WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 1997: Re: Tubal Ligation Hell

Re: Tubal Ligation Hell

From: Sami (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 23:08:13 -0600 (CST)

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At Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Sandra wrote: >
>Next May I'll be turning 30. For almost 7 years now I've been in
>excruciating pain. Why? I had a tubal ligation.
>
>Let's see.......did I ask questions before the procedure was done? Yep.
>Was I answered honestly? Nope. Was I given all the facts? Nope.
>
>Had my so-called doctor told me that I might be at risk for severe
>abdominal pain for the rest of my life, that I might bleed like a stuck
>pig for the rest of my life(whether I had my period or not), that I
>might pass clots the size of softballs for the rest of my life, that I
>might spend countless hours in emergency rooms being told it was all in
>my head, that I might black out in the middle of a store xmas shopping
>for my kids because of the pain, that my previous pain free periods, non
>existant PMS and minimal bleeding might all be a thing of the past, that
>I might not be able to go and play with my kids in the park because I'd
>be doubled over in pain, that I might not be able to function on a day
>to day basis without painkillers for the rest of my life, that I might
>become severly depressed because of all of this, would I have had the
>surgery? Take a guess.
>
>Can I find a doctor to reverse the procedure now? Nope, because all of
>the doctors I've seen over the past 7 years, except homeopaths and
>naturopaths, will not admit to this being a problem. Unfortunately, the
>homeopaths and naturopaths can't reverse the procedure. So once again I
>get patted on the head and have the nice doctors write me nice little
>prescription for Prozac(She's such a depressed woman, give her happy
>pills!).....because it's all in my head, dontcha know? GO GIRL

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