Dorothy: Β You probably donβt remember me, but you told me I wasnβt sick. Β Do you remember? Β You told me I was just getting old.
Dr. Budd: Β Iβm sorry, I really donβtβ
Dorothy: Β Remember. Β Maybe youβre getting old. Β Thatβs a little joke. Β Well, I tell you, Dr. Budd, I really am sick. Β I have chronic fatigue syndrome. Β That is a real illness. Β You can check with the Center for Disease Control.
Dr. Budd: Β Huh. Β Well, Iβm sorry about that.
Dorothy: Β Well, Iβm glad! Β At least I know I have something.
Dr. Budd: Β Iβm sure. Β Well, nice seeing you.
Dorothy: Β Not so fast. Β There are some things I have to say. Β There are a lot of things that I have to say. Β Words canβt express what I have to say. Β [tearing up] Β What I went through, what you put me throughβI canβt do this in a restaurant.
Dr. Buddβs date: Β Louis, who is this person?
Dr. Budd: Β Look, Missβ
Dorothy: Β Sit. Β I sat for you long enough. Β Dr. Budd, I came to you sickβsick and scaredβand you dismissed me. Β You didnβt have the answer, and instead of sayingΒ βIβm sorry, I donβt know whatβs wrong with you,β you made me feel crazy, like I had made it all up. Β You dismissed me! Β You made me feel like a child, a fool, a neurotic who was wasting your precious time. Β Is that your caring profession? Β Is that healing? Β No one deserves that kind of treatment, Dr. Budd, no one. Β I suspect had I been a man, I might have been taken a bit more seriously, and not told to go to a hairdresser.
Dr. Budd: Β Look, I am not going to sit here anymoreβ
Dr. Buddβs date: Β Shut up, Louis.
Dorothy: Β I donβt know where you doctors lose your humanity, but you lose it. Β You know, if all of you, at the beginning of your careers, could get very sick and very scared for a while, youβd probably learn more from that than anything else. Β Youβd better start listening to your patients. Β They need to be heard. Β They need caring. Β They need compassion. Β They need attending to. Β You know, someday, Dr. Budd, youβre gonna be on the other side of the table, and as angry as I am, and as angry as I always will be, I still wish you a better doctor than you were to me.
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