Aston sought medical help after her symptoms—which included severe migraines, abdominal pain, joint dislocations, easy bruising, iron deficiency, fainting, tachycardia, and multiple injuries—began in 2015, per the New Zealand Herald. She was referred to Auckland Hospital, where a doctor accused her of causing her own illness. Because of his accusations, Aston was placed on psychiatric watch.
Research suggests women are often much more likely to be misdiagnosed than men. A 2009 study of patients with heart disease symptoms found 31.3 per cent of middle-aged women “received a mental health condition as the most certain diagnosis”, compared to just 15.6 per cent of their male counterparts. Additionally, a 2020 study found that as many as 75.2 per cent of patients with endometriosis—a painful disorder that affects the tissue of the uterus—had been misdiagnosed after they started experiencing endometriosis symptoms. Among those women, nearly 50 per cent were told they had a “mental health problem”.
When my mother was getting chemo, she was going to miss an appointment so the nurse in charge decided to give her a double dose to make up for it.
The radiation burns my mother received were described as ‘4th degree burns’ they were so bad.
You simply cannot blindly trust medical professionals. They are just as stupid as the general public, just as ignorant, and desensitized to other people’s pain. You have to fight for yourself in their arena because they aren’t going to.
What the fuck. What happened? Did she make a recovery? Was there any compensation or consequences?
No consequences that I know of, but I was only 13 so maybe I just wasn’t told. The burns healed but the cancer got her the next year.
Damn, sorry to hear it man