In September 2020, Dr. Dickerhoff was scheduled to remove the IUD she inserted in December of 2019. During the procedure she gave me no preparation that she would be dilating my cervix, but proceeded with a device that forces it open anyway. I was screaming in pain and asked several times was my IUD stuck or lodged?
She repeatedly said no it wasn't and that my cervix was just tight. The pain was indescribable, and yet she insisted that it wasn't stuck. There were 2 others in the room with her and they were just as cold and insensitive.
I asked her to stop because of the pain, and she sated they would just wait until I was ready. I told her I wouldn't be ready to go through this pain again. It was overwhelmingly unsettling that neither she, nor the other 2 nurses who were with her showed any type of concern or compassion for the excruciating pain I was in.
She continued to say it wasn't stuck and told me to talk to my primary, and come back Monday so she could put me to sleep, and then remove it.
No thank you!
I instead found new doctors from a different health group who are kind, compassionate, caring and were able to explain. They also explained any and all health procedures that were going to perform during their examining me.
My new doctors told me immediately that the IUD was indeed jammed in my cervix, and as a result I had to have a DNC so it could be removed. This was the 2nd dnc, in less than a year, that I had to have as a result of procedures gone wrong by SSM gynecologists.
My experience with SSM gynecologists have been very traumatizing and very disappointing. It is a scary thing to feel like your life is on the line while in a doctor's care. read more
