Shocked, shocked I am

[cjsmith]

"Doctors provide lesser quality pain care for women despite having the same pain complaint..."

And this surprises whom, exactly? Sometimes I can't get my head around how naive people still are.

I know some people who think I shouldn't be pissed off about this. That says a lot about them, I think, and about their attitudes toward (me / women).

Well, let's see if this next link lightens my mood:

The brain tissue of those with chronic pain showed shrinkage equivalent to the amount of gray matter lost in 10 to 20 years of normal aging. Hey, maybe I can come up with some snarky replies to the next spry and healthy sixty-year-old who tells me I'm "too young to hurt this much". Sadly, in another year or two I'll be too stupid to think of them.

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i think "better" means "not bothering the doctors with piddly little things that would require lots of time and energy and meds to treat and could drive up the cost of insurance/health care," preferring to just go in, do some sort of radical surgery, and be done with it. because surely pain isn't real until it can be fixed surgically.