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Re: Quick Question
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Mar 8 13:07:01 2006
I know it is so frustrating. My first doctor treated me the same way
when I told her I was still in chronic pain following the lap. After a
year of trying different things I finally went to a new doctor. The
first GYN also sent me to a gastrointerologist...I think as a last
resort. They didn't find anything. I was actually kind of happy to go
so that I could say that was not the issue. As for your primary care
physician....I'm not sure what she thinks she'll find that your GYN
didn't?
As a note, I saw an accupuncturist for some time during that year and I
had very good results. I found it to be a great help for pain
management...and alot more natural than going to a pain clinic.
Alyson
At Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Siān wrote:
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>Thank you for that - I just wanted someone to confirm what I already
>thought.
>
>I had my 2nd Lap in December, my 1st was in March 2005 and in between
>the 2 I had 6 injections of Zoladex. I had my post op meeting with my
>gyanecologist on Monday. I am still in pain on a daily basis and have
>been since the new year - my gynaecologist behaved as though it was all
>in my head. She swears by the Zoladex and when she did the 2nd lap,
>there was a small amount of endo which she removed.
>
>She has said that I should either go to a 'Pain Clinic' to handle the
>pain (this made me quite angry) or firstly see a gaestroenterologist
>(apologies for the spelling) as she wonders whether the pain is
>something to do with my stomach. I have never suffered with my stomach
>and have never had any kind of digestion problems so personally see this
>as a waste of time.
>
>I saw my GP this morning who told me that endo pain only happens around
>the period (I didn't think this was always the case) and that I should
>see the gaestroenterologist on Friday but to go back to see her to have
>some tests done - she wants to take some swabs and to do a pelvic
>examination. How many times will I have to have these done??? Before I
>was sent to the gynaecologist and was diagnosed with endo last year - I
>had these same tests done 8 times in 1 year in 2003!!
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>I feel like I am being pushed from pillar to post with all of this and I
>just want the medical profession to take me seriously. I am in pain on
>a regular basis and it is stopping me from doing some of the things that
>I enjoy doing.
>
>I just don't know what to do next
>
>At Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Alyson wrote:
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>>Absolutely. My endo pain first started when I wasn't even having a
>>period and I always had pain in between cycles. I read a study that
>>suggested that many women diagnosed with endo younger than their mid
>>thirties experience chronic pain that is not associated with their
>>cycles, where where women older than that typically have the pain just
>>associated with their period. (obviously that isn't true of every
>>single person, but i found it interesting)
>>Alyson
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>>At Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Siān wrote:
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>>>Apologies if this seems a naive or stupid question - but does anyone
>>>suffer with abdominal pain all through the month with endo as opposed to
>>>just around your period when it is worse??
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