Thread by @HysteroscopyA

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Links to women's lived experiences of @NHSuk outpatient #hysteroscopy without anaesthetic follow in this thread.

Difficult reading - but essential to understand what is being done in gynaecology today.

'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

'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. It was an extreme pressured feeling - 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!'

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Coercing women to submit to hysteroscopy without anaesthetic is assault

Lying to women about the potential pain and shock to get consent is not consent - it's assault

Ignoring women screaming and begging you to stop and continuing to cut is assault

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