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Why oh why do doctors not take women's complaint of extremely painful periods and heavy bleeding. I switched from a male Dr to female Dr and with the first visit she acted to resolve my problems. I no longer recommend males for gyn problems.
Well they act like giving you a few pain pills for a few days is going to cause ww3. Midol usually works well but some months are not so kind. 99 percent of doctors in America are too afraid to give 2 pain pills a month… occasionally because of the DEA. So I know girls that uses the heat pad, weed, Midol, alcohol in their bellybutton, sex during their period because it relieves some pain, several different raspberries and strawberries teas…etc. Pain changes people.
Doctor's literally kill many thousands people every year by mistakes. While this can happen, because a doctor is still a human being, it should never have went in the direction that mistreatment is in any way acceptable. of course our capitalistic system that is focussed on money and not people doesn't help either.
Every good doctor knows this. Doctors are just people too. Some are not even just dismissive, some are just plain bad at their job, and don't know shit.
When I finally found an ER Doctors who believed my abdominal pain was real and not just indigestion, he was absolutely disgusted. 2 YEARS of accute appendicitis, he said I was lucky it hadn't burst. The surgeon told me they'd never seen a appendix so covered in scar tissue
"you need to see another one UNTIL SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING." knocked me on my ass, i feel like so many people dont know how hard it is for a lot of people to have doctors _believe_ them, having a doctor go "there should never be so much pain that you are injuring yourself to avoid it, you _need_ to see a doctor." Is so refreshing.
@@RubberBand-ityup it hilarious had a collapsed lung and they talking to me like I'm a liar taking their sweet ass time asking questions trynna make me slip up or smthn. Like your a child doctor do your job and get over your ego
When I first had an allergic reaction to pollen my skin broke out in hives and I scratched at it crying. My mom took me to the E.R unsure what was causing it. When I got there the hives were gone but there were red spots where I had scratched so much. The doc who saw me didn't believe at first until she saw the red spots from scratching so much. I was hurting myself over a pollen allergy. The doctor gave me allergy meds for it but before that she handed me a coloring book and some crayons to color as I waited for the results that proved I have a really bad pollen allergy. I can't go a day without allergy meds for it. I'm lucky that the first doc started to believe my mom and I when she took a look at me that day...
Bro my girl has the same shit happen to her. I saw the red on her stomach one time and I honestly thought she was gunna die. It’s either idk or take another ibuprofen, she also happens to be black so I’m gunna just assume that doesn’t help
At least in the US it’s seemingly impossible to find a doctor who doesn’t blow off a woman’s concerns. My late wife had LPHS (loin pain hematuria syndrome), a life destroyingly painful condition that presents like kidney stones without the stones. I’m sure you can imagine how it goes in a hospital with a condition that has no smoking gun and the only thing that helps is pain medication. It took years and many, many hospitalizations for a nephrologist to finally see her and give her the LPHS diagnosis within 5 minutes of talking to her and she had a kidney auto-transplant a couple weeks later. She developed heart failure in the hospital that ultimately took away my son’s mother and my best friend and I can’t help but dwell on if things would be different if instead of blowing her off and trying to prove she was a drug addict, if they actually tried to find the problem of she’d still be here. But hopefully this story can help someone. LPHS is extremely rare and happens almost entirely younger women, seemingly at random. Hers was triggered by a kidney stone surgery but sometimes it just happens with no prior medical history or issues. The main symptom is excruciating pain from one or both kidneys, presenting like a kidney stone but a CT scan shows no stones. It’s a diagnosis through exclusion of other conditions and the only thing known to have some effectiveness is a kidney auto-transplant and if that doesn’t work, removal of the kidney.
Yep and sucks when you have a condition that was believed to be rare that is actually very common like autism or hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome (i have both of those)
@@jsbzoh6The shitty thing about it is that since it's such a rare condition, a lot of people presenting with pain from no obvious cause probably are drug addicts just looking for a high. Assholes like that ruin it for everyone else.
if your doctor dismisses you, ask them to make a note on your file that they refused to look into your concern. their decision may change after hearing that.
Omg they did this writing in the file and guess what those mofokers wrote? They blamed my father for not cooperating with them 😂 its always the patients fault not theirs. I hated every single doctor from that day on
@@CG-wl3cqI had a doctor where I had to do this for pretty much everything. I recently found out that all of my records under his care, everything from appointment notes to letters I requested he write to blood tests, have mysteriously vanished. He was refusing me blood tests for a chronic hereditary condition it turned out I had, that I had symptoms and family history of, and that prevented me from work or study until it was diagnosed and treated. If I hadn’t made him print out my notes and blood tests I wouldn’t have been able to prove my timeline of illness, seeking treatment, and diagnosis, and I wouldn’t have been able to return to university.
he's british, we have a free but underfunded healthcare service so it's in his best interest to spread health information, rather than just wait for patients like this woman to walk in through his hospital's door
While I'm glad he said this, it's a double edged sword. It's humiliating, dehumanizing, and COSTLY to follow this advice. Is it so much to ask that ALL doctors simply listen to their patients' concerns?
My ex suffered from severe endometriosis and I couldn't believe how literally not a single doctor we went to (even OBGYN's) take that condition seriously. They just wrote her off as having low pain tolerance or exaggerating her period pains. We went to like 9 different doctors. She still suffers from it with no relief to this day. I hope something in the industry changes soon. I felt so bad for her.
@@SWNelson7 the hysterectomy doesn't always relieve the pain and she never talked to a doctor that recommended excision. I didn't find out about excision myself until recently
i have a friend with endometriosis and she barely got any help for any doctor, shes currently taking hormone dampening meds cuz thats apperently the only thing that helps but not really, shes still in pain everyday and i hate doctors for ignoring people like this.
Hey. Long time DI Endometriosis sufferer here. There is an enzyme called Serrapeptase that dissolves non living tissue (like endo). It saved my life, its not a cure, but it did lower pain significantly.
So true. I’ve seen over 12 doctors over the last 5 years. most wouldn’t listen, some listened but couldn’t help, and only ONE listened and could help. I’m getting surgery soon and 5 years of pain will come to an end. Keep trying!!! Do ‘t give up!!
@@TheCuriousCat2009 Will do! Taking Forever and the doctor I was supposed to see to discuss the surgery got pulled into surgery, and the doctor that took over him hadn't read my file at all and completely changed my diagnosis 🙃 Got to keep trying though! One day!
