Date: December 19th, 2014 11:29 PM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
I've had patients text during the exam, which I found strange.
I also had a patient who quoted a comment from a CNN article, something along the lines of "If my vagina had a voice, I'd imagine that it would sound like Chef from South Park." I thought that was pretty funny.
Date: December 19th, 2014 11:16 PM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
I have had some patients express surprise that I was male rather than female (based on my gender neutral first name), I have had very few patients absolutely refuse to see me because I was male. I always start out by letting patients know that if they are uncomfortable with seeing a male ob/gyn, we would be happy to reschedule their appointment with one of the female ob/gyns, but most people go through with the appointment. Usually by the end of the appointment, I've won most people over. I think having an open attitude and not acting like you're offended by the patient who wants to see a female ob/gyn goes a long way.
I think there is a general movement away from the specialty mainly due to the unpredictable and sometimes hectic hours as well as the liability risks of the field, but I think for some male medical students, having also to deal with gender issues and gender politics is just too much. They'd rather go into a different field.
Ob/Gyn as a specialty encompassed a lot of what I enjoyed most about medicine. On the one hand, you follow patients on a longitudinal basis throughout most of their life, there is a lot of opportunity for patient education in the outpatient setting and to make a real difference in womens' lives, you do a little medicine and you can do a fair amount of surgery, and there is nothing else in medicine like obstetrics where you assist in guiding a new life into the world. In general, it's a happy field though the hours and stress can be rough.
There have been times I wish I could know what it feels like from a physical and emotional standpoint to be a woman as it would help me understand some patients better, but sometimes I think not knowing makes me more sensitive to patients' discomfort. For instance, I've had some patients tell me (and unfortunately, I have seen this of some female colleagues) that sometimes a female ob/gyn can be rougher with the exam or less sympathetic about physical complaints presumably because the female doctor has gone through childbirth or a pap smear and feels like it's "no big deal." I have no idea what it feels like to have a pap smear done, but I know it can cause a fair amount of discomfort for some women, so I'm sensitive to causing patients discomfort during a speculum exam.
Date: December 19th, 2014 11:19 PM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
soft pink sea salt just a hint of brown the tiniest wipe oh gawd it's getting' heavy: LIFE BEGINS HERE YOUR LIFE MY LIFE OUR LIFE THIS IS THE CENTER THE CENTER PLUNGE YOUR HEAD IN ... suddenly my mask is like crawling up my fucking nostrils and I'm wondering I can just hold on it'll be over in a second and then she starts speaking for real OH MY GOD IT'S SO COLD and that snaps me back but I give her a pinch
she left a three star thing on yelp, saying my fingers were too thick
Date: December 19th, 2014 11:23 PM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
fucking girl today, tan blonde, leathery skin, in her 40s, whimpering about the end of her menses begins fucking squirming in her seat and I'm seeing trails spilling off of her freshly waxed gash it looked like something out of a seventies era porn and then she starts flirting and I could actually see the stuff welling up inside like actually oozing out of the pores and i finally looked up and said "I have to concentrate!" she still gave me her card. she sells houses
Date: December 19th, 2014 11:26 PM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
ufff... the smooth cold steel and hyper bright lights and the tiles and the squeaks... do you know how many ladies fart in stirrups they always fart when they're scared... those are whispers of death little tendrils of terror leaking out
Date: December 20th, 2014 1:43 AM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
I weigh whatever the gal is comfortable with versus how much access I need not much to say really, you want to minimize discomfort but you also have to do the job
Date: December 20th, 2014 5:45 PM Author: Gay bawdyhouse
to the ladies i pinched roughly i am so sorry i was hearing demons smelling a dot of deep blackening green at the bottom of your browning pink and i was worried for you and your hot breath and squeals for pain relief