Two women share their experiences advocating for themselves with doctors and being vindicated. Both stories highlight the importance of persistence and research when seeking medical care.
to tell me about a time they advocated for themselves at the doctor and were vindicated. So, here are 21 stories of women sticking up for themselves:"My two worst doctor experiences were after having my sons. The first story was three months after my oldest was born, and I woke up for a week with horrible, stabbing chest pains. I researched online and found it could possibly be my gallbladder. So, I reached out to my PCP who at the time was a retired military doctor.
I had to go back that same night, with the same doctor, who I said I was 'overreacting.' In a bid to get a nurse to talk to him, I raised hell to get medicine so I wouldn’t die. I got put on a three-week regimen of the strongest antibiotics possible, an anti-emetic, and some pain medicine for the regimen period. I still have permanent damage to my bladder and kidneys. It hurts every time I use the bathroom, six years later.
I find myself in a constant struggle with my doctors due to having been under military and VAMC care most of my life. I long ago came to realize that the government doesn’t give a crap about veterans; in fact they seem to resent us for surviving our contracts."I have been suffering from a gastrointestinal illness called SIBO over the past seven years. When I first got symptoms, I found myself unable to eat a lot of foods without getting a migraine.
"I still kept telling them something was wrong, but was dismissed by every single person I spoke to. I was starting to feel the contractions again, so they came in to check on me and found that my son's heartbeat was gone.""So they rushed me into the OR for an emergency C-Section. They found that not only had I never progressed beyond 50%, but my cervix never lined up with the birth canal and the cord was wrapped around my son's neck, his shoulder, and then his neck again.
As I struggled to breathe, a nurse came in to help with testing. She was nice and she told me to take my results to another doctor. The next day I was able to see a doctor and a few days later... it turned out that I had bird flu.""After a nasty bout of Covid, I experienced sudden hearing loss and was ultimately diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder called Ménière’s Disease.
"She told me she couldn't prescribe anything, so I told her to get the doctor — 'He's on vacation.' Eventually, she reached the doctor, who prescribed a very powerful medication.""We went to the pharmacy to pick it up and were told they couldn't fill it. I saw red rage and asked them to call another pharmacy. 'We can't do that.' I told him to print out the prescription and I would take it elsewhere.
The doctor asked me if I ever experienced migraines. I hadn't. I had one migraine years prior but never before and never since, so I knew this wasn't a daily dose of migraines. I'd be in tears on the floor if I had migraines this often. It caused so much unnecessary suffering for an innocent child, it makes my blood boil. Unfortunately, I have too many such examples.""I woke up and couldn’t move the left side of my face and something felt very wrong. I called my fiancé, who then drove me to urgent care after not being able to get an appointment at my doctor’s office.
"A resident working with the doctor came in first. The resident did not actually introduce himself as a resident or trainee, just as Dr. X's 'colleague.'
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