Nov. 6. Say WHAT?! What’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve heard about your health condition? Was there any context? What did you think at the time you heard it – and what do you think of it now?
The very first Rheumatologist that I had an appointment with made a shocking discovery of my 'situation' (as he called it). I was in my mid-20s and unmarried, no children, and working full time. I was having a great deal of "residue pain" from a severe case of the shingles (that I developed two years before). This Doc explained that my 'situation' was because I was single and did not have any children yet. That my body was 'wanting to become a mother and spend my time at home caring for children and a husband' instead of 'wasting my life at a job'. -Spoiler Alert- He was a bit of a jackass, and I told him as much! That's when he enlightened my poor not-made-for-thinking feminine brain to the theory of my body rebelling against me in this way because I was denying myself what 'should matter most'... At that point I wasn't angry at him anymore, I wasn't offended or insulted... I felt so sad for him and his family... and God help, his children.
Of course I've also had other wild zaney diagnosis/opinions given to me, but this one was definitely the one that leapt to mind when I seen this blog prompt.
Getting back on topic here, after all of my crazy appointments I can definitely appreciate the episode of The Golden Girls in which Dorothy has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Sick and Tired, Season 5 Episodes 2 and 3.
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