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Re: Another question before the lap
From: Frustrated! (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jun 18 19:11:50 2007
Of course you can request it.
It's your body and you have the right to have those adhesions tested.
I would recommend asking BEFORE you have the lap.
At Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Sabrina wrote:
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>At the last lap, my obgyn found adhesions and took them down. I have
>read in some obscure reports that sometimes endo can be hiding
>underneath the adhesions. I asked at the post op if he had sent it to
>pathology and he said he didn't.
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>This time, if there are adhesions again, can I request that he send it
>to pathology? Is this something that is routine? Does the skill of the
>lab, determine what the pathology of the adhesion is? Hope that one
>makes sense. I guess what I mean is if a lab is not skilled in looking
>at endometriosis cells would they be able to diagnose endo from the
>adhesions that are sent to them. Or should I ask my obgyn to send the
>adhesion material (we are suspecting adhesions again) to an outside
>national lab like quest or something versus small town hospital lab. I
>would really like any adhesion material to be analyzed. I have never
>had PID, sexual transmitted diseases or pelvic surgery prior to the last
>lap (well I had a D&C 8 days pp when I had my daughter but was told that
>would not cause adhesions). So I didn't have a risk factor for it. I
>guess I want to know if I ask him to path the adhesion material, I want
>to know that it is something that is appropriate to request.
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