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| From: Leslee Freeman | Posted: Aug-23-2000 10:53 am | Msg: 200D |
| Subject: Re: [Sistahtalk] doctor experience | ||
| Well, I am probably overcharged on hormones. I am usually very laid-back, and don't usually stay mad for longer than about 10 minutes about anything. Thanks for the voice of reason :) Leslee Is there something else going on that >makes you think you're being singled out or that they are doing this out of >malice? > >Take care, >qm > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Leslee Freeman >To: Sistahtalk@egroups.com >Date: Saturday, August 19, 2000 11:02 PM >Subject: [Sistahtalk] (unknown) > > >I am so mad right now, so this may not be very coherent, but please bear >with me. >I am pregnant with twins. I have been married for 6 years, and wear a >wedding ring. I went to the dr. late this week, and was tonight going thru >the paperwork/pamphlets that the nurse gave me prior to my appointment. Low >and behold, I find several about proving paternity. Excuse me? My husband, >with HIS wedding ring, on has accompanied me to most of my appointments, >and >most of the nurses know him (he is a 6'9", bald, mean-looking ex-marine; >people tend not to forget him). My chart also notes that I am married and >happy about the pregnancy. I know this thanks to my skill at reading >upside-down. Why did the nurse assume that I was an unmarried woman? >I know I am more sensitive and reactionary because of hormones, but this is >not the first time I have been categorized at the doctors. Early in my >pregnancy, my blood pressure was elevated. I was told it was becayse I am >most likely prone to high blood pressure. I told the doctor, in my coldest >voice, that if she read my chart(which she was holding), she would see that >my blood pressure is actually prone to be low, and would she please >consider >another possibility. I was sent to a nutritionist for gestational diabetes, >who advised me my pre-pregnancy weight was fine, since I have a such a >large >frame (she as planning my diet and weight gain, so she needed to have an >accurate picture of my prepregnancy weight). As much as I love to be told I >did not weigh too much, I need accuracy, not diplomacy, so I advised her >that my frame has always been considered small. She then took the time to >actually look at my wrists (even swollen, they are small), but still asked >if the women in my family were small, or...It was fun telling her my mom >and >aunts' weights. >These are just two examples. I would like to do something about this >problem >I am having. This categorizing is not only annoying, it can be dangerous, >since they are less likely to look past their assumptions to the actual >truth if there is a problem. >Any suggestions would be nice. Thanks everyone >Leslee > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com | ||