tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594775389766417262.post6955485281324637604..comments2024-03-03T08:51:33.507+00:00Comments on EMLWY: Teaching doctors about endometriosisEMLWYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07114100884457234972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594775389766417262.post-8905760975572009002012-12-20T00:51:44.192+00:002012-12-20T00:51:44.192+00:00I also have right shoulder pain with my periods, a...I also have right shoulder pain with my periods, and it wasn't until I read up more on endo that I connected it. My GYN was also surprised. Now, I didn't connect them because I didn't go to med school. My GYN, however, had no excuse. <br /><br />The last GYN I went to told me endometriosis is just "uncomfortable." I looked right at him and said, "No. It is excruciating pain. Not 'uncomfortable.' Not being able to walk. Not being able to move. Bleeding excessively. Having organs fused together. These are not simply 'uncomfortable.' Uncomfortable does not affect quality of life. Endometriosis is chronic pain."<br /><br />He was a male GYN, so maybe he didn't understand completely how it affects women. So I also told him to imagine someone kicking him in the balls every ten minutes for three days straight. Totally uncomfortable? Or totally painful?<br /><br />Insensitive GYNs are bad, but stupid ones are the worst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594775389766417262.post-59269489517001241442012-11-26T12:29:29.338+00:002012-11-26T12:29:29.338+00:00Oh, I've had experiences of this.
I once aske...Oh, I've had experiences of this.<br /><br />I once asked my doctor to explain why my tummy was always so inflamed and sore because of endometriosis, it's swollen and painful a large part of the time.<br /><br />She said it was just tummy fat :)<br /><br />(I'm a svelte lady with a healthy BMI, with just a rather a tender tummy!)<br /><br />I've now learned that many women with endo experience exactly the same thing.endohopehttp://www.endohope.orgnoreply@blogger.com