Re: help!!! don't agree w/dr
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jan 21 13:31:47 1999
Wow!! THanks to all of you who replied to my post. I voiced my concerns w/
my ob/gyn, and he said this is only "exploratory surgery for diagnostic
purposes only." Then we will know what we are up against and treat
accordingly. Does this sound better?? THe only thing that concerns me is
that it's not like an x-ray or something I can use to carry around to other
doctors. You know? So, if I decide to change doctors, will I have to go
through a diagnostic lap every time so they know?
Angie
-----Original Message-----
From: Melissa <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: help!!! don't agree w/dr
>DO NOT HAVE SURGERY WITH THIS DOCTOR!!!!! The three doctors who have had
>the best results, in terms of recurrence of pain with endo are Lyons,
Albee,
>and Redwine. They all do excisional laparascopic surgery to remove all
>visible disease (regardless of where the disease is). Your doctor is
wrong.
>He just is not skilled in doing this type of surgery. I beg you to post
>pone your surgery until you find a good surgeon. I did not have my surgery
>with Albee, Redwine or Lyons. Luckily there was someone in my area who had
>researched their methods and devotes his practice to endo. I was very
lucky
>to find him. Not every OB/Gyn is has the knowledge to treat endo. Please
>wait until you find a doctor who is knowledgeable about surgical removal of
>endo.
>
>Melissa
>Irvine, CA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Angie Shearer [SMTP:anonymous@obgyn.net
>Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 10:39 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: help!!! don't agree w/dr
>
>Help!!! I desperately need some advice from all of you endo veterans out
>there! I finally took all of your advice and really, really researched
this
>subject. I go in for my 1st laparascopy 1/28 - next Thursday after a long
>time of chronic and unexplained pain. My doctor is going to use the
>laparascopy to just "Look and see" what's going on - then insists on
>treating w/ hormones or BCP... I asked if while he was already doing the
>lap surgery, if he wouldn't consider just removing the endo he finds. He
>says he never does this on women my age who want to still have children (I
>am 25.) He says the endo usually lies to close or on main veins and the
>ureter and other organs, and that he would have to remove some of my
>reproductive organs if I wanted this type of surgery. Is this true? Are
>drugs my only alternative at this point if he does indeed find endo? Are
>there no surgery procedures he could do w/ out harming my ability to try to
>conceive? HELP! My husband went out and bought me the Endometriosis
>Sourcebook last night - (isn't he wonderful??) I plan on attacking that
>this afternoon, but thought I would post this to see what you all thought.
>I finally got up enough nerve to call my doctor last evening, and he
>actually laughed at me and told me I was worrying for nothing... this is
all
>very "normal and routine." I hate that we have been raised to not question
>those in higher positions, such as docotors, and that my need to be nice
and
>not hurt anyone's feelings may put my own health on the back burner. I
>actually felt like I needed to be careful what I asked him because I didn't
>want him to feel like he needed to defend his procedures on doing things.
>
>Angie
>
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