ENDO Messages for November, 2004: Re: Dr Redwine

Re: Dr Redwine

From: Aimee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Nov 12 07:45:39 2004

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Hi Ladies!

As I read your posts, I find it interesting how you feel about seeing a male doctor. I too felt that way, as the first 6 doctors I saw were all women. I thought it would just be too weird to see a male doctor. However, after seeing the sixth female doctor, who still wanted to make me an experiment with multiple types of birth control pills, my mother decided to ask her doctor about my situation. Within two days of her appointment, I was going in to see her doctor, a male. I was shocked at how considerate he was and how concerned he was about my health. All the female doctors that I saw pretty much told me "suck it up, women have cramps, it's part of being a woman". This guy listened to everything I had to say about my concerns/pain and took the time to read over my records before I came into the office. Before my exam, he took me into his office and discussed my problems and told he what he thought. "You are too young to have to live the rest of your life like this, we are going to get you fixed and get you some babies!"

For the first time since I started having the severe pain, I finally felt like someone was listening and willing to help me. Unfortunately, my insurance doesn't cover his hospital, so I had to go to yet another doctor for my lap (who he recommended). I am waiting on the results and go back to the doctor at the end of November.

After seeing a male doctor, I will NEVER go back to a female doctor. I personally feel like the men feel sorry for me and want to get me well, unlike the women who just say I am a complainer and tell me to try yet another type of birth control.

Good luck to you both, just wanted to give you my take/reasoning on seeing a male. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!

--
Aimee

At Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Kristy wrote:
>
>Mandy,
>
>I won't see a male gyn anymore.  I've been to two of them.  One said it
>was just my IBS, and the other even though he found my endo according to
>what he told me orally it is not mentioned in the op report that he did
>when he helped the dr that got me in to the OR (a female gyn).
>
>With each of my surgeries it has been a female gyn to get me in to the
>OR.
>
>With my surgery in 1999 the female one I started seeing (and the one I
>still have) did my next surgery (first with her but second overall) and
>she found visible lesions and showed me the pics.
>
>If I would have stayed with the dr that helped with the very first
>surgery back in 1997 (he was helping the gyn I had at the time a female
>also) then I would have been told I was a nutcase and needed a
>psychologist when I knew that my endo started coming back in 1999.  He
>did later tell me that I did need psychological help but it was for a
>different reason and the problem was that I hadn't found the right birth
>control for me.  And this was a dr that has studied with Dr.  Redwine
>and he was a reproductive endocrinologist.
>
>Ashli, my current gyn is a regular OB/GYN and knows a lot about endo.
>
>--
>=====
>Kristy :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/Kristysstory.html
>

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