One of "them"
©2013 Talia Harper
I've experienced my first bothersome case of Discrimination. I went in, friday night, to the Emergency Room here in one of the local hospitals. First doc was right quick and tried to get the ball rolling. There was a hiccup with my records due to the name change this set me back 2 hours. by the time they got me back to the room I was seen by a different doctor, Here is a summary of the interaction.
The first doc was young and asian in decent, the doc that came into the room was an older white man. He asked a couple health questions felt my tummy then asked to check my genitals. well It s\does say F on my id and all now so i thought i would be nice and let the doc know I'm still pre surgery. He said, "That's what I wanted to know and he walked out. After the CT scan he came in "I need to examine you again. pressed on my gall bladder asked me if it hurt, had me breathe out and he pressed harder. It was tender they whole gut was but not as horrible. He just walked out. I called to him asking what was going on....he just kept walking and walking. I was too tired to care. That was the last time i spoke to a doctor. I got told by the nurse that I needed an ultrasound, not the doctor. I never got my results after the shift change at 7am (been there all night) I got discharge papers. continue what i was doing at home, i asled what caused it i was told gallstones, I had enough of all of it I didn't care anymore after pressing the nurse with her fake deer in the headlight bit i got discharged....I am grateful, he pumped me full of antibiotics and 3 liters of fluid and probably saved my dehydrated keister.
I deserve better treatment. There's a whole world of what ifs and buts but I think I deserve better then what I had,
Do I complain? I want to but I am emotional terrified to.
I'm not allowed to challenge authority figures, they will just hurt you and bad things will happen. That's what the tape in my head says.....it's very loud today
~Talia
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