A new mom is warning other women to advocate for their health after her bone marrow cancer nearly went undiagnosed by a doctor who told her to 'lose weight.'
A new mom is catching the attention of women everywhere with a message about advocating for yourself and your health, after being told to “lose weight” from her pregnancy to remedy symptoms that ended up being diagnosed as bone marrow cancer.
“I didn’t ask for a recommendation,” she admitted in her tweets. “Since I had a new baby to lug with me, I assumed it would be easiest to go to a doctor covered by my insurance, near my house. Whoops.” — Jen Curran August 12, 2019 The 38-year-old said she wasn’t content with the doctor’s suggestion, in part because she had researched “how toxic diet and weight-loss culture can be.”
But because Curran followed her intuition to get a second opinion from another doctor, she’ll be weeks into chemo to treat the cancer before she would have even been back for a follow up with the first kidney doctor. Now, as a result of her own experience, Curran is reminding others to “advocate for yourself” when a doctor’s advice doesn’t feel right.
— Jen Curran August 12, 2019 Curran tells Yahoo Lifestyle that deciding to consult a second doctor was difficult. However, she felt that she had to do it because her medical concerns weren’t resolved. “You shouldn't feel defeated and guilty when you leave the doctor. You should feel empowered and have a plan,” she says. “I couldn’t stop worrying and wondering about it. So I basically just trusted the feeling that I knew my body better than she did.
For Curran, being a knowledgable participant in her diagnostic process is exactly what made her feel confident about her decision to consult a second doctor.
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