19 Doctors Who Need To Go Back To School For Bedside Manner, Because WTF??

I always assumed hating the doctor was something you grew out of, like needing a daily nap and crying a lot. Safe to say I haven’t grown out of any of these… Anyway, Threads user @drjencaudle asked people to share the most unprofessional things healthcare providers have ever said to them. Here are 19 answers that will definitely further cement your doctor hatred:

1. “An OB-GYN told me all my problems were in my head because I was a lesbian. Turns out, I had uterine cancer.”

—@drhailey

2. “During my Pap smear, the doctor said they were ‘wearing me like a puppet.’ They then laughed when I tensed up from the discomfort of that statement and said they liked it.”

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—@jmjohnson_author

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3. “At a pediatrician visit with my newborn, the nurse took his diaper off and disposed of it during the exam (even though it was clean). -3: When I realized I didn’t have an extra with me, she said, ‘No extra diapers? Bad mom!’ even though my husband was sitting right next to me.”

—@laurenmorrill

4. “I was in labor. I was young and crying. The nurse said, ‘Shut up! You’re not the first person to have a baby!’ I stopped crying, and then I said some things. When I finished, she was crying and was no longer allowed in my room.”

—@drangela1908

5. “Nurse: Do you drink? Me: Occasionally. Nurse: Do you smoke? Me: No. Nurse: Are you sexually active? Me: No. Nurse: Well, you’re no fun.”

—@_jasminethemasterpiece

6. “‘Go ahead and tie her tubes. People like her don’t need to have kids.’ Said by the anesthesiologist to my OB-GYN. I have dwarfism.”

—@rebecca_a_cokley

7. “The pediatrician on duty when my son was born told my husband we shouldn’t name him because ‘Something is obviously very wrong and he probably won’t make it.’ Turns out, our son has a rare chromosome condition, but he turns 21 this month.”

—@t.kennedy1978

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8. “I was trying to wean myself off of Oxycodone after a back surgery and realized I couldn’t sleep if I didn’t take it. I went to my doctor, who checked the chart and said, ‘Ooooo yeah, I’ve had you on those for way too long. My bad.’ Your bad?!?! SIR, THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GET ADDICTED.”

—@rawlingseliza

9. “I brought my 9-year-old daughter to a new ENT (ear, nose, and throat). When the doctor walked in, he said, ‘I see you’re here for your spanking.’ She said no, she was not. He went on with the appointment. At the end, he came back to it, saying, ‘Go up to the front desk, and they’ll give you your spanking.’ I reported him to the medical board, and we never returned.”

—@midwifebethany

10. “I told the doctor that I thought my husband’s red, tight, warm, and hugely swollen leg could be a blood clot. He told me that I ‘watched too much House,‘ and it was clearly a bug bite. Spoiler alert: It was a huge blood clot caused by an abdominal tumor pressing on the vein. That tumor was metastatic from lung cancer. He died 10 months later.”

—@damnedfallacy

11. “After six months of chemotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer, I had an appointment with a breast surgeon to discuss my upcoming double mastectomy. After I got up the courage to tell her I didn’t want any reconstruction, she blurted out, ‘So you want to look WEIRD?!’ I immediately burst into tears. Definitely not the right reaction to someone’s very difficult and very personal decision.”

—@juliacr99

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12. “The doctor asked me if I had ever rear-ended another car or gotten a ticket for distracted driving. When I said no, he replied, ‘Well, IF you had ADHD, it would affect your entire life.’ I switched providers shortly afterward.”

—@unhinged.hr

13. “I asked to get my tubes removed after I had my second kid, and the doctor said, ‘Well, what if your entire family dies and you want to start a new one?’ I found a new doctor after that.”

—@solobotoys

14. “After my mom died from colorectal cancer, I went to see a GI to beg for a colonoscopy. He dismissively told me, ‘She had to die from something.’ That is horrible, even if she’d died years ago, but it was only months prior, which he KNEW.”

—@sylv_in_sandiego

15. “I went to the doctor for chronic ear infections. Long story short, my birth control was causing the issues, so my then-husband asked about a vasectomy. The doctor turned to me and scolded me for making him ask for that, because what if I died and he got remarried and wanted to have kids with that person, but he wasted that opportunity on me? We stopped seeing him immediately.”

“Fun fact: We got divorced, and he is remarried and still doesn’t want kids. Fancy that!”

—@leahcriz

16. “‘You gained over 70 lbs in four months because you are middle-aged and eat too much.’ In reality, my thyroid had crapped out. Five doctors and eight months later, it was cancer.”

—@midwest_express

17. “An OB-GYN told me, after an ultrasound, that there was no fetal heartbeat. Technically, he didn’t even tell me; he just circled the words ‘no fetal heartbeat’ on his printout and handed it to me. As I began crying, he said, ‘Well…that’s life.'”

—@kim_marie_36

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18. “I was extremely anxious my junior year of college, like I couldn’t sleep, couldn’t eat, and had panic attacks every day, especially surrounding driving. I went to my mom’s doctor and explained what was happening. She replied, ‘…You’re afraid to drive a car? That’s pathetic. You need serious help; I can’t help you. What do you want, pills?'”

—@heyannalange

19. And lastly, “The fourth time I came out of remission with a rare form of spinal cancer, my oncologist had retired, so I saw his former partner. He said, ‘I don’t think you’ll survive this time. You should get your life in order.’ I left the office sobbing.”

“I bumped into my gastric bypass surgeon, and he was furious. He walked me to the office of another oncologist (also furious) who sat me down and told me to show him the bottom of my foot so he could see my expiration date. Spoiler alert: I didn’t die!”

—@dianeljarrettlives

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