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Originally Posted by PinkFlamingo99
I talked about this on the phone with my pdoc when I was in the hospital bathroom crying. He told me that stitches for my cuts were a medical neccessity
and not something that either I or the hospital doctor had the option of stitching because at that level it's dangerous not to close them. I thought it was odd that my pdoc was convinces it was a "clear medical issue" that he sent me over to another hospital for (as opposed to, say, going in and saying you were suicidal which is more of a psychiatric issue), but the ER doctor considered it psychiatric (or maybe not even? More of a morality issue?) and had no problem making it clear I was a waste of time. |
Well, that the ER people won't say this sort of **** in front of your psychiatric team says a lot about who's right and who knows better, don't you think? Yes, this is clearly a medical issue. You needed and had a right to that care. I don't know how much experience you have getting urgent care for non-SI/psychiatric problems, but in my experience ER workers are often total moralizing assholes. (IE: my UTI wouldn't have happened if only I weren't such a filthy dumbass and understood that one must wipe from front to back).
I wouldn't think of this as an issue of how to categorize problems (ie: medical or psychiatric). That's a false dichotomy in many cases. Instead, it's a matter of decency, the people who exhibit it, and the pricks that don't.
Take care of yourself, Pink.