it fucking sucks to be on the spearhead of this by getting a medical job. Unless this situation is wildly diffrent than normal judges will throw this exact type of case multiple times a day and the only reason this saw the light of day is that some PAC was looking for a test case

[-] StellarTabi@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

The Age of Child Bear is over.

[-] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

Collectivism for thee but not for me.

[-] HexbearGPT@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Wow she looks like Elizabeth Moss.

And in Gilead too!

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

It's in Warren County: A very chud heavy region full of fundamentalists. I'd be more surprised if this happened in Buffalo or Rochester, but this is unfortunately not a surprise at all.

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