Thread by @StephanieYeboah

I'm only just processing it now. I had a hysteroscopy today for the first time and normally you're meant to have an anaesthetic; either general or local. I was offered neither and instead, given a paracetamol?

When I asked about more intense pain relief, they said 'I should be fine and should be able to handle it', despite them clearly seeing I was in pain? I was shaking, and I nearly had a panic attack. But they continued while I was awake?

They even had trouble trying to do it, and said so during the process - which made it even more painful. When I asked again for a local anaesthetic, one of the nurses sighed and said 'I should carry on because they are nearly done and that I'm doing well?'

Okay.

And yes. Yes they were.

I needed to make sure that I wasn't overreacting, so I googled the procedure and whether anaesthetic is generally offered/provided, and it is. Why wasn't I offered it?
[rhetorical; I think I know why]

Now I'm sitting here in pain, mad as hell.

According to my Googles, the least I could have been offered was laughing gas or another kind of sedative. When I asked about all these options, I was told they didn't think I would 'need it'.

Was me screaming and moaning not enough??