WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2002: Re: 8cm.cyst and ibs at the same time.

Re: 8cm.cyst and ibs at the same time.

From: Curious (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:50:52 -0500 (CDT)

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Am just a patient, not of the medical field, but if your cyst has grown from 4cm to 8cm in just 2 months and a hysterectomy has been recommended, waiting from August to October for the surgery sounds rather barbaric to me.

Have you talked to your general practioner about this or to a gynecologist? Have you gotten a second opinion? If it is your gyn who is on vacation I'd be talking to my GP fast.

Is there a good teaching hospital near you? Even if you are stuck in an HMO or PPO if they can't provide adequate medical care for you - and I don't consider a 2 month wait for surgery given the symptoms you are experiencing as being adequate medical care - then you should be able to force them to allow you to go outside their HMO/PPO. A good teaching hospital that is federally funded will help you out. Usually you can get in much sooner than you can get a first time visit w/a local specialist and you would have the advantage of doctors EXPERIENCED w/your type of medical need.

If I were you I would be heading to the nearest teaching hospital - yesterday.

At Thu, 1 Aug 2002, cheryl wrote: >
>At Sat, 27 Jul 2002, cheryl wrote:
>>
>>in 2 months my cyst has grown from 4cm. to 8cm. i have been getting
>>bad back pain and pain in my legs. the doctor also found my left
>>falopian tubeis swollen he is not sure what it going on till i have my
>>hysterectomy. i also have swelling of my upper abdomen and lower
>>sometimes i look like i am 6 months pregnant. my fingers sometimes
>>swell up. my doctor says i should quit working. is that a good idea
>>since my surgery is not till october. i feel my syptoms are getting
>>worse are they going to keep getting worse. is my cyst going to keep
>>getting bigger. should i be worried. my doctor is on holidays. are
>>all these pains related to the cyst. yours truly cheri.
>>
>>--
>>jclowry@shaw.ca
>>
>--
>jclowry@shaw.ca
>

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