next specialist to refuse testing or blame my maladies on my anxiety or weight despite me asking (begging, at this point) for further testing/a differential diagnosis is getting hit with the “document your refusal in my chart.” no i am not “taking it one step at a time” no i am not accepting “you’re just anxious” or “you’re just overweight” as an answer. you are going to be a FUCKING DOCTOR and treat me. fuck you.
this is ok to reblog btw, i Encourage people in similar situations to express their anger. you deserve better we all fucking deserve better. no more being afraid of making them upset or angry. THEY make us suffer and want to die with their negligence. whatever discomfort we bring them by demanding documentation doesnt mean SHIT compared to what we go through.
rise up my disabled siblings, we have nothing to lose but a shitty fucking doctor.
I’ve never done the “document refusal to treat” thing, but I have a good hack for this which is:
“I understand, but I’m not convinced. Can you recommend someone to offer a second opinion?”
NOBODY likes to have their work checked by a colleague. Any time I’ve done this, the person I was speaking to backpedaled and began to offer alternatives. Even outside of the medical establishment. Bank loan officers, for example, or the occasional customer service agent.
I like doctors, I’m friends with several, but they’re people like everyone else. Sometimes a person just needs their context reframed.
Mob boss who gets equally passionate about rewarding loyalty as punishing betrayal. What?! Johnny Backstabs killed two of my rivals and saved my daughter from assassins?! Incredible!! I want him loved! I want him wifed! I want his bills paid! I want his rent gone! I want his dog pet! I want his gender trans’d! I want her car fixed! I want flowers on her doorstep! Get this DONE!!😡🥰😡
