Teenager In Severe Pain Does Blood Work At The Hospital, Mom Revokes It Saying She Should Have Kept Shut

"She told me to just do the med check and nothing else"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• December 20, 2023

One of the most crucial ways to monitor your overall physical health is through routine blood testing. Regular testing can help you understand how your body changes over time and provide you with the ability to make well-informed decisions regarding your health.

Blood testing is another tool your doctor might use to look for indicators of certain illnesses and ailments. A blood test can determine if a person has heart disease or not, as well as whether they may be at risk of getting it.

Additional blood tests can evaluate how well your blood clots are or show if the medications you're taking are functioning as intended. In other words, scientists can identify ailments before it's too late by examining blood.

Alternatively, they could clarify the reason for your recent "off" feelings. Blood draws can be frightening for people who have never had their blood drawn, particularly young ones.

You probably have a lot of inquiries concerning the procedure and outcomes but the OP of today's story just needed an answer as to what was happening to her. The OP's been experiencing pain in her stomach for over a month.

During those times, the OP needed to go to the ER but never did, hoping it would go away. Her mom, who was supposedly a nurse, told her all she needed was a medicine refill.

She even got punished at the OP for allowing a doctor to do blood work on her. Read the full story for yourself below.

OP kicks off her story

The OP explained it to her mom as it was happening and that they drew blood

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a-hole:

I got the blood drawn and my moms mad at me for it, and is saying that I'm perfectly healthy even tho I almost had to go to the ER 4 times in one month for the same thing with my stomach, and she is now saying I should have kept my mouth shut, and now I feel like I'm the AH.

The Reddit post got hundreds of comments and here are a bunch of the most upvoted ones

A country where you don't have to think about finance before health

OP's health care experience will get better

OP's medical privacy has been violated

OP's mom has no authority over her medical care

The behavior of the OP's mom is concerning

This is serious especially now that it's a medical issue

All of the OP's grand parents are dead

Trying to find out what's wrong with the OP

The OP should maybe avoid that particular doctor in the future

People frequently believe that blood tests are only necessary in cases of illness or concern for their health. In actuality, however, routine blood work can save lives.

Regular blood testing can reveal many other crucial details about your health in addition to assisting in the diagnosis of diseases or the identification of a genetic predisposition. OP's mom might be a nurse, but she's clearly ignorant of a lot of things.

Maryjane