Re: Back from the doctors
From: Jess (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 14 16:52:05 2007
mdustin,
I can empathize with you. It seemed nearly impossible for me to even
address the issues I felt needed addressing whenever I went to my OB
also. Forever it seemed like I was just being passed off from Dr. to
Dr. for test after test-all of which would come back negative for some
outlandish thing they would "suspect" going on with me. All along I
knew it was simply complications due to my Endo, but nobody really cared
what I had to say about my own body.
The only advice I have to offer is to not let it get you down. Research
your symptoms, equip yourself with as much information you can contain
about Endo, and don't take anything for truth from a Dr. who won't
spend 5 minutes taking your concerns seriously. I have since given up
on my previous Dr.'s...I found an excision specialist who has taken the
time to address all of my issues who I have grown to trust more than
anyone in the field. When I'm done, I can't wait to go back to all my
other Dr.'s, show them my reports, and how they could have helped but
didn't want to take the time!
Demand nothing but the best for your health!!!! Hang in there!
Jessie
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.
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