Re: Please read, I am almost desperate.
From: Marilyn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 30 12:54:36 2006
You poor thing. As bad as this is to deal with here in America...I
couldn't imagine trying to deal with it during a war in Iraq. You need
someone to send you home. I know if you just up & quit it means
dishonorable discharge...& you don't deserve that. I have no idea how
you're going to find somebody to send you home. The doctors there are
as bad as the one's here. It's truly amazing they don't know more about
endo then they do. I can't believe this is 2006 & we're still being
accused of making it up/it all being "in our head". But then I think of
all who have aids...no fix for that yet either. This is really
pathetic.
I was raised during a time when we were taught to automatically trust
doctors/teachers/the government/cops/preachers/etc. After 37 years of
hell on earth I know better. Nobody automatically gets my trust...they
have to earn it & few bother. Many humans are total hypocrites. Doctors
are no gods...if only some of them would realize it.
I wish you luck. ;)
At Mon, 30 Jan 2006, mere wrote:
>
>This may be long, but I really need some advice.
>
>I am in the military and currently in Iraq.
>
>Earlier this month I started having really bad cramping, and pressure on
>my abdomen plus a nasty discharge. It felt like Icy-Hot. On the
>outside my skin was buring but inside it felt icy. I went to the medic
>and I was sent to see an OBGYN but none were available so I saw a nurse
>practioner.
>
>A ultra-sound showed several cysts in my left ovary and one large one in
>my right ovary. Also, my right ovary was larger than normal. My last
>pap came back abnormal, but the only licensed person to do the colpo had
>left the day before I came to the clinic so I was told to come back in a
>month. They found a bacteria and gave me a shot of antibiotics-cleared
>up the discharge within a day. They said the cysts could be painful and
>I had endometritis(not endometriosis). Take IB profen(the military's
>cure all) and come back in 8 weeks for a follow-up. They barely gave me
>20 minutes of their time and treated me terribly.
>
>I couldn't wait 8 weeks, the pain got worse. My dr. here suggested
>endometriosis, but since I had an IUD in there was really nothing to do.
>I called my mother and she said that she has endo and had a lot of
>complications with it when she was in her early 20's.
>
>I have also had pain in my hips, lower back, and pain radiating down the
>front of my legs for over three years. I wasn't in any kind of
>accident, it just started one day. I have had MRI, bone scans, and
>X-rays done on them several times and they found no stress fractures or
>slipped disks. Some days I can barely walk, but I am expected to run
>daily. Most nights I cry from the pain and not being able to sleep.
>
>I tried a different medic, and I found someone who will listen and take
>the time to care. He wanted to rule out IBS and slipped disk, but it
>came back to endometriosis. He sent me to a clinic (which requires a
>helicopter ride over a combat zone and days of waiting around) where the
>OBGYN talked to me and did an exam for 15 minutes. He said he was too
>busy to read the 5 pages the kind medic had written and didn't have time
>to perform all the labs that the medic had asked for. He removed my IUD
>because it was upside down, looked and found no cysts in my ovaries and
>prescribed antidepressants because "I have a low tollerance for pain."
>He mentioned endo, and a lapro in passing but nothing more. He said it
>was up to my medic how this would impact my ability to do my job and
>continue the deployment- but I was sent to him to make that decision!! I
>just keep getting passed over because I'm not dying or bleeding. I
>understand that people here are injured, but I'm in pain too. Then I
>was referred to Psych-because "this may all be in my head."
>
>I am no longer able to go to the medic who helped me because they are in
>a different branch than myself (army vs. navy).
>
>I know I'm not crazy. I am in pain every day. I have done research and
>read your threads. I have theses symtoms- so did my mother. When she
>had her lapro they said it looked like someone poured glue inside, it
>was a mess.
>
>What can I do? Is this something that needs to be diganoised and treated
>in the US, or do I have to continue to be in pain and suffer in Iraq? I
>am married and worried how this will effect my abiltiy to have children.
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