AIBU to think you should get dressed for a medical appointment

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Following on from the PJs on a plane post earlier today, curious to hear the consensus on this.

I had the misfortune of winding up in A&E on New Year's Day and was amazed by the number of people in grubby nightwear, dressing gowns, and slippers in the waiting room. There was an enormous amount of groaning, coughing, sniffing and sneezing going on by most of the wearers, so I guess there was a lot of the winter lurgy going on.

And last week, whilst at my GP practice (small village surgery where nobody would live more than a few minutes away), there was a woman in the waiting room wearing a dressing gown and Ugg boots, accessorised with a washing-up bowl on her knee. She did have some make-up on though, so a point was added for effort.

It's just yeuch, isn't it? If you're well enough to drag yourself to a doctor or hospital, you're well enough to at least throw some clothes on.

And I know it's none of my business and it doesn't matter one jot to me really, but I don't have to like it!

Most times Ive been to the hospital in the last two years has been for pregnancy loss, monitoring for ectopics, post loss check ups, active miscarrying etc etc etc.

I hate going to the hospital. I turn up to every emergency and routine appointment barely functioning, usually in pjs, sliders etc.

Sometimes this is for a blood test only. So you would see me in the main areas (not a&e) for what seems to be a routine appointment. But I'm there to moniter a pregnancy loss. So even being there is extremely hard. Never mind planning an outfit.

Mind your own business.

For me, I went in what can only be described as an adult sized babygrow. I was camping at the time and on my way back from the showers when my child had a nasty accident. If I'd decided against the babygrow and just wore a towel back instead (which I was considering), I'd have gone in just that towel. I only cared about my child with a head wound and possible neck issues, not getting dressed up. One ambulances in, we were left in the waiting room with everyone else.

Theres no special treatment for those bought in the van you know.

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Just about a year ago I suffered a ruptured aneurysm that caused a brain haemorrhage. I was conscious but utterly confused.
Dp and Dd told me they were taking me to hospital so said I should get dressed. Apparently I took my pyjamas off then put them straight back on again. It was not the time to spend faffing around to get me dressed, so they took me to A&E in my pyjamas.
Apparently we sat in the waiting room for over 5 hours until I was finally diagnosed. I would never usually leave the house in pyjamas but circumstances meant I was in A&E in my night wear. I remember nothing from that day, thankfully.
So don’t be so quick to judge, you don’t know their full story.

You had me laughing out loud. Yes, things have changed so much, people are so much more laid back and relaxed. Growing up, my mom would always instruct me to wear my best undergarments when leaving the house. In case something happens, you do not want to be embarrassed in front of the doctors, she would say. 😂

isually I’d be dressed, but the day that I was puking up blood a week after a gallbladder removal, my mum basically shouted at me to get straight to hospital pjs and all as apparently it could be serious.

"If you're well enough to drag yourself to hospital" 🤣🤣🤣

Meh really can't be bothered what others wear. After all it's only names that people call the outfits - you see pj's I see top and bottoms.

Errrr

you cannot be serious

nope nope nope

people are sick. They’re not going to dress up and focus on that whilst they’re sick.

humans are humans. They’re allowed to not be judged when they’re sick….they might be dying. They might of just lost their mother and here you are judging them for what they’re wearing

way to support your fellow humans. Well done OP!

this is a post I will definitely remember

Plus standard tighter clothes when you are struggling to breathe / have abdominal pain etc.. could just add to your suffering 😔💐 buttons and zips just impossible

Solidarity @EarlofShrewsbury its so bloody dehabilliating

If it doesn’t Matter then why earth did you spend 10 minutes writing in this post and why if you don’t care?

People who don’t care, don’t go on about what they don’t care about

If you're not well enough to get dressed that says a lot. Years ago drs did home visits so im not judging someone getting themself medical attention when they're sick

People get sick

theyre not infallible. I mean your at the place sick people go…

so maybe accept you’re going to see sick people???

gasp!!!

I have the same condition. Adrenal crisis is life threatening…

I wasn’t even conscious when I got taken and I have no idea what I was wearing so we are forgiven.

we’re dying in crisis. Plain and simple.

This post has me totally astounded. 100% agree for regular medical appointments you should dress neatly, even if you’re feeling under the weather. But for the A&E?! You must have never been in a true emergency. I have been in pajamas (no underwear!)and run through the streets pushing my child in their buggy because it would be faster than calling an ambulance. Another time my husband called an ambulance for me and I was in underwear and a T-shirt. He didn’t bother to dress me. When it is a lifesaving situation, the priority is saving the life!

I think tone up a bit too and hit the gym in preparation. No one likes to see a flabby arm when taking BP.

Why would you expect people to be dressed and put together if they are unwell enough to need emergency care?
I would expect people to get dressed for routine out patients appts though (unless you are also physically or mentally unwell, then I can understand pjs).

No excuses for people wandering round the High st or Tesco's in their jammies and slippers though!

What a nasty post about the washing g up bowl, I would imagine that would be in case she vomited, what's wrong with that? 😳

Wait that would of been me refused a home visit
in pjs dressing gown with a bowl cos I was being sick and my boots on
foundation on not prefect I might add cos I looked puce

got seen doc not impressed with his receptionist I can tell you and it was a nasty IBS flare up

also 14 hours in A&E 2 years ago in full bed time gear cos I was in bloody pain and again puking everywhere that time it was gallstones

Before I dialled 999 last week aft

Yes I mean in a similar vein (hehe), I get my eyebrows and lashes tinted for my opticians appointments.

I’ve been to AnE in my PJs and dressing gown, the same day I had been discharged after a major op. Unfortunately I had a haematoma and my wound was opening up, so no, outdoor clothes wouldn’t have been appropriate. (Ended up staying another 5 weeks on TPN).

Also been wheeled in PJs and dressing gown by DH, throwing up shit from a bowel blockage resulting in a stoma and a 4 week stay. Again, no jeans and t shirt that day either!

(My stripey dressing gown is well-travelled outside 🤣)

Yes and if you've had some sort of bloody accident you should take time to have a good wash and change into clean clothes before going to get stitched up.

I don't believe that anyone sick enough to need a&e should be expected to look even remotely neat, tidy, fashionable or chic.

If someone is well enough to be that concerned about their appearance I daresay the ailment they are suffering from is far from an emergency.

Of course some people fall ill while well dressed, many fall ill while at home in bed, many looked perfectly reasonable when they arrived but don't now because they've been sitting in a metal chair in pain for 9 hours.

I hope you don't ever see people in resus when half their face has been violently mangled in an RTC to the point it's just a bloody mass, as you might question their apparent lack of mascara and evenly applied foundation?!