Each time I came here I left feeling horrible & ignored.
I suffer with extreme heavy periods, I get large blood clots I struggle each month that I am on it. I finally got to see gynaecology. I struggle to talk sometimes so writing it on paper and giving it to the doctor helps me. I walked into the room & said I wrote what I struggle with down while trying to give them my phone. They shook their hand and said no no you read. At that point I got super anxious. Each time I tried to talk youd hear them mhh over me or they would talk over me & saying ohh so sorry to hear that ( I had only got a couple words in & never got the chance to finish). Their attitude had no care to me, I found it was really blunt and forced and felt no compassion, it felt very - shut up hurry up and leave - attitude.They said there’s nothing they can do to help me. Not even suggest any pain relief that could help with managing day to day . They said only way is to give you the coil. I told them I have vaganismis it’s painful to insert things how would you get it in? I asked what if I don’t like it how do you remove it they asked why would you want to do that? I said well what if I don’t like it so they said well why would you want to do that. I was silent so they replied with it’s in there for 6months. All I wanted to know was if I don’t like it being in me how would I get it removed, will it hurt? What’s the risks etc. There was no reassurance at all. They asked me what do I want if I didn’t want them to examine me but I’m sure others don’t want someone examining their private parts when you feel super uncomfortable talking to someone like that.I went to my doctor, turns out they shouldn’t of discharged me and I was meant to get it done in the hospital not the doctors. The gynaecologist appointment only lasted less than two minutes. My doctors appointment lasted longer & they were super reassuring & asked me if I had scans done or blood tests to make sure I didn’t have PCOS etc etc I felt the gynaecologist didn’t care.
"Unfair treatment in gynaecology"
About: Forth Valley Royal Hospital / Gynaecology Forth Valley Royal Hospital Gynaecology FK5 4WR
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