medical trauma

[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

I'm honestly struggling to find the words to talk about what happened. In a way, I feel lied to, cheated, demeaned, degraded, and in another way it only confirms how they treated me at this hospital. I won't go into detail as it is pretty traumatizing and should have a whole list of trigger and content warnings before being read or discussed, but I'm at a loss on how to even put this into words. I was a minor. I was a MINOR.#CheckInWithMe #PTSD #Trauma #MedicalTrauma #Depression #MentalHealth

Hi, my name is PurpleHowie2024. I'm here because
#TBI #MedicalTrauma #braintumour
#PTSD #Anxiety #Grief

I am experiencing what many chronic illness patients face...falling through the cracks of healthcare. I have ideopathic gastroparesis with intractable nausea. I have failed all conventional treatment modalities. When I flare (n/v/d), it is up to me to get the standing labs my dr has available, to make sure I am safe to stay at home. It is often up to me to review the lab results and seek appropriate care. I have managed to survive despite the healthcare system. Why do drs want to give up on patients who are hard to treat? Why does it take a serious complication to get care? How is an ER md going to know how to treat a complicated chronic illness patient? Its a completely demoralizing system and an isolating scary experience.

I'm particularly ill tonight so I'll keep it short.

Everyone w/ M.E. and all our allies should be following this story. The Times of London covered it, too, but their feature is behind a paywall, so here's a free version in Devon Live.

Physician abuse and/or neglect of persons w/ M.E. kills.

Excerpt:

"During the pre-inquest, Maeve's family called upon assistant coroner Deborah Archer to hold an Article 2 inquest to consider whether systemic or policy-based failures could have caused her death. Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects people’s 'right to life'.

Mr O’Neill told the coroner that Dr Hemsley was describing 'a failure to protect not just Maeve’s life but the lives of those, like Maeve, with severe ME'.

He said: "This was not a case of a local hospital being unable to treat a patient with a particular and unusual illness. This is a nationwide failure to help ME sufferers. This is the very definition of a major systemic failing.

“In my view, this is an admission that there was a breach of the duty to protect someone who was in the care of the state … That breach, in the form of an admitted inability by the NHS to provide care, led directly to Maeve’s death."

Link:

Death prompts Devon hospital chief to speak out on 'ignored' illness

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#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #cfsisamisnomer #Disability #pwme #physicianerror #MedicalTrauma #Britain