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2nd LAP done two weeks ago...doctors crude adviceFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Oct 23 20:07:27 2002
Hey I'm new to this forum..but I jsut had my 2nd lap done 2 to 2and half weeks ago. the doctor found my endo and removed what he found....4 years ago this resulted in almost no pain during intercourse or any ohter time except my period which was also cut down big time. the surgery worked for about 3 years pain free....I know this is common...when he took the tissue that he removed out ...they examined it...and surprise surprise he said well your endo is the reacurring type.....like I didn't know that....however,,,,He is very big into chinese medicine...he has basically told me that if I don't go on a macrobiotic diet then I will get my endo back...he seems to think that it is the only way to cure it...I know though research that there is absolutly no proof that anything is a cure for endo! I excercise fantically, I have been a vegetarian since I was 12. My doctor seems to think that it is then my fault if my endo pain comes back in a few years...he seems to really believe if I do not comply with a diet that I find in truth to be potentially harmful to my health...in that there may be shakey proof that it help with symptoms...but not as a cure. I hate being told that it is my fault that my endo comes back...I live a very healthy lifestyle....I went on a no acidic, no caffine diet for 6 months before my operation that I found through the endo sourcebook that helped the symptoms...but did not cure the disease....a diet I never faultered from once in 6 months...and still my doctor seemed to think I am lazy and don't want to do anything to help myself....the reason I go to this man is because he is a skilled surgeon////when he removes my endo in general I am pain free for 3 to 4 years......I ahve to however, deal with the fact that everytime I go to him the first question out of his mouth is are you a macrobiotic......then he shakes hishead and says well..."we can't just give you surgery every 3 years" as if this diet is going to somehow cure my disease......I feel extremely guilty and I don't even want to go back for my post op..cause I know he is going to blame me for any problems I have post -op on my unwilling ness to try the one treatment I feel uncomfortable trying....what should I do? I feel like this is all my fault when he lays that stuff on me....I have a frigin disease.....what would someone say if I said i had cancer and my doctor told me it's my fault cause I didn't go and have acupuncture....what do I say to this doctor..I don't want to loose him as a surgeon....but I feel he really mistreats me...he's a terrible people person and has a horrible badside manner...I think that if I come to him the next time he might refuse to do the surgery on the grounds I'm not a macrobiotic...crazy but true.......I'm serious thinking about not going to my post op just cause of thee guilt involved in going....help please
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