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Re: - Monica - How naive and Dumb can LABS possibly be?
From: kris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:31:14 -0500 (CDT)
Yes I can get a copy of the films and will do so pronto. So where can I
see a u/s of what polycystic ovaries look like and normal ones to
compare? Thanks for your input, I appreciate it.
At Thu, 10 Aug 2000, monica wrote:
>
>Hi Kris -
>
>I know you are PO'd with the doctor right now, but I did want to let you
>know about my ultrasound. I had one done a few months ago, in May. I
>have had these symptoms for 7 years and no-one picked up PCOS. Anyway,
>I had the ultrasound done - and the written lab report said "ovaries
>normal." Normal size, shape, everything. Did not mention ANY cysts.
>This was reviewed AND SIGNED by 2 doctors in my regular doctor's office.
>
>I kept researching PCOS because that's what I thought I had - like you,
>I had most of the other symptoms. One day, I saw the diagram of
>polycystic ovaries on the PCOSA web-site, and I thought "Well wait,
>that's what my ultrasound looked like!" (I had gotten a copy of the
>slides to bring to other doctors). I know nothing about medicine,
>except the pictures looked pretty similar to me......I was astounded.
>
>I took them to the RE who agreed they were classic PC ovaries. I can't
>think why the lab said they were normal and 2 other doctors signed off
>on the report as OK!!!!! (Except, some women do have cysts and don't
>have PCOS - maybe the labs don't think the cysts alone mean anything??)
>
>Just letting you know - maybe he DIDN'T just make it up to pacify you.
>Maybe the lab misinterpreted them. Did you, or can you, get the actual
>slides as well?
>
>The same thing happened with an x-ray years ago after a car accident.
>One said I had no broken bones, just soft tissue injury, but when I
>didn't get any better, they did another x-ray and found a broken coccyx.
>On the third x-ray, to see how the coccyx was progressing, they also
>found a fracture in the sacrum. (incidentally, they mentioned it was
>healing well by then...haha) I was in terrible pain for months and not
>getting the right treatments because of several misreadings by the labs
>involved. Now I always get a copy of the actual slides, because those
>labs really do miss things!
>
>Good luck.
>Monica
>
>At Thu, 10 Aug 2000, kris wrote:
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>>With all this talk about docs not listening to us and having had a bad
>>experince with a couple of them myself, I decided to get a copy of my
>>ultrasound report. I have only had one which was last year (July 1999)
>>after I said to my new doc that I thought I had PCOS and that my cousin
>>has it. When I went to my next appointment he said for sure I have PCO
>>cause there were cysts.
>>So I picke dup the report today and you know what? It says my ovarieds
>>look normal and clear. So this doc told me something that wasn't true
>>just to pacify me. I am livid. I have all the other symptoms so I have
>>no doubt I have it and he probably does think I do too but he lied about
>>the ultrasound. I am of course a much wiser woman than I wasa year ago
>>and have taken charge of my own body and medical needs but this really
>>blows my mind. I will not be returning to him nonetheless!!!
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