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Our medical facilities have pushed women to endure terrible things all in the name of birth control. It is not a matter of choice. They never gave me one. Even tho I exercised good inteligence in the choices I made. I was given a shot to stop my first child from being born even tho he was in the birth canal and my bones had spread. I was forced to have a C-section I did not want. They cut me three inches above the navel to three inches below the hair line. I went from running several miles a day riding horses to nothing. I had to have shots of hormones, vitamins, thyroid, and other things to keep me alive. My husband and I waited 3 1/2 years before we had another child as we wanted my body to be healthy for the new baby and our first one well grounded in the basics. After my second child, I felt a pain on my right side that made my whole body shake. When I told the Doctor he told me that I felt nothing and walked out of the room. I started having migrain head aches. I had to quit my foster day care because I did not want to let the children I was watching deal with the problem that was dealt me. I had several miscarries, due to what they did to me. When I complained of the pain in my side that never went away. They asked me how long I'd had it and I told them the truth since my son was born. They told me that if I said it like that they would not help me. I was afraid and needed some relief. We were paying a lot of money for the HMO insurance that we were getting. I did not know what to do. One Doctor told me that they were going to do something to me each time I went in. I thought he was crazy what was he talking about. I had never been ill alway proud of my health until I had my children. I was a virgin when I married my husband and never went out on him ever. Yet, they would tell me how terrible I was how did you get this infection, this is a sexually transmitted disease. The pharmacy would say is this for two when they would give me antibiotics. I would go home and cry as I was so imbarrased. I was proud of my upbringing. I was taught to always have good hygine. To act like a lady. Respect myself and others. I would have never done anything like they said I did. They would laugh and bully me when I would go in to see what the problem was. Expecting professional help the way you would expect a Doctor to treat you. Not so. When I would get pregnant they would tell me even before they would check that I was not pregnate. When I would miscarry they would not say a word. I got mastitus after one such time and they kept telling me that I wasn't pregnant. Well they gave me antibotics and sent me home telling me that they would get back to me with the test. They never would get back to me. I always got the run around. One Doctor told me that I needed a hysterectomy that I had a fibroid as big as a grapefruit. He told me that they grow slow and that they should have removed it when my last son was born. I had night mares, I dreamt that I was in the ocean and I did not know how I got there. I had my baby and yelled for one of the boats to stop to help us. They would not. I would wake up screaming. My husband was beside himself. He made an appointment for me to see a specialist. The Doctor told me that I was not crazy that I just needed a good Doctor. Well they sent me to a University Hospital. They did all kinds of test. They showed me where my baby was attached. But when they did barium Xrays the tec threw down my chart and said I am tired of haveing to fix this HMO's mistakes. They told me that they would have to send me back to the HMO that did this to me. I told them I did not want to go as you don't touch a hot stove and them go back again. They said that they would take care of everything and that I would not be treated bad anymore. Well, I was in so much pain the day I went in for surgery. The Doctor prayed over me a wonderful prayer. I though I would be in Gods hands. They rolled me into the operating room. I just had a sheet on me. The nurses were getting me ready for the procedure when they rolled a man in to the operating room the same one I was in. He was saying that he had waited a long time for what they were going to do for him. I was scared imbarrased and upset. One nurse said why arent they in here, she should be out by now. Another got who ever and it wasn't long and I was out. I woke up in a room. My husband was there and ready to take me hone as it was a one day surgery. When I woke up the next day I had six heavy burns on my chest. I went to the bathroom and my bottom was not right when I wiped myself. There were stiches all around my bottom. When I had my first BM it was sheep dropings. What had they done to me. I showed the burns to the girls that worked on the ambulance with me. She was in shock she said Myra you went code on them. I said I know. I was numb and still in shock. I treated it like it was someone else not me this could not be happening to me. The pain was gone on my right side tho. When I went back to the OBGYN he had his head on his desk and told me that I could leave now. I said no it was what they doctor that delivered my son did isn't it. He shock his head yes. And them said please leave. The truth of the matter was that he had in his surgery working through the hole that they put in my tummy and through my bottom took out my stomach and gut and gave me a sheeps. I don't know everything to this day and they never even told me how to take care of my self with the mess that they dealt me. When I went to see an attorney he told me Myra I would love to help you but I have family too. When my youngest son was 13, I got pregnant with my daughter. As I had lost so many as we wanted three children. They told me again that I was not pregnant but this time I took a test into the health department and it came back positive. I said oh yes I am and the health department told them that all of my tests came in positive that I was. The boys and my husband would not even get excited about her. It was hard to carry her. But I made up my mind I would go through anything to have her healthy. I watched everything I put into my mouth and did everything I was taught to have a healthy baby. At 16 weeks they went in and sewed my cervics closed saying that they did not think that I needed this but it was a precautionary. When my daughter was born, she was all there but my husband and I had ABO inconpatability. They put her in an incubator and put a blindfold on her. Telling me that I was not to let her be without it as she would go blind from the lights they were using. I was very careful, to do as they said. I hemoraged soon after they got me to my room. I just felt really wet and as I had a spinal they did not want me up. The nurse came in and paniced. Press the button she told me then someone else came on the speaker. My nurse yelled any Doctor stat. A Doctor came into my room and they said that they had to get me to a room. They did not have enought time to get me to the operating room. So they took me to a storage room close to my room. They did not have time to give me anything so two nurses held my hands. I kept thinking if I held really still they could help me quicker. The Doctor removed placenta. He said and she had a C-section. When it was over, they took me back to my room and gave me something to help me sleep. My tummy swelled up terrible. I started loosing placenta when I would go to the bathroom or shower. I was in for 10 days and this went on continually they always took me into the exam room and would check. Finally they would let me go home. 1 month lacking two days I went into labor again and the delivered a full size placenta.

I have found out sinse that the pain that I felt after my second son was born was a shunt, placed in my side, hooked under my uterus and near my spine. I have my Xrays that tell of the sheeps stomach and intestine. I've had three Doctors that told me that they did to me what they did to the woman in the concentration camps. I still don't know everything. I was told by the homicide division to treat it like a sexual assault. But who do you get help from if they that harmed you are the people that are suppose to help you.

My daughter has had problems with her indocrine system because I carried her with this mess. On her 11th birthday they went in and cut her from one side to the other. She lost her ovary and tube besides having to clean up gangreen. Because they would not treat her when we took her in and sent her home with milk of mag. for what they said was a bowel obstruction. When I worked for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault we were told when someone tells you not to tell because that person is up to no good. We have to stand up now or they will be telling us what we can and can do with everything in our lives. Myra

Posted on Feb 5, 1999, 8:48 AM

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