The very next question regardless of any other context at ALL: "is there any chance you're pregnant and if not we will absolutely be waiting on test results before believing you."
They will then launch into a monolog advising weight loss, exercise, meditation for the obvious anxiety and tell her to take tylenol for the pain walk out making notes in the chart.
Yup. I was well on my way to dying of childbirth complications, and asked a GP some questions about my symptoms, and the doctor said: "I think you're over intellectualizing this." Coincidentally, while planning the surgery, the surgeon asked me the same questions I had asked the GP.
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Good bye, Doctor
Do-Little-To-Nothing.