The Appointment Where I Asked, “Is This Necessary?”
There’s a subtle power dynamic in medical appointments. The clinician speaks with certainty. You sit in the chair. But I asked anyway.
Consent mattered that day
You told me what you were going to do, and that I could ask you to stop at any time.
For the first time in a medical setting, my body stopped bracing — not because the procedure changed, but because the care did.