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Re: lacaroscopic surgeryFrom: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat Oct 14 11:56:23 2006
At Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Amy wrote: > >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: >> >>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! >> >>At Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Amy wrote: >>> >>>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. > >-- >Amy >
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