@isaa8521 I got my diagnosis, of PMDD from my psychiatrist! She couldn't believe all of the doctors waved it off. Especially the gynecologists. I had to argue with one gynecologist over the Mirena she says "oh its not that, the Mirena doesn't cause that problem" to an hour later she saying "we need to make an appointment for imaging because I can't find the string" go do the imaging and go back a few weeks later, she says "the Mirena implanted into your cervix" got more ultra sounds that day, because she still couldn't find it, to having to call in another doctor to do a deep dive. Since having out, all those problems I told her I was having are gone. She doesn't work there anymore, I was told she went back home, when I went to do a follow up a few weeks later
@@TheRosieBoy wow insane story! I have a few of those type of stories from the dreaded gyno ugh. I’m currently working with a psychiatrist for my official pmdd diagnosis as well. It’s ridiculous really. We have to jump through so many hoops to be listened.. and what’s worse is that many of these so called doctors are women. Disgusting behavior on their part.
Right!! Could also just be that cramps really affect some folks and should be treated like what they are. There's always going to be accommodations you can make tho! wether it's meds or lifestyle changes etc
Gynecologist, for the most part, HATE treating in office. They are surgeons & surgeons are only happy when they are cutting. Ask anyone who works with them.
Yup, my wife was about to be discharged with "it's in your head" from the hospital (again), when 1 doctor decided to repeat an earlier EMG. The results were serious enough to get 3 neurologists called into the exam room and they kept her for 5 weeks... Turned out she has both MS and CIDP, the combination of which is called CCPD. It's so rare it's even difficult to Google, but there were many tests that could have been done way sooner and those tests may not have lead to an immediate diagnosis, but they would have confirmed all her symptoms were physical in origin.
And ppl claim that the US has rhe best doctors and hospitals. 😂 they literally give you the bare minimum. While in other countries they test you on everything and you only pay peanuts or some of them are even free.
@@midnightfun1277 It doesn't matter which country you're in, around the world women generally have a much harder time than men to have their medical issues taken seriously.
If your symptoms are this severe and your dr is asking you to consider kids instead of getting you treatments and diagnosis, then you may NEED to report the dr.
The bias that a lot of doctors have towards trying to get you to have kids to "solve your problems" is utterly horrific. Like, there are genuinely doctors out there who won't let you get your tubes tied but would still perform an abortion on you if you needed one. That's not to knock abortions, of course. But I'm just saying, why one and not the other?! Both are a choice that the patient needs to be able to make and they're both permanent!
@@Waspinmymind after having 1 kid and 15 years of pain and agony plus all the times of calling off work and school cuz the pain was so bad i couldnt walk.... yea i finally found a doctor. But i can tel ya. Even after all that i stil had to fight insurance companies hoops. My quality of life is sooo much better now. P.s. however. Theres too many who suffer at the hands of docs saying ure too young u need children -_-.... at wat expense?.... for those wondering. I had adenometryoisis...(sry i 4got spelling)... it similar to endometriosis but instead of period tissue growing outside the uterus and into other organs.. mine stayed in the lining and wouldnt reabsorb causing excruciating pain every 2-4 weeks for a day or 2 at least. Embarrassing as it was i could only tell my bosses once a month i was sick and had to call off. :-(
That was so crazy cause like even when I was 13-14 w/ disabling period the doctors would tell me that it Would get better after having kids like 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
THANK YOU for saying that last part! I almost died when I was 3 because of the negligence of two separate doctors. When my mom finally decided to go the ER, they told her that I was within hours of passing. I don't feel like it's said enough. Many people simply believe that what a doctor says is completely true when that's not always the case. If you are genuinely suffering and feel that you're not okay, even if a doctor says that you are fine, get a second or even a third opinion.
How did we have the same thing happen, I had an asthma crisis and doctors just told my parents to use the inhalers as usual. Ended up having to be in the hospital for weeks to be stable, I was 3 as well
I genuinely appreciate the advice of "If your doctor ignores your problems, see another doctor". I recently changed doctors because mine only told me to eat more fiber and lose weight. The new one sent me to an ENT, who realized my nostrils were crooked, my septum was deviated, and my tonsils were abnormally large. I was choking in my sleep and that's why I was always tired and sore. So remember, the only person who can take care of you is you, Doctors are there to help, and most do. But if you get one that doesn't... Well you don't keep going to a restaurant that always fucks up your order, do you? And this is much more important.
You can have your septum fixed surgicaly, it's pretty painful, because your nose gets stuffed with gauze for a few days after surgery to stop the bleeding. Also it doesn't always work(my septum got diviated again after a few months even tho i was following doctors instructions) this is genetic. I hope everything works out for you tho
About fifteen years ago, I had an angry rash that covered half of my face. It was perioral dermatitis. I Googled what my rash looked like and I studied it in medical textbooks. I saw three different doctors, and not one agreed with me. My face was itchy, swollen, and painful for three months. They gave me various creams and antibiotics, and nothing worked. The fourth doctor I saw looked at my face and compared it to the picture of a case of perioral dermatitis I brought. She prescribed me triamcinolone cream, and the rash was completely gone in three days. Obviously, I realise that doctors know much more about medicine than I do; that's a given. However, if that first doctor had actively listened to me, it would have saved me months of discomfort and a few hundred dollars (and an ugly face). I'm lucky now. I have a very kind doctor who doesn't rush me in and out of her office. I know doctors are overloaded, but simply taking an extra five minutes can make a huge difference in the lives of patients.
Took 7 doctors and a near death experience to diagnose me with PCOS. It's a very common endocrine disorder but most women I've talked to say they had to go through around 4 doctors to figure it out. After the 7th doctor went "hmm, she's losing too much blood and this isn't a miscarriage... Maybe we should look at the ovaries" it was finally diagnosed and treated.
8 years of arguing and they finally removed my severely messed up tubes and one destroyed ovary... thanks for continually drawing attention to the fobbing off. (FYI to anyone who has this heat rash, it's been 3 months and it's slowly fading on me, there's hope!)
I'm glad you found somebody who finally listened to you. My old gp was my uncle and he dismissed so many things I was worried about, and now I feel guilty for going often to my new doctor and bringing up concerns I've had for years. It makes me feel better that she listens and seems to want to figure out what might be wrong.
@marvin2678 my baby factory organs just went on permanent strike. They never gave me a reason why, but at least its sorted and I don't have to worry any more
I had this rash on my legs from a laptop. It took several months to fade but still showed up in hot water for over a year. It's been several years and it's totally gone now.
