Women In Pain

"The medical profession and its staff needs an overhaul. People are being treated like cattle and are misdiagnosed and treated until it is too late to save them from their real illness. This needs to stop."

"Women in pain in the USA have a long way to go, still, to break down the stereotype of the attention-seeking "lady". Thank you for this good start."

"I have experienced this since first seeking medical help in 1995. Doctors must validate and treat women equal to men NOW! Isn't it bad enough that research and stats are based on men. Let's stop living in the past. PLEASE!"

"I had my rotator cuff torn 3 years ago after a year a doctor finally believed me that i actually hurt did the right test and of course it showed that I needed surgery, Since then i've had 2 surgery's, they say now that i've got RSD and now I was just diag"

"This is an important issue that needs to be addressed. It isn 't in our heads, it is very very real."

"IC, Fibromyalgia, Osteo Artheritis, IBS"

"I suffer from Fibromyalgia, Depression, Chronic Pain/Fatigue, chronic Headaches and Diabetes. My family does not understand, therefore they make it worse."

"Praying to God this does some good."

"I see I am not the only one! It took 9 years and 7 different Doctors to believe I was in pain. I had been treated for tennis elbow, carpel tunnel, and treatments that did no good. Finally I saw a woman doctor (new in town) for my annual checkup, and she i"

"AMEN!"

"For years, I was told that all women had painful periods. Finally I was diagnosed with endometriosis. All those years of pain and confusion could have been avoided if the medical community would have taken my complaints seriously and actually looked for t"