53 Things Doctors Said That Patients Never Expected To Hear

You’re overreacting, this is normal and you’re just being a hysterical first time mom. My baby was stillborn 3 days later. .

Laughed in my face when I was 16 asking for a referral to a psychologist because I was severely depressed and said "You think you're depressed? You know nothing about life." I cried so much in front of her out of embarrassment but managed to get that referral. I'm glad I did because I really wanted to end things for myself, that was my last cry for help. Had been struggling since I was aware of myself. That moment was 10 years ago, I'm now in bed with the sweetest 9 month old ever. ❤️.

"Whoever did your nose should be sued." And it was the nose I was born with.

He said, "I don't have time to talk to you about this" (meaning the issue for which I had scheduled the appointment) - He said this AFTER standing outside of the room for over 15 minutes talking football with another patient.

It was a larger practice so I stopped at the desk and got the information to file a complaint. As soon as I got home I called my insurance and changed my PCM, as well as filing a complaint about the doctor with them.

As a 14 year old, a doctor coldly and bluntly said “You will be blind by 18.” Just out of the blue. Didn’t talk to my parents first to discuss how to break the news to me. Didn’t care how I was going to react. Just… you’re going to be blind.

I’m in my forties now. I can still see.

"Looks like there is a tumor in your brain."

A week later.

"I never said that.".

After I described my severe chronic pain, the specialist looked at my chart, sighed, and said, "Well, you're getting older. This is just what happens." It was the most dismissive and professionally negligent sentence I've ever heard. It took two more years to find a doctor who listened and diagnosed a treatable condition.

"You don't need to get back on anti-depressants, you need a good relapse to get yourself back in the program!"

A psychiatrist I stopped going to. I did get back on anti-depressants and they helped in ways the program never could.

This was a long time ago, but I broke out in severe hives. A male doctor suggested it was female hysteria from PMS. I was livid! It was an allergic reaction to hair color as it turned out.

In the middle of labour and I say to my baby daddy ' I hope we can make it home in time to watch Walking Dead'

Doesn't this Dr pull his arm out of me and say ' I'll show you The Walking Dead' while wiggling his blood-to-the-elbow covered arm in the air.

Man mos def knew his audience tho.

I had a car accident and I severely cut the palm of my hand. I got stitches, and my skin turned black. It was terrible to look at.

When I went for my check-up, the doctor said, ‘That’s how it’s going to look forever. Don’t expect any improvement.’ I went home crying.

My dad heard me, so we called several doctors and dermatologists and got a cream. Within one month, it was completely healed with no discoloration.

The cream is called Scar Fix, in case anyone has a scar.

Apparently my very obvious hip malformation was anxiety, hormones, or excess weight (I’m a uk size 8)
Yes I am a gal, how did you know?!
No apology or acknowledgment of medical misogyny.

I’m currently pregnant and in my third trimester. In my first trimester I injured my back and got a herniated disc to the point I couldn’t get out of bed or use the bathroom. I called every doctor I could think of to try and get some sort of relief or help that would be safe for the baby, which of course wasn’t possible because they’re always too afraid to prescribe anything that early. One doctor finally told me “if you don’t want to k**l your baby then you need to learn to suck it up. Try some deep breathing and herbal tea.”.

1200 calories is clearly not working. Eat 500 per day and I guarantee it will come off.

Having had breast cancer before the current medical philosophy to do double mastectomies on everyone, when I got breast cancer a 2nd time 15 years later, the surgeon walked into the room, grabbed my bare breast in one of his hands and said to me with his face very close to mine "why do you still have these"?

Accused me of watching too much TikTok after requesting hormone panels. Switched doctors and was diagnosed with PCOS.

I have issues with anorexia and bulimia and at one point I finally was happy enough with my partners help that I was able to let go of it and gain weight and then my doctor said “you should try intermittent fasting to get your weight down” when my weight ticked one point into the overweight BMI category.

It ended up about as well as you’d think

Also I used to have a prescription for Xanax for panic attacks that I refilled once every like 3 years and when I asked the doctor who replaced my old provider for a refill she said she didn’t believe in prescribing anxiety medications and that I should exercise more (one of my bulemia manifestations was 3 hours of exercise a day at the time lmfao).

“I don’t believe in ADHD, but tell me why you think you have it anyway.”

Followed by

“Sounds like you have ‘smart kid syndrome’ turned into ‘tired mom syndrome.’”

At least he agreed to give me a referral to someone else who knew w*f they were doing.

I had a psychiatrist tell me, “I don’t think you’re autistic; you’re too relatable.”.

I’m glad you came in today, it’s cancer.


It wasn’t.