I don’t even know where to begin my frustration.
If you’ve been reading my blog, or following my Instagram - you know that I’ve had cancer twice.
But for a quick recap - I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when I was 11 years old. I had my right ovary removed (along with a whole bunch of other stuff but I won’t go into detail) I went through a year of chemo and other surgeries and was considered “NED” (no evidence of disease) for about 11 years
Back in 2016, when I was 22 years old and fresh out of college, I was then diagnosed with breast cancer. I had genetic testing done, was diagnosed with a mutation called “TP53” (also known as Li Fraumeni Syndrome + basically means I can get any type of cancer not just related to the reproductive system.)
I had a double mastectomy, froze some eggs, went through a year of cancer treatment, had reconstruction surgery, and I am now yet again considered “NED.”
HOWEVER. Due to my mutation and the fact that my body lovessssss to create cancer, I need screenings every year. I basically need to have every type of test/scan done in the books.
My last gyno appointment/screening was in 2019. I have been trying for OVER A YEAR to book a gyno appointment. Let me repeat that. OVER👏🏼 A👏🏼 YEAR👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼 Actually, now that we’re in 2021, we’re rolling up on 2 years since my last gyno appointment/screening.
So when I started having an abnormal period a few weeks ago I was very concerned. (TMI? Idc) My period is always exactly on time, I never have any spotting or abnormal bleeding, and it always lasts exACTLY 4 days. So imagine my surprise and concern when I had been bleeding for a week.
I booked an emergency gyno appointment and ultimately decided to switch doctors since I could not get a response from mine.
Fast forward to today - Monday 3/8/21.
I’m a few minutes late because I had been stuck in traffic... the clock is ticking and all of a sudden it’s been an hour and a half. I told my mom not to bother them since I had been a few minutes late, but an hour and a half is quite excessive, so she goes and asks them when I was going to be seen....... they didn’t even know I was there... even though I had signed in and spoken to the secretary at the desk... so that’s the first red flag.
Then they have someone come out and talk to me. Apparently my gyno was back and they wanted to know if I wanted to cancel my appointment and schedule one with her for next week when she’s back......FROM WHERE I asked, where was she?!
I had been trying to get in contact with her for over a year to no avail. Apparently she had been on medical leave - which is fine and I hope she’s okay but why wasn’t I notified when I had been contacting them over and over... anyway. Why were her patients not notified? Anyway, I digress.
I told them at this point I didn’t care which doctor I saw. All I cared about was getting these tests done.
So a nurse took me back, they did a Pap smear, and she updated my chart very meticulously for almost two hours.
All of that was fine... it was after when I tried to book an appointment with my gyno where it all went wrong. I was sent to my doctor’s secretary and I requested an appointment for a week from today. She had the worst attitude in the world and told me that she wouldn’t book that appointment... I said okayyyy, what days does she have available next week? And once again with the attitude - she told me she wouldn’t be back till March 31st (HEAVY ATTITUDE)
*Do you see all of this lack of communication within their own team here?*
I told her that the nurse told me she would be back next week and they wanted me to see her ASAP. Once again this lady had an attitude, and at this point I was ready to fight so I had to step away. Please explain to me, how they have someone working with cancer patients who is so incredibly rude and has absolutely no bedside manner? Why wasn’t she able to explain to me any of this information without an attitude?
I went back to the nurse and told her I wanted to switch back to the other gyno because my doctor’s secretary had an attitude and I didn’t want to deal with that every time I came to see her....
I was then told that the gyno that I was suppose to have my appointment with today wasn’t accepting any new patients. THEN TELL ME HOW THE F**K THEY BOOKED AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME WITH HER TODAY IF SHE COULDN’T SEE ME
PLEASE TELL ME OKAY!
SO
I left
I contemplated switching hospitals because I am so angry.
Right now, I still don’t have an appointment with a gyno
I am extremely angry and frustrated and agitated and all of the terms
Andddd that’s where I’m at right now and that’s why I am writing this angry blog post.
I will keep you updated on the results of all of this, but I had to let this out.
If you read this far - hi I love you thank you for supporting me.
In other news, I am almost finished recording vocals for my next single so stay tuned for that ✨
Okay have a beautiful day 🥰
xox
~Bianca Muñiz
