Anonymous OP 1w

(Possible tw) Her brothers to have kids so there are some in her life without total financial, mental, and physical responsibility. That being said, she has been shut down every time she tries and it just seems like it’s getting worse and worse for her. Her symptoms are so bad that she passes out from the pain sometimes, which I didn’t even know could happen before I met her. She sometimes talks about just doing it herself, which I kinda thought was a joke until I woke up last night, realized

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Anonymous OP 1w

She wasn’t in bed, checked the living room to see if she was in there, and she was sleeping on the couch with a knife in her hand. I get it out of her hand before waking her up, but when I did, she said, in her words “I was hurting really bad, and I was about to do a bad thing, but was also sleep deprived and wanted to not deal with this pain anymore and I knew that so I waited it out until I fell asleep” which is just awful to hear. I genuinely don’t know what to do. If anything happens to her

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Anonymous OP 1w

I wish I was joking when I say that I live for her, so to see her like this almost every month breaks my heart and my soul. She has prescribed medication for her periods and for depression, which I know isn’t a fix whatsoever, but is there something different? I don’t even know man, just please help

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Anonymous #1 1w

Do you know if they are covered by insurance? We are both college students

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Anonymous OP 1w

She needs pain relief as soon as possible. Chronic pain can lead to suicidal thoughts and actions

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Anonymous OP 1w

Idk that depends on your insurance and what doctors are in your area

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Anonymous #1 1w

Is there a website for this?

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Anonymous OP 1w

As someone with endometriosis I double up on pain meds, taking both acetaminophen and ibuprofen. You can take about 1000 milligrams of each a day, I usually do 400 of both on rough days

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Anonymous OP 1w

I’m not sure I just know the lists exist somewhere, I’ve seen it before I don’t have the link anymore tho

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Anonymous #1 1w

Up until we can find someone to do a surgery for her, is there any recommendations I could get to help alleviate any pain? I try to massage her belly and offer her relief items like heating pads but I’m not sure how else to help

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Anonymous #1 1w

Her period medicine is 800 mg pills of ibuprofen and 500 mg naproxen pills which she interchanges so she doesn’t get used to one. She usually does 1 ibuprofen or 2 naproxen pills

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Anonymous #1 1w

Thank you so much for your help

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Anonymous OP 1w

She shouldn’t take those at the same time

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Anonymous OP 1w

But if you want to get her some Tylenol/acetaminophen she can take that along with both those

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Anonymous #1 1w

She doesn’t. She interchanges them. I mean that she will exclusively use ibuprofen for one month then naproxen for the next month

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Anonymous #1 1w

Okay I will. Anything to help

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Anonymous #2 1w

https://www.reddit.com/r/hysterectomy/comments/xzrxzu/help_me_create_a_hysterectomyfriendly_doctors_list/

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Anonymous #2 1w

We checked this out earlier today and had a long discussion on what we can do. Thank you so much for your contribution

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Anonymous #3 1w

I would definitely do that, haven’t thought to though. I get pissed every time she is dismissed. I even come to a few of them with her because the medical system is misogynist and sometimes looks to a man to verify but that hasn’t helped too much either, although they would always tell me instead of her like she isn’t the one dealing with it

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Anonymous OP 1w

no problem! i really hope you guys are able to get her the best treatment possible!!

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Anonymous OP 1w

Misogyny is deep rooted in the medical field, your doing a great job supporting her and i’m sure yall will find a good solution, i wish you luck and i hope you find an ACTUAL doctor soon.

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