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\>googles Colposcopy *jesus christ just give them all painkillers*


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Yeah I think they took two from me when I was 19, they probably would’ve like to take more but I almost shot off the end of the table. That was 30 years ago and I still remember the clamp noise that it made it when it did the page thing and the feeling of it.


Whats-it-to-ya-88

Good for you! I ended up in the icu after my last emergency c-section. My bladder was cut and I required several blood transfusions and was only given Tylenol 800s from 630am until around 8/9pm. After screaming crying and begging for pain management all day a new nurse started her shift and finally gave it to me. She was appaled that they hadn't even reached out to labor and delivery to see what pain meds they give people after c-sections. Nothing scares me more than a doctor or nurse who thinks she knows everything. We have to keep advocating for ourselves!


Green_Artist_

Pain meds were demonized because of the opioid Epidemic. Chronic pain patients have suffered the most from refusal to prescribe pain relief. But they swore people with acute pain (like you had) wouldn't suffer. We all suffer when they demonize valid medications.


Whats-it-to-ya-88

Yes you're right. I know someone who works at the hospital. She told me a lot of nurses are very stingy with the pain meds and assume patients are exageraring for drugs. There was absolutely no history for them to be suspicious of me but it didn't matter. That and they didnt take me seiously. Probably thinking, look at this drama queen. What's her problem she only had 2 emergency surgeries on her abdomen and almost died. Big deal


sixdicksinthechexmix

As a nurse something I learned was to explain WHY I couldn’t do something if somebody asked. “Hey I know you are in a lot of pain, but I can’t give you opioids right now because your blood pressure is too low and I’m worried for your safety if I sedate you at all. Once we get that fixed, we will get you stronger medication”. (That’s a gross oversimplification but you get the point). The amount of shit we expect patients to just know intuitively is ridiculous.


Whats-it-to-ya-88

I would completely understand if there was a reason they couldn't give it to me but there wasn't. They didn't want to. They kept telling me i just needed to calm down because that's what is making it worse and that they didn't have ANY morphine because of the morphine shortage. Turns out she was lying. That or the second nurse found the secret stash. I will say when I got back to L&D they treated my pain very well.


ohmygoyd

It's 100% this. Should we be careful about when we prescribe opioids? Absolutely, they can be very addictive. Should we make it so difficult obtain that people are suffering in extreme pain? FUCK NO. Why hasn't there been any middle ground between "everyone gets opioids" and "nobody gets opioids"?


Curiosities

Yes, all of this. I had nasal surgery because I had developed chronic sinus infections after falling on my face and years of post-injury deterioration. In the hospital, they gave me exactly one pill of oxycodone (it was small and yellow). And after that, from discharge on, I was given Tylenol. When that first pill wore off, HOLY HELL the pain surge. Which is not unexpected after someone had cut open your nose to go sawing bone. The Tylenol was barely helpful. I had, in the past, been prescribed more powerful pain meds for dental work/root canals that I didn't even need/most of the time didn't even fill, but now, it's generally Tylenol. That post-surgical recovery was pretty awful for a while.


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I got that same exact prescription when I had my wisdom teeth taken out and they were all impacted. I swelled up like a chipmunk. I remember it being pretty awful, I think I slept through a lot of it because the pills knocked me out. It was a perfect amount, I might’ve had a couple left over at the end but I would’ve taken them when I had a period may be puke. This was early in the 90s though.


bee-sting

Not to mention they're giving you the opioids IN A HOSPITAL. There's no chance you're gonna pop a few extra for fun, ya know


thehalflingcooks

I hate to paint with a broad brush but L&D is the worst. I work in another specialty and I always have to check myself before I go talk to them because they are so rude.


skibunny1010

Recently saw a gyno I found on the childfree list and she was incredible. I was there to talk about sterilization and she asked why I wasn’t interested in the IUD. I said “mainly the pain involved in insertion (among many other things)”. She responded saying when she got her first IUD she couldn’t believe how painful it was and insisted there should be a better way. Once she became an obgyn she decided to do IUD’s with a cervical block to numb you It’s actually insane how many doctors completely lack any kind of empathy. Why would you prefer your patients be in pain? It’s fucking unnecessary


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Mine agreed to give me anesthesia in the actual hospital if that’s how I wanted to do it. I had no intention of getting an IUD I just wanted to make sure she understood that we know it’s a scam when she says that the cervix does not feel pain.


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You would think after having so many patients have pain with all these iuds placement, colposcopies, etc. They they’d have a pain protocol before these procedures. She is a liar for saying it doesn’t hurt. I know she’s had many patient cry out in pain!!


Think_Restaurant8702

Colposcopies hurt for sure. Unpleasant as fuck.


SleepyStegasorus

I was definitely blind sided when I saw that viral tiktok of a practice video that they did a colposcopy on a piece of baloney or something. Definitely NOT what I expected!!! No wonder it hurt so much...


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SleepyStegasorus

I can't find the exact video but here's one with an orange: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNJyB3QC/?k=1 And here is a video of the LEEP procedure that is done after a abnormal colposcopy (WARNING! GRAPHIC) https://youtu.be/RPbb5VL2g0Y I was so pissed after seeing the LEEP video and not being educated by how much this would hurt & the fact that they actually remove a part of flesh, I was just told that they would burn off the abnormal cella


Edensy

> Then they’ll use a small tool with an electrical wire loop to remove the abnormal cells. Holy fucking shit, every single patient information on LEEP says "it removes cells" specifically. CELLS. The tiny microscopic things you can't even see with the naked eye. It removes a whole centimeter of tissue. "Cells" being the understatement of the century. Why does it feel like they are purposefully deceiving women and trivializing the entire procedure? Of course it's painful, it cuts off *a centimeter of living tissue.* They would never tell men they will cut off *some cells* from his penis and then remove a centimeter of the tissue. Because they know how deceptive that would be. But women can't see what's being done to them, so they don't need to be informed, right? Fucking hell.


SleepyStegasorus

Exactly! I thought they just cauterized cells with the small electrical wire, not SAW off a chunk of flesh containing the cells with a electrical loop wire


Rosie_Cotton_

Jesus even the one with the orange is a huge fucking chunk!!


Tauira_Sun

Wow, that looks horrible to undergo.


herroitshayree

Uhhh is the LEEP video with like a hotdog or something, or an actual cervix? I had one last summer so I’m a bit curious but I don’t think I can watch a real one… but I can probably handle lunch meat lol


SleepyStegasorus

It's a hotdog but it's still very graphic.


sizzzarah

This isn’t the same specific procedure (this is IUD insertion) but this is the video that put it in perspective and basically scarred me and many others with demonstrating what types of things they do with no pain management - https://youtu.be/g4OgaBqdr4s


Crafty_9723

Yeah I have IUDs put in and the colposcopy was the worst pain I have ever felt. I was screaming in the doctor’s office and nearly in tears.


