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HOW IS CHRONIC APPENDICITIS TREATED?IS AN APPENDECTOMY THEFrom: SONJA (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:07:47 -0500
I HAVE HAD CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN FOREVER IT SEEMS.I HAVE BEEN A VIRTUAL PING PONG BALL FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN TO VARIOUS SPECIALIST. FIRST I WENT TO A UROLOGIST, NOTHING WRONG IN THAT AREA (OTHER THAN 2 DAY HOSPITALIZATION DUE TO SLIP WITH A CYSTOSCOPE-- FOLLOWED BY 2WEEKS WITH A STENT....UGRR!) I RECENTLY HAD A LAPROSCOPY PERFORMED BY MY GYNECOLOGIST (WHO I TRUST IMMENSELY--HE DELIVERED BOTH MY CHILDREN AND HAS REASSURED ME THAT IT IS NOT IN MY HEAD) OKAY SO MY REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IS FINE, BUT HE FOUND VASULAR LESIONS ON MY APPENDIX AND SAID IT WAS PROBABLY CHRONIC/RECURRENT APPENDICIITS AND I SHOULD SEE A GI. BUT WHEN I FOLLOWED UP WITH MY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN HE SUGGEST THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT INFLAMED OR CAUSING PAIN (AT THAT TIME) I SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT IT! IS AN APPENDECTOMY THE ONLY CURE FOR CHRONIC APPENDICITIS? WHAT SHOULD I DO? I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT SELF REFERRING TO A GI, BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF IT IS REALLY NECESSARY. I NOT IN PAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT THE PAIN IS INTERMITTENT.....
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