I stan a doctor who takes feminine health seriously and doesn't just go "its normal". Im lucky my gynecologist is a woman, my period lasted a month of heavy bleeding, and I was literally becoming iron deficient. She got me on nexplanon, I get it out this summer. Im hoping my hormones are more stable since Im no longer freshly 18 and now im almost 22
I wish my doctor took me serious like that. I wasnt on bc until 28 and recently found out i have large fibroids. I suspect i have endometriosis as well that was made slightly better on bc
You couldnt pay me to have a female gynaecologist, they are the worst!! Extremely rough and not in the least sympathetic. I'll take a man every day of the week thank you.
@@ayikan_nakiya My wife thought the same thing, though when my wife was in pain two months early due to being in labor with our daughter, her female OBGYN told her everything was fine and it should pass. The next female OBGYN at the hospital said the same thing. Then finally a male OBGYN came in (this is over a period of two days) and instantly realized something was wrong. Turned out my wife had an infection and needed to deliver ASAP. Not only did that save my daughter's life, but he also had the surgeon check her appendix which ended up having a 4cm cancerous tumor which, after being removed, saved my wife's life since that kind of cancer doesn't show symptoms until it's too late. Anyway, put that as one point for men.
Also the women who ignored it probably did so because they’re used to it being ignored by everyone else. If you spend your whole life being dismissed over your pains you’re likely to miss it in other people.
I remember trying to tell a doctor that I didn't think my period pain was normal, that I went from low pain to intense pain during periods over a few years...just for her to tell me that sometimes, periods just hurt. So I dealt with it for a couple of years, then got an ultrasound at some point...turns out, I have fibroids. So there's that.
Ugh. On the plus side, fibroids are one of the few hysterectomy reasons that comes with less health issues later, but they are nasty (I'm still recovering from hysterectomy that removed a 5lbs fibroid). I hope your treatment is going well, or that you're recovered now if it was in the past.
@@Tessa_Ru ,Hope you're doing okay now and recovering well. I'm nearing 60 and have had fibroids 13 years,I've been left to lump it and because I'm not having any bleeding issues and have no ovarian tumours I'm being left to just get on with it despite 3 large fibroids that are getting bigger,I look 3 months gone. It is very depressing.
@sarahcox9284 I'm so sorry. I'd say try to find a specialist that will help you, but the system is so exhausting without a Dr to advocate for you. I was lucky enough I got referred to a male Gyn who's primary practice is... well aesthetic? (It's the equivalent of a boob lift for the vagina lmao). It meant that he took quality-of-life complaints very seriously. And I am doing much better, thanks! It's been 6 weeks since surgery, so still very tired, but there were no complications. 👍
My period cramps have been painful for as long as I can remember, it’s also hard for me to poop on my period. My gyno’s best suggestion was just to skip my periods with birth control since no pain medication helped at all and I was basically glued to my heating pad. One of my aunts has endometriosis so maybe I should do a scan but even if you do surgery to burn off access tissue it just regrows
A note on crummy doctors: I've seen people mention that when a doctor blows you off, you should ask them to make of note of your symptoms in your file along with their explanation that they didn't think it was serious. Apparently, they're way more willing to run tests since they don't want to be held liable if it turns out to be serious. I haven't had to try that myself, though.
My mom tried this and it works! She came to her GP without scheduling an appointment beforehand because one part of her head had gotten swollen overnight and she clearly needed to be looked at immediately. The nurse tried to blow her off but my mom said she wanted her and doctor's formal statement about them refusing her care and if anything should happen to her, her kids would make sure to sue em for all their worth. She got checked out and it turned out she had a severe delayed allergic reaction to some hair products she had used for years prior. She was in dire danger and they would've turned her away had she not persisted.
I relate to this woman so much! When you're in so much pain that you're ignoring or not feeling that you're burning your skin that's an issue. I hope that woman gets some relief soon!
Well said. A friend of mine had that rash on her back from exactly that problem. Doc did nothing. Even mine did nothing with my pain because "thats expected" ... I moved and got a new doctor and was hesitant to tell her that I was in enough pain to get nausiated ... she was shocked and calmed me, giving me fitting painkillers and checks ... I was so relieved I cried.
Then you go to your GP who'll tell you that it's a mental health issue and that your depressed,you go for that one appointment to see a psychiatrist who says that you are not depressed and it's a physical issue and then it's keeps on going like a tennis match.
Yeah, I had that too but kinda the other way around. In my case it was due to exhaustion and some other things that turned out to be ADHD, autism and depression that showed as physical symptoms, and my psychiatrist kept telling me that we had to find that physically was wrong with me. I just want to clarify that I'm not trying to say anything about your cause, just about the huge struggle with being told it's something else.
Tell the GP to put it in your chart that They say that it's not a physical issue. 🙃👍 Watch the fireworks. It's not your mental health, it's not your mental health professional: it's your shitty GO..Get that ass to put it in writing or else watch them go, "Now, it's not necessary to put this in your chart!" 🎉😂 Press them. They'll think you're a bi*ch, but you'll live.
I hope you're eventually able to find a doctor who will listen! I was dealing with really bad cramps and heavy bleeding, and my doctor recommended birth control and it helped so much. It may be worth bringing up bc next time you see a doctor, but just know it doesn't work for everyone
Because we're told that pain is part of our life. It's cruel and sexist how often women's pain is dismissed in the healthcare industry. I was shocked and disturbed when I found out that female patients do not receive anesthesia for gynecological biopsies. Women and girls are screaming and crying in pain during these procedures and some even vomiting and fainting from the pain on the exam table. Meanwhile, male patients are given both anesthesia and a week's worth strong opioid pain medication for testicular biopsies and prostate biopsies.
@@hattiejackson6103I feel you there. I used to have take at least one day off school a month due to horrible cramps and nonstop bleeding. I was too embarrassed to tell my doctor about it for a couple of years. When I was sixteen, I told her how bad my cycles were. She put me on a low-dose birth control pill and prescribed me naproxen sodium. Thanks to her, my cycles became way lighter and more regular, and my pain and nausea virtually disappeared. My doctor was a woman of colour, so I felt much more comfortable talking to her than I did an old white man. She retired over a decade ago, and I miss her.
