Hardly anyone took Melissa Gaona's pain seriously. The doctors released him from the emergency room more than once and insisted that the sharp, stabbing pain he felt in his pelvis did not pose a threat to his life.
Others say he is self-diagnosed or pretending to be.
For 20 years in her hometown of Columbia, Melissa went from doctor to doctor, but her stomach cramps, bloating and excruciating periods continued to worsen.
"I didn't know what was wrong with me since I was little," Melissa, 26, told the BBC. pain, vomiting, pain during urination; They always tell me that there is nothing and that I am exaggerating."
Dozens of hospitalizations in the intensive care unit, countless medications and seven surgeries could not reduce Melissa's symptoms; The symptoms were first attributed to appendicitis, then to a hormonal imbalance, and then to cancer.
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