I love these studies that just confirm what women have been saying for years. Can’t just trust adults with their own health! Nope, need to have it proven before willing to do anything about it
> “In particular the comment ‘Just have a glass of wine’ was a particularly pervasive piece of advice that pain patients reported was very distressing,” said Dr. Chailee Moss, highlighting the emotional impact of such dismissive remarks.
I mean, come on, how can someone say that to a woman in pain? It’s like they don’t even take it really. But at least this study is forcing the issue, and that’s got to be a good thing in the long run.
How can a healthcare system that claims to prioritize patient well-being continue to gaslight women about their pain… when over 40% are told to just relax more and 39.4% are made to feel crazy by their providers? It’s like they’re being told to ignore their own bodies and pretend everything’s fine.
For years, I dealt with terrible pain downstairs, skin tearing, and not having any stretch to it. It made intimacy excruciating. I begged my then-obgyn to please figure out what it was. She said it was probably just a “stubborn yeast infection” and had me take Diflucan for 2 months. When that didn’t fix the issue, she threw her hands up in the air and said, “Well, some women’s bodies are just like that.” She told me to just get used to it.
I went to get a second opinion, and the new doctor was STUNNED that my severe case of lichen sclerosus hadn’t been treated. Now I go in twice a year to get it checked to make sure it doesn’t turn into cancer.
I switched ALL my medical providers to women. This does not guarantee a resolution to these issues, but I have found that my care is much better and they take me more seriously.
Pain for 17 years and was told “it’s normal” “it’s all in your head”. 5 minute ultrasound confirmed pcos. Not that there is any actual treatment for it, cause you know “women’s problems” don’t really matter.
Take women seriously. It’s literally your job to help people.
This study was done at a single clinic, so I’d be very careful making any conclusions based on it. Also, the majority of patient interactions at this clinic with doctors or nurses were positive.
I’ve known this for decades and I’m a guy. It has always sounded like this was part of doctors’ education and training, which is why female doctors often fail their patients, too, even if at a lower rate IIRC than male doctors.
In all this time, has anyone worked on a solution?
My sister’s pain in that area was waved off for years. It took finding the right doctor who ordered the right tests to finally figure out what the cause was. Pissed me off, like we know our damn bodies. If we say something isn’t normal, freaking listen to us.
Well I was running around for 2 years with a Pelvic Inflamarory disease, but bloodwork too showed clear signs of an inflection but of course I was making my pain up.
I told my doctor that my physical therapist told me my hips were uneven after birth and she told me my pain was caused by Adderall and to taper off right after. It was like she didn’t even hear me.
Sadly, doctors just straight-up don’t believe women. At one point when they thought I should be in pain (I wasn’t), they literally had a round of like four doctors and nurses trying to convince me to confess how much pain I was in (still wasn’t) and threatening to withhold the pain medication (for the pain I wasn’t in). Would be funny if it wasn’t messed up.
As an OR nurse I’ve encountered surgeons that I’m pretty sure just tack on the diagnosis of endometriosis. I just thought it was a way to add an expensive procedure that they didn’t need.
I got into a car accident the day after I got my mirena inserted. The next day I went to medical to do a followup. The doc was super nice to me and told me to come back if there were any other problems. The next day I started having extreme pain on the lower right side of my abs, about where my ovary would be. I worried that maybe the seatbelt had pushed the mirena out of place somehow and it was stabbing me. I went back and he absolutely lost his shit, chastising and yelling at me about how I was attention seeking and didn’t tell him about this pain yesterday so I was just looking for extra time off or drugs or whatever. Flabbergasted, tbh.
Years later I found out it was cysts, after years of having it become a recurring issue to the point I just ignored it when it happened, much like my angina after a separate doc got angry at me for going to an actual hospital when she was doing sick call at a different command and had dismissively told me “if it’s that bad go to a hospital” when I had tried to tell her about it when I saw her in passing to ask about sick call hours.
Was told it was growing/period pains. Now I have nerve damage, and loss of feeling in my right leg that I’ll never regain. All could havd been corrected by pelvic PT before the damage was permanent. Instead I was told to take ibuprofen and use a heating pad.
I had issues with my reproductive system for a few years. My obgyn wanted to do a hysteroscopy and biopsy before doing a hysterectomy. I had to cancel it since my employer cancelled my insurance. Despite spending a weekend in the hospital needing blood transfusions, my “problems” weren’t an issue and I only needed a couple of weeks off for recovery if I got the surgery.
It took nearly an additional six months to find out what was wrong – endometrial cancer, stage 3 or 4 at diagnosis. I was written off as drug seeking and told that uteruses normally bleed until transfusions are needed.
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Female doctors also. I’ve had to go to Mexico (from the us) for actual help
I love these studies that just confirm what women have been saying for years. Can’t just trust adults with their own health! Nope, need to have it proven before willing to do anything about it
> “In particular the comment ‘Just have a glass of wine’ was a particularly pervasive piece of advice that pain patients reported was very distressing,” said Dr. Chailee Moss, highlighting the emotional impact of such dismissive remarks.
