40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless

In 2021, Ipsos surveyed people across 28 countries, asking the public how much they trust different professions. An average of 64% rated doctors as trustworthy, which put them in first place, ahead of scientists (61%) and teachers (55%).

However, Reddit user CR24752 was interested in the remaining 36 percent, so they asked everyone else on the platform, "What's the weirdest thing a medical professional has casually said to you?"

Their post immediately took off and in just a few days, it has received over 14,000 comments. We thought you would also be interested in the discussion, but to save you some precious time, we went through all the answers and compiled the most memorable ones.

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless I live in Ireland, the surgeon who replaced my hip is also a farmer. The day before I was due to be discharged he came in on his rounds, he said “I may or may not see you tomorrow, it depends on the dog”, so I said “ok what’s up with the dog?” He told me the dog broke his leg and was having it set tomorrow but he wasn’t sure what time so I said “shur bring in the oul dog and I’ll mind him” (this is rural Ireland bear in mind and I was in the convalescent area of the hospital by then) and shortly after breakfast he arrived in, with the dog, lovely border collie with his leg in plaster, he stayed with me watching tv till the doc was finished replacing another hip and was ready to discharge me and we could all go home. It could only happen in Ireland.

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Uncanny 1 year ago

I would love to hang with a fellow convalescent with fur and a waggy tail.

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I told an OBGYN during an exam my husband and I had just started trying to get pregnant and she said “Are you tracking your cycle or just f*****g all time?” -Hearing that come out of a small elderly black woman was freaking hilarious!!! She was close to retirement and had zero filter, miss her!

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

superb...I love her already 😆👍

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless I am constantly anemic and when my doc was putting my IUD in I bled a little and he said, "no! Not your precious iron!"

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DaisyGirl 1 year ago

Aww bless that is sweet

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless After destroying my knee riding bmx at 17, the emergency surgeon said “wow, really f****d that up.”

10 years later and another serious knee injury from riding, I saw the same surgeon (he did a great job on the first one). First words out of his mouth were “I remember you. F****d up the other one, huh?”

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Abel 1 year ago

"Im gonna fix this f*****g knee with my f*****g magic hands because I am a f*****g legend. F**K!"

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless Not me, but Mom. She's in remission for a non-Hodgkins lymphoma that invaded her brain. She was getting a scan to confirm the cancer had left her brainpan and the doctor came in and said "Good news! We've scanned your brain and confirm that there's nothing in there!"

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

Good intentions, bad wording

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless My surgeon, during surgery to replace pins in my broken finger that had been pushed out by my own body - "I'm really getting them in there this time, you little freak of nature."

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Meh 1 year ago

That's actually quite funny

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless I go to urgent care because I have an ear ache and may have an ear infection. The nurse asks if I'm on any medication and I tell her about my IUD. She says:

"I could never have an IUD or even take birth control. You know, since that's murder and all. But hey, do whatever makes you happy."

ETA I did report her and she did get in trouble.

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

Thank goodness she got in trouble

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless This is no joke. I had a medical professional say, " I used to be an addict so i'm pretty good at this." As she was putting in my IV lmfao, I laughed so hard.

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Jaaawn 1 year ago

They tend to make jokes to distract you. Happens to me every month.

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless When my girlfriend was in the ICU one of the nurses sorta shrugged and said dismissively "she's gonna die anyhow."

She should have. Her kidneys had shut completely down and she was so swollen that her tongue wouldn't fit in her mouth. We were making the decision whether to continue life support or not. She didn't die. A month and a half later she walked out of the hospital and into my car for the ride home.

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Flamingo Croquet 1 year ago

What an a*****e nurse! Happy the girlfriend made it, not very happy that we let people like that take care of other people 🤨

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless I had a doctor tell me that my metabolism is so slow that I would do very well in an apocalypse

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Kurichfield 1 year ago

If you're gonna pay throught the nose anyway...at least get your treatment with a sense of humor

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#11

"Were you a teacher? Your bladder is huge." -obgyn during a pelvic ultrasound.

