DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a woman who has had terrible experiences with menstruation.
I’ve probably seen two dozen different gynecologists, and I complained to every one of them about my painful periods.
Not even a painkiller was prescribed.
Most of them seem to think that debilitating pain is part of being female. This pain is so bad that it is incapacitating.
I’ve missed work and school because of it. I w…