“You start to doubt yourself after so many medical experts tell you there’s nothing wrong with you.”
most of the time people know how they normally feel and can tell when something is wrong. By saying nothing is wrong you are making the individual question themselves. Even if it ends up being small, having someone who genuiley hears what you are saying goes a long way and could help find a solution a lot quicker.
I’ve even been told ‘shut up’ by a nurse because I was screaming too loud while I was in pain.”
this qoute seems crazy to me. Everyone's pain tolerance ranges to different highs and lows so to judge someone for expressing their pain is unacceptable. You are invalidating how that person feels which might make them think they don't have a right to feel that way which is also not okay.
If your provider does not appear to be listening to you or believing what you’re saying, then you need a new provider,
This is important because some people might feel an obligation to stay with there doctor for numerous reasons but if you are not being cared for how you should be, you need someone new.
Doubts about women’s pain
Women's pain is looked at differently and therefore treated differently. At this large gap between men and woman getting different treatment, it shows the neglect given and the constant pressure of having women deal with this pain themselves while neglecting their true needs.
Ruhoy said she struggled to get doctors to order a brain scan
she had to fight for the basic right to get something checked she felt was wrong and was told basically that your issue is smaller than the things around us. Because of this neglect, the tumors still persisted smaller. If the right treatment was given that could have been prevented.
were up to 25 percent less likely
Seems that what is being given out is based on your gender in a way instead of the pain levels these women are really feeling. Basically saying that they need to figure it out and that there is not a strong support to help relieve this pain.
They were told their pain was normal
It seems unfair that these woman were told that their pain was normal when they were in severe pain. Just because the doctors think it shouldn't hurt, does not make it right to invalidate their pain because it's more then they wanted them to have