ENDO Messages for June, 2006: Re: Does Your OBGYN/Doctor Understand... Really?

Re: Does Your OBGYN/Doctor Understand... Really?

From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Jun 6 11:53:21 2006

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Kris, I have long thought that just as much emhasis needs to be placed on educating doctors about this disease as finding a cure for it. It is astounding how many doctors are completely ambivolent to the disease, undereducated about it, or still prescribing treatment based on outdated theories. Not to mention the current trend of writing prescriptions as a means for diagnosis. What ever happened to diagnosis, then treatment?? My personal opinion is that gynecology is what ObGyn's practice to pay the bills so they can deliver babies. They are up to date on how to deliver a child because they'll get their pants sued off if something goes wrong. I read a statistic recently that the average woman diagnosed with endo will see as many as five doctors before receiving the correct diagnosis. That's insane! I know there are good doctors out there, but as you said...this disease is potentially the most common and devastating disease affecting womens health today and yet the most difficult to get diagnosed. I find that inexcusable.

We shouldn't have to hop from doctor to doctor and over again to find the needle in the hay stack. Sorry for the diatribe...it makes me crazy. If I ever win the lottery it truely will be my mission to make sure all OBGyn's are in possession of the most up to date information regarding this disease. Heck, they should have to attend training seminars as far as I'm concerned!

Whew! Good luck to all you ladies!! Alyson

At Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Kris wrote: >
>Recently, I have seen postings that make me wonder if the docs really
>understand this issue. I believe some of them do, but some of them
>don't understand it well enough to treat it.
>
>My first diagnosis was that I had a hernia. The mass sticking out was a
>mass of endo scar tissue. Not part of my insides sticking out.
>
>Unfortunatley, the docs can make you feel dumb and perhaps they discount
>what we are saying because it's so out there.
>
>I was lucky to find a surgeon who knew exactly what I had. He did 2
>clean out surgeries on me. Bummer is, I still have it and I think it's
>getting worse again.
>
>I think it's kinda strange that a surgeon would know more than a OBGYN
>about a disease that effect soooooooooooo many women.
>
>I would also think that if an OBGYN had enough heart to do so, that they
>could use their passion to help find more ways to deal with this!
>
>If you are one of US women who has encountered a doc who is less than
>understanding and helpful, have hope and find another doctor! Maybe a
>surgeon like I did.
>
>--
>Kris
>

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