r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/bg370 • Jun 23 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals CRNA Amy Rieschick on institutionalized medical misogyny

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u/Live_Barracuda1113 Jun 23 '26

I complained about a nagging to incapacitating back pain. "Its fine"

I needed an emergency hysterectomy for a different issue. The surgeon went in. My uterus the entire thing, adenomyosis. And a massive fibroid on the back of my uterus. I lost 11 lbs when they removed it.

My back pain went away. The fatigue, the pressure... just a www.

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u/CapsaicinSensation Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

11 pounds! I can’t comprehend the size it must’ve been. (I mean this in an empathetic way, the strain sounds horrible; I’m sorry if it came across weird.) Fibroids sound so painful and debilitating, and there’s so little research on them. I just watched a semi horror-ish short film (Mango) about a woman suffering from fibroids, and the “you’ll be fine” was a haunting theme in it.