Mackenzie Click-Mickelson
Chugging along the path of life
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2015
I think what the OP is saying and probably what a lot of those women are saying in the videos is it's a very large societal problem. It's not so much about "you need to advocate for yourself" like yes we know that, but on a certain level women have been conditioned over the years where we're often told it's NBD or it is what it is you know just deal with it. It's like we don't even know what we're supposed to advocate for. If we go in for a procedure or a normal visit even will our fears be listened to, will they be prepared for things to help with pain tolerance. I know women who avoid normal visits simple due to the pain of a smear and just overall looking around.
I really really am not bringing covid up to talk about covid but remember how early on they were like "oh no women the vaccine doesn't affect your menstrual cycles" cue a study and then it's like "oh yeah okay so it can lead to a day or two shorter OR longer period, etc" and the whole dang point was this is not something that is usually looked at when tracking vaccine side effects AND an even bigger point was women who were expressing issues with their own dang bodies were told "no no you're mistaken" like yes things can affect it but for pete's sake listen to women----okay end rant on that.
So back to the OP's musings out loud I think some of this comes from being proactive in having knowledge provided to patients, a prepared plan for patients (like medication to ease pain should there be some, different methods for different procedures that allow for this to accommodate patients and their comfort levels and pain they may experience, reassuring comments not dismissive ones, etc) and more open conversations to be had.
I really really am not bringing covid up to talk about covid but remember how early on they were like "oh no women the vaccine doesn't affect your menstrual cycles" cue a study and then it's like "oh yeah okay so it can lead to a day or two shorter OR longer period, etc" and the whole dang point was this is not something that is usually looked at when tracking vaccine side effects AND an even bigger point was women who were expressing issues with their own dang bodies were told "no no you're mistaken" like yes things can affect it but for pete's sake listen to women----okay end rant on that.
So back to the OP's musings out loud I think some of this comes from being proactive in having knowledge provided to patients, a prepared plan for patients (like medication to ease pain should there be some, different methods for different procedures that allow for this to accommodate patients and their comfort levels and pain they may experience, reassuring comments not dismissive ones, etc) and more open conversations to be had.