Sadly women in pain isn't a priority. My sister fought with endometriosis her entire life but after 3 kids her doctors refused to do hysterectomy because she was in her late 20s thus too young😅
@@el-xq1ct girl I'm in Florida, I can't wait for change. I'm getting stuff together to run for office of something. I gotta get involved, there is a douche currently representing me, I can't abide 😎
thank you doctor karan! too many doctors ignore gynecological problems and insist that childbirthing will fix our issues. we need more docs who support childfree folks.
@@FringeWizard2 This man's auditioning to be the Grand wizard with words like that. Hate to break it to you but the only significant functional difference between ethnicities is- oh wait, there isn't one.
@@FringeWizard2you're right. The childfree thing is only really pushed onto young white people whilst everyone else is multiplying, we all know who is pushing this message. My advice to all the young people out there is to have as many kids as humanly possible, it's what we were put on this earth to do.
Thank you for saying this!!! I'm literally crying right now. I have had endometriosis for 21 years. It's been horrific the entire time since my first period. When I was a teen, I had such bad periods I would vomit, pass out and go into shock. It was so bad I would cry, scream, and couldn't breathe. Everyone kept telling me I was being dramatic. Several doctors told me, "Get used to it; being a woman is painful." I had another ER doctor tell my mom she should check me into a drug treatment center because he thought I was just trying to get pain meds. He said, "Ethnic women don't feel pain like that." I'm Arabic, and he apparently didn't know everyone has an ethnicity. Finally, I had an endometriosis specialist see the endometrial tissue in an ultrasound. You normally can't, but there was so much of it in me that you could. She diagnosed me when she saw that because my insurance wouldn't approve the surgery to diagnosis me. I have had a team treating my endo for 19 years, a specialist, dietitian, and pain management group. Sometimes I still have to go to the ER. For the longest time, they have treated me terribly. And even in my 30s, I have to bring my parents or they won't help me. Since an ER doctor put in my notes that the specialist was wrong and he didn't see any endometrial tissue in the ultrasound. His opinion overrode the specialists. They kept telling me I didn't have endo and was wasting my team's time and resources. A few years ago, I finally got approved for diagnostic surgery after my new specialist fought the insurance company for me. It turns out I have stage IV endo, and it was everywhere! On my bowels, bladder, and intestines, it had fused my ovaries to my uterus, it caused cement uterus, and there was so much tissue behind my uterus it was pulling it backward and fusing it to my body cavity. All this time, they thought I had a tilted uterus; it was because of my endo. They also found something called subtle endo, which is more painful and doesn't respond to any treatment, and you can't burn it away. My doctor told me with how bad it was had we not done the surgery, it would have eventually killed me. The last time I visited the hospital, I provided them with proof that I had endometriosis. I told them next time they should respect the diagnosis from the specialist. The ER doctor said nothing to me.
Y'know, I'm maybe wrong but, doesn't you being a specialist means that you literally spent more time learning in that aspect. I'm not saying a specialist word is absolutely right, their still human, it's just that it carried more weight That ER doctor is an asshole
@alady09 thank you. It was hard, and it still is, but I hope to use my voice and experience to make sure the pain of future women is no longer ignored.
this is exactly my life. i've gotten used to it as I've aged and also progesterone only birth control pills for years helped. but yep. i can tell my organs are fused because when i do anything that uses ab muscles i can literally feel them being tugged on in places that dont make sense.
Endometriosis being acknowledged this is my stomach every morning 😭 we need more doctors like you, who dont dismiss unbearable period pain thank you 🙏🏻
It’s an absolute crime that it isn’t acknowledged by some doctors. Thankfully there is research done on it. Hopefully in the future there will be non-surgical methods to deal with it
I had serious reproductive issues last year, which was onset from an STD( Gonorrhea) i contracted when my ex cheated on me after i had our son. I didn't know. I thought I was having normal endo and ibs pain. Turns out i had a wicked infection in my uterus, as i had a child 4 weeks before,and abscesses in my ovaries. I was admitted to the hospital, the infection was treated, and i was released 5 days later on more antibiotics and depo. I finished the antibiotics, but the pain never stopped. And continual bleeding started. I went into my Gyno. Bless this man. He restarted antibiotics, and then when it still didn't stop, he did a biopsy, and ordered ultrasound. Turns out there was still a uterine infection, (No STD, just infection). Restarted antibiotics again. Pelvic ultrasound was done, and repeat biopsy. No more infection, no scar tissue, no damage. The bleeding was from depo, and the chronic pain was from a pelvic floor muscle that was injured during birth. He switched my BC to nuvaring, and started me on pelvic floor therapy. The issue stopped. But my doctor never stopped until he found out what was wrong. He didn't dismiss it to endo. Or pcos. He advocated for me.
What's worse is, how this world is going now, this kind of thing will be more and more dismissed because men pretending to be women will never feel it so will undermine it.
Currently in the "find another doctor until they do something" phase. Period pain is no joke, if its affecting your daily life please also seek help! It's a long stupid road for some of us but I still feel empowered knowing I am standing up for myself rather than letting my pain be ignored. Take care of yourself friends ❤
Really? You can do that? I have a doctor but they just say “just walk it’s not that bad your just overreacting” or “do some yoga” but sometimes I just can’t walk because of the pain 😢
My mum has this rash she’s used hot water bottle’s constantly since I can remember. This is to deal with her endometriosis pain, doctors have ignored her for years, refused her a hysterectomy on the off chance she might want another child which she never did and having me was hard enough, I was a ivf baby. Women’s health is still so behind in terms of care, pain management, trust and respect. Edit: I am a man, and the truth is that compared to women’s physical health- men’s physical health care is no where near how degrading women’s physical health care is. I agree that in terms of mental health care, stigma of men’s mental health is a huge problem. But both issues can exist, and they do. But my comment is relative to the video and it’s the truth of many women.
@@stealthis would not do that. No one deserves to have their career ruined cause youre in pain. Unless they are really being an asshole. A lot of the time the medical directors dont want to spend the money for test such as those. And the doctors relaying that message are only trying to keep their job.
@@stealthisno because no one would receive you anymore lol. If you somehow manage to scare a doctor into receiving you they will give you something you don't even need just to make you believe you're healed lol
Love a doctor that isn't just like "Periods are supposed to hurt" "You aren't in that much pain/you're imagining it" Should be the bare minimum but sadly isn't
@@Ludovicus1769According to JAMA, US physician diagnostic accuracy ranges from 6-55% depending on case difficulty. I wouldn't call that being right a lot of the time. It's even worse when bedside manner is so bad it discourages patients from even continuing to try after the first misdiagnosis
@@alakani That statistic is pretty much useless in this discussion, I don’t know why you brought it up. And even if it was relevant, this only focuses on US physicians. The whole world doesn’t revolve around you, even if you’d like it to.
