dear future doctors/obgyns:

listen to your afab (assigned female at birth) and/or female patients. listen to every single detail they tell u about any concern, even if it’s something trivial.

i have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and it took seeing four doctors over the course of six years to figure out what i had. six years of chronic pain almost every month. i was told that it was just “period pain”, srtress from school, my depression, my anxiety, etc. etc. heck, i was told it was normal (which PCOS is not).

i know for a fact that if i wasn’t afab that i would have gotten whatever problem i had taken care of right away. we need to end the subtle sexism and stigma of having reproductive health problems and/or afab people having health issues in general and it starts with you.

sinncerely,

a tired and angry patient

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i encourage anyone who has had similar experiences to reblog this post and share your story!