Re: anyone who will listen
From: Sue (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Apr 13 18:50:48 1999
Thanks, Amy!
It is still so hard to talk about it, but I am dealing with it. Thanks for
the support, it means alot to me!
Suzy
-----Original Message-----
From: allan <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: anyone who will listen
>Suzy, my heart goes out to you. What a completely horrible experience.
>Its awful that you had to go through that!
>Take care and hope you NEVER have such crappy medical care again
>Amy
>
>Sue Rose wrote:
>>
>> J,
>>
>> I was in the Military for 4 years (ETS'ed now, thanks goodness!) so I
>> know how Tricare works...or don't work! Anyway, I was only diagnosed
>> last month with Endo, so that wasn't one of my problems when I was in
>> the Military. I would not go to a military doctor and this is just my
>> opinion. But I think I should let you know what happened to me before
>> you make a decision.
>> I was 2 months pregnant and didn't know it at the time, and I had to
>> get one of those types of tests that inject purple dye into you to
>> have a closer look at your insides...anyway, they ran two (TWO!!)
>> pregnancy tests on me and said that I was not pregnant so they could
>> go along with the test. Well, needless to say the day after the test,
>> I started hemorraging and was in a whole lot of pain so I went back to
>> the hospital to find out that I had lost my baby! I was in shock for
>> a long time. Now when I want to have a baby, the doctors are telling
>> me that I am going to have a hard time because of the Endo. I wanted
>> to sue the bastards but since I was in the military they claimed that
>> since I was getting "free" medical care that I was sort of a Guinea
>> Pig for them....they didn't say it in quite those words, but that is
>> the jist of it! So if anyone has anything nice to say about military
>> doctors, please butt in. I would like to hear this.
>>
>> Suzy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: J <mijereda@idir.net>
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <endo@talk.obgyn.net>
>> Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 9:46 PM
>> Subject: anyone who will listen
>>
>> I just need someone to talk to and you all seem like a good
>> group to listen. I am 21 yrs old, I was diagnosed with endo
>> Jan 98. They found very little. After when the pain did not
>> go away my gyn said to have a baby or to go on Lupron. I
>> went on Lupron for 3 months, the side effects were to much
>> for me to keep going and the pain was still getting worse.
>> My gyn said that since there was such little endo in there
>> my pain must be coming from another problem. So I was sent
>> to all kinds of other Drs.., they poked me and prodded me
>> but still could not find anything. I was glad but I was
>> hopping it would tell me why I was having the pain I was
>> having. I am in the military and my unit is not very
>> supportive of everything I am going through, I cannot allow
>> it to show in my work but at times I have no choice. So
>> anyways I was finally sent to a Dr. that really knew what I
>> was going through, we talked and decided to do another lap.
>> Then a month later while I am waiting for an appointment I
>> get a call saying that he is not going to be allowed to do
>> the surgery. If I still want it I am going to have to go to
>> another post almost 3hrs away. And have a military dr. do
>> it, I saw him one time before when I wanted a second opinion
>> and he barley had the time to talk to me. So I dont want to
>> him to be the one to cut on me. I am so mad, I want to feel
>> better but I cant when I cant get good medical care. If any
>> of you are in the military please help me in how to deal
>> with this, or anyone else who might have any ideas.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sara
>
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