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Re: how do I get my doctor to listen to me?From: Tina (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:13:03 -0600 (CST)
At Sun, 26 Nov 2000, William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG wrote: > >At Sun, 26 Nov 2000, Tina wrote: >> >>Well, >>Here I am 26 days into November and still have pelvic pains and cramps >>that have lasted since the first week in September. These pains along >>with constant hip pain that the x-rays showed nothing on. I am >>scheduled to see an orthopedic surgeon (on my regular doc's >>recommendation) tomorrow but I don't think he will find anything. >> >>Since my son was born 6 years ago, I have had problems with my periods >>and debilitating cramps. It took 9 months for the doctors then to >>listen to me and finally they did an internal ultrasound and found a >>fluid filled cyst right behind my pelvic bone. Upon doing a >>laproscopy/hysteroscopy to drain the cyst, they found that after my sons >>birth (c-section) my fallopian tubes adhered to the inside of my >>abdominal wall on both sides. They repaired that problem and I was able >>to stand up straight again!! The bleeding went back to normal and the >>cramps did as well. For a time that is until about a year ago. >> >>During the last year the cramps, bleeding during periods, and pelvic >>pain has gotten progressively worse. When my periods started (age 12) >>they lasted 5-7 days heavy at the beginning and then tapering off >>towards the end. As I got older they have lasted 7-9 days with heavy >>bleeding for most of those days. I am going through super tampons along >>with pads and changing the tampons usually every 2-3 hours because of >>overflow. >> >>I went back to my regular doc the day after the ob/gyn visit and laid it >>all on the line, I even started crying when I told him all of the crap >>that is going on, and I told him in no uncertain that I want all of it >>to STOP! I am tired of not being able to do the thing with my kids (ages >>16,12, & 6) that they like to do: going to the park, and shopping, not >>being able to the things I like to do. Have any of you tried to use a >>sewing machine standing up because it hurts too much to sit? It isn't >>easy let me tell you. >> >>Okay, now here is the question, HOW DO I GET MY DOCTOR TO LISTEN TO >>ME???? I have been dealing with this constantly for 6 years and off and >>on for 12 years. My doctor sent me to an ob/gyn who barely did a pelvic >>exam and didn't look at the ultrasound, which by the way show an >>enlargement and fibroids, and didn't discuss the ultrasound report >>either. >> >>Please advise. >> >>-- >>Tina >> >Tina > >I have always advocated the direct approach. Tell him you feel it is >time for definitive surgery. If he can not send you to a better gyn, >ask friends in the same boat to recommend someone. good luck > >-- >William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG >Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth >Private Practice >New Orleans, La. >> Dr. von Almen: THANK YOU!! I wish that I could just get my doctor to make the recommendation to another ob/gyn. I told him I wanted to see another one but he said that he had to wait on the report from the, for lack of another word at this point, IDIOT! Since I moved to California 2 years ago, I have had nothing but trouble with my doctors listening to what I want done. The first one basically told me that he was not going to send me for a mammogram (I was 35 at the time) because he didn't feel any lumps. I demanded one and the result was a lump found in my left breast the size of a quarter!! Lucky for him it was benign. I changed after that incident. This doctor listens to me but sometimes I feel that he is too cautious, which can be a good thing, but in my case it is making me CRAZY. I would really like to have all of this taken care of during my kids' holiday break (they get 3 weeks off) so I won't have to take them back and forth to school. And my husband would be able to take time off to be home with me also. I have asked some friends with some of the same problems and one of them is surgery scared but knows that her ob/gyn would do the surgery but doesn't know if he can do the laproscopic one that I would prefer to have done. That is the problem now, finding one that specializes in LSH. Any suggestions? I live in the high desert of southern California.
Thank you for your assistance.
>*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.
-- Tina
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