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[Hannah_MC]

Hi everyone! My name is Hannah and I’m a communications associate at Mission:Cure. We’re working on an op-ed about medical gaslighting by healthcare providers and its potentially dangerous ramifications. We were wondering if anybody in this group has experiences they’d like to share? Were your symptoms discounted? We want to highlight a different approach- outcome based incentives to cure chronic diseases. Let us know!

[Smiley316]

I had nausea on and off for 3 yrs, no pain ever just nausea I told Dr they did not think anything of it they said maybe it was meds for osteoporosis that I was taking that make me feel that way, then 10 months ago I had more severe nausea and some pain they finally took me seriously ,and it was confirmed I had chronic pancreatitis, I wonder if it were investigated 3 yrs ago I probably wouldn't of had chronic pancreatitis and it could of been reversed.

[33mark]

During a flare up I went to the emergency room telling them I have pancreatitis and I know what is happening. My heart beat was in the lower 40’s and my speech was slurred. They said I was having a stroke and my pain was a side effect of the stroke. They gave me fentanyl and fluids. The next morning they decided I didn’t have a stroke and I could go home. As I was packing up to leave my wife; out of curiosity asked the nurse my lipase level. She didn’t know so she looked. It was 1420. She talked to the doctor about it and he said it was nothing to worry about. It was from my “stroke “ event.