TRIGGER WARNING: Autistic Medical Discrimination
Ive been admitted to Countess Of Chester Hospital for a post-Tonsillectomy blood clot & bleed. I had to attend alone, as my parents & husband are not able to care for me
After waiting 3 & a half hours for pain relief I explained my heart condition was in overdrive & I had reached my pain threshold, showing my sweating hands, quoting my heart doctor.
I was told “your heart is fine”. And accused of “texting your mum to phone an emergency ward over medication? You are making this worse.” By the A&E staff
I tried to remind the THREE staff that I’m here not by choice, I’m here for a Tonsillectomy Heamorrage ... to this the Male Nurse said “No one is keeping you here! You said you want to leave? Then leave!” I became stuck, crying, in 9/10 pain and only paracetamol to cope I asked them all to leave, telling them I’m in trauma, telling them I’m in panic & PTSD & that I’m autistic.
I was VERY Distressed, rocking, crying and saying my pain was making me not cope (I could hardly speak from throat surgery)
The response from the male nurse with glasses? “I have no compassion for you when you’re shouting, you just keep shouting”
I was saying “I’m in trauma, I’m autistic I’m in panic, I need help” - the nurse said YOU DONT HELP YOURSELF, walked off and called THREE Security staff on me.
When I saw the security staff, I could hardly breathe, sweated through all my clothes and coughed up my blood clot from all the crying & begging for help.
I’m thankful security staff recognised me & could see my fear, pain & distress. They cared for me when medical failed to. Security held my hand, told me I did nothing wrong and that I wasn’t a monster. Security told me they could see I was not well & explain to medical that I’m exhausted & scared from the pain & their accusations.
SECURITY helped me when NO ONE else would or could.
Complaining gets us no where - we’ve been asking for a face to face meeting with the Countess since March 2018 when I was abused over my Endometriosis pain.
I share this because the state of Health Care towards Autistics, Neurodiverse, Disabled & Learning Disabled people is ABUSIVE.