WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 1997: Re: SEVERE LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN

Re: SEVERE LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN

From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 27 Nov 1997 22:52:42 -0600 (CST)

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At Sun, 23 Nov 1997, ALICE wrote: >
> I am 35 yrs old and a mother of 2 teens. Approx. 9 weeks
>ago I was rushed to the hospital with SEVERE LOWER ABDOMINAL
>PAIN(very similiar to labor pain but CONSTANT)...............................................

I was refered to a GYN who thought the pain may have >been a RUPTURED CYST. He did not give me an internal exam,
>just checked the reports and told me to come back in 3-4 mon
>ths, or earlier if the severe pain returned. I felt a bit
>better and went back to work the next week. Since then I have
>had 2 periods and felt awful. Three days before, during and
>a week after each I felt very DIZZY, BAD CRAMPS, BLOATED,
>HEADACHES, TIRED, and have very discomforting PAIN below my
>right rib cage down to my pelvic area- feels hard to touch).
> Would this be a sign that the CYST may still be there and
>growing? Would this even be a Cyst or could it be a PELVIC
>INFECTION or CANCER? (There is a lot of cancer in my family:
>both parents, 3 grandparents, 1 aunt & 3 uncles)
>(Note:I have always had bad cramps but only on first day.
>Last 2 years have had a lot of clotting (nickel size)). I
>plan to see the GYN next week but would like another opinion.
>THANKS FOR A REPLY.
>A very scared mother and wife.
>
>--
>ALICE P.
>

Maybe it's just me, but I would have a problem with my OBGYN if I went to him/her (especially if I were a referral and had never seen him/her before)and the OBGYN just looked at a bunch of tests and told me to come back in a couple of months. I have *NEVER* been to the OBGYN that he/she did NOT do a thorough vaginal, pelvic, and rectal palpation. I personally would find someone more interested in me as a person and who would recognize that I was a frightened woman and mother. There are so many excellent physicians in the world that no one needs to be dismissed with a "probably a ruptured cyst" and come back if something happens. I do hope you found a second opinion. Don't mess around, find someone you are comfortable asking these questions of and not rely on an Internet consult. Severe pain anywhere is not normal. Mary Ross Gawlas, RN

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