I came into A&E via an ambulance with excruciating, debilitating pain. I suffer from Adenomyosis which Northwick Park constantly dismiss. They are not an accredited hospital to treat patients who present endo/adeno symptoms. The gynae nurse who gave me the ultrasound had the nerve to give false information regarding my condition saying it is the same as endometriosis. It is not. She then said it’s like “Covid and the flu.. both are the same”. They proceeded to tell me everything was normal when I was feeling pain at 8 on a scale of 10 being the highest. They gaslit me and told me everything was fine when I did not feel fine. Prior to my diagnosis, I was admitted to this hospital and kept in for 4 days where the Adenomyosis was not detected by their Gynae team. I was discharged and then returned to a&e at Royal Free where they diagnosed me. Completely incompetent when it comes to endometriosis and adenomyosis. Stay away unless you want your time wasted and your soul shattered by not being heard and listened to. The staff here clearly hate their job and do not have a duty of care. Completely and utterly disappointed and hope no other young woman walks in and has to be made to feel as small as I did. This is the third time I have been dismissed by this hospital, including when I was sent home with bleeding in my first trimester and told it was normal only to miscarry a few weeks later. Overall, a horrible, traumatising experience that I will never forget. To be gaslit by medical professionals who have a duty of care, I have lost faith in the NHS. Particularly at Northwick Park Hospital. Avoid at all costs.
"Belittled, gaslit and dismissed"
About: Northwick Park Hospital Northwick Park Hospital Harrow HA1 3UJ
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