OMG. Luckily, I've aged out of the system. However, the pain scars remain. I recall that during an excruciating dilation and curettage procedure (no anesthetic), one gynecologist informed me that it didn't hurt and to stop complaining. Yup. Good old boys at work.
And a side note: IUD's aren't always effective - at least not the old-fashioned Copper-7 I had.
Wow - that's horrific, I'm so sorry you had to go through that, Susan! Seeing the photos of other women going through their gyno procedures just made me realize how Gilead-ish this whole thing is. It needs to change! Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow! <3 :)
PREACH. Lucky / unlucky for me the only IUD I had was inserted at the same time I had an abortion. This was in New Zealand where they thankfully put me to sleep for the whole procedure, so I didn't have to feel any of it. However I felt that thing in me for years that followed. I never had period cramps prior to an IUD but once that bad boy was in, I was in a lot of pain a lot of the time. I don't remember how many years it lasted, but I had them take it out. I couldn't take it anymore and I knew I didn't need to. It was an awful experience and I didn't even have to go through the pain of insertion. Most of gynecology is barbaric because our pain has historically been dismissed and ignored.
IMPORTANT: If a medical provider ever denies you any care, medication, testing, etc. HAVE THEM WRITE IT IN YOUR CHART. Depending on what it is you're asking for, if they need to document their refusal, they may change their tune and if they don't, you at least have a paper trail of their refusal.
Beware. I just had my IUD removed because it almost killed me because a piece of tampon had lodged itself onto one of the cords and when I went to the hospital to have my IUD checked they told me it was fine and sent me back home and I almost ended up with toxic shock syndrome
OMG. Luckily, I've aged out of the system. However, the pain scars remain. I recall that during an excruciating dilation and curettage procedure (no anesthetic), one gynecologist informed me that it didn't hurt and to stop complaining. Yup. Good old boys at work.
And a side note: IUD's aren't always effective - at least not the old-fashioned Copper-7 I had.
Wow - that's horrific, I'm so sorry you had to go through that, Susan! Seeing the photos of other women going through their gyno procedures just made me realize how Gilead-ish this whole thing is. It needs to change! Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow! <3 :)
PREACH. Lucky / unlucky for me the only IUD I had was inserted at the same time I had an abortion. This was in New Zealand where they thankfully put me to sleep for the whole procedure, so I didn't have to feel any of it. However I felt that thing in me for years that followed. I never had period cramps prior to an IUD but once that bad boy was in, I was in a lot of pain a lot of the time. I don't remember how many years it lasted, but I had them take it out. I couldn't take it anymore and I knew I didn't need to. It was an awful experience and I didn't even have to go through the pain of insertion. Most of gynecology is barbaric because our pain has historically been dismissed and ignored.
IMPORTANT: If a medical provider ever denies you any care, medication, testing, etc. HAVE THEM WRITE IT IN YOUR CHART. Depending on what it is you're asking for, if they need to document their refusal, they may change their tune and if they don't, you at least have a paper trail of their refusal.
YES YES YES ALL OF THIS
Beware. I just had my IUD removed because it almost killed me because a piece of tampon had lodged itself onto one of the cords and when I went to the hospital to have my IUD checked they told me it was fine and sent me back home and I almost ended up with toxic shock syndrome