Re: AHHH! I just feel like crying
From: Janet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Dec 4 02:38:59 2001
At Mon, 3 Dec 2001, anonymous wrote:
>I think the first thing you need to do is sit back and take a deep breath. Write down the questions/concerns you have. Then call your Gyn and leave a message asking for a call back. Discuss your concerns and ask your questions. If your Gyn isn't willing to do this, you need to see someone else! If that is the case, then by all means talk to your primary care physician. Get a referral to someone else (do this as many times as you need to, you are never locked in to the physician just because you have seen them once or twice). I have a wonderful Gyn, but I am in California and your posting makes reference to Atlanta...
"shop around" until you get the care you deserve.
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Janet
>Hi. I posted a few times recently about going to the Gyn because of
>pain, and then her telling me I needed an ultrasound and then, the tech
>who did the ultrasound said it looked like endo in/on my uterus (I had
>thought it could only be diagnosed by a lap). Anyway, I jsut got the
>actual results, and they said everything looks fine. They didn't even
>mention endo. I was too upset to even mention it. I'm relieved that I
>didn't get anymore bad news that something else is wrong with me, and
>that's what I thought i wanted to hear, but then again, now I'm SO upset
>that they don't know what is causing my pain. They say it is not pelvic
>or gynecological but it HAS to be. It is low in my abdomen and worse
>when I have my period. I have other stomach problems and that's higher,
>above my belly button. I've had tons of tests done and nothing else is
>wrong. I know it's not all in my head. I'm sick of hurting. It
>brought me to tears after I hung up with the drs office. After both the
>exam and the transvaginal ultrasound, I was in such excruciating pain
>for several days. The exam and US triggered my pain, so how can they
>say it is not gyn? If it was not gyn would the exam and US have made it
>hurt worse? It might be partly my fault because I didn't tell all my
>symptoms. She didn't ask about cramps or anything like that, and I was
>SO nervous I could barely talk so I didn't offer any extra info. I
>wanted to, but just couldn't. I don't know what to do now. I could
>call them back, and ask about endo. Or maybe I ought to call my promary
>care dr and have her call the dr and talk to her, because my primary
>care dr actually listens to me. Another option is just going to the
>center for endo care in Atlanta, but I don't know if you can go without
>a diagnosis. I just don't know what to do. But i'm sick of hurting.
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