Exonian

I was a Registered Nurse who was still practising when I had my outpatient hysteroscopy, so understood the concept of informed consent, which only much later became clear that I had not given. I had previously had one under a GA at the same time as a laparoscopy, so it had not occurred to me to research the subject as I had wrongly assumed that I would be given accurate information regarding the procedure. I was made to feel as if it was my fault for passing out during this procedure, that my reaction to unbearable, excruciating pain was as rare as hen's teeth. I was not treated with respect.

This is what happened to me. I did not have a compassionate nurse, and I might as well have been a piece of meat who caused both the nurse or healthcare assisitant, and the female Dr, ( neither or whom introduced themselves ) inconvenience by passing out due to the indescribable pain. I have not had children and was post menopausal at the tie of my barbaric procedure. I also had really bad period pains from day one, all of which are contraindications for OPH.

I had an outpatient hysteroscopy for which my informed consent was not obtained. This was before Montogomery rules applied. I was completely misled re: the possibility of pain. If it was mentioned at all, it would have been described as being like period pain. As I had suffered from severe dysmenorrhoea from day one, I might have considered this to be acceptable. I was not offered any pain relief, nor was I given the option of a GA. I was most definitely not a candidate for this procedure as an outpatient: I was post menopausal, have not given birth, and have a retroverted uterus, all of whic