CW: photo of blood
Do y’all want a really vivid example of what I mean when I say medical invisibility does not mean the same thing as regular invisibility?
You would think that when a wound like this bleeds like this, doctors wouldn’t ignore that right?
Do y’all want a really vivid example of what I mean when I say medical invisibility does not mean the same thing as regular invisibility?
You would think that when a wound like this bleeds like this, doctors wouldn’t ignore that right?
But when they can’t correlate that excessive bleeding to your platelet count or to a vitamin K or clotting factor deficiency, that is EXACTLY what they will do.
They will turn their heads from the photos and very literally refuse to see it.
They will turn their heads from the photos and very literally refuse to see it.
When you finally figure out the cause on your own (heparin release from overactive mast cells), they will refuse to acknowledge it as a valid sign of a flare, and an indication that they need to adjust your meds.
If it cannot be measured by a lab test or visualized by pathology or radiology, it is invisible to them.
Y’all, I am talking about a specific experience of how doctors refuse to literally see things because those things cannot be reconciled with the frameworks that make things visible to them.
This is not the place to add “and sometimes they don’t care even if they can be measured”
This is not the place to add “and sometimes they don’t care even if they can be measured”
It is an accurate statement and it is also not what this thread is about.
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