Re: Any suggestions...
From: SusieQ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Sep 23 23:37:11 2000
Hi Deb,
You could have a consultation with Dr. Cook - he is a renoun endo
specialist. He does phone consultations, and you could send your photo
in ahead of time and ask his opinion. His website with links is here:
http://www.drcook.com/
luck and love, SusieQ
>
>Diane,
>
>i for one know the stress involved in not being able
>to afford the care we need....you NEED another
>opinion. Some doctors will consult with you for
>free...call a few in your area to find out who offers
>free consultation. You might even be able to find a
>womens clinic or other physicians who have sliding
>scales..but you need to ask them that. BTW, i too was
>told that most of my "problems" were in my head....i
>just persevered till i found someone who knew better.
>Good luck. debbie
>--- diane <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>> I had an ob/gyn several years ago that because
>> nothing had shown up on
>> ultrasound, she basically told me that the pain must
>> be in my head
>> (along with the 10 day periods which would be dark
>> brown both at
>> beginning and end, and be extremely heavy, etc) We
>> told her that we'd
>> like a 2nd opinion and after several other
>> approaches (bc pills, flex
>> sig, etc) the new ob/gyn decided to do an
>> exploratory laparascopy. He
>> said he found severe adhesions which had connected
>> my ovaries and
>> bowels. I'm still in pain after 2 years and after
>> looking at a site
>> online about clear endometriosis, it appears that
>> there was some on the
>> photos he gave me after the surgery (looks kind of
>> like a few drops of
>> water), which he didn't remove or even mention. I
>> recently had really
>> severe sharp pains around my right ovary which have
>> just suddenly
>> stopped after having an even heavier than normal
>> period. I asked my
>> primary care P.A. if he thought the picture looked
>> like endometriosis
>> to him and he refused to say, only told me that I'd
>> need to discuss it
>> with the ob/gyn, who has since retired. I don't
>> have the money to go
>> offbase for another opinion on this and was hoping
>> someone here might
>> have other suggestions to help me...I appreciate any
>> advice at
>> all...thanks in advance!
>>
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