ENDO Messages for March, 2005: Re: Was It Wrong to Ask? NEVER and more

Re: Was It Wrong to Ask? NEVER and more

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Mar 25 16:03:00 2005

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#1 Bleeding after a hysterectomy is not ever normal. The exact location of where this bleeding is coming from needs to be determined.

You say you are having severe pain and vomiting which are worrisome symptoms post-op. Your doctor gave you the number of a doctor he trusted to look after his patient's in his absence and this doctor is failing that trust.

My opinion - Go to the nearest ER and get checked, better safe than sorry as this could be early warning signals of something more serious. Be sure to write down - better to type and print out 2 copies of the following information. Leave one copy at home and take one copy to the ER with you:

Date of your laparoscopy name of surgeon name of hospital Date of your hysterectomy name of surgeon name of hospital

Symptoms since laparoscopy and length of time you've had them (1 day, 2 days, every day): Temperature: (if it's over 100 F check it after 1 hour of no food or water. if still over 100 F write down the time and temp. then check again after 1 more hour. If same or rising make sure to decide you are going to the ER and get there) Pain location: be precise - draw a picture if you can Pain severity on a scale of 0-10 with 10 being the worst pain ever Other symptoms: Bleeding how much, from where, clots? color Discharge and/or odor how much, from where, what color Vomiting, diarrhea, appetite, thirst, urination, bowel movements (normal, too much or too little) Medications what are you taking, how often and for what reason Allergies some people think this means drug allergies only but include all things that you have had severe reactions to and note anything you've had unpleasant though not severe reactions to

Anything else that you can think of that is concerning you or worrying you.

At best the ER doc will check for infection and give you antibiotics and send you home or find no sign of infection yet be concerned enough to check in with your doctor (request they get him and not the on-call). When you enter the ER be sure to tell them you've had a recent surgery and you are vomiting heavily so they can get you secured.

Good luck and hope you feel better soon!!

At Fri, 25 Mar 2005, anonymous wrote: >
>I am 2 weeks (almost) post-op from a Laparoscopy. I have had a
>Hysterectomy one year ago. This morning after having 6 days of severe
>pain and vomiting I noticed that I was having bleeding from inside. My
>doctor has been very supportive and following me this past week because
>of the pain, but he is now away. He said if I had any concerns to call
>the on-call doctor with whom he works. I really debated whether or not
>I should call, but in the end I did. I was not well received for doing
>so at all. The other doctor was keen to minimize what I was
>experiencing and put me in my place so to speak for even having asked. I
>felt very belitted and that hurt. My doctor wanted me to see this
>on-call doctor later in the week to see how I am doing. Now I feel very
>apprehensive about going as it is apparent she really doesn't seem to
>think any of what I am going through is a big deal. I think I would
>rather just wait until my own doctor comes back than to subject myself
>to something more. I feel so bad now that I called and wonder if I
>shouldn't have. But they always say if there is anything that comes up
>that you are concerned about and for me I have had very serious
>complications in the past. I would not have called if I didn't think it
>was important. I hope that my doctor understands when he returns and
>does not take the opinion of the on-call doctor too much to heart.

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