I used to not even be able to pick up the phone to answer but holy fuck I just called the hospital and filed a complaint and said absolutely everything right. 

My mother has some kind of serious infection, she’s got extreme abdominal pain, vomiting, migraines, fainting, etc. She went to the hospital yesterday and they took her blood and found increased white blood cells, but just gave her antibiotics and they don’t know what it is. 

This morning she went again because the pain was way too intense. A hospital doctor came in an hour late, said her urine sample had blood in it, and told her that SHES JUST ON HER FUCKING PERIOD. 

I was INFURIATED. Doctors are known to downplay women’s pain because they just don’t believe them. He didn’t even bother to look at her chart and see that she has an increased white blood cell count aka an infection. He came in there just hoping to dismiss her and go the fuck home. 

So I picked up the damn phone, called them, asked for the manager and just told her it all, in perfect order, without even looking at notes to help me speak!!!! I’ve honestly never done it before. There was zero hesitation at all and I don’t feel any anxiety after, I know I did the right thing and I didn’t mess up while speaking once!!!

I’m so proud of myself. I’m so happy I did that.