Just wanted to let you know, I have been there am still there. Unfortunately the sex of a person and the color of their skin does matter. It should not but it does. Did you know that females cadevars (sp) were not used until the late 1960’s? In honest, 1970’s, but I can argue that later. All medical knowledge has been based on male anatomy for centuries. I remember being told by a male and female doctor that the amount of blood and uteran wall bleed out during any menstrual cycle is less than a cup. Stay strong my friend. We can get through this together.

Baby listen, it has NOTHING to do with the color of our skin. The doctors just don’t care. They are ignorant and severely lacking compassion and empathy. All they care about is all the money they’re making off us.

I’m not sure of your ethnicity, but I can assure you that I have been treated horribly throughout the entire process from doctors, nurses, and friends/family as well. I am white, and live in a fairly affluent area. What I have seen is a lot of age discrimination. I don’t know how old you are, but I was diagnosed at 17, and have heard “your too young to feel that bad or have those levels of pain” so often it makes me want to punch the next one to say it! I have been outright ignored, dismissed, talked down to, accused of drug seeking, being overly dramatic, or it’s all in my head. I am now 37 and while I still get that a lot, the exact same problems get completely different responses than when I was much younger. So possibly your age is more of a factor than your race? Either way it sucks and most doctors fail to put much effort into getting an accurate diagnosis, even then don’t want to be bothered when the treatment they give doesn’t help. Not to mention there is ZERO compassion towards these invisible diseases. I’ve often wished that I had something like cancer instead, so people would believe me and do something to help. I know that sounds ugly and horrible but it’s how I feel sometimes. Best of luck to you.