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Re: freaking out! Please help!

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jun 21 01:56:22 2005

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Slow down and take a breath you're all in a panic for possibly no reason so just try to take this one step at a time.

When you're on your period your abdomen can be quite boggy feeling and it's usually inflamed so that is why the doctor wants you to come back in two weeks to recheck. and IF he feels the same thing then that he felt today then you MAY need the colonoscopy and IF it shows endo then you MAY need more extensive surgery.

So, make the appointment and keep it. Have the exam and listen carefully to what the doctor says, take a notepad and make notes, even take a friend to help listen to what the doctor says after he has finished his exam. Meanwhile, during the next two weeks keep a note pad handy and everytime a question pops into your head about this write it down so you can ask him during your appointment.

Then, after your appointment, IF the doctor says anything that you were not expecting to hear or suggests extensive surgery vs. a laparoscopy to explore to see what's going on and remove visible endo then you move to the next step which is getting a second opinion. This is a very important step and is not an insult to the doctor at all. Most doctors would rather have their patient get a second opinion because if the 2nd doctor agrees with the first then it's confirmation that they are on the right track and if he disagrees then perhaps the first one missed or misinterpreted the exam results. If the 2nd disagrees with the first most often a repeat of a specific test or exam is done to see if the results are the same or different. If different then usually you go on a wait & see for a month or two to see if the symptoms repeat and then a retest or re-exam follows. If you feel your situation is urgent then a 3rd opinion can be sought.

So, don't go getting yourself crazed over something that may not happen. But, in the off-chance that you indeed are facing more extensive surgery this can usually be planned out well in advance to accommodate taking time from work, getting help if needed for childcare, housekeeping, etc. It wouldn't be a bad idea to consider the people around you to see who you would be able to call on for help if needed and how much they are able to offer you. The more advance notice you can give them the more they will be able to give you.

Hope it all works out for you and that you don't spend the next 2 weeks stressed out.

At Mon, 20 Jun 2005, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hello! I just went to my dr. today-a new obgyn and I thought I was
>going to him just to set up a laprascopy b/c my obgyn doesn't have
>rights at the hospital I need to have it done at. So, I'm on the 2nd
>day of my cycle and he wants to do an examine which I didn't want to do
>but agreed to and during the examine he starts pressing on what he
>thought was my bowel, this was very painful to me. So I get dressed and
>he comes in to talk to me and tells me that he believes I have endo and
>that he thinks I probably have it in/on my bowel and he wants me to make
>an appt a week or two later when I'm not on my cycle, take an enima
>first and then do another examine and have a rectal examine. If at that
>time he feels what he felt on the examine I had today then he wants me
>to make an appt for a colonoscopy to see if endo will show up there-he
>said it may but may not, even if I do have it in that area. Then the
>next step would be a lap in which case I would probably have to have a
>resection of my bowel done, which means, being admitted to the hospitol
>and being out of work from 4-6 weeks! This is freaking me out! I went in
>thinking just a lap and some cutting out of the endo and going back to
>work in a week or less, not having them do a bigger surgery and being
>out of work for so long! I know that some of the girls on this board
>have probably been through this and I am looking for any advice,
>thoughts, or opinions on the matter. Even though I work for the
>hospital I am scared that something could go wrong during the surgery
>and my "bowels" could be forever damaged in some way. Please, if you
>have been through this let me know your experinece. He seems like a
>decent dr. listened to my thoughts, answered all my questions and
>didn't push Lupron after I told him that was an option I didn't want to
>take. Please help!!!

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