Pendragons Princess

Time for another totally original post. While I have only been to the hospital ER for a few times during my teen and adult years, each time I was there, I would get the same phrase. One was when I was ill and had major stomach cramps (which dated back to my childhood years of a food allergy; lactose intolerance), then later on when I had some kidney stones. I should mention, the first event mentioned was when I was fourteen years old and in high school. Having no interest in boys at all at that age, being asked such a question was a bit of a slap in the face. You know, the kind that results in a raised left eyebrow by the person being asked the question. o make a long story short, X rays were taken, etc. I guess the doc was surprised to find out I didn’t have any womb lice growing. The kidney stone time was when I was in excruciating pain (they had to be surgically removed). I mean, how can a doctor in the ER ask that sort of question when someone like me is laying there, writhing in pain and wishing for a shot of morphine?

Now I know I am not the first female that these questions have been asked of in the ER. As tasteless as it is for any doctor to be asking that, how about just helping the patient figure out what the health issue is? If I mention I have a pain located in a certain part of my body, why start with the “Are you pregnant?” bit? No class. Being a nullipara, (doctors are no longer required to take Latin, just write as if their letters look like Latin) do you really think I’m with a kid? With a stomach as flat as mine, you’d think the docs would notice. But of course they couldn’t. Well, that is just one reason I do not like going to doctors or hospitals at all.