My suggestion isn't as sociologically interesting as others', but, doctors, please, if you're going to say, "Gallstones are a common side effect of pregnancy," it might be nice to say that at the beginning, before your patient is writhing on the floor with unexplained pain.
I had two obstetricians, one male and one female. I described my pain to the male one and he gave me a blank look; the female one said, "Where does it hurt?" and I said, "Where the bra fastens," and she said, "Yeah. Gallstones."
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Date: 2013-05-01 01:09 am (UTC)I had two obstetricians, one male and one female. I described my pain to the male one and he gave me a blank look; the female one said, "Where does it hurt?" and I said, "Where the bra fastens," and she said, "Yeah. Gallstones."