A nurse’s questions to a patient at her hysterectomy pre-operative appointment have sparked fury across the internet.
The patient and original poster (OP), Reddit user Goddess_Skadi, recounted the incident on r/AITAH, explaining that she suffers from debilitating pain and excessive bleeding and so had elected to undergo a hysterectomy.
At her pre-operative appointment, however, she was stunned when the nurse questioned her choice to undergo the procedure—despite her having decided after year-long discussions with her doctor.
Stock image of a woman in a hospital bed. A nurse’s questions to a patient at her hysterectomy pre-operative appointment have sparked fury across the internet. Stock image of a woman in a hospital bed. A nurse’s questions to a patient at her hysterectomy pre-operative appointment have sparked fury across the internet. Ekaterina Toropova/iStock / Getty Images Plus
The OP recalled,