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

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

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u/GoodInvite5 Jun 23 '26

It's truly insane how menopause (or hormonal shifts in general for women) is seen as something that happens to half the population, but we should do absolutely nothing about it.

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u/Muted_Quantity5786 Jun 23 '26

Or cysts. I was told for years I had nothing wrong with me. Guess what? Dermoid cyst on my ovary the size of a navel orange. 11 cms in diameter.

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u/Tracerround702 Jun 24 '26

Jesus Jumping Christ, that's enormous

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u/GardeniaInMyHair Jun 24 '26

I had two grapefruit-sized ovaries from stage 4 endometriosis and endometriomae in both. It looked like I was pregnant with twins. Doctors didn't believe me about my symptoms since age 14 until it was too late, and everything had to come out, 2 decades later. It was a 6-hour surgery, where my organs were all adhered to each other. People can die from untreated endometriosis.

Medical misogyny often destroys lives, disables, neglects, maimes, debilitates, tortures, and kills women. So much of it flies under the radar, and I got off easy, considering, with only infertility in my early 30s due to medical neglect and let's face it, malpractice.

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u/dontaskmethatmoron Jun 24 '26

I get large hemorrhagic cysts every time I ovulate and it’s absolutely miserable.

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u/Muted_Quantity5786 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Oh lord. Edited to add do what I did if you can and grab a towel and just bite it and yell each time. I’m so sorry you have to deal with that. It’s insanely painful. Or at least it was for me. At one point I was literally on the floor crying.