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Re: My appointment
From: angela (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 09:51:09 -0500 (CDT)
Keep trying until you find the right doctor for you, they are out there,
trust me. I had a similiar incident this past summer with a fill in dr
at my clinic, my reg dr is out on medical leave. Everyone will remember
my story...this dr in one breath was high fiving me for my pcos
treatment and success so far, and then in another breath, as he got me
in stirrup land for a biopsy proceeded to ask me if I ever considered
having my stomach stapled! It took me 2 months to go back, but I found
another doctor to listen and hear my concerns and provide me with the
care I am use to until my dr returns in Jan. I think now, I have the
perfect phrase I would like to say to him and any other doctor I have
ran across with the same problem, (it's one I say to the kids in my
daughter's 2nd grade class when I volunteer) USE YOUR MOUTH LESS AND
YOUR EARS MORE!! I am positive many of you will agree..Hang in there,
and don't let that dr get you down, keep trying for the answers you
deserve.
At Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Emma wrote:
>
>Hey everyone. I had my first time appointment with a gyno todoay and I
>thought I would share all the gory details with you. I'm just slightly
>disappointed that he doesn't seem to be much better than my endo!
>
>Well I had a vaginal ultrasound. He had a bit of a time finding my
>ovaries, and he was wiggling the wand around in there for ages!! Not
>exactly comfortable! He was none too careful putting it in either!!! He
>didn't even try to make me less nervous and uncomfortable about it. Any
>way I apparently have a smallish, rather transparent ovary with a number
>of cysts. Don't ask me what a transparent ovary is, and he didn't even
>mention the other one!! I also have a very thin endometrium. When I
>asked him if there was any danger in having a thin endometrium, he said
>there was none. "You just wont get pregnant, who needs periods anyway,
>there just a pain" A-youre a man; B- I do want to get pregnant one day;
>and C- I would prefer NOT to get cancer, or at least keep my risk as low
>as possible!
>
>Anyway I asked him about skin tags, and apparently he hasn't ever heard
>of that with this PCO. And he seems to think that if you have cystic
>ovaries you automatically have PCOS, and vice versa. He also said that
>the only way I could lose weight is too cut down the calories. I'm
>thinking, cut down too what, I'm already eating as little as possible
>without starving!!! Oh and get this. He actually said you would do well
>in the concentration camps because you could survive on very little
>food!!!!!!!! Can you believe that????
>
>But he did order some more blood work, FSH, LH, and a couple of other
>things. ANd I did ask him for a GTT so thats one good thing about it. I
>will have that done next week though. I go back to see him in a couple
>of weeks, to see what the results are. He said that maybe Met will do
>me some good. So thats another good thing. But I was pretty shocked
>that he didn't know alot of the other stuff .
>
>I did print out a list of my worries, and my history as far back as 13,
>including all the medications I had been on, when I got my period etc,
>but he barely glanced at them.
>
>Does anyone think I am being too hard, or expecting too much?? I just
>want a sympathetic, open minded, knowledgable doctor to sit down with me
>and listen to my worries, and treat them.
>
>Thanks for listening to me, I realise this has turned into a bit of a
>whinge session!!!
>
>Take care everyone.
>Emma
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angela
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