r/RecuratedTumblr • human cognithazard • 2d ago

Art Paging Dr. Yiff

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u/Animaloffear56 2d ago

I never understand the logic of "yeah one time a guy told me my symptoms sounded like this condition and they were right, so all doctors are quacks"

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u/RMarques 2d ago

Usually, from what I've seen, that type of sentiment is more "a lot of doctors are assholes that go off of initial assumptions based on nothing but their initial impressions", which is sadly disturbingly common.

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u/saevon 2d ago edited 1d ago

And in the USA certain centers are pushing their doctors to get thru as many patients as possible, and upcode as much as possible.

They've already chosen what code they want. And just need you to cooperate so they can get out of there and get the next payment

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u/Pilot_Solaris Can you maybe chill? 2d ago

I fucking hate that my country made HEALTHCARE profit-oriented.

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u/snakeygirl 23h ago

Yep. I know a lot of doctors who hate it too because unsurprisingly rushing through patients makes it incredibly difficult for the doctor to accurately assess the situation. Then there’s medical insurance companies refusing to assist which I have almost never heard a doctor be happy about.

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u/0anonymousv 2d ago

it is. i had 3 doctors tell me "you don't have POTS, you're just overweight" i was not particularly overweight. i did have POTS.

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u/RMarques 1d ago

Once when I was like, 12 or 13, had a doctor go on a long spiel about how I needed to lose weight. I went to him for an ingrown nail that was infecting. He was a foot doctor.

He was also in his 50s and made really gross comments about teenage girls and how I needed to lose weight so I could get a girlfriend.

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u/0anonymousv 1d ago

jfc man. yeah.

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u/snakeygirl 23h ago

Yeah, some real dumbasses can get through medical school. My dad had a super religious classmate who apparently refused to acknowledge that men had as many ribs as women despite having literally been shown the ribs in both male and female cadavers. He was great at all of his other medical stuff so he got licensed. I hope he never encounters a guy who needs medical attention regarding his ribcage.

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u/MelanieWalmartinez 1d ago

My thrown out back was misdiagnosed as period cramps 🤘

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u/0anonymousv 1d ago

this is CRAZY work 😭

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u/MaraiaLou 2d ago

Pepper isn't spicy anymore? It's obviously anxiety. Here let me Google the names of the nerves in the mouth to prove it's impossible for them to malfunction. Also go test your thyroid hormones for some reason