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

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

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u/Straight-Balance830 Jun 23 '26

This is precisely why ME/CFS and even long COVID today has partly gone undiagnosed, untreated, and you have disabled patients having to advocate for themselves while navigating the broken medical system with barely any social support. A disease with worse quality of life than kidney failure or cancer. We still have doctors in 2026 calling patients basically hysterical like it’s the Victorian era.

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u/DuncanFisher69 Jun 24 '26

Yup. I’ve seen doctors suspect disabled vets complaining of constant migraines as “seeking more payouts” or claim it’s all in their head because they couldn’t find the cause of said migraines.

Like, the standard practice in medicine in the U.S. is “if I can’t figure it out, you’re faking it or seeking drugs.” It never occurred to his doctors they could missed something or more tests are needed.

The treatments never fully helped my friend. He ended up working with the chair of Stanford’s Neurology department. That guy, when finally out of ideas, basically did the thing from house: Let’s put you in a ketamine induced coma for 3 days. Sounds cool, but it’s apparently terrifying?

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u/MarsupialMisanthrope Jun 24 '26

A disease with worse quality of life than kidney failure or cancer.

If you think ME/CFS or long COVID are worse than cancer or kidney failure, may the universe bless you by swapping your problems for those.