Re: Kathy New Year / New Doctor
From: yenta (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Dec 31 10:32:10 1998
My dear Kathy,
I know exactly what you mean when you speak of the deep sadness you feel
upon seeing the pregnant women or the cute little children -- tears me
up also. I hate it. I'm in the same boat as you -- childless with no
sig. other! Sucks. But at the same time, I've always been so damned
picky when it comes to men! Who knows what the future holds --
--
Yenta
At Thu, 31 Dec 1998, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>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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