• SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    15 days ago

    Excruciating period pain that would leave me fainting and vomiting every. Single. Time.

    “Every girl goes through this” said the doctor, convincing my parents that I was just “dramatic”.

    Turns out I had huge polyps growing out of control! Left scarring in my uterus and high-risk when pregnant.

    Dealt with that hell every fucking month since I was 11 until I got onto birth control in my 20s.

    • dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
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      14 days ago

      My wife went through something similar. Took until she was in her 30s and we were pursuing IVF for someone to take her seriously and actually do the investigation to realize she had crazy scarring from endometriosis causing all kinds of issues.

      It’s insane to me how much the modern medical community seems to normalize or straight up ignore this shit, like you said.

      I realize we could have pushed harder, but when multiple doctors tell you “yeah, some women just experience periods differently, here’s 500mg Naproxen to help you through” you tend to believe it.

      • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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        14 days ago

        It’s barbaric. They assume that if you’re girl/woman, most problems are basically “female hysteria”!

        Not even “it could be [blank], you might want to keep an eye on that and report back if it doesn’t go away.” Nope! Diagnosis: dramatic.

        And women die from this shit. Or become disabled / handicapped. Or it affects their long-term future if they want children. It’s awful.

    • Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      Poor you! It must have been terribly frustrating that the doctor wouldn’t take you seriously. Seems to be a frequent thing women go through in the medical world. Hope you’re okay now.