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Re: Was It Wrong to Ask? NEVER and more
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Mar 26 15:46:42 2005
I am continuing to struggle with pain but am no longer vomiting. I have
not ate a single item of food today and barely anything at all for the
past 6 days. The discharge/bleeding is also continuing. The on-call
doctor said if I wasn't getting worse or the bleeding increasing there
was no need to keep my upcoming appointment in the office this coming
week. It is hard to believe that "as long as I am not getting worse"
there is nothing to worry about. Worse, no I am not worse. But I can't
imagine that not being able to eat, having this pain and discharge means
nothing. I know that the best scenario is to use hormonal meds to try
and shrink the cyst but what happens when that isn't working. I can't
think that leaving a patient like this is right? That this is good
medicine. It seems more like a punishment of suffering. When is enough
and what is enough to step in and say this is important, and something
needs to be done to help this patient. I keep praying that things are
going to get better and trying to hand on to hope, but this is so
difficult. Even if I am blessed to get better tomorrow or the next day
I am still going to tell my doctor about what I went through and how
long things went on this way. I don't think she will think it is
insignificant that I was unable to eat and was hurting so much. But for
now I feel at the mercy of the system and the unfortunate position of
trying to get help on a long Easter weekend.
At Fri, 25 Mar 2005, anonymous wrote:
>
>#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:
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>>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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