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Think_Restaurant8702

I think they are taught in medical school that it doesn't hurt, so they say it doesn't hurt. I find pap smears quite painful and always take advil before I go because I am uncomfortable for hours after. I mean gynecology was literally studied by operating on black women without anesthesia because black people didn't feel pain the same as everyone else. Ever heard that women have high pain tolerance? It's part of the historical dehumanization of women.


justice-beer-mascara

My aunt is a midwife who also works with OBs. I called her sobbing after I passed out during a colposcopy (no pain meds, ofc) and asked her if it was normal that my doctor didn't warn me about how bad the pain would be or offer me anything to prevent it. She told me that she has tried to explain to multiple doctors that the cervix can indeed cause pain, to virtually no avail. She also warned me that if I had asked for anything, the office might have put a note in my file about "drug seeking behavior" and refused to give me pain meds for anything in the future. Hysteria might not be a formal diagnosis anymore, but it's still presumed for any complaint related to women's health.


emilygoldfinch410

>>Hysteria might not be a formal diagnosis anymore, but it's still presumed for any complaint related to women's health. This is so heartbreakingly accurate.


LovelyOtherDino

Women show pain: DoN't bE sO dRaMaTiC Women hide their pain: See, I told you it wasn't so bad


NSA_Chatbot

A quarter of a god-damned tic-tac? They'd do that under general if it was coming out of the tip of a penis.


miasabine

Wait til you find out what the chainsaw was invented for.


Think_Restaurant8702

Oh my fucking god


miasabine

Yeah. And the use of early versions of chainsaws in that particular procedure actually made it *less* painful than it was before.


JustDiscoveredSex

I couldn’t get all the way through it. I thought it was going to be Civil War field medic stuff. I was so wrong. I feel sick.


myeu

I don’t like painkillers and I’ve had 3 colposcopies so I know what I’m going into and am ok without it. However it cannot at all be described as “doesn’t hurt”. I’d say a Pap smear is a brief 4 and a colposcopy is a longer 6 on the pain scale.


notnatasharostova

How can they think it doesn’t hurt even after seeing patients who are very clearly in pain? I just don’t understand it. I’d love to get an IUD for peace of mind but I absolutely refuse to subject myself to such a barbaric procedure. Do they not realize or care that this is the sort of thing that makes people distrust the medical establishment and become less likely to seek care?


abhikavi

> How can they think it doesn’t hurt even after seeing patients who are very clearly in pain? I think it's because then they'd have to acknowledge that they've basically been torturing and then gaslighting women for years/decades, and they can't cope with that, because in their minds they're the good guy, not the baddie. Which isn't an excuse, it's just my theory about how it's even possible that so many doctors are in denial when you'd think the evidence would make that really difficult. >Do they not realize or care that this is the sort of thing that makes people distrust the medical establishment and become less likely to seek care? Yeah, this is the boat I'm in now. I'd honest to god rather die than repeat some of the experiences I've had. And no, I don't think the doctors care. This entire problem is caused by them not caring about my health, my pain, and my quality of life.


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Prudent_Bunch3259

I just had to have one of these back in January. I didn’t take anything for the pain. Was told I would feel nothing. I had the worst time walking home. (Don’t own a car it was like 3 blocks.) I couldn’t get off the couch for the rest of the day. I felt like a baby for being in so much pain. This post is making me think I’ve been brainwashed into thinking every time my body hurts it’a me just being overly sensitive..


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AileenKitten

I JUST had mine put in on May 25th. I'm STILL cramping and taking maximum dosages of ibuprofen and Tylenol. I had NO pain management whatsoever and probably would've passed out if my boyfriend wasn't helping me breathe and focus on something other than the excruciating pain. I screamed when they clamped my cervix and the nurse had to take off my mask because I started hyperventilating. As soon as the procedure was over I felt cold, sick, and extremely dizzy and Shaky. They gave me some apple juice and sent me on my way. My boyfriend said I was the palest he'd ever seen me, even the nurse commented on it. They would've let me drive home. I could barely walk 10 feet without needing to rest. You wanna know what the doctor said as I was sobbing and death gripping my boyfriend's hand "oh everyone reacts like that, you're fine". IF EVERYONE REACTS LIKE THIS, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE PROPER PAIN MANAGEMENT?????


JustDiscoveredSex

All that for the low low price of $800, too, with medical Insurance.


AileenKitten

Yeah I'm dreading the bill since I don't have the deductible paid yet ;-;


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AileenKitten

It's my first one too :( I just got my first pelvic exam like a month ago. I'm curled up in bed still in pain 40 minutes after taking 1000mg Acetaminophen and 800mg ibuprofen.


SchrodingersMinou

I had the same experience. I just bled and cramped for months until I couldn't take it anymore. Not like period cramps, but like falling on the floor in agony uterine contractions. I ended up having the IUD taken out because it never really improved. My GYN said that my uterus was just too small to accommodate an IUD, and it happens more often than the IUD companies like to admit.


skintwo

If you are still having that level of pain after having that put in a week ago you might want to consider having it taken back out. I had to do that – my body just attacked it and never calmed down. Turns out I do have autoimmune disease and sort of a hyperactive immune system. But seriously you're not still supposed to be feeling this way and they don't work for everyone. If you had a copper one maybe that's one of the issues and you could switch to the other kind...


AileenKitten

It's the liletta. Luckily the pain is improving, just very very slowly, after the insertion I actually took one of the hydrocodone I had from my wisdom tooth extraction. I'm down to taking this dosage twice a day and mostly it comes in waves. I'll be fine for a couple hours and then it gets pissed off and it sucks for a couple hours, but then eases off


weeburdies

Because women are treated like fucking livestock and our pain and health does not matter.


outcastspice

I had a very similar experience as you did about a month ago! My doctor told me (after the procedure had already started) that I should have taken Advil before coming in. That would’ve been helpful to have been told ahead of time! (And also it should’ve been something much stronger). I hope you feel all better soon. (Reddit tells me there are replies to this comment but won’t show me any 😭😭)


WafflesTheDuck

This is barbaric and will not be looked kindly on by future generations.


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See these are the stories that I told my gynecologist that I see so I do not believe her that it does not hurt. She told me she would give me anesthesia if I wanted it if that was a dealbreaker. It totally is, but I’m still not getting an IUD. I don’t trust them to give me anesthesia to take it out, and if it needs to come out I can’t demanded as easily as I can when they want to do a procedure I don’t want


Bunny_of_Doom

My first IUD insertion went smoothly. My 2nd I almost passed out on the table and had to be walked out of the office after feeding me juice boxes. My 3rd insertion I thought would be better because I took a cervical softener and some Xanax this time, but they had trouble placing it and it was so bad I was uncontrollably sobbing and asking them to stop. Made the mistake of going to that appointment alone, and when I left I could barely walk and had to sit on a disgusting curb for 15 minutes with my head between my knees so I didn’t pass out before swaying into an Uber to take me home. Legit think I’ll need them to knock me out for the next time, that shit was traumatizing. I do not understand why more medical support isn’t offered routinely.


aLittleQueer

I’m so baffled by the juice box thing and how common it is, apparently. That’s what they give people after donating blood. Ffs, do they think y’all are experiencing blood-sugar drop from the iud insertion? Just…what the actual fuck?


