The doctor that saw me for my pre-op exam for my bottom surgery is a vile bastard.
CW: Strong language and transphobic nonsense
Last week I had my pre-op exam for my bottom surgery, which is in 2 weeks from tomorrow. The appointment seemed fine enough aside from one little thing that happened that seemed a little cruel on his part, but it could've been waved off as whatever. Well, today, I got the report that he sent to my surgeon in the mail cause I guess they send out a hard copy to everyone. This absolutely vile piece of fucking garbage misgendered me the entire way through the whole report. He/him everywhere. Just constant misgendering without any thought on his fucking part.This is yet another transgression that this health network has done to me. The following being it.
Attempted to force me to see a psychiatrist for HRT
Consistent and constant misgendering when talking to staff and making appointments, INCLUDING to make my pre-op exam appointment.
Getting misgendered by a doctor to the face with no apology when corrected when I was getting a procedure done late last year.
This.
I'm fucking done. I am so livid right now that I can't steady my hands. I intend on calling their internal patient advocacy department tomorrow morning and bitching at them, but highly doubt that anything will come of it. In which case, please feel free to tell everyone and anyone you know to never use any services from Penn State Health. They put on this veneer of acceptance by putting your gender and pronouns in your patient profile (which exacerbates all of my earlier complaints), but in reality it means fucking nothing. Clearly. I did NOT need this today as I'm already being held together with gum and happy wishes.
Oh I know this feeling, the first time it happened I got the report back from a children's hospital and marked the thing up with all the weird, wrong shit, red-pen style. Most vivid memory is the doctor asking a 15 year old what kind of underwear they wear.
I hope your bitching to internal patient advocacy produces some results, 'cause that's just bullshit you do not ever need, and these people sound like bastards
Small follow-up. I decided to call their patient advocacy line today. We will quickly find out how much of a veneer their acceptance policy is. Should hear back from them on Monday.
The doctor that saw me for my pre-op exam for my bottom surgery is a vile bastard.
CW: Strong language and transphobic nonsense
Last week I had my pre-op exam for my bottom surgery, which is in 2 weeks from tomorrow. The appointment seemed fine enough aside from one little thing that happened that seemed a little cruel on his part, but it could've been waved off as whatever. Well, today, I got the report that he sent to my surgeon in the mail cause I guess they send out a hard copy to everyone. This absolutely vile piece of fucking garbage misgendered me the entire way through the whole report. He/him everywhere. Just constant misgendering without any thought on his fucking part.This is yet another transgression that this health network has done to me. The following being it.
I'm fucking done. I am so livid right now that I can't steady my hands. I intend on calling their internal patient advocacy department tomorrow morning and bitching at them, but highly doubt that anything will come of it. In which case, please feel free to tell everyone and anyone you know to never use any services from Penn State Health. They put on this veneer of acceptance by putting your gender and pronouns in your patient profile (which exacerbates all of my earlier complaints), but in reality it means fucking nothing. Clearly. I did NOT need this today as I'm already being held together with gum and happy wishes.
Oh I know this feeling, the first time it happened I got the report back from a children's hospital and marked the thing up with all the weird, wrong shit, red-pen style. Most vivid memory is the doctor asking a 15 year old what kind of underwear they wear.
I hope your bitching to internal patient advocacy produces some results, 'cause that's just bullshit you do not ever need, and these people sound like bastards
Small follow-up. I decided to call their patient advocacy line today. We will quickly find out how much of a veneer their acceptance policy is. Should hear back from them on Monday.
augh i'm so sorry that's so fucked up