Yup, that's just one example too, I can't tell you how many times I've had someone try to prescribe me an -illin, that was just the worst one, the others just didn't look at the chart, or whatever. Oh lol - an ob said we could challenge it after I had a c-section. No thanks, just had my abdomen cut open, I would like…

Maybe you have that Victorian disease - female hyseria because you have a wandering womb. But yeah, there has never been sexism in medicine :/

I would serious advise against your practice of avoiding medical help. I cite the great Warren Zevon who, when on David Letterman to discuss his diagnosis with terminal cancer, said that he, "might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years." Enjoy every sandwich.

My dentist went to school for years and years, and still identified a tooth I've had since childhood as a "wisdom tooth." This is why I avoid doctors unless I think I may be dying.

I recently caught up with a friend from high school, whose mother has advanced cancer. Unfortunately for her mother, after a partial mastectomy and removal of lymph nodes, she was told she had the all clear.

Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes. If I relay any detailed information about my health history, I am immediately noted to be "anxious." Once, I was sent home from ER (with a life threatening illness), because I take pain medication. The doctor sent me home, basically to bleed to death. Of course I returned a few hours later…

Dafuq? You actually had a doctor ask "how allergic" for a prescription? That's some bullshit, right there. Allergic is allergic, your previous symptoms (no matter how mild) indicate the possibility of a severe reaction upon subsequent exposure. That doc needs some remediation. (Glad you fought for yourself, a lot of…

I would like to point out, that this can happen to anyone, I have a history of being miss diagnosed for numerous things (I'm a guy).

Between the ages of 13~21 I used to suffer from panic attacks for a span of 1~2 weeks every six months(I was also a sleep walker until I was about 18). The first time that I had a panic…

Something similar happened with my first baby. When I called up the nurses on the intercom to tell them I thought the baby was coming out they straight up laughed at me and my husband like we were hysterical idiots and told us it was still early labor and we should practice breathing. Half an hour later, my son was…

Either that or whatever you're complaining about is due to the fact that you either: 1. Just had your period 2. Currently have your period 3. Are about to get your period. Chest pains? Period! Mind-blowing headache? Period! Scissored in two in a car accident? ... wait for it... PERIOD!

A thousand times this.

Ugh, right? I'm sensitive to a lot of meds too, I usually take half doses of OTC stuff, if I take anything at all. The worst for me, was when I went to the ER for mastitis, I told everyone I talked to that I am allergic to all penicillin based AB, and the doctor still tried to write me a -illin script. When I asked…

Imagine explaining anxiety symptoms to a doctor that's like "sheesh women"

ALL OF THIS.

It's frustrating when doctors don't listen. Even more so when you've paid multiple copays and your symptoms aren't things that are as physically evident as a stroke. Most people with an autoimmune disorder know this pricey hamster wheel all too well.

We've all been there. You live with your body 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You know its little ticks and quirks. You know when there is something wrong with you. Having a doctor misdiagnose something despite your insistence that it might be something else is maddening.

I feel so, so lucky to live close to my parents who like my animals. I travel for work and honestly I don't know if I'd be able to if they weren't there, or if I didn't have a VERY trusted friend around to watch them. So score for living near family...even if it's a half hour drive to the nearest grocery store.

Black-footed cats are normally nocturnal creatures, so she's probably looking for a place to hide her babies and herself—without success.

This is why I either ask my vet for a recommendation or board there for short stays. The vet can be a little more stressful but I know they sure as fuck aren't going to kill my dog (when he was still alive, he died of old age last May.) Vet boarding is CRAZY $$$$ for birds— it was (no shitting) $1K to get all the…

There was a similar story to this in British Columbia recently where some idiot dog walker left a bunch of dogs in the back of her truck while she went somewhere and they all died. Even she had the sense to throw the bodies in a ditch before making the very implausible claim that someone had stolen like 6 or 8 dogs…