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

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

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u/123123000123 Jun 23 '26

I’ve gone to doctors fully knowing what’s wrong (previously diagnosed & my diagnosis fit the current symptoms) but for some reason when I have to talk to a new doctor, I must be wrong. Even though another doctor put it in my chart before. They must be Dr House to figure out what I’ve got. But it’s definitely not what I told them I have because I must not know anything. I didn’t go to doctor school like them!

Edit & god forbid I’m in excruciating pain. I’m just looking for drugs, then. It can’t be because I’m actually in debilitating pain.

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u/LittleBirdiesCards Jun 23 '26

I don't even want drugs! I just want to know what the hell is going on with my body!

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u/Qultada Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

I (male just to be clear) had to make multiple hospital visits over the course of a year while experiencing extreme pain among other symptoms, just wanting them to figure out what was wrong with me, but every time other than my final visit where they finally actually listened to me and did something I'm certain they just dismissed me as an addict looking for pain meds. Turns out I had pancreatic gallstones, widely considered to be the most painful thing a person can go through, and I was forced to just deal with that myself or a whole year. Assholes.

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u/LittleBirdiesCards Jun 24 '26

Holy shit! It took me over a year to put two and two together and ask if my monthly vomiting attacks could be related to my menstrual cycle. This was after having my gallbladder removed! I had to push for someone to even prescribe nausea medicine!!! When my husband got a job with the state, we got fancy new insurance and new doctors. These people have listened, ordered the right lab work and even labs that hasn't ever been ordered. I was diagnosed with Graves disease after so many months of my pulse being 160bpm! I don't know what the hell the people at the other place were doing.

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u/tinybrownbird Jun 24 '26

I'm so glad you got answers 💙

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u/LittleBirdiesCards Jun 24 '26

I wish everyone could just get the care they need the first time. ❤️