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After doing some reading and exhausting myself to the point of bed rot, what do I do with the information I have that catholic institutions were required to follow Ethical Religious Directives and violated several while violating me, but also not because I guess the potential of “conception” is more important?

I’d talk to an attorney but I feel like I did most of the work already, I’d just be getting someone to argue for me. Idk if I can handle this though, I feel like I need to check out.

#MentalHealth #PTSD #ChildhoodCancer #marymounthospital #clevelandclinichospitals #iwanttocry

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Medical Assault at Marymount Hospital

[TW/CW: Forced exam, fighting back, dissociation.]#marymounthospital #clevelandclinichospitals I was 14 years old and two months into highschool when Marymount hospital forced me into a pelvic exam I begged to refuse. I cried. I said no. I asked for another way. I was told to "grow up" as my mother held me down and I dissociated to survive.

I wasn't given a scan until after.

The tumor was nearly 3 lbs.

Years later, filing for disability for CPTSD (+) I discovered the most traumatic moment of my life… was never documented. No consent. No exam. No record. Just blood on the sheets and a blank spot in my chart.

“If it’s not charted, it didn’t happen.” - A quote from my teacher who was going over ethics and laws I would have to follow as a medical assistant just years ago. I never passed the blood drawing classes. The alcohol pads made me nauseous, my hands violently shook every time I held a needle.

But it-- This happened to me.

I believe because it was a catholic hospital, I was subjected to the moral ethics over medical and they had to physically confirm that I wasn't pregnant despite neg blood/urine tests. I had missed my period for two months, I presented with a distended abdomen, severe pain.

I'm finding the words and I'm reclaiming my story. If something like this has happened to you, or you know someone it has happened to, please reach out. I don't want to be alone anymore

#clevelandoh #MedicalTrauma #iwasaminor #forcedexams #MyTruth #mystory #PTSD

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