Re: Need advice...please
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 31 10:55:22 2005
Doctors routinely prescribe the least amount of medication possible.
Every patient is different and some have little or no pain after surgery
while others are in pretty bad shape. I'm quite sure if you call his
office and let him know what is going on with you he will prescribe
something more effective.
Stress plays a major role in a lot of our health problems including the
severity of symptoms, especially pain. Try to keep yourself as stress
free as possible, the more tense you are the more pain you will feel.
Try not to worry over having children. I know you want to have them but
worrying about whether or not you can is not going to help you in any
way. Just try to get through the next couple of weeks first. When the
time comes you may be able to conceive quite easily or you may have
difficulties and need some intervention but worrying about it today will
not change the future.
Hope you feel better soon.
At Tue, 31 May 2005, Lis wrote:
>
>Thank you for your advice Shannon...i have tried the heating pad and it
>has helped a little...i didn't have a hysterectomy i had a
>hysterophy...i'm so sorry for the mix up ...but im still in a lot of
>pain...i am going to call him and ask for more meds... he even told me
>to rest and not to do anything until my next appointment which is a week
>away...so i dont understand why he would give me 3 days worth of meds if
>he knew the amount of pain id be in??? i'm beginning to hate these
>doctors! Anyways i have another question for you if you dont mind...how
>long have you been going through this??
>Were you able to have children?? That's my worst fear...and i'm so
>scared...but i'm not ready for a baby right now....have you tried the
>lupron?? Ok well thanks so much!! Hope you are feeling well!! -Lis
>
>At Mon, 30 May 2005, Shannon wrote:
>>
>>Lis-
>>Your doctor should have given you a lot more than 3 days worth of pain
>>medications!!! I just had 8 surgeries to remove the endo. and 6 feet of
>>my intestines were removed. I was given a whole bunch of pain meds. You
>>need to call your doctor's office and have him paged if you are hurting
>>really bad. Ibuprofen is not enough for everything you had done.
>>Have you tried a heating pad for your stomach? Try your best to stay off
>>of your feet too! You need to take things slow. You are going to be in
>>a lot of pain and you are going to be sore for a long time. They did a
>>hysterectomy on you and the other surgeries. It is going to take you a
>>while before you are able to not be in so much pain. Your doctor was
>>crazy to tell you otherwise. It has been 2 weeks since my surgeries and
>>I still have problems walking around. I have to stop a lot and breathe
>>and relax. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. You
>>need to contact your doctor. If your doctor won't give you something
>>stronger for your pain then you did to go to the ER and then find a
>>different doctor. I hope this helps some.
>>Shannon
>>
>>At Mon, 30 May 2005, Lis wrote:
>>>
>>>I had surgery on Wed...i had a lap and a hyster and they also took out
>>>my appendix...my doctor gave me pain pills for three days...i just
>>>finnished them and i am still in a lot of pain!! I had ibfrofren 600 and
>>>i just took 2...any suggestions?? Why am i still in this much pain? The
>>>dr said i would be in pain for a while because they did alot in inside
>>>of me (endo was everywhere, so they did alot of scraping)i just didnt
>>>expect it to be this bad...the other 2 surgeries i still had pain around
>>>this time but i was walking fine, i can hardly walk to my bathroom
>>>without having to stop and gasp. Any advice would be greatly
>>>appreactated!! Thanks!! Hope everyone is feeling well!!
>>>
>>>--
>>>lis
>>>
>--
>lis
>
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