Lets play... Guess my gender.

[pebbles]

I got this amusing Blood bag from my GP when I saw him the other day when I told him the Endo man gave me a blood bag with the wrong name on it and when I tried to use it everything broke.

So he made one out to me in the correct name... He apparently is abit confused about what sex I am apparently however.


Oooh I'm sorry doctor but that is NOT the correct answer better luck next time!

[V M]

LOL... And I thought it was funny when people vacillate on whether to ma'm or sir me...
I hope they gave you the right blood bag this time... That would make me nervous

[JessicaR]

OMG, that's just precious!!!!!!

  A real conversation with a nurse in the ER after attempting to castrate myself:

Nurse:Ok, what happened today?
Me:I tried to castrate myself
Nurse:I see.. is there any chance that you're pregnant?
Me: No
Nurse: When was your last period?
Me: I don't get periods.. I'm Transsexual
Nurse: Oh, Ok....  So how long has this been going on?
Me: What do you mean?
Nurse: How long have you been missing periods?
Me: I've never had periods.... I'm genetically male... I'm in transition
Nurse: Oh, Ok.... So you want to be a boy?
Me:No.... I'm male to female
Nurse: Ok, sweety.... We're going to get someone from the psych department to help you, OK?

  Our lives are just too funny..

[Michael Joseph]

Thats too funny! And jessica, that story made me laugh out loud. That must mean you pass really really well.

[Janet_Girl]

Medical people don't listen to us when we answer their questions.  It is like all they hear is:  "Dir dee dir Do dee do" as our answer.

[N.Chaos]

Lol, wow.

I think Janet more or less summed it up.

[LordKAT]

Pebbles, Maybe your doc is welcoming  you to the world of androgyny?


As to medicos only hearing what they think you said, that is right on the money. I always wondered what would happen if I said something totally off the wall like "the cabbages are growing pink this year", as a reply to some of their insidious Q's.

[pebbles]

Wow Jessica that's a crazy story I know what the nurse probably thought.

"Ooh there's a young woman in the A&E with a huge amount of blood coming out of her groin area she dosen't report periods... SHES HAD A MISCARRIAGE... No other answer." The idea that a male would look like you do and then try and cut off there nuts seem so out of the ball park you might aswell have been talking Lylat.

Dr Dawson isn't malicious he is however very naiive but it's actual naiivity not pig headed ignorence and he tries to be sympathetic he just gets things wrong half the time it's nothing extreme it's just Remarks.

For exsample refering to my boobs as "gynocomastia" and "side effects of the medication I'm taking"

When I saw a different GP I clearly passed as I'm female he looked at my notes and was like "but WHY is a woman your age taking spironolactone? your heart and blood pressure seem fine to me maybe you should review that..."

[Debra]

OMG, that's just precious!!!!!!

  A real conversation with a nurse in the ER after attempting to castrate myself:

Nurse:Ok, what happened today?
Me:I tried to castrate myself
Nurse:I see.. is there any chance that you're pregnant?
Me: No
Nurse: When was your last period?
Me: I don't get periods.. I'm Transsexual
Nurse: Oh, Ok....  So how long has this been going on?
Me: What do you mean?
Nurse: How long have you been missing periods?
Me: I've never had periods.... I'm genetically male... I'm in transition
Nurse: Oh, Ok.... So you want to be a boy?
Me:No.... I'm male to female
Nurse: Ok, sweety.... We're going to get someone from the psych department to help you, OK?

  Our lives are just too funny..

lol wow.

[Melody Maia]

Jessica,
Whereas I do find that conversation amusing, I find it really sad that you got to a point that you tried to castrate yourself. Our lives are also full of a pain others can never understand. Hugs girl.

[pebbles]

How did she even...make that connection in her mind? lol

I guess it's good to look back on the moment as funny. But like Melody I am sorry it got to that point.

She would have seen alot of blood coming out of her crotch and thought she was pregnant and miscarried. Or "Attempted to castrate myself" induced a miscarriage (Coat-hanger ect)
"I'm a transsexual" means she thought Trans-man and associated dysphoria as a possible motivation for the home abortion attempt.

[JessicaR]

She would have seen alot of blood coming out of her crotch and thought she was pregnant and miscarried. Or "Attempted to castrate myself" induced a miscarriage (Coat-hanger ect)
"I'm a transsexual" means she thought Trans-man and associated dysphoria as a possible motivation for the home abortion attempt.

  I actually got most of the bleeding under control by the time I got there (a friend drove me) so I don't think she considered abortion. I think she thought I was misusing the word, "castrate," to describe cutting my (female) genitals. It took the triage nurse coming in and explaining in order to clarify things. I do have to say, though, that after that the entire team there treated me with respect and compassion... One nurse held my hand while they were working on the sutures. I found out later that they arranged it so everyone that helped me was female to help me feel at ease.

  Thanks, Melody and Pebbles.... That was a really dark time for me and I'm glad I'll never be there again.

[VeryGnawty]

I always wondered what would happen if I said something totally off the wall like "the cabbages are growing pink this year", as a reply to some of their insidious Q's.

They would probably diagnose you as having symptoms of fibromyalgia.

I also agree that doctors and nurses are hard of hearing.  It's like their minds get into some kind of programmed mode, and they can't hear anything that doesn't fit into the program.