I mean, come on, how can someone say that to a woman in pain? It’s like they don’t even take it really. But at least this study is forcing the issue, and that’s got to be a good thing in the long run.
How can a healthcare system that claims to prioritize patient well-being continue to gaslight women about their pain… when over 40% are told to just relax more and 39.4% are made to feel crazy by their providers? It’s like they’re being told to ignore their own bodies and pretend everything’s fine.
For years, I dealt with terrible pain downstairs, skin tearing, and not having any stretch to it. It made intimacy excruciating. I begged my then-obgyn to please figure out what it was. She said it was probably just a “stubborn yeast infection” and had me take Diflucan for 2 months. When that didn’t fix the issue, she threw her hands up in the air and said, “Well, some women’s bodies are just like that.” She told me to just get used to it.
I went to get a second opinion, and the new doctor was STUNNED that my severe case of lichen sclerosus hadn’t been treated. Now I go in twice a year to get it checked to make sure it doesn’t turn into cancer.
In other words, water is wet
SURPRISE FUCKIN SURPRISE
I switched ALL my medical providers to women. This does not guarantee a resolution to these issues, but I have found that my care is much better and they take me more seriously.
Pain for 17 years and was told “it’s normal” “it’s all in your head”. 5 minute ultrasound confirmed pcos. Not that there is any actual treatment for it, cause you know “women’s problems” don’t really matter.
Take women seriously. It’s literally your job to help people.
This study was done at a single clinic, so I’d be very careful making any conclusions based on it. Also, the majority of patient interactions at this clinic with doctors or nurses were positive.
I’ve known this for decades and I’m a guy. It has always sounded like this was part of doctors’ education and training, which is why female doctors often fail their patients, too, even if at a lower rate IIRC than male doctors.
In all this time, has anyone worked on a solution?
Yeah, cuz we needed a study to tell us this shit.
insert YOU DON’T SAY meme here
And grass is green.
My sister’s pain in that area was waved off for years. It took finding the right doctor who ordered the right tests to finally figure out what the cause was. Pissed me off, like we know our damn bodies. If we say something isn’t normal, freaking listen to us.
Was this study run by Dr. Obvious?
Well I was running around for 2 years with a Pelvic Inflamarory disease, but bloodwork too showed clear signs of an inflection but of course I was making my pain up.
I told my doctor that my physical therapist told me my hips were uneven after birth and she told me my pain was caused by Adderall and to taper off right after. It was like she didn’t even hear me.
“studies find”
Yep! I’ve had a pelvic floor issue since I was born. Doctors didn’t think I needed to anything and to this day I struggle.
It took me ten years to get diagnosed with PCOS because of this garbage.
In other news, water is wet.
Sadly, doctors just straight-up don’t believe women. At one point when they thought I should be in pain (I wasn’t), they literally had a round of like four doctors and nurses trying to convince me to confess how much pain I was in (still wasn’t) and threatening to withhold the pain medication (for the pain I wasn’t in). Would be funny if it wasn’t messed up.
As an OR nurse I’ve encountered surgeons that I’m pretty sure just tack on the diagnosis of endometriosis. I just thought it was a way to add an expensive procedure that they didn’t need.
This is brand new information! /s
Military docs are so good about this.
I got into a car accident the day after I got my mirena inserted. The next day I went to medical to do a followup. The doc was super nice to me and told me to come back if there were any other problems. The next day I started having extreme pain on the lower right side of my abs, about where my ovary would be. I worried that maybe the seatbelt had pushed the mirena out of place somehow and it was stabbing me. I went back and he absolutely lost his shit, chastising and yelling at me about how I was attention seeking and didn’t tell him about this pain yesterday so I was just looking for extra time off or drugs or whatever. Flabbergasted, tbh.
Years later I found out it was cysts, after years of having it become a recurring issue to the point I just ignored it when it happened, much like my angina after a separate doc got angry at me for going to an actual hospital when she was doing sick call at a different command and had dismissively told me “if it’s that bad go to a hospital” when I had tried to tell her about it when I saw her in passing to ask about sick call hours.
Was told it was growing/period pains. Now I have nerve damage, and loss of feeling in my right leg that I’ll never regain. All could havd been corrected by pelvic PT before the damage was permanent. Instead I was told to take ibuprofen and use a heating pad.
I had issues with my reproductive system for a few years. My obgyn wanted to do a hysteroscopy and biopsy before doing a hysterectomy. I had to cancel it since my employer cancelled my insurance. Despite spending a weekend in the hospital needing blood transfusions, my “problems” weren’t an issue and I only needed a couple of weeks off for recovery if I got the surgery.
It took nearly an additional six months to find out what was wrong – endometrial cancer, stage 3 or 4 at diagnosis. I was written off as drug seeking and told that uteruses normally bleed until transfusions are needed.
Is this news? Ho hum