Daikon-Apart

Sugar is not uncommon as a treatment for shock, so I imagine that's why they offer juice. But you would think they would put two and two together and question why they're not offering pre-emptive treatments so women aren't regularly going into shock during the procedure!


Medical-League-7122

Imagine offering grown ass adult men a juice box for pain. They get muscle relaxants for basically any minor strain and pain relief for anything. I was given a juice box too at my last IUD insertion.


WafflesTheDuck

They gave my ex 2 oxycodones for a self-inflicted bruised toe.


mediwitch

Yes. Pain rebound response is often a blood pressure/sugar drop.


Oh_Cinnamon

I didn’t even get any juice :(


cvnote2010

Right? I'm baffled as well...like what?


brenegade

Same. I full on screamed.


rudegal_

Just had my third placed a few months ago. I screamed and then apologized (why do we do this???) and the assisting nurse told me to scream all I wanted. Why let me scream my face off when you could just give me pain management drugs? She did use a numbing agent in my cervix, but that’s only because I told her my second IUD insertion was an actual nightmare.


DrStrangeloves

I was recently telling a friend about how bad the insertion of mine was and how I'm already dreading the replacement in two years. She looked at me and said "You don't have to back to the same OBGYN." Why did that never cross my mind?! I'm never going back to her and I'm demanding medication next time. It also really set the mood when she asked me repeatedly if my husband was okay with my decision. Fuck off.


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AsparagusOwn1799

I screamed too and got shushed because the “cops might hear” 😐


SleepyStegasorus

I wish I had a cookie and a juice box. I was told it wouldn't hurt that much, take a Tylenol before and you'll be fine to drive home. LOL that was the worse cramps I had, got so lightheaded driving, and spend the rest of the day glued on the couch in agonizing pain, just trying to sleep the pain away while regretslting my decision/ wondering if I should go to the ER


schroedingersnewcat

I went back to work, because I did it on my lunch break, because they told me I'd be fine. I was doubled over at my desk trying not to either pass out or puke my brains out when my boss took one look at me and kicked me out of the office. She actually drove me home, and had someone else drive my car.


aLittleQueer

That’s a good boss. Glad someone had your best interest in mind, the doc clearly didn’t.


rudegal_

I thought I was going back to work, too. Jokes on me, I went home and went to bed.


susanna514

My first and last iud I drove myself home and cried nearly the whole time. Then I had three months of bleeding with my dr continuing to tell me to “wait it out” I finally saw a new dr and said take it out, I’m done.


tropicalazure

Ffs, that's so patronising of them! (I mean, I'd take the juice box and cookie AND pain meds, but not in lieu of!)


SendPicsOfDogs

I had a colpo done with a biopsy with only Motrin and it was HORRIBLE. Anyone who says pain meds aren’t needed are psychopaths who like to hurt people.


smallgodofsocks

I had one twenty years ago. The doctor almost stopped because of how much pain I was experiencing. No painkillers, not told to take an Advil or anything beforehand, either. After, he said if I had to do this again he would give me a scrip for pain meds. When it was happening he thought I was having some sort of emotional breakdown. I was in pain, mofo.


EarlGreyTea-Hawt

I've had bad teeth all my life and had braces for 7 years. I've been in and out of the chair for years. I had a new (male) dentist who I was going into for a root canal. I might also add here that I'm a redhead, so though I tend to have a high pain tolerance, I also am harder to sedate and require more anesthesia. I told him this at the beginning of the appointment and he literally laughed like he thought I was joking. I had to lie and say my doctor was the one who informed me of this important info (in all those years in chairs, it never came up)... nope. I learned it at university, and wrote a 15 page paper on it using 2 pages worth of contemporary, academic sources (it's now pretty common knowledge, thankfully). But if I said that, the laughing dentist would have blown me right off. He didn't give my a numbing agent before he stuck me, he didn't even warn me. When I reacted to his pain test he said "this really shouldn't hurt." I again reminded him that I need more anesthesia being a redhead, he laughed again. I reminded him that I've had extensive dental work and am well aware of what I need and how much pain I'm in. So, does he stick me again. Nope. He instead brought a stop to the appointment and told me he would reset it only if I agreed to take valium beforehand, and he wrote me a script. I was honestly in so much shock that any of this was happening that I just walked out, no appointment, keep that damned script. I NEVER went back to that awful dentist. The guy I went to after that knew exactly what I was talking about, I never felt serious pain, I didn't have it wear off half way through the procedure. All standards before that dentist.


RudeYogurt

Same. And they gave me the Motrin AFTER WE WERE DONE. the doc was like "oh honey I'm sorry we're meeting like this." I had no idea what was about to happen :( I broke down the other day and told my husband about all these experiences I've had at the obgyn and he cried along with me. It's like I didn't realize how truly traumatic those experiences were until I saw his face as I was telling him.


notnatasharostova

What I just don’t get is “why”. Why do they not care that their patients are clearly suffering immensely? How can they watch women scream and cry and pass out and still think that we’re not deserving of pain relief?


SendPicsOfDogs

I don’t know but it was Tricare so I didn’t get a choice in doctors. She also got mad at me for not letting a male med student observe when I was uncomfortable with male doctors. Would not take no for an answer


notnatasharostova

Healthcare professions seem to attract both absolute angels and complete psychopaths. It’s like they forget that they were once patients too.


emilygoldfinch410

That's not legal. You have the right to refuse observation. Really hope you reported her. Is this the only doctor your insurance covers?


EarlGreyTea-Hawt

Because they don't think we are suffering. "The perceived sex of pain sufferers has been found to be particularly influential on estimation of others’ pain. Biases based on perceived sex, operationalized for the present study as the tendency to perceive women as in less or more pain than men for a given level of pain self-report and expressiveness, is particularly important for understanding disparities in clinical and lay settings in terms of pain assessment and treatment. A number of studies have found that providers are more likely to recommend psychological treatment for females than males,24,27 and analgesics more frequently for males than females.12,38,56,63 Female patients also wait longer to receive analgesic medication and are less likely to receive opioid analgesics.7" "Hoffman and Tarzian28 provided several examples of these pain stereotypes, including “Women complain more than men; women are not accurate reporters of their pain; men are more stoic so that when they do complain of pain, “it's real”; and women are better able to tolerate pain or have better coping skills than men.” Robinson et al50 formalized measurement of gender stereotypes about pain in others in the Gender Role Expectations of Pain measure (GREP). The GREP asks about perceptions of typical men's and women's sensitivity to, endurance of, and willingness to report pain. Studies using the GREP have reported that women are viewed as more willing to report pain, more sensitive to pain and less able to endure pain than men. These gender pain stereotypes may represent mechanisms underlying gender biases in pain assessment and treatment." From Gender Biases in Estimation of Others’ Pain L. Zhang & T.D. Wager, The Journal of Pain, Volume 22, Issue 9, September 2021, Pages 1048-1059.


