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It's still crazy that my wife who has had a hysterectomy is asked that question every time. It's in her records, they just don't bother reading.
"I know you had a hysterectomy but let's just take a pregnancy test anyway." - doctor in the ER
In the words of Dr house "people lie". They should take the woman's word on things like this. However, it just takes being burnt once or twice, to not trust the answer from anyone else.
Life uh finds a way
Routine means it’s asked to everyone to mainly not discriminate, but its also to absolve liability, but if they don’t ask and somehow that was missing from a chart. Yeah they can get in shit.
It’s not crazy, it’s a question that’s asked to every women since treatments and even diagnosing can be different depending on where they are in a cycle and if they are pregnant.
The woman next to me in the hospital was asked if she could be pregnant right after the nurse checked her birth year at more than 80 years ago. We all had a little laugh at that one.
Then why don't they ask this question for all men? Why don't they ask every man that walks in if they're pregnant? If the justification is, "we must ask because the risk is always there, no matter how small," then why would you dismiss the risk that the man that walks in is actually a trans man that happens to be pregnant?
If this was only about trying to cover all of your bases, everyone would be asked if they are pregnant, regardless of gender.
Records can be looooong especially the older you get and the more you visit. I'd honestly much rather just speak to the doctor. I feel a lot more cared for if a doctor is speaking to me one on one about my body and my health than if they are just reading a log of info and then coming to some conclusion.
I mean, if you can't be fucked to read medical records, please don't seek out a career in medicine
With how packed doctor schedules are, I have no expectation that they read our records before a visit. I prefer that I get that time to actually talk to them rather than having them look through my records for information that's probably irrelevant to my visit. Read it after if you need specific information.
As I said to the other person as well, I never said nor meant to imply that they should never read the records.
It shouldn't be an either, or.
They should both be reading the chart, and speaking to you.
They are compensated more than enough to cover both. Shits just fucked.
I didn't say that they shouldn't read the charts. But if I had to pick which one I'd want a doctor to do first, it would be speak to me as a person.
Of course, I don't think they really are generally acquainted with the records, not just about hysterectomies.
They will look if something specific comes up, but generally it's a reference that isn't proactively consulted, because they have a lot of patients and their record only occasionally matters.