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Re: How surgery went/ Linda, (long)
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun Nov 29 21:25:17 1998
Dear Yenta,
Thanks for the info. My doctor is available, but I am
still in such a habit of fending for myself (all those
years) that I don't think to call. But I was thinking
about calling anyway tomorrow morning because of the
way I was feeling yesterday. I can also take some
Percocet (he said it's O.K. if I'm in pain), but I
don't like to because it makes me dizzy and I can't
concentrate at all. I can also become constipated,
which is when I have the most pain! You better believe
that I eat my vegetables. Mostly I like my doctor,
but he is very very busy because he does endo surgery.
His assistants (doctors and nurses) are very helpful,
though, and he always calls back, although it can
be a lot later. I was hoping to wait until my next
visit with him in mid-December. I would recommend
my doctor highly, by the way, but my body defies
all reason.
Elizabeth
At 03:36 PM 11/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear Elizabeth,
>Sorry to hear that you are in such bad shape. Have you tried calling
>one of the physicians at http://www.womenssurgerygroup.com and asking them who
>they would recommend you see in your vicinity? Please do this tomorrow
>morning -- you will be happy you did. You could call Dr Harry Reich's
>Pennsylvania office and ask his assistant if she could get that
>information for you -- if there is a great dr. in your area, Dr. Reich
>will probably know of him. I hope Reich doesn't read this and get angry
>with me for pushing phonecalls to his office, but I have to tell you
>that I think so very highly of him and I truly feel that he is of the
>sort who would want the best for you as well (he's very much a "human
>being"!). Please do this first thing in the morning.
> I also took ballet from ages 3 - late 20's!
>I'm going to write again later but I want to go take a walk before it
>starts to rain. In the meantime, please check out the above site and
>feel free to email me privately if you wish at my hotmail site.
> Take Care,
>
> Yenta
>> Yesterday I worked for half a day, and I ended
>>up on my feet for at least 3 hours. As I said,
>>sometimes I do not feel pain, but that is more
>>dangerous. When I left work, I was beginning
>>to feel really bad. I had a lot of trouble
>>concentrating driving home. When I got into bed,
>>I began to feel the pain, and I began to feel more
>>awake, and realized that I almost had gone into
>>shock again. Last night when I went to sleep I
>>hurt, and this morning when I woke up I hurt.
>>When I feel the pain, it is less bad. I know that
>>this is strange, that I don't always feel it
>>directly, but I can really wear myself out this
>>way, because I don't know my limits. Also, I think
>>that I wasn't treated for years because of this.
>>Sometimes I do have pain, such as when I go to
>>the bathroom (because of my bowel involvement),
>>and it is so bad that I start to faint. This isn't
>>when I have my periods, because then I have
>>diarrhea, which is horrible, but not as painful. I
>>stuff a towel into my mouth and bite down really
>>hard just to keep from fainting. One doctor
>>checked the insides of my colon (again... I looked
>>healthy). Sometimes painkillers don't work for me:
>>ibuprofen does nothing, not for pain or fever. Others
>>such as tylenol don't work either. Tylenol-codene
>>(Percocet) works a tiny little bit, but I have trouble
>>breathing, and it makes me dizzy. I could go on and on.
>>I am now 45 years old, and wish I could get back a
>>lot of days of my life that I just spent at home.
>>Elizabeth
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