Re: Back from the doctors
From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 14 19:00:21 2007
go buy yourself an outfit to match the boots!! :)
Just an FYI, my ob/gyn sent me to a GI doc - because my symptoms were
"not endo related". I went to the GI doc, had a CAT scan of my abdomen
and pelvis. Guess what? I have 2 large endometriomas!! I knew it was
from the endo. Trust your gut [no pun intended here :)] and listen to
your body. Don't let the doctors make you feel like you are crazy. You
aren't. This disease is real. go to a specialist. I am going to see
someone in October. Good luck.
M
At Fri, 14 Sep 2007, mdustin wrote:
>
>I know...I have been thinking of this for some time. I suppose that my
>doctor won't be so hurt by me trying to see a specialist if he's already
>sending me to a GI doctor,(which I have to wait untill the end of
>October to be seen) due to him saying that he can't do anything more for
>me. Atleast, I hope. I have also thought that I could have GI and
>bladder problems before I was diagnosed with Endo. But, nothing was
>ever done to be able to tell. As far as my anxiety/depression goes, my
>doctor said that it will take about a month to tell if the Prosac will
>help me. I'm already feeling so down, it's hard to think that I have to
>deal with this much longer. But, I guess I have no other choice. The
>nurses were really nice, as I stood there, trying not to cry. They both
>told me to go do something nice for myself, so I went out and bought a
>new pair of brown boots...something that I have wanted for a while
>now....the funny thing is...I have no clothes that look good with my new
>boots! Imagine that!
>
>Well, I guess it's time to really crack down and find a new doctor. My
>husband will be upset with me, but what other choice do I have? My hubby
>is also pushing me to quit smoking. Something that I have been planning
>on doing (I even got the patches). Just the fact that he's pushing me,
>makes me want to delay it. I suppose that has something to do with my
>depression right now. I am agitated very easily. I need to be ready to
>quit, and I'm almost there. I hope, I'm planning on quitting on Monday.
>
>At Fri, 14 Sep 2007, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>please go see a differnt doctor. just because your doctor doesn't think
>>anything else can be done doesn't mean that nothing can be done. it
>>just means that HE can't do anything more. please don't make the
>>mistake i made. please see another doctor. if possible, send your
>>records to a specialist for them to review. dr. albee doesn't charge
>>to review records. even if you couldn't get to see a specialist, mabye
>>if you had his opinion, you could take that to another doctor and get
>>them to do something.
>>
>>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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