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ER visitFrom: anonymous@obgyn.net,Mon Aug 28 18:56:32 2006
UGGGGH. I thought that maybe I could ward off my evil period by skipping the placebo pills and going into the next pack. NOT.I took the last Zovia and Prometrium Saturday night and then took Loestrin 24 FE last night. Starting on Sat, I was having pain in that same familiar place but it was early. Usually doesn't start till around Monday morning. It was increasing and it really hurt, but I thought too soon for this. Then I decided I was going to skip into the next pack and avoid a period. My body had other plans. Was taking lots of Motrin. But was ok. Then this afternoon I was really hurting. I started bleeding. So much for skipping into teh next pack. So I called my ob's office, (he is on vacation till after labor day) Now he has two midwives and a NP who have RX writing privileges. I was really hurting at this point. I got the nice nurse. Well she used to be the nice nurse. She lectured me on how I should have asked my OBGYN for a rx at my last visit (How the hell am I supposed to know when he is going on vacation? Every month I hope it will be better, so I don't ask for pills in advance. He doesn't give me refills on them unless I call in). Then she lectured me on how my body has to get use to taking the pill and that every body is different. That I keep switching (MY DR SWITCHES THE PILL NOT ME< I HAVE ONLY ASKED TO SWITCHED ONCE AND THAT WAS WHEN HE PUT ME ON LOVRIA WHICH IS THE SAME THING AS SEASONALE) Then she told me she didn't have anyone who would or could write me that rx for Darvocet (she made me feel like a druggie for asking!). She asked me if I had tried Motrin. DUH. She really made me feel like I was a nuisance and not a real issue. I don't know why she got into this but she said well he gave you samples of the BCP (loestrin) and I said yes 4 months worth. She said you won't be even through with the 1st pack and you already have an appt with him on the 7th. I said yes I had questions for him from my last appt. She said well I don't see any point of you having THAT consultation. You don't need it. That is NOT when he told you to come in. I said no but I have questions that need to be answered and options that need to be gone over for that consultation and THAT is why I am having it. (This is the FIRST time I have ever made an appt outside of my intial appt when I was pregnant on my own. All of my other appts have been directed by him. We are talking two years worth of appts now). Then she said well try taking motrin before you go to bed. If you are REALLY still having a problem tomorrow morning call in and I will see if I can get someone who will write you a RX. I don't understand. My dr and his staff were great. This nurse made me feel like I was some druggie, minmized my pain, and made me feel like an idiot for calling. That I was bothering them. NOW I AM PISSED. I picked up my daughter an hour and 15 minutes after this call and by this point I was doubled over in pain in tears. The daycare teacher wanted to drive me home and I wouldn't let her because I live less than a mile away. I get home and my husband opens the front door to help me. He sees me and I am in tears from the pain. He says what is wrong and I tell him. He said did you call the drs office? I told him what happened. He said get in the car everyone. He took me to the ER and my daughters to his mothers. Once at the Er, they have me give a urine sample. Even though the waiting room is packed, they take me straight back. I had an awesome ER dr. As soon as she pressed on my right side I was in tears again and about to go througfh the roof. We went over my history. i didn't tell her what happened with the nurse, just that my dr was on vacation and I was out of pain killer. That we had been through all the tests, bloodwork, etc. That if she didn't belive me she could check the computer from January. She said she thought it sounded like endo. She said usually it is a process of elimination. But the period pain and ovulation pain were big indicators. The fact that my pain is in the same area every time. So she ordered me a big fat dose of Toradol as an antiinflammatory shot and a big fat dose of demerol. I am feeling much better. She also sent me home with a rx for 16 Darvocet which will get me through to next month. She held my hand and said hopefully this is the worst of it. She was fabulous! I wanted to hug her right then and there and thank her for believing me. She did talk to me about a lap and said that was the only way to diagnose it. She said my dr was probbably going through all of the medical stuff first and then the lap would be the next step. I told her I had the appt on the 7th and she said keep that appt. She said she wasn't a gyn but it definitely sounded like endo and sounds like everything else had been eliminated. I am home now and dh is getting my rx filled. I made darn sure that my OBGYN and my PCP got faxed records that I was in the ER. I know that the nurse will be calling tomorrow to see what happened. I am going to tell her that when you have a patient that has pain bad enough to cause them to double over and be in tears, motrin is NOT going to cut it. It was serious and it hurt like hell and I was not going to take motrin and deal with it. There is no way I could have gotten through a week without help. I'm just really pissed off right now that I know that there are OTHER people in that office who could have written me a rx and didn't and I had to end up in the ER. Now I have more stuff to discuss at that appt on the 7th that I apparently don't need!
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