Jayzus...found this Twitter thread about lack of anesthesia

[Lars39]

for gynecological procedures.
I’ve had a cervical biopsy…not offered anything for pain, and was not expecting pain like that at all.

Link to tweet

[Phoenix61]

1. The male gyn told me it wouldn't hurt at all. He LIED!!! nt

[Lars39]

3. How are they getting away with this?!

Makes me so angry.

[Phoenix61]

5. An over representation of males in the medical field.

It’s getting better but there’s still a long way to go:

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. I had a woman GYN do it to me

no warning. I had no unusual symptoms, no reason for a biopsy,it was supposed to be an annual checkup.
Her explanation was ...it was quicker than to numb the area.
Except I had cramps for 5 hours after it.

Interestingly, she was German...as in accent and everything.

Never saw her again.

[XanaDUer2]

26. I had a female doctor

Put rubbing alcohol (a lot) on my genitals after lancing a labia boil. No warning. It was horrible, and I was shocked. I was only in my 20s, so didn't pushback. Never went back. Today, in my 50s, I'd have a fit.

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. Medicine is a good profession for sadists, I swear. n/t

[blueinredohio]

13. Yep, been there more than once.

[ret5hd]

2. I'll let you poke me with that down here...

if you let me poke you with THIS down there.

[NullTuples]

4. I'd like to see them "just breathe through" a penile or scrotal biopsy or scraping.

[Woodswalker]

6. Point your big toe

And kick em right in the eye. Then say you said it won't hurt.

[Lars39]

7. Good intention, but hard to do

if you’ve passed out from pain.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Modern gynecology was developed by a white man experimenting on Black women.

It's not a bad example of how systemic racism hurts everyone.

[Lars39]

10. Yes. Absolutely horrendous.

[NickB79]

27. This. And they didn't believe Black people felt pain either

Due to "thicker skin" and a more primative biology.

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-myth-of-black-people-not-feeling-pain-is-still-believed-to-this-day-ddc73e0b8428

[Celerity]

9. I will pass on male gynaecologists. Did not like the only

one I had, back in London. The female doc we have now here in Stockholm is wonderful.

[Wingus Dingus]

11. Had an endometrial biopsy--owie. It was the doctor's first time,

he was being supervised by a more experienced Gyne. It didn't go super well for him. I was nice about it because I didn't want him to feel bad, knowing how that feels as a former nurse having to do uncomfortable things to people for the first time. But it hurt way more than I let on.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. It's not just in gynecology.

I've recently had a flare-up of bursitis in my shoulder, and I was reduced to begging for pain medication, which I got a completely insufficient prescription for, while I wait three weeks to get a cortisone injection. If it works as well as the last one, it will be another 25 years before I get bursitis again.

I only wish I had the right connections to get some good pain meds.

[niyad]

14. I once had a very arrogant, misogynistic gyn tell me that pap smears could not

possibly hurt. (He had already annoyed me by telling me that I did not know anything about the headaches I had been having since age 7, because HE had not diagnosed me.) I offered to take a speculum out of the freezer in which he apparently kept them, shove it up his penis, and scrape. Then, as I was leaving, I looked at his receptionist, and said, loudly, "you told me that he is a wonderful doctor. He is a misogynistic prick." Then I looked at the women waiting and said, "you might want to reconsider your choice of gyn."

[Lars39]

15. Good for you!

The unexpected rudeness and arrogance always seems to leave my mind too jumbled to counter in a timely manner.

[niyad]

16. As a Women's Rights activist, I have had plenty of practice over these many years in

dealing with misogynistic pricks in every area.

[malletgirl02]

37. My first visit

My first visit to a gynecologist was to a male doctor. I remember he didn't ask me any questions about my health, sexual history, or even the most basic question if that was my first time visiting a gynecologist. He just stuck his speculum in me, but he couldn't get it in because a combination of me not having any sexual experience, having a small vagina, and I was extremely tense. The doctor was extremely disdainful of my lack of sexual experience, and told me not to come back for another exam until I had more sexual experience. He made me feel extremely ashamed. The reason I didn't and still don't have sexual experience is sex is not appealing to me.

Due that shame it was years before I went to a gynecologist again. My mom told me regardless of my sexual experience I still had female organs, so I still needed to get them checked out. My second visit went much better. I was more comfortable with my second gynecologist and I was open about my lack of sexual experience. She used the smallest speculum possible, and guided me through the experience.

[niyad]

41. I am so very sorry that you had such a dreadful experience. Doctors like him are

basically woman-hating sadists. Glad that the second was less awful.

