Deborah Marie

Excellent piece and highlights how a woman's pain is not considered serious enough to change procedures.

Had a very painful hysteroscopy last week. Did not expect the pain I endured at all, the patient info never mentioned anything other than period type pain. It also advised to take 2 paracetamols and 2 ibrofen (I don't take NSAIDs) However, after numerous cassettes of local anesthic to cervix not plesant and somewhat painful but manageable the attempt to get the metal rod through my cervix resulted in me screaming mid sentence whilst chatting to 'local vocal" (but really is this service supposed to be a form of analgesia?). I have recieved a letter which detail I have stenosis of the cervix, wa