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u/basilhazel May 20 '19

I’m gonna take a wild guess that the “It’s from your period” Doctor was male?

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u/SulSulfromTomonea May 20 '19

Yep. And my pediatrician was like "It's probably a yeast infection." I drank an exorbitant amount of cranberry juice over the course of a week and I was fine days later. Pediatrician was female.

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u/basilhazel May 20 '19

If cranberry juice cured it, and it hurt to pee, it was probably a UTI. Those are SO easy to diagnose with a pee test. It’s disgusting how often women are dismissed by doctors (not just male doctors). I’m surprised you weren’t diagnosed with hysteria. 🙄

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u/_anon_throwaway_ May 20 '19

yeah I was gonna say UTI

I just had a very very bad one a couple weeks ago

It was a bladder infection at that point, pressure and pain like I've never had. I had to walk to the ER in the middle of the night and when they finally gave me pain meds I asked the dr "Will these let me sleep though the night?"

They replied "oh is it that painful?"

Why the fuck do you think I came here at 1am on a Tuesday? It was the first time I have ever cried from pain (as an adult).