Women open up on pushing for diagnosis during health challenges

Dr. Tara Narula, Halley Thaxton, Yasmin Grajales and Amy Rosenberg join TODAY to share their stories of taking charge of their own health and advocating for themselves as doctors failed to diagnose their medical challenges.
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[@metroG93]

Finding any ARNP or MD to actually listen is a challenge. It's exhausting. Especially in large medical health systems--like Virginia Mason where I feel like a burden and just a number. My longtime care provider retired during the pandemic, and it has been so hard and expensive to try to one: even get an appointment, and two: finding a provider that listens and cares. Big prayers for all of us navigating the "American Medical System".

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

I am in houston. I have been trying since I was 12 years old, for a doctor to diagnose my heart issue. The last time I was sent for an ECG, and the technician ground the wand into my chest so hard, I cried the entire time. I was left bruised. When I went to my GP, he never mentioned the test. I had to ask, as he was leaving. He sighed, sat down, and after flipping through the file, pronounced: “inconclusive”, and closed the file. He stood to leave. i asked: “should we not reschedule, perhaps with a different technician, or the department head?” He said we would talk about it next time. I am still waiting. I am over 50. Texas is the last place to find competent medical care.

[@erictheisen3203]

My mom always stays health sometimes.

[@heidiperez1387]

My husband's doctor is much more thorough than mine is...
Someday, a woman's health will be just as important as a mans is..
Hopefully 🤞

[@user-wz4hd8yl2b]

Most of my life has been spent this way. It's called "practicing" medicine for a reason.

[@Chuck-js8dy]

I’m still voting TRUMP