I called 111 due to suspecting a miscarriage. The call handler was extremely understanding and compassionate, the clinician on the other hand was not. She laughed at me and stated that my symptoms were completely normal - despite the fact I was in a lot of pain and had passed a huge blood clot. My period was 20 days late also. She told me that I must be over exaggerating the size of the clot and from what she can remember from her periods it was completely normal to pass clots, whilst i do understand it can be normal to pass clots when on your period i do know that the size of clot i had passed was not normal. To laugh at anyone who is experiencing any sort of distress is totally unprofessional and caused me severe distress - especially when i was already anxious due to the situation anyway.
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"Nurse laughed at me and disregarded symptoms"
About: NHS 24 / NHS 24 (111 service) NHS 24 NHS 24 (111 service) NHS Lanarkshire NHS Lanarkshire
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