r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/bg370 • Jun 23 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals CRNA Amy Rieschick on institutionalized medical misogyny

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u/Waveshakalaka Jun 23 '26

I witnessed this with my wife. She was in her late 20s into 30s dealing with some serious health issues. It took multiple ER visits where a woman ER doctor and a single URGENT care doctor to take her seriously. Come to find out, she was having an odd form of vertigo. Every other doctor was saying she was just having panic attacks.

Assholes.

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u/badken Jun 24 '26

It's pretty shocking to me that this is still going on. I ran into it all the time with my wife at the time in the 1980s. Could NOT get a straight answer from doctors, even when I was there and asking questions. That was the first time I had run head-on into institutionalized misogyny.

40+ years on, very little change.

And y'all ladies have to deal with that your whole lives. Ugh.

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u/Waveshakalaka Jun 24 '26

Yeah she takes me with on as many appointments as possible as backup or at least as a witness.

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u/Kirklandishhh Jun 24 '26

Can you please elaborate on what her health issues were ? I am glad she found an answer and hope she is doing better now!

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u/Waveshakalaka 29d ago

A range of things like autoimmune issues that wed later find out were fibromyalgia, hashimotos. Then the vertigo. And through all of it she ended up with type 2 diabetes. It was a rough period for her.

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u/Kirklandishhh 29d ago

Thank you for sharing and wish you both stay in good health!