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Re: Center for Endometriosis Care
From: Amber (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jan 29 05:57:56 2007
Thanks for the info, I will defintley give my mom and sister a heads up.
At Fri, 26 Jan 2007, PAMELA wrote:
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>Amber,
>
>I also forgot to mention the nurses at Northside Hospital. I had heard
>a few stories before I went so I was aware. I do not know if I was
>supposed to but they constantly made me get up every hour & walk around
>even though I was in a lot of pain immediately after surgery. They were
>going to keep me longer than a day because I was having an issue with my
>bladder not emptying like it should. I explained to them that I had
>been having that same problem before the surgery & that should not be an
>issue. I told them they cannot hold me too long or my insurance would
>not pay. I already had a hard time getting my insurance to pay for a 23
>hour stay. They accused me of lying at one point. They went to do the
>catheter at one point & asked my husband to leave. He said "I am her
>husband & I will stay here". Needless to say he did not leave. The
>nurse was not too happy about that. I almost refused to go home with a
>catheter. I ended up having to remove it 2 hours on my way home because
>it irrated me so bad that I started having dizziness & feeling like I
>was going to pass out. I also had to share a bathroom with someone else
>(That I really hated). At times their urine container (I don't know
>what you call it) was still sitting in the toilet with urine in it when
>I tried to go to the restroom. Just an FYI.
>
>--
>Pamela
>
>At Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Amber wrote:
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>>Pamela,
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>>Thank you for your info, I am glad you had a positive experience with
>>Dr.Sinervo, he will also be doing my surgery.
>>
>>At Thu, 25 Jan 2007, PAMELA wrote:
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>>>Amber,
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>>>I had excision surgery November 21st 2006 by Dr Sinervo at the CEC. He
>>>did a wonderful job. He removed Endo off my uterus, adhesions from my
>>>ovary & tube that was attached to the side of my uterus, a few spots on
>>>my bladder, adhesions on my cul-de-sac, spots on my uterosacral
>>>ligaments & some spots that were attaching to my sigmoid colon. Mine
>>>was not very severe. I think it was a Stage II or III. I was having
>>>alot of problems though. I also asked Dr Sinervo to do a Hysteroscopy
>>>while he was in there because I had been having a weird feeling like
>>>something was in my uterus. He did & found the beginnings of
>>>Adenomyosis. Since I was having alot of bladder problems he also did a
>>>Cystoscopy & found that I had Interstitial Cystitis. He also removed my
>>>Appendix. This surgery was done on a Tuesday & I was back to work the
>>>following Monday without any problems at all. I was sore for about 3-4
>>>days though after the surgery (That is expected). Good luck & you will
>>>not regret this.
>>>
>>>At Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Amber wrote:
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>>>>Hello, I am going to have laparascopic exicsion on my endo in 3 weeks at
>>>>the CEC. The lucky day is Valentine's Day. It took a long time for my
>>>>HMO to approve me to have this surgery there, so I feel very blessed to
>>>>have the oppourtunity. I would like to hear about anyone's experiences
>>>>at the CEC. Thank you
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