Years ago my mom was having trouble breathing/wheezing. We don’t have a family doc so she went to emerg and was told by an older male doc that she “just had a cold”. A few days later her symptoms worsened so I went back to the ER with her. A young male resident suspected a heart issue and referred her to a cardiologist.. waited a couple months to get an appointment finally. The cardiologist reviewed my mom’s scans and said “wow you should have seen me earlier.” My mom was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and was in heart failure. If we hadn’t gone back to the hospital, my mom would be dead.
Thank you for including the facts about Native American women. It is true we are rarely included in any research. And they were also sterilized until the 1970s like the ones mentioned from Puerto Rico. One of my Native friends, in her 30s, got cervical cancer and was told it was most likely from HPV and she was never offered the vaccine. She’s okay now. Another Native woman I know got an infection after her child was born because the doctor didn’t change into clean gloves between patients at the hospital on the reservation.
Thank you for further educating us as well, and sharing that story, its really important, we don't have nearly enough research and resources or stats on these things. This is so horrifying, but so real.
Me living vicariously through Zach getting PROPERLY wine and dined. Also, Kelsey listing the health gap was so astonishing and yet also somehow not surprising. Are these global statistics? In my own experience with chronic pain, I haven't been able to work in over a decade because of it, and I only finally got diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago - very ironically, nearly all the doctors and specialists I saw were women, and the doctor that finally diagnosed me is a man💀 I was lucky that my endometriosis was diagnosed when I was 15 (still four years after I got my period and had missing-school level pain every month) but it was only because my mom and sister also had that diagnosis, so my gyno just kinda shrugged and was like "guess you have it too!"
I‘ve heard this lung cancer statistic and I have a theory that it’s hair spray and things like that. Imagine how much dry shampoo a woman breathes in..
Best storytime I ever saw. Do this in a library with men sitting all around you on the floor like little kids. They get a teddy to hold and a lollipop in the end, when they behave. Also love the clearing your throat before turning pages. Whenever I hear this I do a little "need to pay attention" wiggle in my office chair right now. :D
This stuff always makes me so sad and scared honestly. We live longer but if anything goes wrong in between that, we just might be screwed if we don’t advocate for ourselves hard and a lot of the times they think you’re being “difficult” if you advocate for yourself so you can’t win
as a afab trans person, i can anecdotally confirm the statistic about trans healthcare. i have been fighting to start testosterone for a year and only yesterday did my latest doctor let me know that he learned the guidelines to help me 😅
If you can’t brag to your friends about it, he ain’t doing it right, Is such a good motto! I used to get in trouble for falling asleep in class until I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s
My best friend has endometriosis and for YEARS she was told she had an intestinal blockage (she was constipated from her period), but we realized that everytime she was ever in the hospital for abdominal pain she had her period. This all started in her teens and last year she got a 14 by 7 cm growth taken out of her abdomin. She's 32 now. It took her 15 years to get the correct diagnosis.
so, i wanted to explain a bit more about the "less than half of those with endometriosis have a documented diagnosis" (seen 35:50) as, its more complicated than "fuck women/anyone that has a uterus". endometriosis can only be diagnosed through surgery as it often doesnt show up on ultrasound scans. and, even if it does show up in scans its impossible to tell if its a cyst, a tumor, etc without first going through the process of removing it. however, depending on your age, and what shows up on the ultrasound and your pain levels, getting the removal surgery might not be the smartest idea, as many people end up needing to get it removed multiple times throughout their lives which can cause a lot of scar tissue. so, a lot of us that have it know we have it and can be treated for it with bc/hrt, but, we cant have the diagnosis written down officially i myself am a trans guy with undiagnosed-diagnosed endometriosis. i first got my undiagnosed-diagnosis at 16 after complaining about pain, and spotting despite having been on birth control/HRT since i was 12 (as i have very severe PMDD) as a way to completely prevent my periods all together(aka 0 sugar pills for me). the HRT was supposed to also slow the possible progression of endometriosis. which, i was incredibly thankful for as every woman on my moms side needed to get a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis (my mom had to get endo removal 3 times, and a 4th time as she got her hysterectomy). but, despite everything, i still developed endometriosis, and my gyno believes i likely have had it since i got my first period at 10. however, i have a lot of trauma surrounding my uterus (the pmdd, gender dysphoria, a 3 month long period after switching BC/HRT, as well as sexual trauma), and im still pretty young (19) so, i havent gone through with the removal surgery which means i cant be officially diagnosed i do plan on braving up and getting the removal done sometime this year, and i hope to get a partial hysterectomy done within the next year or two so i never have to worry about uterine issues ever again!
