Imagine being 18 and having a major health scare in your life.

If your dad took you to all of your doctor’s appointments and was paying for everything with his insurance, would you want him there when you found out the test results, or would you want him to give you space to hear the results privately?

In this story, one young woman is in this exact situation, and she wishes her dad would back off!

Let’s read the whole story.

AITA for not wanting my dad to listen to my doctor calls?

I (18f) have recently been going through a lot of issues with my chest’s health.

I recently had a procedure done to help rule out if I have cancer, this was done exactly a week ago and I still haven’t gotten my results back.

I figured no news is good news , and haven’t tried to follow up or call them back.

Now the problem is my dad.

Her dad wants to be more involved than she wants him to be.

For preface I love my dad and he does everything for me, he’s taken me to all my appointments and has been there for me throughout this whole scare.

However he keeps pushing me to give permission to my doctors to call him and give him updates/results, and I don’t want to do this.

It came to a boiling point today when he called me and told me to call my doctor in front of him on speaker so he can hear my results.

She refused.

I told him i’m not doing that , and he got very upset.

I feel bad because I know it’s his insurance and he’s been the one taking me to my appointments.

I just don’t understand why i’m not entitled to knowing what’s going on with my health privately. I wouldn’t keep my results from him I would tell him , which is why I think him having to listen in is overstepping my boundaries.

But maybe i’m being selfish because i know he’s been very stressed out with it to?

I’m sure he’s worried about her and wants to know the full situation directly from the doctors as soon as possible. I understand her perspective of wanting to hear her results privately though.

Let’s see what Reddit suggests.

She has every right to keep her medical information private.

This person urges her to call and find out her results.

Another person is on her side.

But she needs to realize where her dad is coming from.

He needs to let her decide what she wants to share.

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