Re: 2nd opinion
From: Lone (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Mar 12 14:57:44 2003
Margaret -
Good for you!! Very controversially (!) I have always said, that no one
questions you for "shopping around" for the best deal for a washing
machine or a car ...why should we not do the same when we chose the
doctor who is responsible for our health?
Ellen Johnson who has been active on the Internet with endometriosis
support for many many many years has just published a lovely document on
The Coping Zone, which outlines some of the questions you may wish to
consider before your appointment so that you come as prepared as you
can. Check it out - there may be something there that you can use
before your appointment.
http://www.endozone.org/display.asp?page=endometriosis-coping-zone
Good luck with it!
Lone
At Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Margaret wrote:
>
>Well Ladies, I've taken your advice. Everything I read from y'all said
>that what my doc said didn't make sense and that I should find someone
>else. I was going to wait for a while on the continuous bcps and see
>how that went but started thinking about the fact that if I've had this
>since 13 or 14 I could have major damage. Someone mentioned a
>reproductive endocrinologist in their post and I looked that up on the
>net and found one in the state. I've decided to use the Ovcon but I'll
>have a period this month so I can write down everything that happens. Or
>should I continue to use my last pack of Mircette that my doc told me to
>stop and start taking the Ovcon. I've only take 2 of the Ovcon..I'd
>really like an answer to this cunundrum(sp?). So I found and bunch of
>RE's(I NEVER understood what that stood for before now!) at the
>University Medical Center in MS and got an appt in 3 weeks to see one. I
>talked to his nurse and she said that he has so many endo patients she
>wouldn't guess at the amt and he's done tons of laps. I'm nervous and
>feeling bad b/c I feel like I'm betraying my other doc(who actually
>trained at the UMC) and that I'm not going to tell her about it. But I
>guess my health comes first and if this doc says the same thing...so be
>it!
>Thank y'all for your support...and please answer the bcp question!
>Margaret
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