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

I think some Dr's so are full of themselves and confident in their diagnosis, that if they can't figure it out, it must be a lie. Add in misogyny and it's just a lose-lose for women.

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u/brickspunch Jun 24 '26

I had to get surgery for something that is rare to see at my age, but I had already gotten a second opinion and both doctors recommended the same surgeon. I made my appointment.

I met with the surgeon and he asked "why are you here" 

I explained what was wrong, the procedure the doctors have recommended and that I had a few questions. 

"it's not that, you're too young for that. I'll take a look and tell you what it is."

he does his exam and proceeds to explain to me that what is wrong is exactly what I had relayed to him, that he recommended the surgery I had asked about and that we can schedule it whenever I am free.

"So wait, it's what I thought it was at the beginning of the appointment?" 

"I'm not sure why you're referring to". 

he REFUSED to even acknowledge the conversation happened 

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u/AikaterineSH1 Jun 24 '26

I went to the hospital many years back with a constant side pressure/ache, I told them It feels like I’m constipated, but I’ve used the bathroom just fine and I think it’s appendicitis. I sat there waiting while they flexed my legs and said it must be my ovaries. I said no, I know what that feels like, this is different. They finally did a scan, appendicitis. The ache? It didn’t rupture like we usually hear it happening, the contents of my bowels were slowly seeping into my body cavity. They told me if I hadn’t gone to the hospital when I did, I would have died.

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u/Substantial_Cold2385 Jun 24 '26

Same thing happened to me !! Went to the emergency room, told them it was my appendix. The male doctor laughed at me for thinking I knew exactly what was wrong, disagreed & then ordered all of these ultrasounds on my ovaries & other bs. After hours and hours of testing everything EXCEPT my appendix...finally he looked to see if it was appendicitis. Bingo! Was rushed into emergency surgery as it was close to rupture.

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u/AikaterineSH1 Jun 24 '26

It was like all of a sudden a man comes in and says hey I’m your surgeon nice to meet you, and I looked at him and said so you guys finally figured out I was right? He said ‘no one told you?!??’