I was indeed a teacher.

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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago (edited)

ROTFLMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless My previous OBGYN came through my line at my old job. For some reason I blanked on who he was. Like I knew I knew him, but for the life of me I couldn't remember how. He saw I was struggling and said "Don't remember me? I'll give you a hint: last time I saw you you were in my office with your ankles in the air!"

Loudly, in front of a line of little old ladies fresh from church, wanting to buy flowers from the garden center.

He was an amazing doc and figured out what was wrong with me when no other doc could, but in that moment the embarrassment could have killed me lol

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SoraPlaysandReviews22 1 year ago

I don’t know where this happened but as someone who worked in the healthcare field and now in mental health care I was always taught that if I see a patient in public I should not act like I know them unless they acknowledge me in which case make the communication short and do not talk about their care.

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#13

My gynecologist while trying to remove my IUD when the strings weren't visible and fishing through my cervix (with local anesthesia thank god...)

Come here, kitty kitty!

In all honestly, I think he spaced out and was very concentrated to avoid unnecessary pain (uterus wasn't happy with the invasion) and he most definitely has cats and the words just came out... He bursted out laughing with embarrassment and said sorry more than I could care to count. Honestly, I thought it was hilarious.

I've been seeing him for a long time for many IUDs and he's a gem.

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Here kitty kitty

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#14

"This is the part where all your dignity goes out the window. I'm going to tape your penis to your abdomen."

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Uncanny 1 year ago

** patient closes eyes and prays it’ll reach **

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#15

My obgyn was about to start sewing me up after a c section when she noticed a cyst on my ovary. She told me it had caused enough torsion to twist it down and start growing to my uterus, the said to my husband "look at how twisted this is. Don't worry, this will only take a second, and I won't charge for it." while proudly displaying my entire reproductive system with both hands. He's a trooper. Didn't look grossed out or anything, just a very deadpan, "Thanks for not charging us for that."

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Nat of Clan P 1 year ago

Our son was born by C-Section and my hubby watched the whole procedure. He was absolutely fascinated by it! I was laying there with a numb lower half and listening to everything that was going on. Man he asked a lot of questions. haha.

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless Back pain, I’m not young. Doctor just said basically “Well, that’s just life for you. You’re tall.”

“So I’m just going to end up being a hunched over 90 year old?”

“Lol, you’re not going to see 90.”

“Um…pardon?”

“How many tall old people have you ever seen?”

“Oh…yeah…ok.”

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deejak 1 year ago

Because they're all hunched over, duh.

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#17

I was 18 at the time and went to the family doctor that brought me into the world. The reason was I was having great pain urinating and was leaking a pus like substance. After getting a shot I went to his office, I sat down and he lit a Winston, rocked back in his chair whilst taking a big drag and said, "I am going to talk to you like a Dutch uncle, if you do not know if it is clean, keep your goddamned zipper zipped up."

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

as my father said " if you go paddling always put your wellies on "

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#18

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless following a checkup..."we're going to have to remove your testicles....just kidding, you should've seen your face"

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Robert T 1 year ago

Surgeon wanted to add to his orchid collection.

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#19

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless I asked my cardiologist I had growing up what the goop was they put on before echoes... he said, "Yak snot." I believed him for way too long

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Jennifer Smith 1 year ago

His arms look really strange to me

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#20

My ENT casually said I should get my anxiety checked out. He was very certain I had it and I’d never been diagnosed for it. Turns out he was right and he really saved my mental health.

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

good for you for not dismissing it, many do.... also mustn't lose sight that everyone gets anxious in life the secret is either letting it control you or you controlling it 😉👍....be kind to yourselves out there Pandas

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#21

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless I was getting an EKG, sitting there with my full titties out, and the doctor tells me i remind him of a girl he used to see in college

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Debbie 1 year ago

It's because nuditiy means nothing to them, it's just nude, it's not sex.