Thank you for spreading awareness!!! I had that rash due to horrible “period pain” and my OBGYN said it was normal. Proceeded to schedule a scraping of the uterus, the pain was still there, she said it was normal and should keep using heating pads/blankets. Saw several doctors until one decided to do a laparoscopic search, and found that I had a lot of endometrial tissue all over my pelvic cavity. And suggested to lower the use of heat in the area. Some doctors don’t have a heart, but other like yourself do. Thank you!!!
It was only until I flashed the staff with these burns that anyone took my chronic debilitating pain seriously. This rash and the surgeon I was referred to is the reason I got my endometriosis diagnosis and am now able to actually LIVE my life
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790because some doctors are pricks and don't actually do any exams etc because they don't belive its that bad or are just entirely dismissive or don't want to do their actual work.
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790 the problem was I wasn't able to even get an appointment with my doctor even tho I had been bleeding non stop for 4 months. It was only when I walked into the office, showed them my burns and told them I wasn't leaving until I saw my doctor that I was able to get an appointment
@@sarahpollak8633 That sucks. I know it can take months to get seen by a doctor. If you're in America though, you can go to an urgent care. You can also see another doctor for a second opinion on something. You can call any office and set up an appointment so long as they take your insurance. You could also just go to the hospital. They have to deal with you then.
I really appreciate the “and if your doctor fobs you off you need to see another one until someone does something” because it’s way to common that doctors dismiss gynaecological issues
Doc, I can't thank you enough for talking about this! So many women suffer from excruciating pain during their periods and they don't realize it maybe a symptom of a chronic illness. You're the real GOAT! (insert demonic beard reference here) ❤
Big problem is, that for some stupid reason it's sold like a badge of honor or whatever. Kind of like men who do stupid things that causes them pain and suffering as proof of whatever. A period is a normal body function. While it's annoying enough to "leak", it shouldn't hurt, at least not in such a way.
@@miriamweller812women don't see suffering from periods as a badge of honor. The problem is that when we ask for help we're told that we're over exaggerating or just need to toughen up.
@@synthraofficial5366I'm not sure if this is what she meant, but it's the women who minimise the pain of childbirth, menopause and periods because they themselves don't suffer from the symptoms and therefore make the rest of us look weak. I could be wrong though.
@@JessicaMiller-pc4djIt's really a combination of the two. The disregard from men who just don't get it, and the dismissal from women who, either don't experience the same issues, or feel that just because they somehow manage to function despite the pain, that others should stop making a big deal out of it.
im so grateful you mentioned doctors dismiss and dismiss pain and to NOT GIVE UP and not listen to them. i was brushed off for years, pain, weird blood tests, other health issues. finally diagnosed with a genetic disorder. and even now brushed off despite that. lots of doctors dont care if its not something they can see. ableism, especially towards chronic pain, is rife in the medical community.
Amen! Getting a hysterectomy in my early 30s was life-changing. My doctor was more upset about it than I was since I hadn't had kids. Like bruh, having kids isn't my reason for existing. Finally, I had relief from 20+ years of pain.
Thank you so much for all your videos highlighting endometriosis! I have literally given myself burns from hot water bottles. Too many people still see it as just a 'bad period'.
@@marvin2678 Endometriosis can be treated with surgery, the most common being Laparoscopy, birth control can ease menstrual pain and endo pain as it limits estrogen which shrinks endometriosis tissue and relieves pain. (I don't have endo but before I started birth control my periods were really painful for the first two days and then eased off, and now I'm on birth control they have eased off completely. However I have a habit of skipping my periods now for months and when I come back to them the pain worsens. Skipping birth control is usually not unhealthy but always speak to your doctor before doing so) Other than that, pain medication is the only short term solution. There is no cure for endometriosis but it can be managed and treated. Pelvic massages may also help if you are comfortable with those, as well as pelvic floor muscle therapy. I'm not an expert but in short, endometriosis is forever but the pain can be managed, find what is right for you and your body
@@marvin2678 not 'forever' but yes an extended amount of time. Normally girls experience periods for only 5-7 days but with endometriosis it usually goes on for a couple weeks after. Meaning that every month you'll probably only get a week where you're *not* in pain. Endometriosis is supposed to diminish once women get menopause in middle age.
@marvin2678 yes it's incurable. I have chronic pain 24-7, even when I don't have a period. The tissue causes scarring on the internal organs and the pain clinic told me to accept the fact that I may never be pain free again. I have tried surgery, combinations of pain medications (opioid, nerve and muscle relaxants) different types of hormonal contraception, hormone sensitivity diets, acupuncture with my specialist endo nurse, CBD, reiki, kinesiology and even was put into a 'medical menopause' (given chemotherapy drugs to put your body into synthetic menopause but while this helped the pain didn't totally disappear). We have a local endo support group and I learned from a guest specialist dietician that it is an oestrogen sensitivity disease and unfortunately we also take this hormone in through our environment and diets. I also have friends who have had a hysterectomy and this doesn't mean it will cure them of their pain and can cause additional problems. It is being more heavily researched now so here's hoping that even the next generation will have an easier time dealing with the disease.
I did find a doctor who believed me. She did a laparoscopy on me and found Endometriosis. She said it is on my bowels too but she couldn't operate in that region. So here I am, still waiting to have the Endometriosis removed from my bowels. It is so hard being chronically ill.
Prayers for you. Unfortunately the normal ob/gyns don't know how to do the full excision surgery. Prayers that you can find a specialist to take care of this for you. My left ovary was attached to my bowel via adhesions and my specialist fixed everything.
@@randomrandi Thank you. I'm glad you were able to see a specialist and be taken care of. I'm still praying to see a specialist. I was pretty bad off in my first surgery, it was stage 4. My right ovary fused to the abdominal wall as well as my uterus, and my rectum was fused as well with adhesions. She removed it all. That was in 2020 and I'm sure they're already back, and with friends this time. I worry about thoracic endo, as I have heart palpitations and difficulty breathing too.