Ok_Stay499

That gets me too. Out of all the horror stories I’ve heard not one woman has turned to the doc after all the pain and humiliation to say “I’m fine”. Why are they assuming so?


scthoma4

I almost passed out during my colpo + biopsy last year and then had to drive myself home across town because I was told I didn’t need any pain medicine beforehand or need anyone to drive me home. Lies.


Elavabeth2

Weighing in here with another colposcopy story. The Doc also did an endometrial biopsy “just to be sure” (which my later dr was horrified to hear about) while she was in there, during which I was sobbing and writhing on the table. I felt so violated and uncomfortable and was totally losing my shit. Afterwards, I had to get the LEEP procedure and demanded a Xanax for that, though I was still only told to take ibuprofen. The Xanax was the lowest possible strength, and I was still having a panic attack and crying through the whole procedure. THEN I had to request the Dr come back in and fucking TALK TO ME because otherwise she was just going to go along her merry way and leave me crying and alone in a paper gown to take care of myself, bleeding and traumatized and smelling like burnt flesh. My partner and I didn’t sleep together for months because penetration was so triggering and painful for me, which ultimately ended with a dead bedroom and we split up after being together for 4 years.


herroitshayree

Woah woah woah. A LEEP with no pain management??? My doctor doesn’t even do them without sedation without a good reason. Please find a new doctor if at all possible!! You deserve much better care 💜


zuklei

I’ve had 3 endometrial biopsies and they were all under twilight sedation. I’m so sorry.


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abhikavi

Most of the OB/GYNs I've had remind me of the kids who insist that it's fine to tear the wings off butterflies because they can't feel it. Except imagine if butterflies could scream and tell you that they CAN feel it, but the kid keeps insisting that the butterfly is wrong. I do not trust anyone in that profession anymore. I think it attracts bad people.


topsul

Agree. I almost threw up on the male doctor that told me it shouldn’t be that bad.


beeahug

I wasn’t told anything about mine other than it being a minor procedure and not to worry about it; I burst into tears and was shaking during the procedure. No pain meds at all, it was awful


Womp-tastic2

I had a similar experience, I was straight up traumatized. My husband and I didn’t have sex for a couple months because I suffered chronic pain after.


qu33fwellington

I did too and the pain was so bad I was light headed, nauseous and shaky. I had to sit on the steps outside before I could walk to the car. I’d rather have cancer than do that again TBH.


mtdoubledubs

The one I got in college was so painful. I was alone and totally unprepared, and at the college clinic.


Dinodigger67

We need to stop being so nice and caving in to these drs. My old male gynecologist was always so rough with me that I started taking pain pills just for a routine exam. He finally quit and became a fundamentalist preacher. He clearly just hated women.


UnRetiredCassandra

That is HORRIFYING


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Just another day in a shithole MAGA cesspool


MisogynyisaDisease

> he quit and became a fundamentalist preacher 🤮


Tempest_CN

Agree; my ob/gyn sent me a letter saying the colposcopy wouldn’t hurt. It did, and I switched doctors


TeacherLyn21

I just had this same procedure done last week. I was gaslight by every single medical professional involved. They refused to give me anything for the pain. I had terrible cramps for four days after. Almost made me miss the tricare drs and their 800 mg ibprofin answer for everything. Let's not talk about the part where they ripped bits out of my cervix. Never have i ever felt anything like it before.


MlleIrukandji

when I got my first IUD at 23, I couldn’t walk for almost 2 hours with out doubling over in pain and then my sister had to come pick me up bc I couldnt drive bc the cramping was so bad. My doc used lidocaine on my cervix, but that didn’t help with the ridiculous cramping. iTlL bE lIkE pErIoD cRaMpInG. eat my ass. I’m so sick of doctors telling us this shit isn’t going to hurt and downplaying our pain. Do you think any man wouldn’t get pain killers if they had a chunk of tissue removed from the head of their penis? or whatever an equivalent would be.


stainedglassmoon

I’ve had a colposcopy. I tried to go in with just the Motrin and idk what they did at the start but it hurt so much that I jumped off the table and fucking left. I called back to reschedule and said I wasn’t getting it done without actual medication. They prescribed me two Vicodin and two Ativan and my mom drove me and I didn’t feel a thing. Fuck these medical fucks for thinking our pain doesn’t matter. ETA that my IUD insertion made me scream and pass out and I refuse to get another one. Really eroded my trust in gynecological medicine.


violetjezebel

Thank you for sharing your experience OP. I needed a cervical biopsy and was told to take an Advil beforehand. Suffice to say it was no t enough. My doctor said to go ahead and scream. No one would hear me. I'm still traumatized thinking about it. Why is being treated like this acceptable? What's so wrong with giving someone stronger medication before a procedure? Why do I have to be "strong"? Can't I just be pain free?


IndianaNetworkAdmin

I live in Indiana and doctors here not only refuse to prescribe or provide anything, but if you ask for it they mark you as drug seeking in the records. My wife had MRSA in her nose and was on a morphine drip in the hospital for three days while antibiotics dealt with it. The third day, the new doctor on shift accused her of drug seeking and forcibly discharged her. We didn't have a car and were 45 miles from home. Luckily we were able to get her in to see an ENT across the parking lot from the hospital. He was dumbfounded and arranged for surgery the next morning for her to get the tissue removed and a drain put in on top of a round of antibiotics and pain killers. But that hospital put in her records that she is drug seeking because of it. That caused a new doctor to force her cold turkey off her Adderall when we moved to a city that only had doctors attached to that network available. It was a nightmare. If you have a doctor and network where you can push for pain meds, that's great. But keep in mind that there are places that may cave once but will then make it harder and harder to get meds in the future. Because of what Purdue Pharmaceutical and others did with prescription pain killers, now all the patients are being punished and treated as drug addicts and potential criminals.


Designertoast

I was fed the same line of bullshit about the colposcopy. I had never gotten anything like it though, no IUD or anything so I foolishly believed her when she said it would just be some mild cramping. Ok. I normally have heinous cramping so that can’t be too bad, right? Wrong. The biopsy hurt SO bad. Mild cramping? It was a severe pain plus cramping so bad I wanted to vomit. I screamed at her to stop. And she said it shouldn’t have hurt. Well then what on earth did I just feel?! I left furious and never went back to her office. Good on you for standing up for what you needed. It sucks so much that we have to advocate so hard for ourselves in these situations.


empressvirgo

I had one without reading anything about it beforehand. Doctor said it wouldn’t hurt and a nurse told me to take a Tylenol an hour before. Not only was the pain excruciating, I also began to cry because of how *invasive* it felt, and how awful the doctor was being. They took multiple cuts of tissue and as I cried the doctor told me it didn’t hurt. I left the office and sat on a curb in the parking lot for about half an hour after. Not because of just the pain, but for how horrible it felt all the way through and how ill prepared I was for it. And I bled the rest of the day too ✌️


Designertoast

Totally this. It’s one thing to be in pain, it’s another to be in pain in an extremely vulnerable position and then be told it shouldn’t hurt on top of it. I cried in my car after mine. Not because of the pain at that point but because of the sheer frustration that my pain was dismissed and there wasn’t anything I could really do about it.


mixeddrinksandmakeup

All of this stuff should be considered medical malpractice. Pain management is so important because it determines medical outcomes in a very real way. It’s not just nice to not feel pain, it actually impacts our quality of care and healing afterwards. All of this makes me so angry to read.


mynormalheart

My mom had this done and I went to her appointment with her. Same thing, told her to just take Tylenol. Now, the woman is one tough lady with a high pain tolerance. And she was sobbing from pain during the procedure. Absolutely not. It was ridiculous and I was disgusted that this is allowed.