6:40 please leave adoptees out of the abortion conversation- adoptees parents chose to carry them to term- abortion is a pregnancy/healthcare decision & adoption is a parenting decision (or lack thereof in many cases as BIPOC families are disproportionately targeted by CPS).
For the lung cancer increase, there are several theories being studied right now. One is that hormones (namely estrogen) play a role in this increase. Another theory is that, while gender roles have been moving away from the traditional housewife/working man setup, many women are still the primary cooks in their home. And this regular exposure to high heat, use of non stick pans, cooking oil fumes, smoke inhalation, or a combo of these may be the culprit.
Add reading “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” by Caroline Criado Perez to add to this topic. My favorite is how women are more likely to die in car crashes because car infrastructure like seatbelts and air bags are designed for larger bodies 🙃
Okay I need to leave this here because this was wild to me. So when I was in high school I gained 30 lb in 3 years. Which is not how it's supposed to go. I couldn't figure out why I kept gaining weight. Why it was so hard to lose weight, why I had really dark patches under my eyes, and why my hormones seem to be all over the place. When I was in Texas on a marching band trip with my college. My roommate was watching an episode of crazy medical mysteries. There was a girl on there who had the exact same issues and turned out she had PCOS. So as soon as I got home I asked my doctor to test me for PCOS. Apparently I had already been tested for PCOS and it came back positive. Apparently that was 3 years prior to me making my own Discovery. Which means I could have not gained all this weight, that I am still working on trying to get rid of 10 years later, because I would have been able to have the medication to help my body be less insulin resistant... I also left that doctor immediately after that happened. That was such a breach of confidence and trust that it could not go back.
damn, first time I've heard anyone, not being paid to say it, say peacock was worth it =O Also loved the episode, tempted to send it to my religious family XD
Years ago my mom was having trouble breathing/wheezing. We don’t have a family doc so she went to emerg and was told by an older male doc that she “just had a cold”. A few days later her symptoms worsened so I went back to the ER with her. A young male resident suspected a heart issue and referred her to a cardiologist.. waited a couple months to get an appointment finally. The cardiologist reviewed my mom’s scans and said “wow you should have seen me earlier.” My mom was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and was in heart failure. If we hadn’t gone back to the hospital, my mom would be dead.
Thank you for including the facts about Native American women. It is true we are rarely included in any research. And they were also sterilized until the 1970s like the ones mentioned from Puerto Rico. One of my Native friends, in her 30s, got cervical cancer and was told it was most likely from HPV and she was never offered the vaccine. She’s okay now. Another Native woman I know got an infection after her child was born because the doctor didn’t change into clean gloves between patients at the hospital on the reservation.
Well that’s horrifying 😢
Thank you for further educating us as well, and sharing that story, its really important, we don't have nearly enough research and resources or stats on these things. This is so horrifying, but so real.
Me living vicariously through Zach getting PROPERLY wine and dined.
Also, Kelsey listing the health gap was so astonishing and yet also somehow not surprising. Are these global statistics? In my own experience with chronic pain, I haven't been able to work in over a decade because of it, and I only finally got diagnosed 2 1/2 years ago - very ironically, nearly all the doctors and specialists I saw were women, and the doctor that finally diagnosed me is a man💀 I was lucky that my endometriosis was diagnosed when I was 15 (still four years after I got my period and had missing-school level pain every month) but it was only because my mom and sister also had that diagnosis, so my gyno just kinda shrugged and was like "guess you have it too!"
Kelsey, you are amazing. I wish I could be as open and free as you.
“…after my Bor Bor…”
T-SHIRT IDEA
I‘ve heard this lung cancer statistic and I have a theory that it’s hair spray and things like that. Imagine how much dry shampoo a woman breathes in..
And nail salons - microplastic dust, nail polishes and remover, etc.
in January, I went to the ER four times. They found a UTI on my first visit and didn't listen to anything I had to say after that
Yes, I am pissed off! Especially about the speculum not being changed over time! No wonder it has hurt so much over the years of getting pap smears!
Best storytime I ever saw. Do this in a library with men sitting all around you on the floor like little kids. They get a teddy to hold and a lollipop in the end, when they behave. Also love the clearing your throat before turning pages. Whenever I hear this I do a little "need to pay attention" wiggle in my office chair right now. :D
Love this idea
The men lying during fertility treatments 42:50 made me SO angry. How can someone be that awful to someone they supposedly love?
