ENDO Messages for May, 2007: Re: About to give up.....

Re: About to give up.....

From: Cari (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu May 24 20:45:29 2007

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Stehanie,

No great advice but words of encouragement, I have been there. What enrages me is that this is a chronic pain condition, no cure etc and we are treated as though we are medication seeking addicts. Docs prescribe ibuprofen like its candy saying that the pain is merely inflammation etc and that makes me mad...once upon a time, a couple of Advil made my cramps melt away. Now with endo and adenomyosis, my ovulation and periods are horrific. Talk candidly with the doc, explain that taking motrin is great but the pain becomes unbearable and incapacitating and you want help.

I often wonder, if we had some other "more tragic" (not my words, my ex-doc's) disease that caused pain the doctors would bend over backwards to help but too many doctors assume our cramps are not that hard to live with. They should come to our homes and see us curled up in the fetal position with pain tearing out our insides. I can't even tolerate my boyfriend to touch me just to rub my back because it just sends pain shockwaves thru me...

I don't know what it will take to raise awareness...maybe if we keep fighting...

At Thu, 24 May 2007, Stephanie wrote: >
>Hello everyone...well iv posted a few messages this week, due to this
>excrutiating pain episode i had on Monday night. Quick brief..last week
>i ovulated and my pelvic/back pain for some reason increased, since then
>iv been taking Darvocet every 4 hours, otherwise i cant even work. So,
>i called my gyn and asked for something stronger at least until this
>pain subsided a little. Well i get a call back on Wednesday from the
>nurse telling me that the doc would only prescribe me IBUPROFEN 600 mlg
>every 6 hours!! Later on in that day i called back to get a refill on my
>darvocet, since i only had about 3 left. Well the doctor DENIED it.
>When i asked why, the nurse just said that the doctor would only
>prescribe ibuprofen for now. It made me SO MAD! I cant believe she said
>that. After i had told her that my pain had INCREASE and not even
>Darvocet was helping and now, they wont even give me a refill! Im so
>upset, i just cried!! I have an appt next week w/a new gyn (who does
>excision on endo) but im just so worried, since i still have to wait
>till June 1st and no pain meds. Then i feel that they must think im
>some drug freak or something, i cant believe they cant understand how
>painful this can be!!! Sorry for the long story once again....I can
>totally understand all of the other woman who feel like giving up! I
>guess we get to a point we just dnt know what else to do!! Hope everyone
>else is having a better day!! :) Steph

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