Aug. 26, 2016 I was sent to the ER by my PCP for severe pain in my legs. The attending ignored my pain--caused by a bleed into my spine. 12hrs after I was released, I was paralyzed. A different hospital saved my life, but not my mobility. AND I have been in pain ever since. ♿⬇️
I was in the 1st hospital FOUR DAYS. The ultrasound tech saw the bleed and asked me questions that made me know something was very wrong. But the attending ordered no further tests. I'd have bled to death if paralysis didn't send me to a trauma center via EMTs. Pain is a symptom.
I would add to this 🧵 and what @mattbc wrote in his that women and LGBTQ people are regularly given less pain medication in both ERs and by PCPs. Black women get the least pain management. So gender, race and other biases impact pain care also. We must fix this.
Black women presenting in ERs with chest pain are too often sent home when they are actually having heart attacks. So how we treat pain is a massive social issue--and kills some of us. It almost killed me.
The first hospital refused to treat my pain over four days with anything but Tylenol. The pain was like the last hours of labor. The second hospital had me on morphine shots every two hours. How we treat pain is how we ensure people have quality of life. 🧵/

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