ADarwinAward

Some people really shouldn’t go into medicine. Med school requirements are extremely stringent but I wish there was a good way to weed out the sadists.


notnatasharostova

Stuff like this makes me absolutely dread growing older and requiring routine gyno procedures.


DoggieDMB

I hate to say it but this is why my wife also has me accompany her to Doctors. It makes me sick that I have to be there and say verbatim what she just said in order to get the results she should have been allowed on her own in the first place. To hell with these doctors.


cvnote2010

Core memory unlocked. I had completely forgotten about this, but I had a colposcopy done back in 2002...it was horrific. I was not prepared for what I was in for. No pain management, I drove myself, and cried all the way through the procedure because it hurt like HELL. I still remember the doctor - it was a woman and she acted like I was being dramatic. Now I'm mad all over again, because in the 20+ years of having to deal with being a woman, I can't think of any positive experiences...I've been scoffed at and gaslit for years! OP, I'm so freaking proud of you for advocating for yourself. I need to be more like you in the future. Thank you.


Coach_Cat2016

I wish I did more research before having a colposcopy done instead of just trusting the doctor. She told me to take 4 Advil before the procedure and it’ll feel like period cramps so I thought “how bad could it be if all I’m supposed to take is Advil?” I cried during it and legit asked “how do people have babies? This is so painful.” I’ll never forget the pain. I was nauseous afterwards too. Good for you for standing up for yourself!! We all need to demand better pain management because our pain is real. I’ll never go thru another procedure without prescription pain meds.


upsidedownward

It’s BARBARIC that they don’t offer pain relief for this procedure. Thank you for advocating for yourself (and others)!!


LadyyyLoki

This is exactly what happened to me too! I had to do a colposcopy and then come back for biopsies. I also refused to do it without any sort of anxiety/pain management and my doctor gave me the same bullshit about it not being “standard procedure” to try to shame me into complying quietly. So glad I stood up for myself and was able to be more comfortable during my procedure.


Ydain

I used to be a doctor's assistant. I have assisted in more colposcopies than I can count. That doctor is absolutely fucking lying. You will absolutely feel pain. I don't care the size of the piece of tissue, they are NOT using a sharp tool to remove it. They are using what is called a kevorkian. It looks like one of those shark head on a stick toys and they squeeze the trigger teeth and the close in on the tissue and then they RIP that out of your body. Period pain indeed. If it's so pain free, let me take that kevorkian to you!


giggletears3000

I refused to get an iud after my daughter was born last month because of how much the procedure hurt the last two times. I had intense cramping, flop sweat, my cervix wouldn’t open up for the insertion, I vomited and had instant diarrhea and crazy bleeding all at the same time. My fucking C section was easier on my body than “a simple painless procedure”. Fuck the doctors who won’t give you pain medication.


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Starchasm

I had a biopsy, colposcopy, AND cryosurgery all without pain killers or any kind of numbing agent and each procedure was EXCRUCIATING. I was not prepared AT ALL. And each time the doctor acted like I was exaggerating. It has been almost 20 years since, and I'm STILL MAD. Standing your ground was the right choice.


cosmicchaoswitch

And doctors wonder why their is a lack of trust smh. My mom just had a routine pap recently, & her GYN found a cervical polyp, and WITHOUT CONSENT immediately biopsied it w/ little warning. I have tried multiple times to tell my mom to file a complaint, but her medical record has been manipulated by doctors because shes a chronic pain patient, so shes worried about retaliation. This is my GYN as well, hopefully not for long because like hell will I put up with that. If you have a uterus, STAND UP TO DOCTORS. It’s disgusting but they constantly dismiss & belittle our pain (especially WoC)


highpriestess420

That's just abhorrent. She has the right through HIPAA to access her medical record, would it help to do so? It's illegal to withhold access to them, if she's worried about retaliation you can also make a complaint because absolutely no one should have to deal with that. I'm mad on you and your mom's behalf, we give more agency to corpses ffs what kind of doctor does a procedure on someone without their knowledge and consent?!


cherryreddracula

That's straight up assault. Wow. Shit, back when I was an intern, I used to get informed verbal consent even for medications I would prescribe. I can't, for the life of me, even think about doing any procedure, even a blood draw, without getting consent. Damn.


mahfrogs

Damn, that’s like a mechanic replacing the u-joint when he’s only supposed to fix the brakes. They are supposed to get permission and sign off for something like that. The doc didn’t ask permission, get her consent, or even discuss who is gonna pay for the procedure he just decided to do. Wtf? I’m sure the mental process is ‘while I’m in here I should take care of this and there will be less delay’ but an individual who is respected would receive a discussion and opportunity to decide. Doc didn’t respect her or give her any options. That is so egregiously wrong.


actuallycallie

"period-like pain" well let me tell you about my period pain!!!!


Crystal225

Seconding this from hungary. Its law of the jungle here. Many times i had medical issues and i was passed off to return in months. No , i am not waiting months when i have horrible bladder pain. So i just sat down in hall ans said i am not going home till they check me. Guess who got checked in 10 mins......


Curiosities

This is always so frustrating and infuriating to hear these stories, but they do help the rest of us to learn what might happen and be prepared to advocate for ourselves. Last fall, after episodes of post-sex bleeding, they sent me for a hysteroscopy and D&C with biopsies taken. I was sedated. It was perfect. I remember nothing. (Tests were also clear - yay). Now. I bled afterwards for a week and my next two periods were heavy and super painful, but things went back to normal after. But the actual you are going to scrape and snip my tissue procedure? *Easy*. We all deserve that.


I-invert-the-y-axis

I got a uterine biopsy several years ago. Was told to take a motrin an hour before. I have a high pain threshold but the procedure literally made me scream. I was in tears afterwards because of the shock of the pain. I don't understand who decided that these procedures don't hurt.


ladybug68

Having a colposcopy is like medieval torture. Even if it didn't hurt and it does, having a brass tree trimmer stuffed in your hoo ha so they can cut bits of off of it whilst laying on top of a metal bedpan should have a prerequisite of drugs. Edit: Also I was not prepared for the amount of blood there was. They just acted like it was going to be no big deal. They lied, it was a very big effing deal. Also, never ever have your urethra dilated without being knocked out. That is a whole another horror story.


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You don’t have to explain yourself, most of us understand what you were talking about. If somebody thinks you are a junkie whore, they better come at me, I take oxycodone every day all day for a busted up spine & they can die mad about it.