Please look into MCAS and related galaxy of health issues. It either causes or can activate endometriosis pain and inflammation and symptoms. In other words it's not always necessary to remove the lesions surgically to get relief and quality of life back. Good luck and courage.
Remove all processed food from your diet immediately and eat less carbs and your period pain will become much more tolerable and you will have a regular cycle. So many people out there eat a vape and Starbucks breakfast everyday and try birth control to reduce pain when it actually fucks with your hormones
Womens pain has never been taken seriously. We were denied anesthesia when it was invented because according to Christians, we deserved to suffer the pain for what eve did. Then scientists didn't test pain relief on women until the 1990s and even now, many are untested which makes drs unwilling to treat us because they genuinely don't know how we will react or what our bodies will do. Even now, many treatments and medicenes are only tested on white men, companies do this to save money, and it ends up with the same problem; drs dont know how we'll react making them less likely to treat us. Also, more research has gone into erectile dysfunction than it ever has into ovarian cancer, endometriosis and many other ailments that are women specific only. So yeah, women are screwed over big time in the medical world.
I'm so glad someone is raising awareness to this stuff. I had four kids but my periods were so painful and heavy as soon as I was done having my kids I had to have a hydrothermal ablation with nothing more than Aspirin given to me. Dad had to drive me back to the ER curled up on the floorboard ended up having to have a full hysterectomy. Luckily when I got to the ER one of the doctors that delivered one of my children was there and recognized something was really wrong. ❤
I have endometriosis and it took years for a diagnosis because doctors "could not find anything". Be persistent and dont give up. You know yourself the best and sometimes need to be your own advocate.
@@alex_runarin I would have, her husband and surgeon on the other hand... I think her husband would have been on board to if it was legal. But they had to travel to a whole ass different country (other side of the world) and I don't think they would be allowed to add that to the luggage. She's planning some art project to get across the amount of tissue she had to have removed. The pain she has been in is worse than any other person I've known with the same condition. I swear there are times where a doctor should be able to be charged for long term damage and suffering.
I went 14 years, from 20 to 34, just like this. And the majority of doctors I saw said things like “you’re too young to be in that much pain” and acted as if I was lying. Thankfully, I finally gave in and had a hysterectomy almost 5 years ago.
So in other words, because of painful periods they sold you on some bs surgery by simply not caring, and now you can’t have kids? Probably for the best
@@MrTonyBarzini I mean, she even said "I gave in", that implies she didn't want it at start, but was pressured into that decision. So yeah, your last sentence seems correct.
Seeing other doctors until one of them will finally decide to take their patient seriously is easier said than done and puts a responsibility on the patient that they shouldn't have to handle. In my days as an EMT, one of the things that messed me up was the repeated trips for patients who didn't get the treatment they needed because their doctors would constantly just send them home with yet another prescription because they either didn't know what to do or didn't take their patient seriously. How are people who live in rural areas supposed to deal with this when there's only one doctor nearby and the next one they could consider is 2 hours away and won't take new patients? It should not be part of an EMTs or nurse's job to validate how a patient feels about what they're going through because their doctor, of all people, brushed them off and made them feel insignificant in their suffering. Patients shouldn't have to feel anxious about seeing their doctor because they don't know if they're actually going be helped or if they'll be put down for coming in. We need harsher punishments for doctors who don't listen and brush off their patients until they need to be hospitalized. This shouldn't be a thing, and it should sure as hell not be so goddamn easy to get away with it.
A dear friend of mine that lives in a rural area with a debilitating kidney disease is running into this problem. The hospital nearest to her doesn't take her seriously and the next closest hospital is a good 3 hours away. 😔 But she runs a farm with her family so she can't reasonably uproot and move somewhere else to be closer to better medical care.
I had this years ago, thank god it went away when I used more painkillers. Went to my GP and he told me I was just sensitive, but I was in the hospital for a stomach virus and the Dr. saw my stomach and asked important questions he told me I most likely had endometriosis and did a scan to make sure things were ok. I'm so thankful to that beautiful man for taking the time to talk and explain to me what endometriosis is. ❤
So glad my doctor is 3 years out of med school. It's always the seasoned doctors who have worked for years in the med field that basically stop listening. I told him to never stop listening to his patients even 20 years into his career.
I totally agree. It was a trainee doctor still in his last year of med school that diagnosed my endometriosis, when seasoned doctors had fobbed me off for years. And only because I used to stay st his place and he would see me in pain all the time.
@christinawager4289 not all older ones are like that bit unfortunately many older doctors are. I think the fresh put of school doctors are more excited to help people.
@@missjo2036 Plus they also have just learned the newest knowledge. Medicine marches on and if a doctor doesn't update their knowledge constantly, they may be very out of date after a few decades.
@@johannageisel5390Doctors like other medical professionals are required to have certain number of continuing education units when they renew their state licenses. So they are constantly learning about new studies, laws, and techniques. It really is more about how open older doctors are to new information. That rigidity is what harms patient care.
Thank you discussing this! I've got Crohns disease and i've got a slight marking across my stomach from using a heat pad too much. I kept telling myself "Just use the pad and carry on, no need to get help"....little did i know that a stricture was developing and I suffered a bowel obstruction this year. I'm seriously lucky to still have my bowel intact let lone still being alive. Don't ignore pain folks.
Bruh I wish all doctors were like you. Last time I went to the doctor was a decade ago since they dismissed anything I brought up. Did a blood test but they didn't even bother getting back to me about the results. Too expensive in the US to go from one doctor to another until something is addressed.
I was in so much pain during periods that I'd have to stop walking and grip a chair to keep from falling. It was just like labor pains like a contraction. Found out finally that it was a fibroid in my tubes. Had surgery and now I barely even have cramps at all. It's life changing.
Breaks my heart seeing this beautiful young woman in this condition and the comments below on how many doctors have ignored this. Thank you for addressing this issue so seriously and articulately, you are 1 in a billion.
thank you. my own daughter was missing school (as I did) once a month for a few days. The pain was awful, and our wonderful OB/GYN, fixed me and when she was the right age, fixed my daughter.
I have had a period for 14 years now and it was only last year that my GP took my awful period pains seriously and sent me to the gyno and I subsequently I got put on a waiting list for a laparoscopy (I have been on it for nearly a year and half). I literally had to cry telling her how much pain I was in every single period to be able to get sent to the gyno ... I am talking about going to A&E several times, vomiting from the pain, having to take codeine and that wouldn't even work for long sometimes, I have missed out on school and work... Us women don't have it easy...
