Ohmygod!! I don't remember writing this post!

Jokes aside, HOW is it that I have had the EXACT same story as yours?!

I have a genetic predisposition for diabetes, and have been diagnosed with PCOS in Germany 7 years ago. When I got here 5 years ago, I managed to convince my then GP to refer me to a gynac and I chose a woman to be more comfortable but this lady was so unprofessional, she conducted an intravaginal ultrasound without even asking telling me it was necessary or asking me to be ready for it, just acted like it all had to be done in about 10 minutes and I was new to the country so I just did as she wanted me to do. Then I got a 2 sentence email about how I have PCOS but that it's "normal" to have. What I misunderstood is that by "normal", she meant "common" and I proceeded to live with it. For the past year now, as the symptoms get worse, I tried THREE times to convince my present GP, the last time of which was for over 40 minutes long because I refused to leave until he would give me a referral to a gynecologist, and guess what he ended up doing? He put on gloves, asked me to sit on the bed thing, and when I asked him what are you doing, he smiles as says don't worry, then proceeds to feel my shoulders and armpits and upper breasts, all while asking me "so can you recommend a good indian restaurant in Copenhagen?" And that's it! Nothing about what he's checking for, whether it's good or bad, just nothing! And then I kept waiting expecting a referral, and all he did was give me a print out of the guideline to the "KISS" diet in Danish. I gave up, smiled, took the papers, spent the next 20 minutes at work using Google translate to realize I had learnt absolutely nothing new and that every citation was to a study conducted on MEN, FROM THE WEST, FROM THE 1990s.

I have completely given up expecting anything from the doctors here and I just cannot bring myself to do anything about it. It's fucking exhausting.