Stigma & Gender Bias – Amanda

 

Amanda was told that her heart issue must have been caused by drug use.

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From the X-ray, the ER physician told me that ‘my goodness’, he said ‘Amanda, your heart is ginormous’. He’s like, ‘I’ve never seen a heart that big before’. And then he asked me – he blamed it first on taking elicit substances, so he asked me ‘Did you – by chance – are you high on cocaine?’. And I said ‘I’ve never taken cocaine or any other illicit substance in my life, so no’. And he’s like ‘ok’ and he’s like ‘because I’ve never seen a heart in someone hat big that hasn’t used substances. I said ‘well I’m not using, so it’s not that’.


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