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Re: Does this mean that I have a formal diagnosis of endo?

From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Nov 9 06:47:13 2006

My guess is that he would have specified confirmation of the disease in the op report. If he did not see any implants and did not biopsy any tissue then he probably did not want to write it as a confirmed diagnosis. That doesn't mean he thinks you don't have it though. Alyson

At Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Sabrina wrote: >
>I just got the operative report back from the hospital. I am waiting
>for them to open up at 8 so I can raise hell with them. I had requested
>ALL of the records of my surgery (nursing notes, dr orders, dr notes,
>etc). The only darned thing they sent me was the operative report. So
>I am going to give them and earful on that one because it is not up to
>them to decide what I want and don't want. Anyway, the operative report
>says : Preoperative Diagnosis: Pelvic Pain and History of Endometriosis.
>The PostOperative Diagnosis says: Pelvic Pain, History of Endometriosis,
>and Pelvic Adhesions.
>
>So is this a formal diagnosis now? My dr said he didn't see implants. I
>have no known risk factors for adhesions. He didn't biopsy the
>adhesions. So I won't know if the adhesions had started as implants.
>
>What do you think?

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