i'm almost never in public anymore since 99% of people stopped masking and doing even basic risk mitigation but I did recently snag a selfie in a doctor's office bathroom because i liked my hair that day lol
also the doctor actually masked with a KN95 without needing to being asked to so bonus!
Oh wow, you treasure that doctor, lmao. You'd think of all places the germ factories where sick people explicitly go would use masks still, or at least not be weird about it now, and yet....
i'm either lucky or unfortunate that i lost a lot of trust in General Practitioners 10+ years ago due to repeated misdiagnoses and their "I know better than my patients always" attitude most of them have. it makes me really appreciate and stick to the few doctors who take patient advocacy seriously
I used to be ambivalent about them until the same doctor listened to my dad and caught cancer early, turned around and caught a somewhat rare disorder my mother had, then turned around and listened to my grandma and correctly diagnosed her broken spine vs the other doc who said impacted bowels.
Yes, absolutely-not US, but in both UK/EU I remember the doctors/dentists/nurses that were openly empathic and actually listened on one hand, and would try to only ever visit them afterwards. How is it so rare in a professional all about caring for others, to find someone that actually still does 😐
Sadly for the nosy people, I have no issue loudly stating that I had cancer, and they usually didn't know what to do with that. But yeah, no one should have to explain why they are masking. It's no one's business.
Sorry to hear you had that struggle and awesome that you set your boundaries firm and clear.
I get very panicked when people inquire because I always feel like I’m on trial somehow
It does feel like that. Or that there's a "wrong" answer we might give that will cause people to act even worse. It's hard, and I am sorry you have to deal with that. I'm sorry anyone does. It shouldn't even matter.