What you said at the end. My sister had pneumonia and no doctor would listen to her pleads for help until she met someone who actually did tests and said “if you hadn’t come today, you could’ve died by tomorrow.”
Thank you! It’s so hard to find doctors who will take women’s conditions seriously. And the recent laws passed seem to be exacerbating the problem way beyond the scope of their stated purpose. I and all of my female friends are so very grateful for doctors like you.
Insurance has been a problem. No family practitioner will even talk..also theres a shortage. getting a referral in time to avoid cancer or try treatments is a real challenge.
I found it in a 17yo who was too embarrassed to tell anyone she had an imperforate hymen and her uterus was so dilated with hematometra she looked 20 weeks pregnant. After surgery she told me she went down 3 pant sizes.
Also, remember to report that doctor, write on public sites, and make a scene about how uncaring and unprofessional they are. Remember, they chose this profession, you didn’t choose your illness or symptoms. Also as someone just proved to me in the reply’s, common sense ain’t so common. Make sure you speak on your experience. Don’t outright defame the doctor. Review sites are there for a reason. Always say “I think, in my opinion”. I’ll give an example “in my opinion doctor X made me feel as if he was dismissive and uncaring.” Instead of “doctor X is dismissive and uncaring”. You have a right to voice your opinion.
No. That sounds illegal. Writing something on a public site where everyone can see. In which case you defame a person especially a profession like a doctor could get you into hot water, weather its true or not. If your dissatisfied with said doctor leave em never recommend to family & friends, if they did something that was damaging to your health & you have money to spare take em to court. You do not want to get in trouble for something you posted weather its true or false. First worlders should know about this. Anyway, excuse me for my English & thank you for understanding.
@@siamneko5306it's called "Google Reviews," and it most certainly is legal, so long as you stick to the truth. There are also sites where one can rate doctors. Not everyone has the money to fight tge doctors' insurance companies, but word of mouth is a tried and true way of finding a good professional or avoiding a bad one.
@@siamneko5306 stop spreading misinformation. That’s what review sites are for. You can talk about your experience and as long as you make sure you talk about your experience you can do it. There’s a difference when talking about your experience and defaming someone. To speak so confidently on a matter you’re clearly ignorant about is shocking.
I always learn so much from your videos. You remind me of my cousin, who was an ER doctor for 30 years; he's not your average physician, but rather an uncommonly intelligent, detail oriented, and no-nonsense individual.
We are second class to men and women are the least study of anything on this earth ! And most doctors that deal with women's health are men .... how does that make sense 🤔
I love the advice of keep seeing another doctor until someone takes you seriously. Getting shut down by a doctor can really make you feel like what's happening to you isn't serious enough even if it's causing you regular distress. I've had multiple occasions where I'd been turned down by doctors over and over before one would finally take the time to help me. A lot of the time you feel like you're going crazy. It's important to remember that you know your body better than anyone else, so if something feels wrong then trust that instinct.
Its so sad how most doctors literally write off women’s feminine pain as something not important or we are just “overreacting,” Thank you for educating us as well as other doctors ❤
Thank you for speaking up for us! SO many doctors think it’s no big deal that you have to miss work every month for your period because you’re in too much pain, that passing out from pain is normal, that you have these heat marks, that you’re dizzy from blood loss, etc, and it’s just NOT.
Hello, I'm a teen (just finished high school I'd prefer not to say my age) and this is what I experience on my period. I pass out or feel faint from the pain and I feel dizzy and the pain is in my back, thighs, lower legs and stomach. I have to stay in bed all day and had to miss lots of days of school and had to miss events I had planned because it's so bad I can't walk or feel my legs. Is this something I should be worried about?
This is me every month, I thought it was normal because no doctor has found gynecological problems. Maybe it’s my gut, I’m going to discuss it with my doctor.
Have you had surgery to rule out gyno issues yet? Endometriosis can only be diagnosed with surgery. I got diagnosed at 18 with surgery by an endometriosis specialist. Prior doctors ran plenty of tests and imaging, and they couldn't find anything wrong. Best of luck! You shouldn't be living in that much pain monthly!
And this is why I take 1,200mg of ibuprofen. Period pains are the worst, and if I don't, then I can't function properly for the first 3 days of my period.
When I first started my period, it could have gone for anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months and all the GPs I went to refused to refer me to a gynaecologist because “you should normalise in a year”. It didn’t, it still hasn’t and my gynaecologist was pissed when she heard about it. Thank you for speaking up about these issues.
When I first tried talking to my GP about my pain she didn’t want to refer me to a gyn bc I wasn’t sexually active and instead told me to take more ibuprofen if the pain is really bad. Cut to years later, I had developed stomach ulcers and my gastro attributed it too taking too many NSAID’s over a long time 😡 I eventually got doctors that took all my various pain issues seriously, but I could have avoided a lot of extra pain had my initial doc not acted like a prude who was dealing with a young hypochondriac.
My worst period pain is in my lower back, it looked like this for years. I found that once a super fluffy cushion gets warm it brings lots of heat for much longer than a water bottle. And my back skin looks so much better now 😊
Oh! Tell me more please. I don't have crazy period pain...but the backache, omG. I can just about function. How do you heat up the pillow? What pillows would you recommend?
@@jessastephens8778 They are just 12x12 inch or so pillows (I guess any size would work) with a really fluffy faux fur cover, they're a bit worse for wear now but started out with maybe 1inch long fur. Knowing me they were probably really cheap 🤭 I bought them because they were cute then found this use for them a few years after. Because they're so fluffy they never really feel cold, so I just put it on wherever is sore, body heat warms them up, (but I also have blankets around me, which probably helps keep heat in.).
@@jessastephens8778you could also lay the hot water bottle or wheat bag on the pillow until it gets warm but not too hot and use that, or layer your clothing so that the heat does not make direct contact with the skin and cause damage
I've had every doctor I've ever seen tell me that my weight was the problem. I'm skinny now-- and the last one I saw told me it was because I am so anxious it exacerbates the pain. Essentially that by thinking about it too much I was creating the pain. My periods have been unbearable my whole life and no one listens to me 😭
I am a veteran and a 4x military sexual assault survivor ❤ Ur words are so appreciated especially as a male in medical. So many times as a young girl even before my service I have had doctors say most women can’t even feel their cysts. At one time I had 19 ovarian cysts at one time 12 on one ovary and 7 on the other. It blows my mind that there is so little talk about how many women suffer with painful periods and gyno conditions and it is down played and made out to be “normal” It’s not. ❤ Thank you for spreading this ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏 it’s empowering for women to hear we are being heard anywhere
My mother always told me to wrap the hot water bottle in at least one but preferably two towels, never directly press it to your skin. But when the pain is great enough, you will absolutely prefer the burn. I’m so glad I don’t have periods anymore. Last time I wanted to burn my tum off was actually from a really bad compaction, but never had that problem again since I started using probiotics (10/10 would recommend.)
