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Re: lacaroscopic surgery
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 5 16:12:02 2006
I want to thank you ladies for responding. I now know it's not me in
thinking that this is stupid. Since all this was over the phone i'm
hoping they just got my file mixed up. Just in case I am going in to
talk with the doc and I have a call into a surgeon to get an opinion on
this. I'll let you know what happens.
At Thu, 5 Oct 2006, kelly wrote:
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>I am having a hard time understanding why weight is an issue here? A
>size 14/16 is not that large. The average woman is a size 12!
>I know if a person is obese and other medical issues are involved like
>high blood pressure, sometimes they will refrain from surgery.
>I would seek a second opinion on that!
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>At Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Amy wrote:
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>>I havn't been officially diagnosed with endometriosis. My doctor
>>listened to my symptoms and my birth control history and decided thats
>>what I have. She is trying to treat me with birth control and it worked
>>the first two months but not so well since. I would really like to get
>>lacaroscopic surgery done to diagnose me for sure but they won't
>>consider it unless I lose about 20 lbs. I am overweight but not
>>severely so. I'm about a size 14/16. My pains are not horrible, they
>>just feel like period craps (all month long). Some days are more
>>painful than others. It mainly is just extremely frustrating. The
>>doctors office basically offered to give me a prescription for pain
>>killers and send me on my way. They said they can't really do much else
>>unless I lose weight. I was wondering if anybody else has had a similar
>>experience with being told to lose weight before proceding with
>>lacaroscopy? I'm new to this so sorry for the long message.
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Amy
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