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Re: RLQpain and nausea, off to the GYN
From: another (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 13:05:14 -0600 (CST)
Hi laura,
Sorry you are still not feeling well, and I can really relate to your
frustration, but at least some problems have been ruled out which can be
just as important. Sometimes the answers don't come quickly or in one
visit. If you are in pain and the "little voice" inside tells you
something is going on, please follow up on it. Going in with a positive
attitude (these people are trying to help me) may help you feel more at
ease with the ruling out/in process than assuming that you are being
passed off or considered hysterical. If you approach this situation as
consulting a caring professional who wants to work with you to get to
the bottom (you should excuse the expression) of your problems, you'll
be well ahead of game. Good luck and please tell us how things go. We
do care out here, even if we sometimes get lost in the shuffle!
At Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Laura wrote:
>
>Hi...well so far no one has answered my post from 2/26, but I thought
>I'd try again. The labs (liver, gallbladder, pancreas) came back
>normal. I just made an appointment with my gynecologist, as much as I
>don't want ANOTHER pelvic exam this week, I guess it is unavoidable. Has
>anyone else experienced anything like this before (see previous post for
>details). I'm still having nausea and intermittent dull pain in my
>right side. Still wondering if GI is a better route to go, but I am
>trying GYN first because my doctor's office is pushing that line of
>inquiry.
>
>I feel really frustrated, and I wonder if I'm not just getting turfed to
>GYN simply because GPs have a hysteria prejudice when it comes to
>dealing with women with abd. pain (I kind of get the feeling that for
>them, "endo" is the euphamism for "hysteria"). The GYN I saw first
>about this (last week, at my school infirmary) felt pretty confident
>this was not gynecological. Where does this cycle of frustration end?
>With me just not going to see anyone and hoping the symptoms resolve on
>their own? And they wonder why women stop going for regular exams and
>get noncompliant about health care. It's this kind of crap that does
>it. I'm only 30. Much more of this and I won't ever want to go to
>another doctor again.
>-really really frustrated
--
aa
a medical professional in transit to computer professional
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