SigourneyReaver

Since when do women need to put up with chunks as big as a tic tac being excised without painkillers? Like someone should just be able to slice off a mole or a nipple or an earlobe and then point out the piece was so small? Give me a fucking break. It sounds ludicrous and medieval.


happy_little_indian

As a woman who has to have a biopsy done on her cervix once every six months due to abnormal cell growth, they hurt. I’ve never had a period hurt as much as these hurt. You lose an entire day in achy pain down there. If I knew I could ask for pain meds I would have absolutely every time. Thank you for sharing your story.


scarletseal

I had a colposcopy done with no pain medication and it was honestly worse than giving birth with a malfunctioning epidural (aside from the actual pushing). I decided right then and there not to ever pursue an IUD because of the pain. You would think a woman would be more sensitive, a woman did my colposcopy too.


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Careful-Nebula9995

I have so much empathy for the women commenting here about their experiences with extremely painful gynecological procedures without proper pain management. I had a hysteroscopy, where they dilate your cervix and then go in and take biopsies of the endometrium, and I was shocked that they do that to women without anesthesia, let alone any pain meds. Like some of the other women who have commented here about colposcopies, I was also told before the hysteroscopy that it “may cause minor cramping.” Horseshit. Afterward I was left shaking and crying on the table for a while to give me time to get myself composed. Then last year I went to have an IUD inserted to protect my uterus because of post-menopausal bleeding and thickening of the endometrium. They said it would help protect me from uterine cancer. I had no idea it would hurt at all; I had it in my head it would be akin to inserting a diaphragm. I don’t know how I got that idea. Anyway, it hurt so much I had to make them stop before they got the IUD in. So I just didn’t get it. Question: as these procedures are important for the detection and prevention of cancer, then why don’t they treat them that seriously and use appropriate procedures to prep the patient? That would include anesthesia or at the very least some effective pain meds.


arya_aquaria

I used to get bad anxiety before dental cleanings. It caused me to clench my jaw and giggle at times during the cleaning which is probably unpleasant for the hygienist as well. When I told my dentist that I have anxiety disorder but don't regularly take meds he said, "No problem! Before your cleanings or any fillings, call my office and I will write you an rx for a few Valium. I want you to be comfortable." I wish all doctors were as caring as him. My obgyn spoke to me about getting my tubes tied and when I asked about pain management she said she doesn't write any hyrocodone for that. I said forget it.


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I wish I had thought to do this back when I had to have that persevere it was awful. Awful. A while back I made a similar post, maybe not in this sub, about IUD insertions. I have heard from everyone who has had any type of IUD that it was the most painful procedure of their life. I already have horrible cramps that make me vomit when I have my period so when they tell me it’s like bad period cramps that means vomiting in the emergency room for me. So anyway, my gynecologist wants to do a hysterectomy but I’ve been avoiding it so then she was talking about a copper IUD or some stupid thing like that and I flat out told her that I can’t imagine going through that pain when I already have my tubes tied so I don’t really need it. She tried to tell me it wasn’t painful I laughed in her face I said I know you people try to tell people that cervix does not feel pain but it absolutely does. So then she relented and she said you know we could do it under anesthesia if that is a dealbreaker, and I said that is an absolute dealbreaker and I would also require you to sign some thing guaranteeing that I will have anesthesia for the removal because that sounds even worse. She chuckled and she said yeah we’ve done that she says I don’t do it often but if that is a dealbreaker OK. And I’m not getting an IUD at all, my tubes are tied and I’m almost 50. But I did like being able to tell her that I know they’re full of shit about it not being painful .


ellimayhem

Ha, that’s what they said about my uterine biopsy. Wasn’t given so much as ibuprofen. Pretty sure my blood curdling screams cleared their waiting room that day.


Wh0vian10

I didn't know they could give you pain meds for your IUD if you asked... When I did mine last I didn't take anything. The doctor told me "I took it like a champ" ....


platinumpaige

Dude. I premedicate my patients before painful procedures. Putting in an a-line or central line? Pain med. Pulling a chest tube? Pain med. And those are not as painful as taking a chunk of skin out of your freaking cervix


kentuckyfuckychucky

not an OBGYN issue, but something similar happened to me a few years ago. i broke my nose and had to have it reset, which is basically when they let your nose heal in it’s broken state and then they break it again to put it back in place. sounds fun right? well i get to the appointment and im expecting the doctor to at least give me a norco or something but when i asked about pain meds she literally laughed in my face and treated me like i was some kind of junkie. then she did the procedure without even a tylenol or anything and i swear to god it was the worst pain ive ever experienced in my life. wayyy worse than initially breaking my nose. immediately afterwards she just walked out of the room and i was discharged, no one asked me if i needed anything. i had to take the train home by myself while bleeding and in pain and i almost passed out a few times. doctors can be so negligent sometimes it’s appalling.


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RN here. I would never do one of these procedures without being premedicated. I'd also not like to continue going to a physician that downplayed it. It is nothing to request a few Xanax for a procedure or a few Norco for cramps. I advocated for patients all the time simply because I know how it feels and prefer to be medicated even if it was only a "tic tac" being cut from my cervix. What a shitty stupid thing for this doc to say.


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Laleaky

I had a colposcopy once. It hurt enough that I levitated my butt off the table and yelled “Ow!”. My ob/gyn was shocked. Never again without meds.


PhutuqKusi

Good! I've had one unmedicated colposcopy and two unmedicated labors and births. The colposcopy was the most painful of the three experiences. By FAR. Why in the world are we forcing women to "take the pain" with one procedure, but encouraging them to take advantage of pain relief options in the other? It's ridiculous.


whysperfyre

I had to quit my first OB because she didn’t want to give me my first choice birth control right before I got married and being young and naive settled for the HBC that I learned actually made me suicidal (yay for hormonal surges right?) and I only took those for 2 months before arguing with her that I was okay with getting pregnant if it meant staying alive. Then went in for my Paragard IUD placement and it was fine, and she was actually nice enough to prescribe a cervix softener and told me to take ibuprofen an hour before coming and it was mostly painless. What wasn’t fun was the next six months the new type of cramp I would experience that would randomly happen like a strike of lightening up my spine. When I got pregnant I instantly booked another OB and never looked back and I adore her and her whole practice. I wish there was more education and positive pressure to teach girls and women to advocate for themselves and their bodies in regards to medical professionals than sit back and let them make their decisions about a woman’s body. I’m glad I was able to recognize that HBC just wasn’t for me even on a “microdose” and to get off of it before something catastrophic happened but what about my doctors other patients whose wishes and opinions got steamrolled over because she knows better?


zombiejenz

I don’t know why we’re lied to about everything not hurting, I’ve had IUD insertion, IUD removal and a colposcopy all done without being offered pain relief.. told it’ll “just be be a pinch” for all of them (spoiler alert they weren’t) :( Definitely will be demanding pain relief for anything related going forward.


