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Warning: This post discusses sexual assault and rape.
Night RinhartComments about existence Diagnosis With interstitial cystitis, it is true for those with chronic health problems, including me.
In the event that you missed, Lily shared her diagnosis last week in addition to the explanatory name, “I was inspired to talk about this after my grandmother was ignored by the doctors for several months when presenting clear symptoms of cancer – and this was only after his own strength and consulting for herself that she gave the blood test that It was diagnosed with it.
The first time I heard the phrase “interstitial cystitis”, or painful bladder syndrome, you are in a urology specialist after suffering from weeks of chronic pain. The middle of my back was painful, and I was tired and I have many problems of the digestive system. Even getting a referral to a specialist was not easy – a former doctor told me to try to eat vegetables (I am already vegetarian) and exercise (I cannot exercise when I feel pain). On this day, a five -star recommended doctor was running over more than an hour during the lunch break.
When I finally saw him, he asked a series of questions about my medical history, including my previous diagnosis of post -traumatic disorder. He asked about what he originated and told him that I had been raped previously. “Do you prefer to see a doctor?” He said in turn. YesI thought, But you are already late, I’m hungry, and only better get this.
For my amazement, I had to undergo medical tests that included inserting a catheter. He is an expertI kept repeating myself when I entered my legs in the passengers and my worry rose. That’s good, that’s good –
“Have you ever had a problem with your labia? Like, when you wear jeans?” He asked the doctor. I said no, I did not. He added: “Well,” if you want to reduce your labia size, we can. “I immediately felt hypocrisy. Is he trying to raise me while I am naked? I stayed calm until it ended.
In his desk after the test, he told me that he had had intellectual bladder inflammation. To deal with inflammation, suggested herbal oil and wrote the brand name. I told him that I wouldn’t feel comfortable taking it. He replied, “Don’t worry, this will not get high.”
At the end of this week, I went to a party where I encountered a person with an inflammatory bladder. The most strange thing was diagnosed by the doctor himself. Then I started telling me that she had a shock experience with him to the point that she had to expel him from the room. “Oh yes, and did he try to sell you the oil that he makes?” I asked. I had no idea that it was his own product.
In the follow -up, I complained to the medical institution. She told the employee to some extent everything, including what I heard this week, is ultimately repeated again and repeatedly, “I suggest a victim of rape that she should get the blade, which at least feels inappropriate.” She told me that I had misunderstanding “and I offered me a conversation with the doctor, whom I rejected.
After crying for pain and ill -treatment of doctors, I went through the hospital road and saw two specialists who managed to diagnose me. It took half a year, which, from a stories, is very fast in the chart of things. I do not have intellectual cystitis. In fact, the following urology specialist, which I already saw, listened to my shock history and suggested that it be linked to the physical roaming of pain.
I managed to obtain the appropriate treatment because I have great health insurance and a function that allows flexibility. numerous studies I showed that women who suffer from pain are not usually taken seriously like men. The numbers get even thorny Women with mental illnessLike me, and Colorful women.
So, what can I do? Well, if you are a doctor, you are in a great position to make a change. But on the side of the patient, one specialized from Katz Institute for Women’s Health Lily’s words said and said: “Many women are not able to talk about their health and well -being. Instead of strengthening the idea that they are” good patients “, we need to encourage them to decline.”
It is a tall request when you are in pain. But, until things change, at least you know that you are not alone.
