Here Comes The Needle Aeroplane!
Belgium, Doctor/Physician, Ignoring & Inattentive, Medical Office | Healthy | August 8, 2019
(I’m travelling to a faraway place and need to get a few recommended vaccinations. I registered with a local GP after moving, but didn’t go before, since I’m a pretty healthy person and never really needed a reason. Note: our health service recommends getting regular pap smears at age 25. I’m a bit older than that, and just never got around to doing so. On the day of this appointment, I’m wearing jeans, a hoodie, and sneakers. The doctor gets ready to give me my injections.)
Doctor: “All right, little lady, here comes the needle! Prick!”
(I don’t look my age but I definitely don’t look as young as whoever she’s talking to.)
Doctor: “And now for a little bandaid… There we go!”
(I look at my arm, half expecting a glitter or cartoon character bandaid. The doctor asks me if there is anything else I need.)
Me: “Well, I think I should have been getting regular pap smears for a while, but never got around to it. Can I just have that done here?”
Doctor: “Oooh, there’s no need for that yet, you’re only…” *looks at my file* “Oh. Okay. Yes, you can just make an appointment with us and we’ll take care of it.”
(She’s still my GP and never talked to me like that again, but I’m wondering how old she thought I was!)
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