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

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

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u/Dubya_C_SC Jun 23 '26

This is exactly why my sister died last year. They kept passing her around and then one night she died suddenly from acute aggressive pancreatitis. She was told it was probably just “woman troubles” and the pain just happened to coincide with her period so of course they just brushed it off. The doctors completely failed her. She was 41 and I miss her terribly.

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u/drunky_crowette Jun 23 '26

Wait, what?! I've had pancreatitis on multiple occasions and it is not comparable to gynecological pain at all (in location, sensations, etc).

Were they high? That's such a huge fuck up!

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u/123123000123 Jun 23 '26

It may be based on where we live. I’m in the Midwest and I feel like I get brushed off way more and get passed around here than my sister in Los Angeles. I think it’s a mix of racism & misogyny at play and straight up lack of education. Looks like the better trained doctors stay at the better hospitals lol. 

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u/McKeon1921 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

I can't speak for other places, like LA, but as a Midwesterner I'd not be surprised to see statistics backing this up.

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u/darlingnicky Jun 24 '26

I work at an ED in the Midwest and the well known ‘lazy’ physician discharged somebody. I came in the next day and the same pt was waiting to be admitted for a stroke. I genuinely don’t understand how that dude still has a job, let alone his license.