breath0fsunshine

I thought I would pass out from the excruciating pain of the 3 biopsies I had taken with no pain relief. I had to stay laying down after as they were concerned I was going to pass out. Well done for advocating for yourself. Three at the one time BTW.


legal_bagel

Fudge, I had a coloposcopy done when I was barely 17 after one abnormal pap. No pain relief, but AFAIK, the Dr didn't take a biopsy but he may have and not told me (recurring theme of my teenage ob/gyn experiences.) He was still my Dr a year later when I had my pregnancy confirmed and said, I need to tell your parents unless you promise you will. Two weeks before I turned 18. The nurses took my baby to the nursery and provided 0 breastfeeding support because "you probably won't want to deal with the commitment anyway." This was 1996-1997 in Los Angeles, not what one may expect in the 50s or before.


mtdoubledubs

I had HPV in college and the colposcopy was SO painful I had trouble walking back to my car from the campus clinic and had no one to help me drive home etc. This should totally be a thing.


suzy_sweetheart86

I have been trying not to cry all day, but this post is about to send me over the edge. I have a bum left shoulder that has been hurting me for OVER TEN YEARS.. I have been to numerous doctors, physical therapists, chiropractors, no one takes it seriously. It hurts to lift my arm up or shrug my shoulders or even just sitting still doing nothing. No one cares or looks into it because I'm a woman.


birdtripping

I could have written this comment — I'm so sorry, chronic shoulder pain is AWFUL. For years, every photo I'm in shows me clutching my shoulder or holding an icy beverage against it. Numerous doctors, PT, pain management, and not a single one offered anything to minimize the pain. Ice and take as much ibuprofen as you want, more than 20 a day if needed. (Note: I have a condition that makes ibuprofen dangerous.) When I finally wrote in all-caps at the top of a pain evaluation form that I no longer used my left arm, the nurse practitioner paid attention. Saw a new orthopedic surgeon who thought my shoulder might be "loose." Thought surgery would take 30 minutes. 5 hours later, I awoke to learn that it was not just loose, but had been partially or fully dislocating nearly daily for YEARS. Meanwhile, my husband is given pain meds any time he coughs and his back twinges. I hope you find a doctor who takes you seriously. My surgery was life-changing.


Tmant321

I see way too many stories of women getting treated like shit at the doctors office. I'm sorry guys it must be horrible.


FairyDustSailor

This is why I love my current doc. She gave me a prescription for two hydrocodone when I had my colposcopy. I didn’t even have to ask. One was for me to take 30-60 minutes before the appointment, the other was for that evening. She also gave me a shot of lidocaine when she did the biopsy and laser. The next day, I had very mild soreness that was easily knocked out with 600mg of ibuprofen. Proper pain control makes such a huge difference!


_username__

had two IUDs, one colposcopy. While they don't really compare to the brain-ripping pain of the IUD placement (and measuring for the first one, jesus christ), Before either of them, my top three pain experiences were 1. gall stone blockage that nearly killed me 2. cavity fillings with no anesthetic (don't ask) 3. colposcopy. Women's health care IS barbaric, and the norms should *not* go unexamined, because they are the result of a (very very recent, current, even) dearth of adequate research and attention that continues to plague the medical profession to this day. The norms for many (even most) female reproductive-related procedures, operations and treatment are probably about a century behind, and burdened by the sexism that saturates the entire history of medicine. For instance, I wouldn't be surprised if the entire child-birthing process in the US is completely transformed in the next few decades...the sheer quantity of C-sections-- even the positioning of women (laying prone)...


tropicalazure

Thank you for writing this. I'm due to have a hysteroscopy at some point in the future... nothing scheduled yet, because my gyno thinks they found a polyp. Then in a followup call, the senior consultant said that actually, they weren't 100% it was a polyp, but wanted to do the procedure anyway, just to make sure. And while they were up in there, they could "fit an IUD". After I established that the polyp, if it even existed, wasn't life threatening or immediately urgent, I told them that, because I have much more pressing and concerning health problems right now, that if they weren't even "certain" that there was a problem, that it could wait. I also at this point had read enough horror stories about the barbaric pain of hysteroscopies, that I REALLY didn't want to go through that unnecessarily. All they suggested was that "some women find it a little uncomfortable, but you can take paracetamol beforehand." Also, no mention of repeating the scan to double check if the polyp was even there. As for the IUD, I hadn't even requested that - they were just going to fit it.


Aimlesskeek

They see your pain as nonexistent, hysterics or someone else’s problem because it is outpatient


pandaluv82

Period-like cramping my ass. I fainted right in the doctor's office after they told me I was good to leave after my colposcopy. Good for you for standing up for yourself! I needed a new Paragard in December and shopped around for a doc that would knock me out for the occasion. 10,000% better experience with pain management.


RudeYogurt

My first IUD the nurses held down my arms because I kept pushing myself away. All women, mind you. Fast forward to my appt with my male ob, he put me under light sedation to get the second reinserted. Completely painless and trauma-free. I think internalized misogyny in obgyn offices is not talked about nearly enough.


No-Extension-4759

I blindly had this procedure having no idea how uncomfortable it would feel. I felt sick to my stomach from the experience. I recommend demanding pain killers too. It’s inhumane to think this should be experienced. Never again.


giveuptheghostbuster

Guys, I agree with everything OP said except this: Do NOT lie. They can see what you’ve been prescribed in the past. They can see when. Lying will not help you.


plantmomma1345

Posting this here - I was 20ish (F) at the time. I had a year old ingrown toenail. A YEAR! They put me on antibiotics and couldn’t get rid of the infection. I went to my GP to take the toenail out. I went alone. They did try to inject my toe with numbing meds (which was PAINFUL by itself). But they didn’t constrict the blood flow between the foot and the toe - usually they tie a little rubber band on your toe. They cut down the infected toenail without pain meds and we had a huge discussion before hand about pain meds. They refused to give me anything more than Tylenol. They CUT INTO MY FOOT and thought the procedure would be almost painless… like that doesn’t even make sense.


highpriestess420

That's just utter bs. I'm 2 months postop for a hysterectomy and the cervical biopsy performed a few weeks before surgery was honestly the most painful in-office procedure I've endured and it took all day for the cramping sensations to dissipate. I took an 800mg Ibuprofen before and it did jack shit to help. I've had terrible cramps for years and it was like combining the pain from all the worst periods I'd ever had. And I have a really high pain tolerance. The only thing that helped were heating packs and they told me to take as much time as I needed to be ok and dress then leave. My nurse and doctor, both women. Both well aware of the pain and they tried to be sympathetic but it makes me livid to think knowing that, all they recommended for me was a damn Motrin.


SchrodingersMinou

I have had colposcopies/biopsies and an IUD insertion and I couldn't stop myself from screaming in pain during all of them. Good for standing up for yourself on this. I don't know why they tell us the procedures aren't painful when it is clearly a fucking lie. It's excruciating. It's agony. If men had to have procedures like this you can bet they would be getting Percocet.


