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Re: New Year / New DoctorFrom: anonymous@obgyn.netThu Dec 31 06:56:08 1998
Hello Yenta, Kristy, Heidi, Kimmi and All Well the trip to the new doc, went pretty well yesterday. On a scale of one - ten, based on the first visit he rates a solid 7. (kinda like scoring at the Olympics) The best part to me was he did the intake himself in his office with the door closed prior to the physical exam. In the past the nurse has usually done this and I have had some bad experiences with them and some of the questions they ask. I told him what I currently deal with and my method of treatment. I am on Depo Provera - almost two years now. Premarin for any break through bleeding - as any presence of blood will immobilize me in pain. Naproxen for mild pain. ER visits when it is horrible pain. Also with my recent injury to my foot I tried Ultram for the pain and found mixed with the Naproxen that the mild/medium ongoing pain was reduced significantly - so he wrote me an ongoing script for that too. I asked him about the Fibro/Endo connection and his response was that there was no formal conclusion on this, BUT he did comment that they haven't come up with a cure for Endo so anything is possible. This comment made me comfortable with him because that means that he is open-minded. Then onto the physical exam portion, he did all the regular routine stuff, to include the pap ( I had an abnormal one back in April and this is was a follow up to that one - results in 10 days - not too worried - isn't the first and most likely won't be the last) He said everything felt and looked normal - though I did notice that when he did the internal checking around while pressing on my left side the pain was quite noticeably increased. Which makes me think that I have another cyst growing or an adhesion there. Time and pain level will tell. He agreed to continue the way I have been being treated and to come back if anything changes and they will let me know the test results. So basically it wasn't too bad. I would also like to share the emotional aspect of it all as well. As most of you know, I don't have kids thanks to Endo and lost three in the past. I can accept/handle it for the most part. BUT, sitting in the waiting room for a half hour watching all the prego's come in with their families to have their ultrasounds - just killed me - It took everything I had to fight back the tears. I was just sitting there thinking, here I am to have an exam to treat this B.S. while my sister is back home in Washington going to the doctor at the same time - to have her ultrasound (she's due 1/24/99). So I started to get a case of the pity-poos. By the time I checked out and settled my co-pay I was in tears. Went to my car and just cried for about 10 minutes. Had to go back in the office and after I got my mind back into my work things were better. I'm doing well today and back in good spirits. Thanks for listening to my long post. The hardest thing for me is that I moved to this new city all by myself and don't have anyone to talk to much about all this stuff. So this board really helps. And I hate repeating all the same stuff to my family and friends that understand - cuz when I feel down - I also feel like a broken record, and then get more down. Okay, I better get a move on my day and get some work done. Take care Kathy
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