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Re: Back from the doctorsFrom: Erica (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri Sep 14 15:18:19 2007
Parts of your message sound so familiar to my story and I'm sure many others on here. I too was sent to a GI doctor where they found nothing and suspected I could have IBS but couldn't be sure. My GYN put me on a trial run of Zelnorm and surprisingly I did do better but I refuse to take drug after drug especially since being on Lupron (don't get me started on that). I've also had my doctor look at me and tell me that I was running out of options-why I decided to try Lupron again-HUGE mistake. After taht didn't work I became desperate (after 2 laps and many drugs) I said what the hell and decided to have my records reviewed by Dr. Redwine and had surgery with him a month and a half ago. I am definitely not pain free BUT my symptoms have improved. For the first time in 2 years I don't have to take pain killers every day and am managing okay with Motrin. Also, I just recently had my first period since the surgery and that has improved too. I use to have to lay in the bed and take off work for 1-2 days a month. My advice to you is to have your records reviewed. The problem is the lack of knowledge and expertise about endo. Everything meaningful I've learned about this disease I discovered myself-mostly from the wonderful women on this site. Doctors say we've done the lap so.... so the problem is they didn't do it right the first time..laser doesn't work!! My second lap they found more endo than a year before and I'd been on continuous bcp and Lupron-go figure!!! Excision is the only tried and true method for decreasing the chances of reoccurance. Dr. Mosbrucker in OR is reviewing records for free.. If you want to do something for yourself see a specialist and do not waste anymore time wondering if your doctor will be offended we are talking about your health here! Best of Luck At Fri, 14 Sep 2007, mdustin wrote: > >Hello everyone. >I went to see my doctor this morning. And it didn't go very well. My >doctor did an exam, even though I'm bleeding much heavier today. No >tests were done or anything. He felt my abdomen, bladder, uterus and >bladder areas. All were tender. I woke up this morning at 4:30 in >extreme pain and had a very difficult time going back to sleep. During >the exam, he asked if I had trouble with bowel movements. I replied, >yes, I always have. He then said that he wanted me to go to a GI >consult and said that since I've already had my lap done and have been >on Lupron, there is not much more that he can do for me. He said that >he doesn't think that my pain is gyn related. And said that, again, >there is nothing that he can really do for me. Then he asked about my >anxiety/depression and gave me a script for Prosac, the lowest dosage. >And then I asked him, well, shouldn't I be on some sort of birth control >now that I am bleeding again, he said, oh, yeah, we'll give you samples. > >I didn't not talk about or ask about many things that I had planned on >discussing, because I felt like at this point, it really wouldn't >matter. He's pretty much told me that he's given up. That my pain >isn't and/or couldn't be due to my Endo. Which, I think is absurd. I >have Endo. But he seems to think that I have IBS or something GI >related to cause all of my pain. Besides getting on something for my >anxiety and depression, I feel that this whole appointment was a loss. >I'm very sad.
-- Erica L.
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