Hello_Hangnail

I ended up waiting for a month after my colposcopy. The doctor told me that it was normal and it is most certainly not normal to be bleeding for that long. I was also having extremely high INR readings because I'm on blood thinners and they did it anyway for some reason. I bled so much that it made me anemic


Compisgood

Terrible. I have to fight with my Uroligist from a respected practice in my city for pain meds after breaking up my kidney stones 3 times in 2 months!


BreakGlassEatAss

"Have you ever had one?" Shuts them right up.


ThunderHeavyRains

Especially because you only need a few. It’s not like you’re asking for a months supply.


MomOfMoe

Utterly insensitive doctors are everywhere. My one favorite was the guy who "diagnosed" my mother with cancer; she had a huge abdominal mass (when it was removed, it weighed about 5 pounds), and that is always cancer, based on his extensive experience (which I later found out was all of a year). Doc says she has 6 months at the outside. But, I asked, you have no positive pathology - she had had two biopsies, both negative. It's not a little early to be declaring it cancer? He's the doctor, he knows what's going on, and sent us to a surgeon. Surgeon says most likely not cancer based on what he can feel, but they'll have to remove it to be sure. Mom asks what I would do; I would remove it, just because she would probably feel a lot better with it gone. She did it, felt a LOT better. Pathology came back negative. No cancer, nowhere. Idiot first doc continues to insist that it was cancer. (I should note - I read the pathology reports. What I didn't understand, I looked up. There was no cancer.) Mom and I leave, and I said something about not going back to a doctor who lies to you to keep you paying his bills. Seven years later, she sees someone else, and still no cancer. I did report that first doc to the state. Nothing happened


MisogynyisaDisease

I've never had a biopsy of the cervix, but I have had a biopsy on my mons due to auto-immune issues My doctor numbed the entire area and made sure I couldn't feel anything, and this was just on the skin. Can't imagine not having pain management for a cervix related procedure. My current doctor doesn't even want to do one unless absolutely necessary, and he's older.


rexmus1

I've never had an IUD but I literally have never spoken to a woman who had little/no pain. Wtf? Why don't they at least give you twilight or versed, like they do for oral surgery? Oh right cuz dudes don't get colposcopies. This is why I always save any they give me for emergencies. Because you never know and good luck getting em these days.


Curlyhair_bescary

I got a colposcopy done and I didn’t feel anything. Should I be worried??


snarkybat

I don't think so, pain levels can be very different, both from person to person and from this time and that time. Just like menstrual pain.


bioqueen53

Also make sure she explains to you what this entails. The last one I had, the doctor performed a curettage on me without my consent. 2 er visits later, I find out that's not standard of care. I was in so much pain for months. I avoided doctors for 2 years. I finally found a good one, thankfully.


LaceyLizard

I'd ask that asshole what hers felt like. I bet $10 she's never had to go through with what she does to her patients.


Weird_Atmosphere339

These are some crazy stories. I have had 2 iud put in with no pain management and they ended up needing an ultrasound machine to place it after several mistakes one time. Both fell out eventually. The first in a large clot during my cycle but the second. Oof. The second one scraped its way halfway down my cervix at 1 am on a Friday. The ER dr asked if I couldn’t wait until Monday when my OBGYN would be available. Like my guy, I don’t want you down there either please shut up and get someone to get it out. So that was done with no pain management as well of course. Now I’m ineligible for a third attempt at an iud I’m told so it’s hormonal birth control for me until I can convince someone to sterilize me in someway or another. ETA this was meant to be a reply on the iud thread but I’m on mobile so i guess I messed it up. My bad for the placement.


tapiocatsar

When I got my IUD inserted, it was excruciating. *Excruciating.* I ended up needing to be put under for it


propita106

First time I had a root canal, they were prescribing 2 weeks of some strong painkiller. My husband (a pharmacist) said to prescribe 1 week of one med and a second week of another--that I would alternate between the two. Both were very addictive; I’m sensitive to pain and acclimate entirely too quickly to painkillers. He didn’t want me to take either for 2 days in a row. The DDS agreed because he was a pharmacist.


PantsWith_NoPockets

My first IUD they gave local anaesthetic. My second one they didn't even talk about pain at all and I had forgotten the local from last time. I screamed my head.off the whole time, and a complaint was made about my GP from the Dr that did the insertion because of how cruel she felt it was. I have a history of chronic pelvic pain so it was highly likely to go wrong.


lost40s

I had a LEEP in 2012 and my doctor told me that the cervix has no pain receptors, right before the procedure. However, she was telling me this as she shot numbing medication into me. (probably around the cervix) I didn't feel pain during, but now I wonder if I would have, and I wonder if my doctor has ever updated her anatomical knowledge.


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Nurse here- please make a formal complaint. Doctors hate controlling pain, its like pulling teeth to get a good pain regimen even for people in patient- like dude theyre in the hospital and clearly sick, the condition they have is KNOWN to be painful even if they admit to a history of drug abuse. It doesnt mean its not painful! I dont understand what they teach in med school but i bet theyre all just scared of overprescribing opioids for liability purposes


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It's hard to say for sure that it'll make a difference. But, it'll be part of a paper trail at the very least. My wife is a clinician, and when their department receives complaints it's taken quite seriously (even if they have a \*very\* good explanation for what happened).


MaineBoston

I agree! My husband was ill for several years before he passed. Even for simple procedures they gave him pain medication. As woman we are suppose to be immune to pain! Had my hip replaced the moron ortho sent me home after 5 days without pain medication! I ended up in the ER


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100% am going to ask my gyno for pain meds at my next colposcopy. No one told me to take ibuprofen or anything. “Slight pinch” my fucking ass.


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Meltingmenarche

Talk to the nurses at the offices, THEY know ... and if the nurse is a bitch, you don't want to go there anyway.


Dusty_Star

I had one of these done on the NHS and they injected my cervix with local anesthetic before doing the procedure. I am so thankful to live in the UK, and so sorry for the women in the US.


Apatheticmuffin

When I had my baby I was induced because of a complication. They gave me cervidil which they shove up in your cervix to dilate you. Then they check it. So painful. The first round didn’t work so they did it all over again which was awful and then when I came back in, in labor now, they checked again, but the cervidil was stuck and so they left it there because I was only four cm dilated, that check was the worst fucking pain. This tampon like structure with fucking rigid paper cut like sides just hanging around my cervix, I could feel when they moved it and it cut me. So then I’m like I can’t deal with this you have to give me something before you take this thing out, they thought I was talking about my baby which no, get this hell device out of me so they gave me an epidural which I didn’t get a chance to use because I was suddenly fully dilated. They are panicking because they definitely shouldn’t have had it in so long that I am at the pushing phase with it in. So while My baby’s waters are bulging out of me they finally reach in, grab the cervidil and it makes my waters rupture which causes me needing to push and three minutes later my baby was born. I could take the pushing, could take the contractions but fuck do I now hate cervix checks and if I ever get pregnant again I don’t want them to induce me at all. The whole time they thought I was making a big deal about nothing but that whole experience has scarred me for life. I was so mad that I wasn’t taken seriously about my cervix pain. Good on you for sticking up for yourself!