I feel for her so much. Had endometriosis as a preteen. Was told it was an eating disorder, pcos, ibs... decade later, FINALLY found a doc willing to just go in and check the abdomen to put my mind at ease because I was too young for it. Yup. 5mm spot behind my left ovary. Fight to have some listen to you everyone. A doc that won't listen is not worth your time or money.
I'm glad you stated that some doctors will ignore our pain. I've been having intense back pain on my iliac crest to the point I can't bend down anymore. I had an X-ray and ultrasound. Since doctors couldn't see anything wrong, they then ignored me, EVEN THO my back is swollen. They haven't helped me at all, my pain is going on 2 months now.
Sometimes things don't show up on xray and ultrasound. Ask to be referred to a pain specialist and they will likely refer you for mri before they do anything else. Although that might not always show the source of the issue. For example, in my case it only showed a tiny benign tumour in the spine so I was diagnosed with a persistent pain disorder due to hypermobility and prescribed exercise via a specialist. It's been a lot of hard work and despair but it has been paying off for me finally. Iliac issues can sometimes also be referred issues from the hip, knee or even ankle. Don't be surprised if part of your care also includes seeing a podiatrist for orthotics to correct your gait. Good luck with your journey towards pain reduction.
i got hit by a car riding a bicycle on the interstate when i was 12. i got hit outside the city zone in the center lane and because the lady said she slowed down to 30 and the only thing that snapped entirely was my clavicle they just sent me home with a sling. my hips are crooked and skewed, i didnt have violin hips even just a couple years ago, my spine and neck have indents and ridges and are twisted around and to the side and in one spot on my back theres such an offset that my upper body teeter totters and cant click back in straight with the rest of the spine, which makes compression worse and i cant move certain muscles in my abdomen. i cant poop right. the doctors are none concerned at all
The only problem is that there aren't really any good treatments for things like endometriosis. They just give you some pills and send you on your way. I have endometriosis and PCOS, and even with prescription medication, my periods are excruciating, but there's nothing more they can really do since they refuse to do a hysterectomy on someone so young
I had so much pain but then i decided to take birth Control pills without a brake at the same hour every day. I have not had my period in 6 months. I do get it when I forget to take them sometimes.
A friend of mine recently had keyhole surgery to remove an ovary and other tissue. It took years before she found a specialist (AFAIK a cancer consultant) who would take her seriously. The reproductive health specialist she had been seeing for years had refused to do anything.
There are painkillers that help, but since people abuse painkillers, doctors will do anything in their power to not prescribe you any type of pain meds that could be addictive.
Yup. I had endometriosis and PCOS, as well as GERD, all at once and didn’t know it. Took me suffering through debilitating pain for over 24 years and then going through 13 different OBGYNs until I finally found one who helped me. Got hysterectomy and during the procedure found that the endometriosis had glued my intestines upside down to the inside of my pelvic wall and connected them to the uterus. She had a hard surgery to do with me, but it was worth it. I now live with so much less pain. No longer am I perpetually anemic like I was before! Never give up. No one deserves to live with horrible pain like barbed wire in your insides every month.
I've noticed a lot of doctors basically ignore things if it's the first time they hear it, and I used to have a tendency to go "okay, they're not worried, I'll just have to live with it" and only mention it in passing again--but no, if you have an issue that's severe, keep emphasizing it to them every time you speak, or swap doctors (I know not everyone has that luxury)
Chronic period pain, body hair and acne since I was 13. So many doctor's appointments and was always told it was normal. It took a endocrinologist 10 years later to finally give me some semblance of a solution. I haven't had pain since January and I'm so happy.
@hellosorry3763 naked molerat has left the chat.... All jokes aside. I fully agree hair isn't bad, but even though it's not bad it can still sometimes be a symptom of a hormonal imbalance. And a hormonal imbalance can be bad. It can cause all kinds of problems that can be detrimental to health and/or wellbeing.
Man that is terrible, i hope she get help. I saw a video where a lady started crying because the doc said they found the problem with her abdominal pain and could stop it. Im guessing she went to alot of other doctors dismissed her condition.
Thank you so much for saying this. Had an awful experience at my last gynecologist trying to advocate for myself. Going to a new one as soon as I work up the courage.
Hands up my endo girls 🙌🏼 I actually had a hysterectomy & oophorectomy last year as well as having my lower instestine removed due to an NHS surgeon major f*ck up… so both my stomach & my lower back have this hyperpigmentation now - no amount of opiates are anywhere near as good as my hot water bottle! Sucks, but we live with the pain daily & it’s such a silent disease that people think we’re faking it 😔
So agree with you. It is insane how indifferent each specialist you go to is about your symptoms and issues. They don't care if you have been dealing with it for almost two years.
Yeah my ex suffered for years with debilitating periods & several doctors didn't do anything until she finally saw a decent doctor who diagnosed her with endometriosis
It's because women are going longer than ever without having children, and the female body is designed for bearing children. We bleed every single month. It's very obvious if you get your period. It hurts really badly and it's bright red and kinda scary and you get all sad and irritated and stuff, it's nuts for all of us who go through it. It's something our culture tries to crush for some reason with hormonal birth control and talks about how a job is what gives you power. All of it is interconnected, it is an agenda, and it's hurting women. Straight up. Women are happier on average with a husband and children. Dogs, wine night, and travel can only do so much for a woman. It catches up to them eventually and they become extremely bitter. The baby hating, birth control, "feminist" culture is unnatural and cruel TO WOMEN. It's upside down clown world. Welcome.
Got dismissed for nearly a year(went in months apart for extreme dizziness to the point of being bedridden and needing a cane to walk, fatigue,sudden blindness,back pain, sudden unexplained anxiety, and occasional muscle weakness, only having a period every few months) turns out I have Multiple Sclerosis. My eye doctor was the only one that took me seriously and actually ordered my brain and blood tests.
