ENDO Messages for September, 2004: Re: Upset about lack of treatment during laparoscopy

Re: Upset about lack of treatment during laparoscopy

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 7 08:48:43 2004

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Some Doctors don't like to do anything but diagnose during a lap because of scar tissue. They say that burning it off will only cause more scar tissue to occur. I had a Doc like this. During my second lap, he did not do anything. I have had three laps, all by different docs, and the first and third ones did burn off adhesions and scar tissue and I felt much better. My thinking is that I have scar tissue anyway, and if burning it off can provide some relief for awhile, then it is worth it. Also, if the scar tissue or adhesions were close to your bladder or bowels, the Doc may not have been able to do anything because of the risk. I have it close to my bladder and so during my last lap a few months ago, the Doc was limited to what he could do on my left side. I know it is probably frustrating to find out nothing was really done after you went through the surgery. Hang in there! I hope things get better. If you continue to stay frustrating with this Doc, find another one! She should be willing to answer any and all questions, regardless of when you have them!

At Mon, 6 Sep 2004, wordfrappe wrote: >
>Hi there. I'm new to this forum.
>
>Three days ago, I underwent my first laparoscopy at a highly respected
>academic medical center, and was diagnosed with stage 2 endo with
>extensive adhesions in the pelvic area. This explains my pelvic pain,
>but I was incredibly disappointed to learn that--aside from removing an
>endometrioma on the ovary--the gyne didn't touch the adhesions or
>endometriosis.
>
>In the voice mail message the doctor left me, she said the endo was "too
>risky" to burn off because of the scarring. Before the surgery, she
>acted confident that she could take care of whatever problems she found.
>
>Now, I must wait several days to meet with her to go over the photos and
>talk about possible treatments. She doesn't seem like she wants to be
>bothered with questions until then. Has anyone else ever experienced
>anything similar? Is this an indication that my general gyne wasn't
>qualified to handle my problem? Should I have sought out a surgeon
>instead of a gyne to tackle this affliction?
>
>This is so frustrating for me, because I have two blood clotting
>disorders, so it takes weeks of planning with my hematologist to enable
>even minor surgeries. Any advice or commiseration would be
>appreciated...

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