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Patients with Power

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Patient-eject buttons docs use to get rid of patients with complex conditions/symptoms.
Can you think of any I've missed?
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#eds #pots #mcas #pwme #pwlc

Patients with Power @ptswithpower.com · Feb 8

I did also make this patient-eject-button keyboard I suspect a lot of doctors may have behind their desks, just for when they come across someone whose symptoms aren't quick and easy, and they want to get rid of us.
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#medicalgaslighting #chronicillness

A black keyboard with white text written over the keys. Every key has a statement on it that doctors commonly used to dismiss patients.
Front row keys say:
Its your mental illness
It's your weight
It's your anxiety
You look fine

Middle row keys say:
There's no other signs
Just happens for women sometimes
It's stress
*subtly mock patient until they go away*
Are you sure you haven't been using any substances?

Back row keys say:
You're too young to have that
it just happens when you age
It's the childhood trauma that you definitely experienced
You've had a lot of tests, haven't you?
Probably just your medication.

February 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM

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