Despite having clearly stated that she was not feeling well, Julie still had to wait weeks before getting support.
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And I remember receiving this prescription from him and I broke down into tears. And I told him, you know, I study the health system. Like, this is what I do as a profession. And I can’t believe that this is how I’m being treated and that I can’t access care. Like, this is – and I said to him, I distinctly remember saying to him I know this isn’t your problem because you’re a resident. This is a bigger systemic issue. But I’m telling you that I am not OK.
And it was only until I had to show that level of vulnerability and that level of rawness and maybe an authenticity of him recognizing that I am an educated person, that I do understand the system, and I am struggling here. And maybe he had some biases and labeling me as a chronic pain postpartum mum. I don’t know what his biases or cognitive framing was but I felt like he was labeling me and it was only until I think I shared with him, like, listen, like, this is what my experience and what I’m seeing and this is not OK and that he triggered a referral for me to be seen by your gynecologist as well as triggering more of a priority for me to be seen by psychiatry within the hospital. It still took weeks for me to be seen by psychiatry in the hospital. And this is at me telling someone I am not OK.
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