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#22

“You just hang on right there we will get you a wheelchair and admitted to the hospital. We have to do a colonoscopy, but don’t worry I will knock you out before sticking a camera up your a*s”

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

Honesty

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#23

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless When I was like 20, my endocrinologist took a good look at me and asked "are you okay with your face being so asymmetrical?"

I had never really noticed it before, but boy have I noticed it since!

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Gaya Knust 1 year ago

Jeesh, what a rude person. Wft?!

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#24

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless “If you don’t mind, I’d like to show everyone pictures of your tonsils.”

According to her, I had the most disgusting tonsils she had ever seen in her years in the business, and gosh darn she wanted to show them off.

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DforDory 1 year ago

If it's for medical reasons and could help in later diagnosis with other patients,why not...? Also,in their own work field most people are interested in rare cases, no matter if they are mechanic or biologist or whatever.

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#25

Male gyno looked at me, smirked and said 'look at you laying there all coy' before he stuck his fingers up the business end for far too long. I was terrified and froze.

I lodged a complaint and got a pathetic reply back. There are no female gynos in my area.

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Susie Elle 1 year ago

Jesus christ

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#26

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless Dr: “you look great! How did you lose weight?”
Son: “eating disorder; anorexia”
Dr. “Well keep doing whatever you are doing, it’s working great!”

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Abel 1 year ago

Some doctors have the sensibility of an used pair of crocs in a garbage container.

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless When I was 12 I had a dentist say "Hold on I think I might be counting wrong, you shouldn't have those yet... okay never mind those are definitely your wisdom teeth. Your mouth is just huge I guess." They said it was the youngest they've ever seen anyone get their wisdom teeth. They called in every dentist in the building to come look at my mouth.

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

note: wisdom teeth are in no way related to levels of intelligence, yes have encountered those who believe it is... a prime example of correlation v causation

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless "If you ever tried to have a baby, the kid would snap your pelvis in two and rip you in half." Said by my gynaecological surgeon. He said it in the most casual manner. I was mortified!

ETA: Thank goodness I was there to get a hysterectomy, haha!

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Pieter LeGrande 1 year ago

What, during childbirth? If so, how about a caesarean?

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#29

I snapped both of my Achilles while finishing off a set of heavy leg presses with calf extensions. I didn’t close it all of the way and the sled crashed down on me, pinning my legs next to my head. (Yes- I was dumb not to use the safety pins! They weren’t there (they constantly disappeared to other machines) so I was lazy for not using them and paid the price.

The doctor looked at my scans and said “these are mirror images of each other. You must have good form.”

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Connie Hirsch 1 year ago

Small comfort that!

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#30

You can't use antidepressants forever.

Well i've been very depressed forever, so what do I do kill myself?

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Jaaawn 1 year ago

Well I've been on them for 20 years so far and I'm perfectly fine with having to take them forever if it means I get to live longer.

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40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless Was living in a foreign country and had a cold / flu type illness. Went to the doc and he comes in eating a bowl of cereal. Already weird. Checks some things and says “do you know what AIDS is”? I’m in complete shock and say yes, I do. He follows up with “It’s a virus and there is no cure”. Goes on to explain why there is no cure, all while I’m seeing my life over as I know it. Finally ends with, “but you don’t have that virus, you have a different one, much more common and treatable but I wanted you to understand why an antibiotic wouldn’t work”.

Still in shock I’m like so I don’t have AIDS then right? He goes, no and walks out.

What a roller coaster.

EDIT: This was in Switzerland about 15 years ago and I’m American.

Yes, he was slurping his cereal the whole time.

EDIT 2: He did explain the difference between HIV & AIDS. Guess he just wanted to come in hot and get my attention.

Thanks all.

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Susie Elle 1 year ago

Was this guy high?

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#32

Every 5 weeks like clockwork, for 18 months straight, I had tonsillitis. It would lay me out for 3 to 5 days straight, and it was pure misery. The doctor who would be doing the surgery suggested we hold off because, "we wouldn't want to take out something God gave us."

