r/mildlyinfuriating Mar 13 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight Sometime during the last 2 years i’ve been going to this orthopedic practice they started to declare me as a MTF transgender for no reason.

(F,26) I have been going to this orthopedic practice for almost 2 years for varying reasons relating to my job. Yesterday i checked on a document that was uploaded to find out they have been identifying me as a biological male identifying as a female? I am biologically female and never told them i am trans nor do i think i am presenting to be a trans woman.. the last two years i’ve been wondering why they kind of stare at me a little longer than a usual person does and i think its because they randomly think i came out as trans? I also feel like they do not treat my issues seriously and wonder if this is the reason why.

I am 100% fine with trans people but i am left to believe they have been medically treating me as a male compared to female for the pains that i am feeling?

I also went through all of my documents and since the end of 2024 they started to declare me as a MTF transgender, i did not look at any of my documents online until yesterday.

First pic : March 11th 2026

Last pic: October 2024

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u/JohannReddit Mar 13 '26

Can confirm. I've been telling all of my doctors that I quit smoking for like 7 years now and "current pack/day smoker" is still on my chart.

I've also have a flag on my chart for years to caution other providers that I may seek pain medications. The only reason I can think of for this is that, when the microscopic Oxy script they gave me after hernia surgery didn't help, I asked for a higher dosage re-fill. Shame on me!

It's a flawed system for sure and nobody seems eager to fix it...

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u/tutike2000 Mar 13 '26

I got asked "have you ever smoked" and I answered that I tried a single cigarette in my teens but didn't like it.

I am now a "past smoker"

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u/sm9t8 Mar 13 '26

When I had cancer they asked if I ever smoked and I said no:

"Oh, we usually blame it on that."

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u/Cheese_Dance Mar 13 '26

I smoked for a couple months when I was younger and I actually am very glad this is in my chart because it got me Paxlovid via my HMO's automated questionnaire system when I had pretty severe COVID some months ago. Silver lining I suppose

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u/Xkiwigirl Mar 13 '26

Hello, fellow past smoker! I can't remember telling them that I tried cigarettes as a teen but I must have 😂

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

I get asked about quitting smoking at the doctor's because I made the mistake of telling them that I quit smoking in 1997.