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    Excellent piece and highlights how a woman's pain is not considered serious enough to change procedures.
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    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, was this not observable ? I suffered, the worst pain of my life, I had taken 2 cocodomol 30/100mg to no avail, when the procedure was stopped due to my apparent screaming in pain, I apologised to the medical staff, telling them I was a failure and a wuss. I was left to shakily get dressed a nurse checked on me to find I had removed my top as I was so hot I felt sick and felt faint and in the small room where I drank a pot of tea, a bit off due to the codine. I was ill for the rest of the week. I went to the walk in centre because I felt so unwell and told to give myself more time to recover. In my recovery I researched the subject and found a whole lot of info I had not been informed of; Why did no one inform me that 33% of women find the pain excruciating? That those post menopause and never given birth are most likely to suffer such pain Why was I not informed and given the choice? Do trusts/hospitals get financial incentives for doing outpatient hyterscopies - if so does this influence the information give to patients? Does the Hippocratic oath state 'do no harm' which is then encompassed into the GMC, Good Medical Practice guidelines? Why was Green - Top Guideline 54 for Hysterscopy Best practice for Outpatient not followed? Why did I not research the procedure fully beforehand? (Because I put trust in the NHS system - I learnt my lesson) I keep reliving this every night and can't sleep, hence my early hour post.
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