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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IUD removal is very quick. Maybe asking for Valium or something similar would help?[/quote]

F that. Women's pain should be taken seriously. If the majority of men get a colonoscopy under anesthesia, why can't women get an implant removed under the same guidance?

So stupid.
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x1000!

This topic went viral on TikTok a few weeks ago. Thousands of women shared their painful IUS insertion and removal stories. Lots of OB/GYN docs responded to the various videos (both male and female docs) and were flabbergasted that a majority of doctors aren't even offering it as an option. Most said it wasn't the norm, but it should have at least been offered.

Anyway, fk most doctors. As you said, they don't take women's health seriously. I told my Gyn twice that I believed something was wrong because my periods had become so heavy - I made a special appointment to discuss it after a brief convo we had about it during my annual visit. Anyway, the doctor completely dismissed me. She said it was probably my age (almost 40) and my body's way of telling me it was time to have kids. I left feeling frustrated and determined to find a new doctor.

Then a few weeks later I got extremely ill to the point where I had to go to the ER. Come to find out I had a huge 15 cm ovarian cyst that had caused an ovarian torsion. The ovarian torsion was also blocking my ureter, which is what was making me so ill. I was rushed into emergency surgery to remove my ovary and thankfully, no permanent damage was done to the ureter or to my kidneys or bladder.

Had my doc taken me seriously and done some tests, she would have found this no doubt. The surgeon I had in the hospital thought for sure I hadn't been to see a gynecologist in years and he couldn't believe it hadn't been caught and I'd just had an exam. [/quote]

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