chastised for sh scars

[apearl]

(psa: I know she didn't mean harm/was looking out for me. I appreciate her care but lemme rant)
I had to get my blood taken for some psychiatry stuff. I wore long sleeves but, u know, u have to roll them up to get your blood taken.

After the phlebotomist saw my scars she started a whole speech on how she hates to see people in pain and how I should never do that again, etc, etc. I told her they are old, but she kept pushing it.

Anyways, the whole thing made me feel awful. What am I suppose to do? The scars are years old. Is every medical professional who sees them also going to reprimand me for things in my distant past that I can't change? I personally am not ashamed of my scars, nor do I think they are ugly, but I'd really hate it if I have to go through this bs everytime :(

 

[CarbonBased]

I'm sorry to hear that. That must be really annoying. Do you only have scars on your wrists or also on your inner elbow? If it's just the wrists, you could probably get away with wearing some detachable/forearm sleeves when you're going to a doctor. I don't know for sure, but presumably they wouldn't insist you take them off unless they cover the area they want to examine/draw blood from. Also, imo they're quite stylish ^^

 

[apearl]

I'm sorry to hear that. That must be really annoying. Do you only have scars on your wrists or also on your inner elbow?

I got scars on my hand, wrist and elbow unfortunately, to be fair the elbow ones look more like an accident tho

If it's just the wrists, you could probably get away with wearing some detachable/forearm sleeves when you're going to a doctor.

Good idea, thank you for the help. My first thought when getting interrogated by the nurse was I should've wore a bunch of hair ties lol.

 

[westerly_merlin]

It is so shit when people (inc my therapist) say "you should stop doing that" as if it was something trivial that I was doing.

It shows a lack of empathy on the side of the healthcare professional.

 

[tonicer]

Get a tattoo near the scar saying "Hi, i am a SH scar from [insert year here]." or something like that. ;)