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

Was he circumcised?

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#33

Was on a 72hr hold following an attempt on my life on the anniversary of a traumatic event, and had a nurse ask if she could pray for me. I'm not religious but I thought it was nice and it was like 2am and I was tired so I said sure. She proceeded to pray out loud for like 30 minutes asking Jesus to forgive me for the huge sin I had committed. Not the direction I thought she'd go lol, but just said a very awkward thank you after and went back to sleep.

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Lee Henderson 1 year ago

I had a MRSA infection in my left leg. A Wiccan friend in Canada told me that she lit a candle for me and offered up prayers (I am Christian). I thanked her for her support and prayers.

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#34

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless My son is about your age and single, do you want his number?

- Gynecologist

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deejak 1 year ago

Could there be anything more awkward than your ObGyn is *also* your MIL? :shudder:

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#35

Things I have heard during pelvic exams:

*”s**t.”

*”wow.”

*”okay, you’re a girl.”

Bear in mind I am a normal, healthy, cisgender woman with the regular parts in the regular places. I have just had some whacky doctors.

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edit 2 so glad one of my highest rated comments is about my vag

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Jennifer 1 year ago

Re edit 3: as it should be.

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“You won’t find a penis in there”. From my OBGYN.

We thought we were having a boy according to the ultrasound, but apparently she was calling for a strike right down the middle. After she was born, my husband was looking around at the afterbirth when my doctor said that.

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Kristiina Männiste 1 year ago

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#37

“If you want to help people, don’t go into medicine. As a doctor, I’m nothing more than a people mechanic, and much like a car mechanic, I patch people back together well enough to get them out of the door until I see them again. If I could go back, I’d run as far away from medicine as I could.”

Edit:

Whew…this gained more traction than I expected.

For context, this sentiment was offered to me by a 70 year old, 40+ year tenured physician who was on more boards than I care to list and was a very well-respected surgeon. As many in the comments have stated, his distaste for the job had very much to do with the long list of hoops that he had to jump through in order to order and perform even the most basic treatments, and yes, the endless charting was exhaustive to witness, much less perform.

He also went so far as to send a hospital wide email asking any physician who had the time to sit in a meeting with all of the pre-med people who had dedicated the most time to shadowing for a brief back and forth.

Asked a few questions along the lines of “Whose unhappy with their job…how many have been divorced…how many think you’re over-worked…how many would go back to med school…especially with the debt load today….” and a few more questions that painted a very (at least with this test group of 40+ people) realistic picture of how unhappy they all were.

At least 80% raised their hands in favor of the most negative option presented and briefly attested to how bad and hard the job had been, and of those that were heavily in favor of the job, I’d say at least 80% were quite obviously there for the money and nothing more.

I still have an immense respect for those who choose to work in healthcare, but I’m also glad that I steered away from it; especially when I consider that I would’ve entered residency in the midst of a pandemic….whew!!!

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

totally agree with the "car mechanic" analogy..... perhaps if more men mentally saw it that way they go to the doctor's more often (🤔 though I also think more would look up a YouTube video on how to fix or repair themselves 🤔🤔).....I do the same principle with my mental health with the tools and techniques I've been professionally taught I treat it like car maintenance,like checking oil,tyre pressure,brake fluids etc ...the important thing is not to be too self arrogant or to proud to ask for help 😉👍

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#38

Was a teen and seeing my pediatrician. There was a baby or infant in a another room wailingits head off. After a few minutes, my doc said, "don't mind him, we just lopped his leg off."

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ЛеснойКороль(they/he)🇺🇦🇷🇺 1 year ago

i was at the doctor back in St. petersburg getting a checkup and there was a four year old screaming across the hall, and the doctor came in and said “don’t mind him hes apparently getting tortured” and i still laugh about that sometimes

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#39

Went in for my checkup 6 weeks after my second kid and the intern who was shadowing my OBGYN made the comment “oh, hey, you’re looking great!”

