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Women are sharing ghastly experiences of outpatient #hysteroscopy - invasive surgery with zero anaesthetic - the NHS UK standard practice

This barbaric, inhumane, misogynistic assault against women's rights must end

@RCObsGyn
@HysteroscopyA
@RCoANews
@NHSuk
@TheBSGE

'My scream sounded unearthly to me, like an animal in terrible pain. Part of my inside was being cut without any anaesthetic. I am 73 years old'
careopinion.org.uk/836391
#Hysteroscopy without #anaesthetic

'excruciatingly painful and the gas and air did not really do anything to alleviate the pain'
careopinion.org.uk/842763

'searing pain. I thought I was going to pass out from the pain'
careopinion.org.uk/841642

'the consultant told me it will just feel like period cramps. I was literally screaming and crying with the pain'
careopinion.org.uk/842119

'most traumatic pain experience I've ever had in my life, and I don't think it's human to do that to any woman'
careopinion.org.uk/801488

'I was in shock coming out of there... a traumatic and barbaric experience for me'
careopinion.org.uk/788322

'despite continually asking the consultant to stop, she carried on snipping away'
careopinion.org.uk/780626

'humiliating, there was no evidence of dignity, respect or privacy for me'
careopinion.org.uk/749831

'I was crying and passing out with pain. The nurses in the room with me simply tried to chat about inane topics to distract me!'
pslhub.org/forums/topic/6…

'he had to force the metal hysteroscope through and into my womb – it was barbaric. I was crying; I couldn’t speak; I could feel myself passing out'
hystericalwomen.co.uk/2019/12/11/the…

@RoseCoatesBN5
@DrJenGunter
@CCriadoPerez
@CaitlinMoran

#anaesthestic
#nurse
#gynaecologist
#anaesthetist
#gynaecology
#gynae
#IUD
#Mirena
#hysteroscopy
#hysteroscopist
#painfreegynae
#NoMoreOPHAgony

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