Read on Twitter
Thinking this morning about how deeply weird it is that #adoptees have no access to family medical history, and how often we are reminded of this fact.
Every appointment with a new provider, the questionnaire they ask us to fill out, so many questions about family history.
Every appointment with a new provider, the questionnaire they ask us to fill out, so many questions about family history.
Having to "update our information" every few years with existing providers, having to answer the same questions in the same ways for sometimes decades.
Don't know.
No info.
Adopted.
Don't know.
No info.
Adopted.
Having so many medical providers react in the same way: a look of surprise; an awkward silence; an attempt to quickly move on from the topic.
I am 54 years old. I have never once been asked by any medical provider how being adopted has impacted me either mentally, emotionally or physically.
I have never once been asked by any medical provider if I want to have some tests run to find out whether or not I am a carrier of any genetic diseases or anomalies.
