ENDO Messages for May, 2002: Re: Frustrated with Doctors.....

Re: Frustrated with Doctors.....

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu May 9 00:13:19 2002

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Selisa: Sorry you're having such a bad day -- we can all relate.

Regarding Dr. Reich, its not that all insurance companies won't cover surgery with Dr. Reich, its just that he is not a participant in any plans, for example he is not a member of a PPO network. If you can see docs "out of network", then you can still see Reich. You'll have to pay an upfront fee which may or may not be returned to you after your insurance company pays their share -- it depends on how much your insurance company pays him as well as how involved/difficult the surgery.

What I find most frustrating is that some of us get lucky -- some have surgery and are then painfree; others don't seem to get so lucky -- some of us have surgery and we still have pain :o(. We are lucky to have the specialists that do exist -- but there is no guarantee. They do all they can for us but sometimes, even when they've excised *all* "visible" endo, some of us still have pain. Its so frustrating. That is not to say that the surgeries don't make a difference -- they do -- but what to do about the areas of pain which don't show any visible endo?

At Wed, 8 May 2002, Selisa wrote: >
>Hey girls, I hope you don't mind, but I really need to vent today,
>yesterday was just really bad for me. I had my second appointment with
>a new doctor who I thought would be able to help me. From the way we
>talked the first time, I was pretty sure we would discuss doing another
>lap to see whats going on inside. Well, when I got there, he did an
>internal untrasound OUCH and then another examination. After that we
>talked in his office. Now mind you, I have had 4 laps already and have
>a confirmed diagnoses of Endo and Adenomyosis as well. I have also been
>on Lupron several times, and it never worked for me. The side effects
>are horrible and it was just awful, anyway, this guy had the nerve to
>tell me, that he really doesn't think that I have Endo. He said, if you
>had Endo, the Lupron would have helped!!!!!!! Can you believe it?? I was
>so mad and upset! Lupron DOES NOT work for everyone....I just can't
>believe he said that to me, especially with ALL my surgical reports
>sitting right in front of him. I just don't know what to do, I am at
>the end of my rope and I don't know how much more I can take. My life
>consists of narcotics and anti-depressants, if you call that a life. And
>even though I take the narcotics, I still have unbearable pain. I
>really don't know where to turn next, awhile back I thought I would be
>able to get into see Dr. Reich, but then I found out he doesn't take
>any insurance, so there went that idea. I'm running out of patience and
>resources too. I'm sorry to complain so much, its just been a tough
>couple of days, and I know that ya'll know how I feel. Thanks for
>listening.
>
>--
>Selisa ; )
>

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