Re: what to do from here...
From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 7 16:55:30 2007
Yikes, That heavy amount of bleeding kind of sounds like an emergency
situation to me. You bled for 5 months? I can't believe your doctor did
not do any tests! What are they, nuts? I would call your state medical
board and turn that doctor in for not helping you one, and two, for all
the rediculous, insulting things they said to you! There are 2 doctors I
should've definately turned into the medical board for physically
hurting me, but I was very young, did not know any better and was very
depressed at the time. Did not have the energy to mess with it.
I would find a specialist and tell them you need an emergency
exploratory laparscopy or MRI within a few days, just to see what's
going on in there. Something could be ruptured, a bleeding cyst, it
could be anything. That much bleeding is not safe and not normal and I
bet you are anemic. I thought I bled a lot, but just the first two days
of my period are extremely heavy. I use maybe 8 tampons a day for 2
days.
Please do something ASAP, ok?
--
Andrea
At Tue, 6 Nov 2007, anonymous wrote:
>
>hello, im just a young woman looking for some support/help or insight.
>
>I have been facing menstrual problems for almost 2 years, ever since I
>got married. Pain, heavy bleeding, (i just ended a 5 month period) When
>dealign with doctors I was told it was my weight, back problems, they
>accused me or my husband of an affair (which NEVER happened, my hubby
>and i have only been with each other) then persisted to treat me like i
>was making it up, accused me of drug abuse(pain killer, which AGAIN
>never happened!!!), refused to do any tests other than STD
>screening/PAP. (which both came up clear..)
>
>Could someone please give me an idea of what their experience with
>Endometriosis is/was like? I am on norithindrone, and I hate it, they
>had me taking it 4 times a day, then put me on Lupron injections. If I
>go off of norithindrone, I bleed heavy clots and soak 8-10 pads a day.
>yet they wont do a CAT, ultrasound, mri, nothin. they tried a scope
>test but i was practically screamign in pain and they couldnt do a full
>screen. My doc said she had no idea what was wrong with me and that i
>was a 1 in a million case, but she would treat it as if it were Endo. Is
>that even right?!
>
>Has anyone else experienced this kind of terror? Would somebody with
>Endo please describe to me what they are going/or went thorugh for
>treatment so I can tell if these docs are wrong??? I just switched
>insurance to get a new doc, but I want to know what to say/ask/DEMAND of
>them.
>
>Please help, I'm so miserable. any support or insight would help.
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