@livelaughlove21 Possible.
I just thought people had missed fhat maybe she did try the doctor. Sometimes OP’s get ridiculed for coming to the internet for medical advice instead of going to the doctor, which neither of you really did, but I just felt like people overlooked she did try the doctor. But, again, your interpretation is possible.
@Earthgirl It’s exhausting, but I do agree with you that she probably should have been more insistent about the discomfort. Although, when I have complained about various pain problems doctors will ask, “does it interfere with your work” shit like that. Meaning if yu can function enough, even with the pain, you should not be too worried? WTF? When I had daily vulva pain, which made intercouse pretty bad, I can’t tell you how many fucked up suggestions and questions I got.
I will say this, when it comes to doctors for me, two strikes and your out. Gone are the days when I try for years with a doctor or stay with one that is not helping. Unfortuneately, I also give up after two doctors and usually have a long stretch in between the second and third where I just live and suffer in discomfort. I had a bad fix to an old bond on my front tooth, the dentist really botched it, but after I went back to him and then another dentist and it is still fucked up, I lived with it knowing I have shifted my entire set of teeth because of it. I should have persisted and gone to a third, but I can’t handle incompetence over and over again. It’s one thing of it is a medical mystery, but often it is lack of concern, not believing the patient, not taking the time to really listen to the patient. As I said it’s exhausting. So, I have empathy for people who don’t go right back to the doctor. I don’t think it is the best way, but I get it.