[KentuckyWoman]

18. Been there done that.

I had uterine cancer. A little pinch my ass.
After the surgery I had a post op infection and they had to open the surgical site and leave it open to heal from the inside out. It took nearly a year.

The initial surgery I don't know if they actually put me under or not. If I watch the end of Braveheart once and had nightmares about my hysterectomy for weeks after. I can't watch it. So I'm pretty sure I was never put under.



I was lucky, at least a doctor actually listened to my symptoms and did the biopsy instead of telling me it was "hysteria" because I lost 2 children in the womb.

[Lars39]

19. Oh, I'm so sorry you went thru that!

It’s infuriating that a doctor’s kindness seems to be the exception.

[KentuckyWoman]

20. Now all my doctors are women

I won't say ALL women doctors are better, but my overall care is better primarily because I know I can speak up and be heard. I would expect many younger male doctors have learned hard lessons from the failing of the kind of men who led the profession in my younger days. I'm so grateful so many women pushed to get into medicine.

[Lars39]

21. Mine are, too.

I bet law suits helped weed them out.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. same here.

Except the surgeon...and he is lovely. I trust him. Very warm, very aware, very professional.
It's a small town...you get to know people.

but the oncology service is all female, it's lovely to be ablet o speak the same "language".
And my GP is female. A fundy, but good with needed prescriptions.

[chia]

23. Only women gynecologists for me. The last male gynecologist I ever had did my first uterine biopsy

and I was unprepared for how incredibly painful it was. I didn't make a sound, but the tears were rolling down the sides of my face as I lay there. All he said was "I told you you didn't have to do this."

Well, yes I did.

And I ended up having another, but not with him. Still extremely painful, but the woman gynecologist gently talked me through it, making the best of what is an incredibly painful procedure and I don't know why by now in this day and age they haven't made it less painful. In any event, I'll never have a male gynecologist ever again.

[demtenjeep]

24. I had a colposcopy onceno pain relief. Did not know it was going to hurt

I screamed


hubby about came unglued

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. They didn't give you anesthesia for that?

When I had mine done last month they put me under. I also had an Endoscopy done at the same time so maybe that's why. For others here who've had a colonoscopy is anesthesia common practice?

[demtenjeep]

31. nonot a colonoscopy. A colposcopy

basically a biopsy of the female parts

[MustLoveBeagles]

35. Gotcha

I misread your post. Sorry about that.

[Retrograde]

39. Sedation is more common than total anesthesia

for colonoscopies, at least in my case. For my first one, the doctor was a wannabee tour guide who pointed out all the interesting sections while I watched on the monitor.

[róisín_dubh]

25. It's why I won't have an IUD put in.

Pap smears are excruciating for me. It feels like they're scraping the inside of my skull. I have a female gyn and NP and I'm probably going to switch to my regular doctor for these exams. They always seem to belittle my pain.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. Same here

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I'm a wimp when it comes to pain.

[róisín_dubh]

40. I'm generally not.

I’ve been getting tattoos for 26 years, including massive back pieces (ow), shins (ow) and my armpit (OWWWW)!
But blood draws make me faint and Pap smears are just awful.
I don’t like being belittled when I say something is excruciating.

[Retrograde]

38. Having one removed is worse

My gynecologist, a woman, had me lie down for an hour, made me some tea, and agreed to babysit any subsequent children if I got pregnant (I was almost 60 at the time). And she prescribed a day of putting my feet up and having my husband make meals. It was one of the more painful experiences I've had - and that includes broken bones and a hysterectomy.

[MustLoveBeagles]

28. For several years now I've had irregular periods

When I was going to Planned Parenthood they took a scrapping of my uterus to test for cancer. I wasn't given anesthesia but they did warn me it could be painful. And it was. The first attempt at getting a sample wasn't successful so they had to do it again. The assistant held my hand and coached me to breath. They were very apologetic about causing me pain. I couldn't be mad because they did warn me. It seems many others on this thread were lied to.

[Hekate]

33. I remember a male doctor telling me there weren't any nerves to speak of in the cervix, so...

… pain was not an issue. Even before he proceeded I knew he was speaking from sheer blind ignorance. What the ever loving —?

[Retrograde]

34. I don't know if they can do local anesthesia for some of these

I've had several uterine biopsies - which are definitely not my idea of fun - and don't see how administering a local, even if possible, would be any less painless. I did have a more complicated uterine procedure done under mild sedation: although I was conscious and got to watch the procedure on a monitor (always interesting to see one's insides), I had to have a driver and someone to stay with me for the rest of the day - I wouldn't want to go to that level for a quick procedure.

[nini]

36. Did you know it doesn't hurt to get a uterine biopsy?

Yep.. just go through the cervix and take a pinch of tissue. Yep No pain at all 😳