Comments on: Doctor Dismisses Hormones of a Woman with Cerebral Palsy

By: Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » Empowering Surge: Ask Your Questions about Women with Disabilities and Menopause

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:51:35 +0000

[...] menopausal women, a sizeable number will have various disabilities of varying degrees. After having one doctor dismiss my question about hormones, here’s an opportunity to ask some tough questions about women with disabilities, hormones [...]

By: Nickie

Nickie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:11:32 +0000

Wow! I’ve seen a lot of horrible behavior by doctors, but stuff like this never stops horrifying me. I’d definitely report him if you can. And I still don’t get his logic because whether you’re sexually active or not doesn’t impact whether you go into menopause or deal with other hormonal challenges.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:34:32 +0000

That is inexcusable behavior on the part of that doctor! Unfortunately, inexcusable doesn’t mean uncommon. Is there some ethics or governing board, or something of the sort, that you can report his incompetent patient skills to? You deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and he obviously wasn’t concerned with fulfilling his *obligation* in that respect.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:47:13 +0000

Oh that is absolutely appalling – did you make a formal complaint about him? I remember when I was 19 a GYN made me cry and then practically threw me out of his room whilst still crying because I couldn’t make a decision between “do nothing, take a cocktail of painkillers, or stop complaining” after hearing there couldn’t possibly be anything wrong with me because I was 19, sexually inactive and didn’t have kids… took me 2 more years of fighting to get the endometriosis diagnosis by which time it has caused damage and I was still young, sexually inactive and didn’t have kids… sometimes how they treat women is bad enough but to bring in your cp as another reason not to test for hormones and treat you like that is awful. I’m so sorry you had to experience that.

By: Troy

Troy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:09:19 +0000

My wife gets similar treatment. We are cp’ers too.

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:38:45 +0000

Glenda, I am speechless. Your blood must have been boiling after this! Hope you get some decent help and advice soon.

By: Avril

Avril — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:58:26 +0000

All I can say is, I would have been tempted to do something to him to ensure HE wasn’t sexually active anymore, if you get my drift!!!

Sheesh.

So did he end up testing your hormones after all, I hope?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:51:01 +0000

All I can say is OMG