#doctors appointment

[doresworld]

It is so fucked up that disabled people are terrified of going to the doctors

[im-deathly-scared-of-zombies]

The clinic said I’m not supposed to feed her after midnight until her appointment this afternoon and Miss Pìpì is SO upset with me😩 she bit me

[softgritspoonie]

[computerised-scientist]

(Dr. Gemma Toystore AU) After a long Friday afternoon of families coming in and checking out the store, Gemma finally closes up shop. She gives a yawn and heads to Harley Sawyer's room with her cane. When she arrives, she knocks on the door. "Hi Harley, can I come in?"

*you hear him approach the door and suddenly the lock clicks as he pulls it open* come on in my Gemma, make yourself at home. *he’d slowly walk off to some table, pulling out a chair for you, beckoning you to enter* why don’t you take a seat my friend?

[tales-of-a-seahorse]

My wife just got a judgmental look from a woman in the waiting room of the doctors office. I'm guessing it's because she thinks I checked in for my wife. But jokes on you lady, this isn't my wifes appointment. This is her husbands. Yup, men need to see OB/GYN's too.

[one-of-technos-voices]

I got to my doctors appointment on time... It's now 30 minutes passed my scheduled appointmen time... If I was 15 minutes late, they'd reschedule me.

[matchakuracat]

chronically ill/physically disabled people, how do you deal with doctors appointments? what do you say/do to advocate for yourself? im autistic and not diagnosed with a chronic illness yet and i really struggle to know what to say to get them to listen to me and understand so that i can get the help and care i need. even if i bring someone with me, they also need to know what to say and i don't know anyone who understands well enough to explain to the doctor for me, which means that i have to tell them what to say before going. but that's the problem since i just don't know.

i have chronic joint pain that ive had for years but has only gotten worse over time. i also have hypermobile knees which are the worse they've ever been right now. i'm chronically fatigued and barely have the energy to eat and do basic hygiene. i have a few friends that i talk to fairly regularly and im very thankful for them but i still struggle so much with maintaining a social life when i cant even maintain my own physical wellbeing. i only go outside when i absolutely have to/when my pain is low enough and i have enough energy. on average i probably leave my house about once or twice a week, usually to go to medical appointments, to an internship i have once a week or to go grocery shopping. i usually try to do both at the same time if i can (like going grocery shopping after my internship) but most of the time i have to ask my parents to get me groceries since i dont have enough energy to. all i want is to be able to go outside just to take short walks and enjoy nature and the fresh air but i can't do so without the right treatment/a mobility aid. everything im doing right now is bordering the line of too much. im constantly tired and overwhelmed and everything feels like a struggle, even the smallest tasks most people do everyday without thinking twice about it.

i have almost only had bad experiences with doctors and other medical professionals like physiotherapists, which has given me a lot of extra anxiety on top of my already pretty bad social anxiety. i really struggle to make appointments and even more so to go to them, and when i bring myself to do so i really struggle to express myself and explain how i feel and how i want them to help me. i almost always get shut down and offered no actual help with any of my problems. i just don't know what to do anymore.

if anyone has any advice i'd really appreciate it. i know that i can't give up because my life right now without accommodations is too miserable, but i also don't know how to move forward.

sorry if this was hard to understand. i really tried my best to explain but im having a bit of a hard time expressing myself right now due to feeling worse than usual.

[c-goldthorn]

everyone pls be so proud of me i just made the drs appointment i was putting off for literally six months bc making phone calls is scary