Not to my face but to the bottom half of me.

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Tempest 1 year ago

As an intern currently having rotations in the OBGY department (and also having previously shadowed another OBGY doctor for over a month), I can tell you that very few students (including male students) are actually excited about this subject. I guess that the OP encountered a rare intern.

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#40

“Is that your brother?” - asked by a nurse about my husband, who was in the room while my tits were out and I was getting an ekg.

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

"yes nurse, we're a very close family" that's the type of humour that should have been returned

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#41

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless "...wait did he say he wanted to be awake?"

When I was in the operating room waiting to get my appendix removed. I met the anesthesiologist and asked to him make sure I didn't "wake up" in the middle of it. I didn't want to be aware of what was going on.

He counted me down and right before it all went black, he said this to the surgeon.

I remember thinking "you assho..." and then it all went dark.

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FrogMan 1 year ago

Right before I went under, my dad jokingly said “don’t worry! We’ll have a nice service for you if don’t make it!” The last words I said to him before I passed out were “f**k you, a*****e!”

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#42

As my wife was delivering our first baby, doctor said “you’re killing it!”.

Doc meant “you’re doing a great job”. Wife stopped pushing and freaked out for a sec.

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

Proper reason to freak out

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#43

The first OB/GYN I went to was in the same group medical practice as my father (a pediatrician). While getting a routine PAP (after my dad had retired from medicine), the GYN says, "How's your dad doing? Is he enjoying retirement?" My man, can we NOT talk about my dad while you're knuckle deep in my hot pocket?

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Milady Blue 1 year ago

Hot pocket - that's one I never heard, and I will be stealing it!

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#44

"OMG, it looks like ground beef!" A doctor looking into my extremely painful strep ridden throat. He gave me a Z pack from his stash there and then and told me to take the first one now. It was bad.

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DaisyGirl 1 year ago

What is a Z pack? Is that a US thing?

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#45

During my psych evaluation for work I was called "baffling".

When I told my therapist he had to put his head down for a minute because he was laughing so hard, then he agreed.

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

baffling...well the positive upside take from that is a " mysterious enigma" 🤔

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#46

"What the hell is that?" while pulling a small piece of metal out of my eye lid.

That s**t hurt.

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#47

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless "Do you swallow?"

... he meant to ask if I have a hard time swallowing pills or not

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

He knows what he said

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#48

I live in an area where many people collect and search HARD for specific bourbons and whiskeys. My psychiatrist found out that I work at a liquor store and asks me about the whiskeys my store has in stock for a solid 10 minutes (my appts are scheduled to be 15-20 minutes long). EVERY SINGLE APPOINTMENT. I’m just trying to get my mood stabilizer refilled 😭😭

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Tempest 1 year ago

Given that therapy sessions are so expensive for such short sessions, this seems so frustrating. I hope the OP found a solution to put an end to such conversations.

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#49

That’s a good looking vagina.

He meant to say everything looked good. He and the nurse were horrified. 🤣 He was my Ob

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Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

Sounds like my Mom's gyn declaring that she had "a perfectly shaped cervix".

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“Whoops! I’m just going to kind of…tack it on. It’ll probably hold.” While having my fingertip reattached after a freak accident.

As I left the ER a different medical professional said to me “Oh wow they saved it? We were for sure you were going to lose it. We even placed bets!”

ETA: The “whoops” was a comment the doc made after putting in one of the stitches. It did not inspire confidence.

Edit 2 for the story: At an out of town rehearsal dinner for a wedding my family was in the next day my husband and I went to set up a pack’n’play for our youngest. The rails weren’t locking into place so we got on either end and grabbed the corners. Before I could get my hands in the right position (my pointer fingers were under the corner caps that cover the hinge area) my husband, a strong weightlifter man, pulled on his end as hard as he could. Left pointer fingertip nearly severed, right pointer fingertip crushed and bone fractured but still attached. Pack’n’play covered in blood, people freaked out, I did NOT pass out or throw up. Husband took me to a nearby hospital and I stood in the wedding the next day as a bridesmaid.

