Would you have pretended to be DD in doctor phone consultation

[Cinderelala]

My DD is 26, she has been having some health problems and recently had a load of blood tests.
She's had some results back yesterday and a telephone consultation appointment was made for her for today to discuss one of the results (think like a vitamin/mineral result).

However she's flying to Canada for work for two weeks today so can't take the phone consultation, and won't be able to make an appointment until she returns.

She's been very anxious about the results and asked me to pretend to be her for the phone consultation.

I said I didn't feel comfortable pretending to be her, but if she asked if I could take the phone consultation in her place I would do that.
She was annoyed at me and blames me for not helping her.

So AIBU - YABU you should have pretended to be her, she's feeling anxious and wanted to get more information before her trip

YANBU no you should have to if you don't want to and risk getting in trouble with the surgery

What about if when they phone you, you ring your DD and put her on loudspeaker on a different device? Not sure if that would work But I’ve done it once.

She can just ring them to consent to have the results discussed with you?
I worked in a drs surgery and it happened quite often. Not sure why she’s angry!

Absolutely not! Tell her to contact the surgery and ask them to email the explanation to her.

Absolutely not.

Please don’t ever do this.

You’re not being unreasonable - inevitably the Doctor would ask a question about her health that you wouldn’t know the answer to and they could close off treatment or prescribe something entirely wrong. If she can’t make that consultation, she needs to rebook it for when she can. Also gently, if there was a serious problem, they would insist on speaking to her.

get her to email the surgery giving consent to speak to you - assuming they can cross-reference her email address with her records.

My eldest is ASC (different scenario) and she wrote a letter to her GP surgery to say she authorised me to deal with all her medical issues on her behalf. That’s an easier way.

Absolutely not, no.

26 year olds really need to be sorting all this themselves.

DD had to provide a letter for this

I probably would have done, it sounds like it’s for something fairly minor so I can’t really see the harm.

It would be easier for her to formally notify the surgery you are allowed to be informed on her behalf though.

My mums done this for a me a few times in the past when i couldnt take a call at work or was on holiday. ive taken calls pretending to be her too when she's needed me to - no drama!

I told her to do this but she didn't, I think she thought they wouldn't or just didn't bother.

She's angry because I didn't do what she wanted!!

As she requested it then yes I probably would have. I pretend to be my mother all the time in the phone to get things sorted quickly. I would never do it without them knowing / being there though.

Thank you, this was what I was thinking.
What if it was a doctor who knew me, or asked me something I didn't know.

Also, the particular blood test result is minor and can be fixed easily.

She is worried about a bigger health concern but I told her they wouldn't give that sort of diagnosis over the phone.

She's being unreasonable for being angry 😄

I wouldn't now that I'm an adult but in my younger days, probably

She doesn't understand what adulthood means in terms of being reputable and trustworthy. Yanbu