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**Title:** Humiliating Experiences at the Gynecologist
**Summary:**
The author shares their embarrassing and traumatic experiences with gynecologists across multiple countries (Brazil, Mexico, and Belgium). They express discomfort with the examination process, hospital gowns, and language barriers. Despite initial traumatic experiences, they eventually found a more understanding doctor. The author concludes by emphasizing the importance of:
1. Being open with doctors despite feelings of embarrassment
2. Doctors' roles in making patients comfortable during exams
3. Patient confidentiality and the significance of honest communication in medical settings
**Tone:** Personal, reflective, and conversational, with a touch of humor, aiming to raise awareness and comfort levels for others in similar situations.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, keeping each fact as a short sentence and excluding opinions:
1. The speaker had a negative experience with a hospital gown.
2. The speaker considers themselves an "easy patient".
3. The speaker's first gynecologist appointment was traumatic.
4. The speaker didn't return to that gynecologist.
5. The speaker waited two months to see another gynecologist.
6. The second gynecologist was chosen based on a recommendation.
7. The speaker doesn't have a driver's license.
8. The speaker had to use public transportation (subway) to travel.
9. The speaker arrived in Mexico (possibly a misunderstanding, as the context later mentions Belgium).
10. Later, the speaker actually arrived in Belgium, where people spoke French.
11. The speaker didn't speak or understand French at the time.
12. The speaker brought their boyfriend to a medical appointment for translation help.
13. The speaker had to wait for a doctor who was volunteering in prisons during a strike.
14. The doctor was described as a medical volunteer in prisons.
15. There was a strike in the prisons at the time.
16. The speaker lost a day due to the unkept appointment.
17. The speaker had to adapt to speaking French during medical exams.
18. Medical ethics include patient confidentiality, protecting what patients tell their doctors.