Dr Natalie Crawford
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Smith, whomever.
You know, she's a 40-year-old woman with, and I list the complaints.
And he goes, did you check her thyroid?
Family medicine did.
Did you check this?
You know, a few simple labs.
And he goes, hmm, you got a WWF.
And I said, I don't know this, you know.
And he said, don't write this in the chart, but we call that a whiny woman around here.
Oh, my gosh.
And I said, okay.
He said, listen, women just tend to go through this at this age.
And we're not really going to be able to help her.
Pat her on the knee, tell her to have some wine, go on date night.
You know, she'll get better, but we're not going to be able to help her.
And that stayed with me.
Now, I was, you know, a good girl.
I did what I was told.
You know, it took me 20 years of internalization to realize this, you know, I don't want to blame him.
He's not a bad guy.