My doctor is a teaching doctor, so most of my adult life has been with a regular doctor plus a baby doctor. I have some hilarious (and not so funny) "learning opportunities" moments.

Like the one poor baby who didn't read my file before doing a skin biopsy. Scarred her for life.

I often call @TycheBooks afterwards with BABY DOCTOR GOSSIP OMG because, most of the time, they're learning & I'm ok with being their living test subject, but sometimes I want to slap common sense into them

There's some fun stories, like the time the baby doctor said "I don't think it's cancer" and my doctor was like OKAY SO YOU NEVER SAY CANCER UNLESS YOU ARE TELLING THEM YO IT IS CANCER.

And baby doctor is like BUT I SAID IT WASN'T

Dr: Krista, what did you hear?
Me: Cancer.
Baby dr: BUT I SAID IT ISN'T CANCER
Me: Honey, I came here for a UTI and now we're talking about cancer, that's all I know
Baby dr: omg no

One baby dr told me my digestive problems were, and I quote, "Try to eat less pasta" in this snotty voice and made a comment about my BMI (this was back when I was cycling and jogging).

That wasn't what was wrong, which my dr knew & ignored her "advice"

I had a baby doctor early on, back when I was super fit, look at my BMI number for whatever 155lbs at 5'5 would be and tell me I needed to start exercising and maybe try walking a little every day.

My dr: She's sitting here in her cycling gear.
Baby dr: ...
My dr: ...
Me: ...

My dr: You need to look at the patients and not their numbers
Baby dr: but we learned that BMI...
My dr: Look at all the numbers, not one. Use your eyes. Look at her. Ask her about her exercise.
Me: I cycle 25km a day to work.
Baby dr: ...
me: ...

I always remember that one.

there's the adorable ones, like the baby male doctor who was terrified he was dismissing my pain and was like, we need to get to the bottom of this, and this is very important, and we cannot rest until we find what's wrong.

Me: um, I'm here to have my surgery form filled out.

Refilling meds or changing them slightly appointments are HILARIOUS.

Me: Is there a muscle relaxer that's a bit stronger than OTC but not as strong as Flexeril b/c it makes me dizzy
Baby dr: OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING OK OK I GOT THIS LET US RUN 19 DIFFERENT TESTS...

My dr: No, we don't need to run those test. We've already run them all. Krista, no, it doesn't exist.
Me: Damn.
My dr: Take a tramadol instead
Baby dr: OK BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OPIOIDS
Me: I take like 5 tramadol a year...
Baby dr: ...
Me: ...
My dr: It's ok

Those are the immediate ones I can think of, but honestly there's like 18 years of these LOL

Anyway, I love my doctor and I love that she is out there teaching baby doctors how not to dismiss women's pain, how to talk to patients, and how to listen.

Oh! My plastic surgeon had a baby doctor. This story is hilarious.

This is one of the many post-surgery follow ups to see how I'm healing, etc. It was obvious early on that I would need scar work done, but I'd have to wait a year for everything to settle out.

But my sides looked "different" post-surgery.

Me: Should I have them fixed?
Baby plastic surgeon: Well, many women your age do, blah blah blah blah
Surgeon cuts in: ABSOLUTELY NOT. A. Remember how sick you got having this surgery? Having that "fixed" (he sneered) would be the same thing all over again. B. You look normal.

Surgeon cont: Your sides look like a normal woman's sides for your age and weight, and it's normal, and there's nothing wrong with them, and you don't need plastic surgery on them. PLUS remember how sick you got? REMEMBER THAT. No. You don't need them done.

Baby plastic surgeon: