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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
Shit, Ortho. I didn't realize you had a female surgeon, I would have warned you off that choice. There is an inherent conflict of interest there. Male surgeons will want to do the best job on you, for all the right and wrong reasons. Women are in an eternal state of competition.
Painted with my cynical broad* brush
*see what I did there?
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Hahaha foot3 ... laughing but you're so right, unfortunately.
I learned some time ago not to go to a female hairdresser. Somehow I thought women would have each others' backs when it came to breast cancer surgery. Silly me.
Women, for the most part, seem to enjoy engaging in perpetual competition. I know my surgeon was pissed at me for questioning her and for asking about alternative procedures. I didn't have anything firmly in mind, just wanted to know about all the options and her opinions of them, but she took offense and just got up and walked out of the room. It was one of those really bad moments ... and then a meek older woman came in a moment later and offered me a handmade small pillow to cushion my chest/surgical area post-mast, and a card with her phone number. She was a volunteer with the ACS.
I'd been completely professional and all about the research until the moment the surgeon got up and walked out. When the volunteer came in and offered me the pillow she'd made, I burst into tears.