The Feral Truth About Talking to Doctors Like You Know What You’re Doing

The Feral Truth:

You nod like you understand.

“Oh yeah, that makes sense.”“Mhm.”“Right.”

Inside?

No idea what just happened.

They’re throwing around words you’ve never heard before and you’re just sitting there like:

Cool cool cool… I will absolutely be Googling that in the parking lot.

You try to keep up. You really do.

But at some point your brain just goes:

Nope. We’re done here.

So now you’re:

smiling

nodding

hoping they don’t ask a follow-up question

And then the second you leave?

You immediately forget everything they said.

All of it.

Gone.

So now you’re texting yourself:“Ask about that thing… the… you know… the THING.”

And hoping future you figures it out.

That’s the Feral Truth.

Yours in chaos,

~Kari, The Feral Caregiver