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pdxscout t1_je8ticj wrote

Reply to comment by sunshineANDrainbowsg in TIFU by tripping on shrooms and running naked to ask people to call 911 by ExistentialQ

Yeah, absolutely. I also felt dismissed by my doctor.

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Squigglepig52 t1_je9vfny wrote

Well, did it turn out that you actually did have a torsion? Because, if you didn't, she was right.

Also - yeah, by that point, after an additional 6 hours waiting around, it would have been puking levels of pain.

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pdxscout t1_je9yex3 wrote

I did not. But that doesn't change that I felt dismissed.

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Squigglepig52 t1_jeanf7z wrote

Because you were. Which is the outcome when you clearly don't have the issue you claim to have.

They don't have the time or energy, or resources, to coddle somebody who doesn't have an actual reason to be there.

You were taking up time and space that could have been used to treat somebody with an actual problem.

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