Women, Tell Me What It Was Like To Stand Up For Yourself At The Doctor

If you're a woman, there's a high chance you've experienced the following phenomenon: You go to the doctor, bring up a symptom you're concerned about, and the doctor tells you some variation of "don't worry about it," "just lose some weight," or, "that's totally normal!" and sends you on your way.

While we love the doctors of the world at large, most of whom have dedicated their lives to helping people, it's a very frustrating experience to be brushed off when you know something is actually wrong. Since this seems to happen pretty frequently to women, I want to ask the ladies: Has there ever been a time when you stuck up for yourself at the doctor, and it turned out you were right?

Maybe you went in for abdominal pain, were told it was most likely period cramps, but then actually needed an emergency appendectomy. Nasty stuff. Tell me all about it!

Perhaps you Googled your symptoms, brought them up to your doctor, and were told that you simply needed to lose weight or get more exercise...only for it to turn out that you ACTUALLY DID have the condition you were bringing up in the first place. Give me all the deets!

Maybe you've had complications in pregnancy that were handled unprofessionally, and you'd like for other women to hear that story.

Or maybe you've actually had a doctor say something openly sexist to you, but you eventually made your case and got taken seriously. I'd love to hear about that!

Whatever it is, if you've ever had to advocate for yourself at the doctor, I'd like to hear about it. Leave a comment down below, or, if you prefer, feel free to check out this anonymous Google form! Your story may be included in an upcoming BuzzFeed article.