You might enjoy reading "A Door in the Sand" by Roger Zelazny. (A minor spoiler) there is a scene in which the main character causes similar confusion in docto

You might enjoy reading "A Door in the Sand" by Roger Zelazny. (A minor spoiler) there is a scene in which the main character causes similar confusion in doctors, but in his case the reversal was caused by a mishap with a piece of alien high technology.