This stuff always makes me so sad and scared honestly. We live longer but if anything goes wrong in between that, we just might be screwed if we don’t advocate for ourselves hard and a lot of the times they think you’re being “difficult” if you advocate for yourself so you can’t win
as a afab trans person, i can anecdotally confirm the statistic about trans healthcare. i have been fighting to start testosterone for a year and only yesterday did my latest doctor let me know that he learned the guidelines to help me 😅
Just learned the guidelines??? 😬😬😬
If you can’t brag to your friends about it, he ain’t doing it right, Is such a good motto! I used to get in trouble for falling asleep in class until I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s
My best friend has endometriosis and for YEARS she was told she had an intestinal blockage (she was constipated from her period), but we realized that everytime she was ever in the hospital for abdominal pain she had her period. This all started in her teens and last year she got a 14 by 7 cm growth taken out of her abdomin. She's 32 now. It took her 15 years to get the correct diagnosis.
so, i wanted to explain a bit more about the "less than half of those with endometriosis have a documented diagnosis" (seen 35:50) as, its more complicated than "fuck women/anyone that has a uterus". endometriosis can only be diagnosed through surgery as it often doesnt show up on ultrasound scans. and, even if it does show up in scans its impossible to tell if its a cyst, a tumor, etc without first going through the process of removing it. however, depending on your age, and what shows up on the ultrasound and your pain levels, getting the removal surgery might not be the smartest idea, as many people end up needing to get it removed multiple times throughout their lives which can cause a lot of scar tissue. so, a lot of us that have it know we have it and can be treated for it with bc/hrt, but, we cant have the diagnosis written down officially
i myself am a trans guy with undiagnosed-diagnosed endometriosis. i first got my undiagnosed-diagnosis at 16 after complaining about pain, and spotting despite having been on birth control/HRT since i was 12 (as i have very severe PMDD) as a way to completely prevent my periods all together(aka 0 sugar pills for me). the HRT was supposed to also slow the possible progression of endometriosis. which, i was incredibly thankful for as every woman on my moms side needed to get a hysterectomy due to severe endometriosis (my mom had to get endo removal 3 times, and a 4th time as she got her hysterectomy). but, despite everything, i still developed endometriosis, and my gyno believes i likely have had it since i got my first period at 10. however, i have a lot of trauma surrounding my uterus (the pmdd, gender dysphoria, a 3 month long period after switching BC/HRT, as well as sexual trauma), and im still pretty young (19) so, i havent gone through with the removal surgery which means i cant be officially diagnosed
i do plan on braving up and getting the removal done sometime this year, and i hope to get a partial hysterectomy done within the next year or two so i never have to worry about uterine issues ever again!
I can’t tell if the title is a typo or not lol
lol same 😂😂
6:40 please leave adoptees out of the abortion conversation- adoptees parents chose to carry them to term- abortion is a pregnancy/healthcare decision & adoption is a parenting decision (or lack thereof in many cases as BIPOC families are disproportionately targeted by CPS).
I just read the book. "Its not hysteria".. great book to learn alot about medical history of women
Oh lmao trust me, you can tell if a mouse or a rat is male, their balls are like 20% of their body size
"Yeah when you take a fat dump!" Took me out hahahah
For the lung cancer increase, there are several theories being studied right now.
One is that hormones (namely estrogen) play a role in this increase.
Another theory is that, while gender roles have been moving away from the traditional housewife/working man setup, many women are still the primary cooks in their home. And this regular exposure to high heat, use of non stick pans, cooking oil fumes, smoke inhalation, or a combo of these may be the culprit.
Add reading “Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men” by Caroline Criado Perez to add to this topic.
My favorite is how women are more likely to die in car crashes because car infrastructure like seatbelts and air bags are designed for larger bodies 🙃
Yeah hock those facts K dawg
Okay I need to leave this here because this was wild to me. So when I was in high school I gained 30 lb in 3 years. Which is not how it's supposed to go. I couldn't figure out why I kept gaining weight. Why it was so hard to lose weight, why I had really dark patches under my eyes, and why my hormones seem to be all over the place. When I was in Texas on a marching band trip with my college. My roommate was watching an episode of crazy medical mysteries. There was a girl on there who had the exact same issues and turned out she had PCOS. So as soon as I got home I asked my doctor to test me for PCOS. Apparently I had already been tested for PCOS and it came back positive. Apparently that was 3 years prior to me making my own Discovery. Which means I could have not gained all this weight, that I am still working on trying to get rid of 10 years later, because I would have been able to have the medication to help my body be less insulin resistant...
I also left that doctor immediately after that happened. That was such a breach of confidence and trust that it could not go back.
damn, first time I've heard anyone, not being paid to say it, say peacock was worth it =O
Also loved the episode, tempted to send it to my religious family XD
I have my xrays on my fridge 😂
Also I'm making a breath stretch mastrubate sign for my closet. I do yoga in there... And I have 4 kids so it's the best place for it... Lol
As a gay man I fear for women as a species 😱 that's insane
Hocking or shocking?
This country is gone
What happend between you and lifeaccordingtojimmy