CMN 324 A2

Choose your character. [[Ibydien]] [[Agreissa]] [[Hytha]]

You have chosen to undergo a rhinoplasty. It’s 2019 and #empowerment is in and feeling uncomfortable in your own body is out. You’re on your way to your first consultation with your surgeon - how do you get there? [[Walk]] [[Submarine]] [[Horseback]] [[Bus]]

You get to Dr. Harm’s office check in with the receptionist. She asks you what procedure you’re to have a consult for. What is your answer? [[Definitely 100% only rhinoplasty surgery]] [[Hmm.. I forget. What was I here for again?]]

[[Check in with the receptionist]]

You silly goose! You’re here to - only - get a rhinoplasty consultation! [[Check in with the receptionist]]

The receptionist leads you down a long corridor that is a strange hue of purple. The wall resembles cold, bumpy scales similar to ones on a crocodile. You enter Dr. Harm’s room and are seated on a sterile white bench. Dr. Harm enters the room. He has green fingernails and purple skin that looks like the wall of the hallway. He asks you to turn your head so he can look at your side profile. When you do, he starts aggressively writing in his notebook. [[Ask him what’s going on - but don’t let him mansplain!]] [[Sit and wait]]

Dr. Harm taps his weird green fingernails on the table. With a sigh, he finally explains the notes he was so frantically writing. He says “The chin implant will be $3,000 and since you’re getting two procedures, the rhinoplasty will be $5,000.” [[Assertively tell Dr. Harm that you did not ask for a quote for a chin implant]] [[Ask why a chin implant was included in your quote]] [[Decline the quote and leave]]

Dr. Harm explains, “Look if you’re getting a procedure done to fix your profile anyway, might as well finish the job. I’m doing you a favour - it discounts the rhinoplasty. What’s the big deal?” [[Go home and cry]] [[Stride away angrily]] [[Ninja kick the white bench and run away]]

Stand your ground girl! You just came all the way across town and through the crocodile tunnel for this appointment. Find out his reasoning. [[Ask why a chin implant was included in your quote]]

You get home and you’re feeling shocked and embarrassed about what just happened at Dr. Harm’s office. Who is he to decide on your behalf that something on your face needs to change? You open up your laptop and search up Dr. Harm. After sifting through some glowing reviews, you find a thread called “”They Don’t Call Him Dr. Harm for Nothing: Medical Exploitation Stories.” You click on the post and start reading through stories about fierce and fabulous women who have had a similar experience at Dr. Harm’s office. One individual named Nyodaria shared a similar story of being pushed into an additional procedure that she now regrets. [[Message Nyodaria]] [[Post your own story]]

Dr. Harm explains, “Look if you’re getting a procedure done to fix your profile anyway, might as well finish the job. I’m doing you a favour. What’s the big deal?” [[Go home and cry]] [[Stride away angrily]] [[Ninja kick the white bench and run away]]

You instantly receive a reply from Nyodaria. She thanks you for the message and invites you to a Medical Exploitation support group: “Big Nosed Girls Against the Purple Skinned Doctor”. [[You accept the invitation]] [[You politely decline]]

At the support group, you instantly recognize Nyodaria. She comes up to you, gives you a long hug and tells you how brave you are. You see the Big Nosed Girls Against the Purple-Skinned Doctor sitting in a circle and you join them. Everyone shares their own experience with medical exploitation. You’re moved by each personal story and inspired by the courage of the women telling them. After the support group session, Nyodaria tells you about the surgeon that helped her feel comfortable in her own body again after her negative experiences. She explains that this would be a safe environment to complete the procedure that you initially wanted. What do you do? [[Book an appointment]] [[Don’t book it]]

No matter what, it’s YOUR choice and YOUR body - #empowerment. Feeling comfortable in your own shoes is the most important thing. Never let anyone push you into something that you do not consent to.

You decide to try a new grocery store out and on the way you see a flyer for the “Big Nosed Girls Against the Purple Skinned Doctor” medical exploitation support group. The meeting is happening tonight. You remember Nydoria's invitation and decide to attend. [[You accept the invitation]]

You are so distraught from your experience at Dr Harm’s office that you haven’t left your house in a week. The only food you have left is a case of green jello. [[Sit and binge on the canned green jello]] [[Go grocery shopping]]

A week has passed. The green jello has run out. [[Go grocery shopping]]