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Cancer Support

femmedem

(8,467 posts)

1. Wishing you all the best with your surgery, and no you are not wrong.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2020, 06:11 PM

Dec 2020

I think the doctors who dismissed your concerns should know that they are fallible, and that their mistake would likely have been fatal if you weren't so persistent.

There's a long history of medical professionals dismissing women's health concerns, even among professionals with no conscious bias. That letter you're composing in your head could save future lives.

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Back, again. Different cancer. Update#2 - heading to surgery 12/15 AM [View all] Ms. Toad Dec 2020 OP

Wishing you all the best with your surgery, and no you are not wrong. femmedem Dec 2020 #1

I agree. Wish you all the best, and you must confront these doctors with a letter. DonaldsRump Dec 2020 #2

I've never met such an arrogant jerk as the first one. Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #4

But don't send the letters to the doctors. Just cc them. Send them to the OregonBlue Dec 2020 #6

Thanks! n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #7

What a gifted teacher. femmedem Dec 2020 #8

No, I'd be drafting those same letters. Wishing you best of luck with your surgery. pnwest Dec 2020 #3

You are your own best advocate. Yonnie3 Dec 2020 #5

Good for you you Ms Toad, so glad you spoke up. Don't let anyone silence you ❤️ MLAA Dec 2020 #9

Good thing you kept at it! Best wishes in treating it! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #10

Bump for surgery tomorrow update n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #11