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Re: Newly diagnosed with endo, dr. neglect?From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Apr 8 21:06:43 2004
At Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Samantha wrote: > >I have just recently been diagnosed with endo after a visit to the >emergency room woth severe abdominal pain & a fever. The ER drs thought >it was my appendix until they say the CAT scan. They called in a gyno >(not mine but an associate). He told me I had a pelvic infection. Not >satisified, they admitted me to the hospital, put me on IV antibiotics >and did an internal sonogram. On the sonogram they found multiple >ovarian cysts, some clear come cloudy. They then sent me in for a >laparoscopy, still thinking it was my appendix. During the procedure, >the dr said he was shocked at what he had found. He told my husband >that I had severe endo and would probably never conceive naturally. He >said that if I wasn't only 30 years old, he would have done a complete >hysterectomy. This dr had never seen me before, so he didn't know that >I had been comlaining for YEARS about painful and heavy periods, often >times so painful that I had to leave work. My gyno had told me >throughout the years that my system was just "FAST & FURIOUS". When I >would call crying hysterically that I was in pain and bleeding heavily, >I was told to put my feet up and relax. About 2 years ago, my husband & >I decided to try to get pregnant. A couple of months later, I stopped >getting my period. I wasn't pregnant, I had just stopped ovulating. My >drs solution, put me on clomid. No tests were ordered, I was just put >on clomid and sent on my way. My periods were still not regular and >when I did get them, they were worse then ever, like a science fiction >movie. This Feb, I took my last cycle of clomid, I told the dr that I >couldn't do it anymore, it was too painful, physically and mentally. I >told her I didn't care about getting pregnant either, I just wanted to >find out why I wasn't getting my period and why when I did it was so >bad. She told me that she would send me for an ultrasound but that it >probably wouldn't show anything. THis was most likely just the way my >body was and I should just accept it. SHe also told me that my weight >might have something to do with it. I went for the ultrasound and >before I could get the results back I was in the ER. The dr that saw me >in the ER has asked that I see my dr one more time before switching to >him (they are in the same group). I don't know how to handle this >situation. I feel like I was betrayed. Why didn't she catch this >sooner? Is it my fault? Should I just request my records and find a new >practice? If anyone has any advice or an opinion, I would greatly >appreciate hearing it. You need to get your records and find a different docotr now. Your health is at risk and if your doctor you have now cannot see that then there is a big problem. I suggest talking to some friends and see if someone can't recommend a really good doctor. Or see the doctor that did your lap. it seems that he knows what he is doing. Good luck
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