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Doctors and the Internet-ToniFrom: Christine (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat Mar 13 06:49:40 1999
At Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Toni wrote: > >hello chris, > >I am okay today, I have been trying to take a different attitude woth >things, I was alittle worried for a few days, I had trouble moving >bowels even after senekot, and caused more pain, but today I made sure I >got them moving. Good old prune juice in the morning, I did start to >worry b/c they told me if a laxative don't move your bowels, it is not a >good sign, but I am on darvocet now too, and that and the trazadonecan >cause constipation, so I am sure that attributed to the problem. > >chris, some drs think I am crazy to worry about the colon, but when I >left the hospital in sept, my gyn told me what he wanted me to do after >surgery, and he said that he does not want to see me end up in the >hospital for a week with a tube down my nose, so deep down he does worry >about the situation with the transverse colon, I have sort of got my >mind away from it though, and another thing too, when I asked the pain >specialist about the night I read the post about the woman with the >bowel died and gangrene set in, I told her what kind of night I had >after that, and she told me the internet is a dangerous place to be, you >will see EVERYTHING and some of it will scare you, so I try to not stay >here too much. I told her that I talk to women who understand there, I >have no one to talk to, my mom was my best friend, and she is gone! She >is setting up counseling for me, I do not know how long this will take, >always have to wait. > >i am going to go see my father today, he says he misses me stopping >over, I used to stop alot, the way things have been going for me, I do >not go much, but the drugs they have me on, it takes forever to get >going in the morning. I think the trazadone may be starting to help, at >times. Making things alittle easier, as long as my bowels move. > >Still am uncomfortable, especailly if I try to move around to much, I >have decided I just have to go slower til things get better! > >My phone keeps knocking me off , So I will send this message right away! > >toni Hi Toni: I must say I am a little offended by your new doctor's opinion on the Internet, but it seems to be a common attitude among doctors. If doctors did their job completely, patients wouldn't need to turn to the "dangerous" Internet for support. Even when doctors do as much as they can why can't they recognize that some patients need additional support and turn to forums such as these. Instead, they (doctors) seem to feel threatened, even though they can't do any more for the patient that they are already doing. (if that is the case, many times it is not) Most people are able to understand that there are some very scary situations out there, but they are rare and probably will not happen to them. This is what she should have explained to you, not tell you to stay away from the Internet! That would be like telling you that you better not drive anymore because its a major threat to your life (much more dangerous than the Internet is!) You seem to be worrying less. Good luck on Monday with your gyn. I hope you ask him specific questions about further testing and if that will alleviate your concerns. I liked that description of the barium enema that someone posted. Sounds like that might be appropriate for you. CHris
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