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Zedrapazia 1 year ago

What is a pack n play and why is it so dangerous even though it's for kids??

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#51

"There is no scientific basis for you to be experiencing pain from that (gaping wound in your leg). There aren't any nerves in there."

While passing kidney stones, "we can't give you anything for pain because it could constipate you."

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Vermonta 1 year ago

They give you pain killer while you wait for them to pass or have surgery. Your doctor was just being cruel or the facility had a problem with controlled drugs. Passing stones is extremely painful.

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#52

“If you don’t need these pain meds now, you can save them for another time” ER doc giving me a bottle full of Dilaudid for a broken thumb. The early 2000’s were a wild time for prescription drugs.

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LB 1 year ago (edited)

I have a good one for this! So I recently got a pacemaker, but I had complications after the implantation. Basically they made a tiny hole in my heart, which meant it started leaking into the little baggy that separates the heart from the lungs... but when that bag fills with liquid you can imagine there is no more space for the heart to expand, whoops. Anyway, my blood pressure dropped dramatically in the evening, and they had to call in an emergency team to install a drain in the middle of the night. The cardiologist-in-training who was on the evening shift and was in charge of yahknow, making sure I did not die, complained to me about how he had to stay way too long when I saw him again the day after.

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#53

40 Times Medical Professionals Said Something That Left People Speechless "you have pretty blood. " followed by "I bet you have heavy periods"

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Turanga Leela 1 year ago

Was he a vampire?

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#54

Walk in clinic, doctor was an old man, maybe 80. He asked where I live and I said across the street, over JJ's Street Meats restaurant.

"Street meat? We used to call prostitutes that! Okay roll up your sleeve, we'll do your blood pressure now."

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Andy Cran 1 year ago (edited)

well never heard that one before... somethings just cannot be unread 🤨🤔

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#55

I had a really weird throat issue. It didn’t hurt it just felt like something was stuck in there. I had been a vegetarian for years at this point and the doctor said I likely had a chicken bone stuck in there. Wouldn’t take no for an answer.

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SoraPlaysandReviews22 1 year ago

I had this, turns out I had really really bad reflux

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#56

No matter what problem I arrived with to the practitioner's office (anemia, tonsillitis, gastritis or flu), he'd always say that was due to the lack of sex.

He would also always include that line (and I quote: "have more sex") in prescription for medication.

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Mrs. Ginger McSarcasm 1 year ago

Time for a new doctor. And a report to the proper person.

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#57

I had a full fib tib break, leg completely sideways. Surgeon told me that I was lucky because I had broken my bone into so many pieces that their weren't any pieces big enough to cause lasting muscle damage. He then said that I had "powdered" my leg bones.

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Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago

Check THAT off the bucket list.

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#58

"Wow. You have the flattest feet I've ever seen."

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Frank Hayes 1 year ago

I was getting a physical at the draft board and two medics sitting at a desk look at my feet. ‘Ya ever see feet that flat? The other shook his head and says ‘those are the flattest feet I have EVER seen’ I think YES I won’t be drafted! They ask if I have trouble running and of course I replied with ‘yes’ one stops the paperwork as the other says ‘once you get shot at, you won’t have a problem running. That was spring of 1971 and I recall that like it was just a few minutes ago.

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#59

When I was younger I was getting stitches after a skin lump removal on my leg, the doctor and the nurse started to comment on how elastic my skin was and how nice it was to have young skin.

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ЛеснойКороль(they/he)🇺🇦🇷🇺 1 year ago

plot twist: they were secretly plotting to steal your skin

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#60

A nurse of some kind took my blood pressure. He said what the numbers were.

I asked “is that good?”

He said “I’m not qualified to give you a professional opinion on the matter. You should ask your doctor.”

I asked “But like, unprofessionally, is that good?”

He said “Unprofessionally? Well, in my purely personal opinion that I am sharing with you as an individual and not in any medical or official capacity whatsoever, you should buy stronger deodorant.”

