I asked my doctor for an ultrasound and he said “it’s not medically necessary”. Turns out I needed one.
Hi all,
I (F22) was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 14. Before being diagnosed, I had a feeling something was wrong and brought it up to my doctor, he didn’t really listen to me, brushed it off and just put me on birth control. Turns out I had a Cyst on my right ovary that I ended up getting surgery for almost immediately after finding that out (I’m also in Canada so being able to get a surgery that quick was shocking).
2022 I had another ultrasound to have my IUD removed (cause now I’m anti Birth Control and trying to balance my hormones naturally) they found no cysts during that ultrasound (or like just micro ones obviously cause PCOS)
I have a new male family doctor (cause my old one retired), who is fresh out of Med school. I told him about how I have really irregular periods and had only 3 last year. He got me to do 3 blood tests all 3 months apart. My inflammation levels were THROUGH THE ROOF, I had a low white blood cell count, low red blood cell count, high testosterone (obviously), and a few other things I can’t remember. Pretty much nothing came out of doing those tests other than him LITERALLY SAYING “well, yea I mean this is just kinda confirming you have PCOS” and that was kinda all that came of it. Took no action to figure out anything that could be causing that.
A few months ago, I brought up concerns to my doctor that I might have another cyst because I’m having pain in my abdomen, and haven’t had my period in about 5-6 months at that point (as of this moment I still haven’t had my period since then, we’re now at 10 months no period) I asked for an ultrasound just to make sure. He told me he doesn’t think it’s medically necessary to get one cause we’re already aware I have PCOS.
Fast forward to present day. Couple weeks ago I took a pregnancy test and it came back positive. Took another digital one and it said “pregnant 1-2”.
I very much do not want children ever, let alone right now. I contacted an abortion clinic, and they sent me for an ultrasound the next day, insane to get in that fast in Canada (I think to them on the online form I submitted it looked like I was 9 months along wanting an abortion cause the gestational period the go off of is the day of your last period). The day after my ultrasound I’m told I have a “pregnancy of unknown location” and I need to go to the emergency immediately as they thought it was an ectopic pregnancy. Emergency did bloodwork and results came back that I was not pregnant at all. The ER doctor had to give me my ultrasound results from the day prior cause whoever called me telling me to go to the ER forgot to mention that they found a 4.7cm cyst on my left ovary. I IMMEDIATELY think back to when I asked my family doctor for an ultrasound SPECIFICALLY SAYING I thought had a cyst, and he told me no. Those results were sent to his office and as I was in the ER, I get a call from his receptionist to set up an appointment to talk about the results.
My appointment with him is today and I am just so absolutely frustrated and livid with him. I no longer want him as my family doctor cause he just doesn’t listen. I have other unrelated issues with him as well (asking to see a psychiatrist cause I think I have BPD and he told me no to seeing someone, just referred me to a DBT course instead, which doesn’t get you a diagnosis just tools to cope.) I honestly don’t know what to say to him. As a women were told to be calm cool and collected but that has literally gotten me nowhere with him. I’m so fucking sick of doctors not listening to me, and then I end up being right in the end. How can I make them listen?