Re: PLEASE help because the ER docs won't!!!
From: Sherri (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Apr 28 13:51:49 2008
Kathy,
I'm so sorry to hear that you are not doing well! The ER is such a bad
place to go when it comes to endo because all the doctors are
clueless...but what else are you supposed to do, right? I would think
that if it was a cyst that had burst, you probably wouldn't still be
having discharge for that long. At least for me, whenever I had a cyst
to burst, the pain would be really intense for about 45 minutes or so,
and then it would let up. I usually did not have very much discharge or
bleeding either.
With endo it is so hard to figure out if a "new" or different pain is
from the endo or something else. It makes sense that you have low iron
levels...you've been bleeding for 3 weeks. No, it is not normal, and
someone needs to listen to you, preferably your gyn. ER docs are great
if you have a broken bone or need stitches, but other than that, I think
they are useless. You know your body, and YOU KNOW if there is
something wrong! I'd call the gyn again, as many times as needed, and
let them know that this has been going on for 3 weeks, and is disrupting
your daily life. Be sure to let them know that you have been to the ER,
and the ER docs told you you needed to follow-up with them. Good luck
to you! I'm sorry I don't have any better answers. I do, however, have
tons of experience with doctors, ER or otherwise, trying to minimize and
dismiss my complaints. Don't let them do that to you!
At Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Kathy wrote:
>
>I need someone to help me please because the ER doctors won’t! 3 weeks
>ago, I went to my ob’s office because I was experiencing some really
>strange things….I was having some abnormal brown discharge, which I
>though was blood, but now I realize is thinner and more brown in color
>(sorry to be descriptive). I was also getting very sick and ended up
>throwing up blood once that week, but that could have been due to a
>throat irritation from puking so much. So my OB made me leave work and
>come in. They had put me on Seasonique about a month prior to that to
>try to minimize the amount of pain I’ve been feeling from the
>endometriosis. Well when I went in 3 weeks ago, they took me off that
>because they thought that those pills were what was making me sick. Now
>I’m on the NuvaRing. However, the discharge has not stopped. It has
>not gotten lighter nor has it gotten heavier. I’m also experiencing
>pains but I can’t tell if it’s just the normal endometriosis pain or
>not. When I went to the ER, they didn’t really listen that well. They
>did a pelvic exam and told me there is no evidence of bleeding. Sorry
>to be so descriptive, but my panties say otherwise. They also took
>blood and did a urine test and the only thing they came back with was
>that I had low iron, which they said would explain the EXTREME fatigue
>I’ve been feeling and the dizziness, nausea and lightheadedness I guess.
>But my concern is that it’s been 3 weeks and I’m STILL experiencing this
>discharge/blood or whatever it is. At what point should I be concerned?
>It doesn’t seem like anyone wants to do anything to help me and this is
>not normal. My concern is what if it was a ruptured cyst or something,
>but wouldn’t the ER have been able to tell and wouldn’t this discharge
>be gone by now? PLEASE someone help! I don’t need this extra stress!!!
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