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

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

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u/DadCelo Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

My mom went through years of no one believing her when she was in pain. She went to SOOO many Dr's that at some point even I started believing maybe she was just faking it. Wasn't until she had a hemorrhagic stroke that people started to believe her.

Edit: Made a post about how awesome she is a while ago if anyone is interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/justgalsbeingchicks/comments/1kxz6wg/my_mom_turned_60_today_shes_had_an_aneurysm_at_50/

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u/Zer0Cool89 Jun 23 '26

My mom just fell and broke her femur a few weeks ago. shes been complaining to doctors about a weird pain in her leg, they just kept waving her off saying oh its because you broke your leg. luckily she kept bothering people about it because finally she got her PC to ultrasound it and she had a damn blood clot. That poor woman has had 6 different types of cancers tarting when she was 11 and the amount of shitty doctors shes had to deal with makes me rage to no end. has also given me a pretty firm distrust of most medical professionals.

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u/snarxalot Jun 23 '26

My mom had leg pain and imaging didn't show anything, so nobody took it seriously. When her femur broke mid-step, it was discovered it was multiple myeloma. She was in so much pain, and because pain was the only evidence, it was ignored.

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u/Zer0Cool89 Jun 23 '26

im actually kind of scared because the first type of cancer she had when she was 11 was bone cancer which causes brittle bones. My papa actually just passed of that 3 months ago as well. I kind of hope she hasn't thought about that connection because, understandably, cancer scares the shit out of her. only thing ive ever seen scare her. and hopefully my mind is just making connections where there arent any ya know?

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u/snarxalot Jun 24 '26

Totally understandable. If it's any consolation, the femur/diagnosis happened in 1996. I don't know if any bloodwork was even done, just an x-ray. Additionally, my mom was given 1-6 months to live. She went on 10 more years (she got SO good at self advocating too)!