Weak In The Knees
Australia, Doctor/Physician, Medical Office, Patients, Perth, Western Australia | Healthy | June 14, 2018
(I have gone to my general practitioner to get a referral to a specialist for endometriosis. My regular GP is a middle-aged, Singaporean man, but I don’t mind having male doctors for female issues.)
Me: “I’m seeing [Specialist] for endometriosis, and I need a referral.”
GP: “You realise that you’ll have to have surgery to know for sure?”
Me: “Yes, I have a family history.”
GP: “Okay, I just have to make sure that you have a reason to go. Do you have painful periods?”
Me: “Yes, definitely.”
GP: “So, it hurts in your abdomen region? Is it cramping, or other pain?”
Me: “Actually, my knees hurt.”
GP: “Come again?”
Me: “I get pain from my knees up during my period. But it’s worst in my knees.”
GP: “Really?” *chuckles* “All right, just give me a minute to write that referral.”
(I honestly hadn’t realised how weird it was, before that. I did end up having endometriosis — it turned out the knee pain was nerve damage from that.)
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In-Law Practices Out-Law Medicine
Australia, Bad Behavior, Home, In-Laws, New South Wales, Sydney | Healthy | June 13, 2018
(My sister is a recent medicine graduate and is now a doctor. My mother-in-law finds out that she’s practicing.)
Mother-In-Law: “Oh, your sister is practicing now? So, that means she writes prescriptions?”
Me: “Well, yeah, I would think she does?”
Mother-In-Law: “Oh, you have to get her to write me a prescription for this ADHD medication that makes you lose weight like crazy!”
Me: “Well, you’re welcome to go and see her and ask for it, but I don’t think she’ll give it to you. Why would you want it, anyway?”
Mother-In-Law: “I want to lose a few kilos before summer this year.”
Me: “Well… No. I think that medication is for people whose weight is putting their health in danger.”
Mother-In-Law: “Can’t you just get her to write me one? I don’t want to go and see her.”
Me: “Um… No, I think that’s illegal.”
Mother-In-Law: “Well, then, can you get me a prescription for Xanax? I’m super stressed.”
Me: “No.”
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