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Oh, the (male) medical establishment doesn't listen to women? 🫠
I wish I could be surprised....there's literally hundreds of comments with women telling their horror stories underneath the article. Be careful while reading if you're easily triggered by this topic because a lot of it is really upsetting.
Excerpt:
“I was told I knew too much, that I was working too hard, that I was stressed out, that I was anxious,” said Ilene Ruhoy, a 53-year-old neurologist from Seattle, who had head pain and pounding in her ears.
Despite having a medical degree, Ruhoy said she struggled to get doctors to order a brain scan. By the time she got it in 2015, a tennis ball-sized tumor was pushing her brain to one side. She needed surgery, but first, she rushed home, hugged her 11-year-old daughter and wrote her a letter to tell her goodbye.
Ruhoy did not die on the operating table, but her tumor had grown so large it could not be entirely removed. Now, she has several smaller tumors that require radiation treatment.
She said many of her female patients have had experiences similar to hers. “They’re not validated with regards to their concerns; they’re gaslit; they’re not understood,” she said. “They feel like no one is listening to them.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2022/women-pain-gender-bias-doctors/
Ah yes. Reminds me of the time I had extreme pain every period with my IUD to the point where I would have to stop what I was doing until it passed and KNEW something wasn't right. Two doctors checked the strings and said it was in place and that the pain and heavy bleeding I was experiencing was normal with the copper IUD. I wondered how they could tell the actual device was situated in my uterus by just looking at the strings, but they are medical professionals so they must know what they're doing right? Two years later I get an ultrasound done only to discover that the arm of the device has been implanted in the wall of my uterus the entire time.... Worst part is that the doctors telling me that the pain and heavy bleeding was normal were both women.