Woman Asks if She’s Wrong for Getting a Medical Practice Shut Down

Yikes…by the title of this article, you can tell that something went really wrong…

And it seems pretty serious…

Let’s take a look at this story from Reddit’s “Am I the A**hole?” page and see if this woman was out of line for what she did.

AITA for getting a medical practice shut down?

“I 20F moved to a new state two years ago. I have several chronic health problems and I needed new doctors. I looked online and found a few practices that sounded good (I even asked on FB for suggestions from people who have the same illnesses I do).

Anyway, I made an appointment with a practice and saw the Nurse Practitioner. The appointment went “normal” at first. I saw the nurse and gave her the run down of my diagnoses and medications I’m on, as well as doctors I would need referrals to see. The nurse wrote it all down and even asked me detailed questions about my illnesses so I thought it was going good.

Then I saw the NP. She read my chart and also asked some questions which I answered. Then she asks me what specialities I wanted referrals to. This is where it went wrong… I told her I needed to see a neurologist, gynecologist, and a gastroenterologist. I had seen many doctors in those specialities before and even brought my former charts to give her.

She told me “you don’t need to see a neurologist. There’s no reason for you to” I told her I did because she can’t prescribe some of the meds I was taking. “Well you don’t need those. There’s no indication for that” I said okay?

She then asked why I wanted one for a gynecologist. I said “because I’m having XYZ issues and my former gyno before I moved wanted some further testing based on my symptoms” “Oh you don’t need to see one. Every woman has heavy periods and cramping” I told her that I had been in the ER every month on my period for 6 months straight with how bad my cramping had been. She still refused. Regardless of whether you think there is a problem that requires a gynecologist or not, it’s my right as a woman to see one.

Last but not least. She asked why I wanted to see a gastroenterologist. I had been having a really hard time keeping food down and was in a lot of pain every time I ate. She looked at me and said “oh you’re too fat to have any problems there”

I left crying that day. I went home and told my mom what happened and she suggested I report her to the medical board, so I did. I didn’t have any evidence “technically” so they couldn’t really do anything. So I did what most people would do and made reviews online and posted about my experience in the local groups online.

I got a phone call from their office manger asking me to take them down because people were leaving their practice. I wasn’t the only one to come forward about how they treat patients.

The office manager told me I should have just called them or came in to talk about it. I did not feel comfortable doing that.

AITA for not going in and talking about it to them instead of blasting them on social Media?”