Edit: for clarity, I was definitely stinky, I was homeless at the time. I was well aware of this fact. If you’re worried you’re a little funky, don’t. You would almost assuredly notice if you smelled really bad.

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Andy Cran 1 year ago

it is possible to be too clean....all those "bodywash" products are not so good for the skin or indeed the environment,they inhibit natural pheromones it's ok to be a bit whiffy sometimes...the obsession of excessive personal hygiene is a concept based on fear of judgement from others ...I'm not advocating smelling like a dead rat that's been dipped in foxshite here

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#61

My dental hygienist told me that my mom must not have had enough calcium when she was pregnant

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Shina Kohana 1 year ago

Naw. Kids get calcium from their mums one way or another. I ended up getting cavities for the first time ever while pregnant because I wasn’t getting enough calcium. That’s what all the dentists and doctors told me.

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Leo Domitrix 1 year ago (edited)

As a medical doctor, I am so very very sorry. Every profession has its idiots. The good news is, I couldn't care less about your race or gender unless it affects your health (ladies, I'll never check your prostate, and gents, I'll never ask you to test for pregnancy), but we're often taught the biases along with the facts. It sucks. That said? ............... RADIOLOGIST TO ME OUT LOUD LIKE ALL CAPS IN PERSON: "WOW YOU HAVE LUMPY BOOBS!" THanks, pal, they didn' thear you in Papua New Guinea, say it louder why don't you? So he did. Then he called out, "ANYONE WANNA SEE CLASSIC FIBROCYSTIC BREASTS?!" .... So much for professional "courtesy".

Scotira 1 year ago

Now I am very sorry that happened to you! Sadly I have to tell you that radiologists are radiologists for a reason. 🙈 when they handed out bedsidemanner and people skills a lot of them were not there 😅 yes, I've worked most of my career with radiologists and had to do lots of damage controll. (Nowadays it's radiooncologists and they are different as well 🫣)

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Boodah Jones 1 year ago

Most of these weren't that bad...imagine the s**t they say to black women on a daily...not ALL doctors but most treat us like s**t. So many black women have died because doctors think we're lying in order to receive drugs due to their own racist stereotypes

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Bias can also cause people to wait for complications before they go for help. In Canada, Indigenous people get treated like c**p (medical neglect, outright insults, etc.). There needs to be training in biases. An immigrant doctor in an Indigenous-majority town was aware of this issue. She gained trust just by speaking to them like a decent human being and listening.

I saw John Oliver do a segment on this… I’m so sorry, Boodah. I have horror stories myself as a woman, but nowhere near as bad as how women of color get treated… It made me cry in rage for them. “Darker skin means they don’t feel pain” my a*s. I honestly don’t want to imagine how much worse it gets… I want it to be better.

Kristin Gullard 1 year ago

This is completely true. Most doctors downplay pain for any woman, but if you are overweight (gasp!) it gets downplayed more, and if you are a woman of color (gasp! gasp! gasp!) it's absolutely criminal. And there are studies that back those statistics up. It's just horrible.

Mona 1 year ago

Yeah, I don't think they were meant to be bad, necessarily, just funny. Frankly, I don't want to spend my spare time reading a thread of bad things, even if they do happen in the world.

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The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 1 year ago

When I was 12 or 13, my doctor told me that "I'll never really be pretty and thin, but I should be able to get to a healthy weight". We were there for a referral for a dietician, because I was very overweight. Who TF says that to a 12/13-year-old girl!? Yes, I did develop anorexia at 16. And yes, I gained all the weight back, plus more. And yes, I lost it all again, and gained it back again, plus more. Within the last two years I lost 45 kilos on my own, in a healthy way (no starving or obsessing!), but now I have developed a severe case of binge eating disorder for some vague reason. Fun times. I'm not saying he's the root of it all, but remembering his words certainly never helped...

Natalie Kelsey 1 year ago

That's awful, I'm sorry 😔

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