To Olivia & Brenda regarding MN doctors
From: Danielle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Sep 16 21:07:15 2004
Hi ladies,
I live right between both of you in Baldwin. How ironic!!
I went to see a great dr. today in Edina, MN. Check out this website,
http://www.mngyn.com/index.htm . I seen Dr. James Presthus. He was
wonderful and thought of things related to the endo that no other dr.
had mentioned before. During the pelvic exam he noticed that the pelvic
floor muscles were very tense. He works with a dr from the U of M that
gives botox shots for the pelvic floor tension. I had 3 shots today.
The best part is that this dr. from the U of M does these on an
experimental basis, so you get the super expensive botox shots for free.
It was very painful because they give you the shots through your vagina,
but hopefully it will be worth it.
I will keep my fingers crossed. E- mail me if you want to talk,
dharrington82@yahoo.com
Thanks much!!
--
Danielle
At Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Olivia wrote:
>
>Hi Danielle and Brenda,
>How cool....I too live in Western Wisconsin!! I am in Boyceville, which
>is near Menomonie. I also have a sister named Danielle!! Anyways....I
>too am struggling to find the "magical doctor". I have seen providers
>in Eau Claire, Rochester,Menomonie and the cities and have not had luck
>with any of them. I thought the doc in the cities was pretty good until
>I called him a month after my lap. with him and was just bawling my
>eyes out because the pain was so bad. He basically ignored me and
>pretty much called me a drug seeker...(that was enough of him!!!) The
>Eau Claire providers were ok but didn't really have any more answers for
>me..."Lupron" was their answer to everything....I've already done that
>for 9 months and I don't want to do it again..therefore..they had no
>answers for me. The lady in Rochester called me fat and told me to lose
>weight and take lupron..needless to say..I left the office crying and
>cried for two days afer that. I too have heard a lot of really good
>things about Dr. Stenzel. My problem is that I work for the Mayo
>system so our insurance only covers mayo facilities...and I don't
>believe that Stenzel is Mayo...is he??? I'm lost and have pretty much
>stopped going to the doctor all together because it is just soooo
>frustrating and I'm sick of hearing the same thing. My husband and I
>have been ttc, but haven't had any luck yet. I almost would like a lap.
>again to see where things are at because the pain has gotten soooo bad
>agin. If you guys would like to correspond with me....that would be
>great!! I was starting to think that I was the only one in rural western
>wisconsin with endo!!! Feel free to e-mail me any time and good luck to
>both of you!!
>Luv,
>Olivia
>
>At Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Danielle wrote:
>>
>>Hello all!
>>
>>I am trying to find a new doctor after calling mine and getting a big
>>slap in the face. I had a laparotomy with this doctor last Nov and
>>since he has seemed to be helping with my symptoms and trying to
>>conceive. A couple of weeks ago, I had such a terrible episode and
>>figured it could be tied to yeast in my intestines. I called his office
>>on a Thursday and spoke with a nurse who didn't get back to me until
>>Tuesday of the following week, only because my husband called and ripped
>>into them as to how disgusted we were with this. The nurse said he
>>wanted to see me and transferred me to the appt desk. I was then
>>forwarded on to the billing office where they said that I needed to pay
>>off my bill in full before the doctor would see me. I have a balance
>>from what my insurance didn't cover. I asked if they could set me up on
>>payments, and she said they wouldn't accept that and it needed to be
>>paid in full for me to be able to see the dr.
>>
>>I am so angry with this dr that I don't even want to go back. What will
>>happen if things go bad for me again and I have to have another surgery.
>>I wouldn't be able to go back for more follow-ups.
>>
>>Is anyone here from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and do they have any
>>referrals. I am from western WI and it is only about a 40 min drive,
>>but worth it for me if I can find a good one. I have an appt for next
>>Thurs with one I found on the internet (fingers crossed that he will be
>>a good one), but would appreciate any advice. Thanks to all, sorry
>>about the long e-mail, guess I needed to vent!!
>>
>>--
>>Danielle
>>
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