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I have to say, as a female, a female physician/nurse practitioner, etc, is the only way to go. I have had been examined by male doctors and they don't get it. I talk about the pain, the crippling pain, of cramps and they shrug it off like I'm overreacting or I'm supposed to just "walk it off." They have no idea what I could be talking about.
My female practitioners have been MUCH more sympathetic and understanding, willing to listen, gentle, etc etc etc.
I have had a horrible female gyn exam though. She was totally detached from my feelings as a patient. She used a speculum so large it felt like I was being raped.
When a female practitioner is examining me I feel like we are in the same boat, she knows what I am going through because she has to get these exams done too.
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Maybe it was over when she chucked me out the Rover at full speed.
Maybe Maybe...
~a-Ha
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