The Shocking Moments When Doctors Questioned Patients’ Birth Stories—And Left Them Bewildered.
Ever wondered what’s the weirdest thing a doctor could say during a check-up? Spoiler alert: it’s often so bizarre, hilarious, or downright awkward that you’re left questioning if they skipped bedside manners in medical school. From neurologists declaring brains “delicious” to consultants joking about handing back prostates, medical consultations sometimes take a detour into the unexpected. Prepare to dive into 66 moments where doctors confused, offended, and scared their patients in ways you wouldn’t believe—because let’s face it, when your doctor is unintentionally funny or shockingly blunt, it makes for stories worth sharing (and maybe a little awkward chuckling). Ready for some medical moments that are equal parts strange and unforgettable?
I had an appointment with a neurologist for MRI results. He brought the images up on the screen and announced, “COR! You’ve got a lovely looking brain! Delicious!”
When my dad was being treated for bowel cancer, the consultant told him he had the prostate of a 30 year old. Baffled, my dad replied, “Should I give it back?” I don’t know whether it was the stress or what, but I laughed so hard that I cried.
While trying to prescribe me for some medicine because my potassium was low. I asked, “Can’t I just eat more bananas?” He said “Well you’d have to eat two and a half feet of bananas a day.”
1. Doable
2. That is not how you measure bananas.
I live in Japan. After catching the flu and not eating anything for almost a week, the doctor told me that my cholesterol level was too low, and suggested I eat junk food to get it back up. I told him I was going back to the states in a few weeks, and he gave me a thumbs up and said “great!”.
I was getting an abdominal ultrasound and the technician suddenly got really quiet, leaned closer to the screen, and whispered, ‘You have a spectacularly photogenic spleen.’
I didn’t even know how to respond. Thank you? Do I put it on my resume?
A surgeon says to me, “Well, I make my living cutting people up, but I’m not recommending that you let me do it to you just so I can pay off my Porsche.”.
I was 13 and having really bad back pain. We went to an ortho and I had a back x-ray. The doctor looked at it and the first thing he said was, “You have the perfect birthing canal”. My mom and I were like 👀
I’m 27 now and have had 3 kids with no issues and the first OB checked me during early pregnancy and said I have the perfect shaped pelvis for a birth so guess he wasn’t wrong. Still very weird.
I had a nurse warn me that now that I’m transitioning, to be prepared for doctors to ignore me more often because statistically women tend to be misdiagnosed and ignored more frequently than men.
Which was weird to hear, and sad to learn.
“You have chlamydia…Oh, you’ve been married for 8 years and never had symptoms before? Yes, that is unusual.”
Doc just sitting there waiting for me to connect the dots.
“I shared a picture of your kidney at a conference recently!”
It’s every girl’s dream to have her kidney shared at an endourology conference!
I have a very rare anatomical structure called a calyceal diverticulum, which is a pouch in my kidney that forms kidney stones. The stones can get stuck *twice* and we managed to get a picture of how my first stone got stuck right in the opening of the pouch… because I visited the ER in extreme pain three times.
It was a real money shot, and my endourologist is going to use it to educate students. He definitely wants to help me, but he also can barely contain his glee at my case.
I had gallstones, but eating made me feel better instead of making me feel sick like it does for most people, so when the ER finally brought in a gastroenterologist to see me she didn’t think that was what was wrong with me and started examining me. Then she poked my gallbladder and was like “Wow, it *flinched*!” And yes, I could feel it flinching. And yes, it was every bit as gross as you can imagine.
Then the surgeon got the resident surgeon in, and had her start poking it too, for educational purposes I guess, and the resident started marveling over it too. They were taking turns poking my gallbladder and making it jump around until I was just like “Hey, you’re not in medical school anymore and I’m not a cadaver, stop doing that!!”
Gotta wonder how much fun they had catching the d**n thing when they took it out a few hours later . . .
I was a student’s first ever pap smear and after I was dressed he put his hand on my shoulder, looked me in the eyes, and said “thank you” with more sincerity than I’ve heard from anyone before or since.
I was 26 and went to an annual OB appointment. I asked about having my tubes tied as I didn’t intent to have children. He told me that as one of the “Good” ones (i.e. White), I needed to make sure there were enough of “us” in the world. For reference, this was in central Alabama. I asked him to explain what he meant. He said something to the effect of “You know. . “
I replied, “No, I don’t. What do you mean?”
He er-uhmed his way through the rest of the conversation. When I asked for a referral for the tubal ligation, he said to talk to the nurse and left the room. Never went back. 60 years old, do not have children.
My seven year old was stung on the face right above his lip by a bee. His face swelled up considerably- like Quasimodo. I took him to the urgent care and when the Dr walked in he looked at my son, shuddered and gave out a small involuntarily scream. Then he said “That’s why he’s here, right?”.
“Did you Google it?”
Had shoulder surgery that went well, but over a month later, the IV entry on my hand wasn’t healing. I responded “No, I was kinda hoping you had some ideas. “.
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