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It's horrible, but sadly it happens. The only stupid advice i can give you is: Do not give up. Ever. For my wife it took about 20 years to get her constant pai
by b3lvedere 9y ago
It's horrible, but sadly it happens.
The only stupid advice i can give you is: Do not give up. Ever.
For my wife it took about 20 years to get her constant pain acknowledged. After that it took more than 10 gyneacologists to even get her diagnosed. We still needed a 2nd opinion to get a decent operation done.
For more than half her life she believed the problem was 'in her head and she should shut up about it'.
Her pain treshold is so high that i feel like a total wimp whenever i complain about pain.
- 0xcoffee 9y agoWhat was she diagnosed with?
- b3lvedere 9y agoEndometriosis
- bufferoverflow 9y agoOuch. That's one of the most painful and hard to diagnose disorders, I remember watching an educational video on it.
- b3lvedere 9y agoIndeed it is. Almost 50% of the women have it, but most of them don't even know it. It varies from painless to enormous pain. My wife described the recurring pain as stomach full of slow moving very sharp knives.
- defined 9y agoMy daughter has this. And PCOS. It also took years for it to be diagnosed correctly. She even had doctors tell her to get psychotherapy because it was "all in your head"!
- b3lvedere 9y agoWe had similar experiences with some doctors. We've had specialists telling us they flatly did not believe in Endometriosis. Fun times.
- bufferoverflow 9y agoThanks! I won't give up while I can still move and talk :) Glad your wife figured it out.
- b3lvedere 9y agoThanks. It's totally cliché, but i was very happy to be there for her.