Re: Jenn
From: MARTY (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 3 19:24:53 2000
Jenn,
That is just great! Cataflam is just the best thing I ever took!!!!! I
recommend two at first dose and then as directed from there. After I had
been on it for a while I was able to just take it alone for pain. I could
even miss some for a while in between bad bouts. I never had any side
effects. A small amount of water weight during my period. Also after you
have been on it for a while and skip doses when you start getting the first
sign of pain take two to start your dose. Give it a week and then try to
take it without the other pain med and see if it helps.
I hope I don't sound to bossy here I just try and suggest that all the time
for pain it worked very well for me.
I'm glad you are in good with the Dr and all that will help wish I was with
mine. Take care. Oh and Jenn I probably will not be to popular for saying
this but if you want a child and know for sure with all your heart you do. I
suggest have one married or not you will never regret it and time is not
always favorable to endo suffers as you know. Boy I heard the gasp already.
Sorry all but I know I had enough love myself to shower a child with all by
myself. If I had know how bad I had it I would of done it. I just was never
given the chance.
Have a good night and I hope I didn't offend you with my cents. just trying
to help.
Hugs,
Becca
>----- Original Message -----
From: Jenn <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 5:57 PM
Subject: I saw Dr. G today
> Hey all.....well of course you all knew I was going to see Dr.G this
> morning. Well let me try to keep it simple....well of course i have to
> include the details for ya Lisa! Anyway he said that right now he doesn't
> want to change the hormone thing yet. he said that maybe it was a one time
> thing but maybe not. He said "Jenn i guess your body and periods just
never
> get along do they?" lol. so i am going to stay on the continuous levlite
> right now. He gave me cataflam to try. I told him that when this happens
to
> me and i call when in pain it takes weeks to get in and he said he
> understands. I said "yeah but if kathy is not in I get another person
> covering and they tell me that you aren't in and that I can't get pain
> meds.....btw I dont' like to feel like someone thinks i am out for the
drugs
> cause I'm not...and then they tell me that i had better wait til kathy
comes
> in and she knows my hx better then they do and you know it better than the
> other drs." so then he got really wise and went to stand up like he was
> leaving and says "want me to go get Dr. A? roflol!!!" I said to him..."YOu
> still remember that?" and he said he won't ever forget that. see about 1
1/2
> years ago i called one dr on call in the office and she was rotten to me.
> downright rotten. she said (now mind you she doesnt know me and never met
me
> before) "aren't you the girl seeing tons of drs and like on many meds?
Well
> I WILL NOT BE PART OF THIS AND GIVE YOU MORE MEDS. YOU DO NOT NEED THAT. "
> and she was just so cold. so i called like the next day or whatever and
Dr.
> G was on call and i told him and he has never forgotten it. sometimes he
> jokes when he says that someone is always on call and i can call
> them....then i ask who is on call and he starts to laugh real hard and
says
> "Dr.A has call every single day for the next year!" what a wiseguy! so
of
> course I had to laugh too today when he asked if i wanted him to get Dr. A
> (no that doesnt' stand of Dr. Attitude but it should hehehehe!) So
> considering all that i said he said he would give me a script for the
> lortabs in case the cataflam isn't enough for the pain. i was feeling
better
> and then i got home and it hit me. good thing i had just gotten the
scripts
> filled! so i took one cataflam tonight and i think it is working. he
wants
> me to wait it out the next couple weeks to see if it happens or if it
> doesn't. then if it happens after that to call and he will see me and we
> will discuss lupron (well not sure if that can be an option for me since i
> have already had 32 ) or something else. he said that i might have to deal
> with this b/c he will not remove my uterus (obviously unless it was
harmful
> for me to keep it) bc/ i am too young and he says 'you just need to get
> pregnant..." well of course we can laugh about that too and he knows how i
> feel about that and am waiting til i get married but I told him I would
> definitely let him know! lol. Hey if i were married i would say go for it
> now! he never said that pregnancy would cure it but in some it does help.
my
> friend has endo and after she got pregnant she never had trouble again.
the
> first was very hard to conceive and they went through every thing possible
> literally. i mean every single option out there. then with the second it
was
> unexpected and now she is pregnant with the third and definitely not
> expected lol!!!!!!! so i try to think positive about it b/c she had it bad
> and i have it only a little right now but anyway someday and i hope and
pray
> it is much sooner than later. i know someoen is about to write and tell me
> not to rush it but trust me I am ready for marriage and could be ready for
a
> baby too. I am tired of being the babysitter all the time and want my own.
i
> have been told i would be a great mom and i am brave b/c i take 2+ kids to
> the store or out to eat sometimes. dif ages too. i have even taken an
infant
> everywhere with me from the dr to the store etc and i did just fine. it
was
> fun to feel so important and that i was responsible for someone else. well
> whenver i babysit i am responsible for someone else's kids. i have so much
> experience with daycare and all so i know it won't be a problem for me! i
> know that some will say it is different when it is your own..yeah it would
> be but I am anxious and i know it will happen in time but probably not my
> time! so i am very uplifted about my visit. he understood that i was in
> pain and i did tell him that it was not as bad as it had been before. he
> said i looked really good today too anyway even if i am having pain. well
> that made me feel good and kathy told me that i had lost some weight since
> beign there last. i think it is like 6 pounds or so. i don't feel it but
it
> must be true lol!!!!
>
> so i said all that to say that i am still in the same boat but at least i
> have meds and a back up pain killer (lortabs again) and I know that i was
> not beign a pain to them. kathy even told me not to feel guilty and that
she
> might not think something needs to be seen for like that but i am the
> patient and she said i make the shots. well yeah lol....no just kidding.
she
> told me to just say "kathy i need to be seen and it can't wait' and she
will
> get me in ASAP! phew! so now i am not a pain in the butt at least not to
my
> face they don't act that way and the secretary asked how i was today too.
> see she doesnt' know what is going on with me. well not til i blurted it
out
> on the phone to her but she understood why i was hurting so much. as a
> medical assistant/secretary i can understand that they do not know much
> about a patients' case. they just take the calls etc. like she doesn't
know
> i have had so many surgeries etc. but i was happy she at least asked how i
> was doing....
>
> thanks for caring and for listening again....detailed enough Lisa? lol
>
> Jenn
>
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