WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 1998: Re: LEFT IN THE LURCH

Re: LEFT IN THE LURCH

From: ANNABEL (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 19:19:51 -0600 (CST)

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At Thu, 2 Apr 1998, JTomko wrote: >
>Annabel,
>
>This is the downside of patient/physician relationship. The need to be
>heard and listened to and treated. From experience find a compassionate
>physician who will spend the time to actually have an interactive
>conversation with you concerning your problems and understanding of your
>expectations of medical outcome. Write a brief synopsis of your
>symptoms and history and keep it unemotional...'just the facts' type of
>letter and give it to this physician.
>
>Curious if anyone did allergy tests to see if you have an allergic
>reaction to the suture material? Finally an MRI might be able to
>document inflammatory changes in the muscle if there is an allergic
>response to the suture material. Pictures do speak more than words
>sometimes. Wish you success in getting to the bottom of your pain and
>also hope to you in finding a supportive medical staff. There is an
>outlet for you in contacting the patient representative at your
>hospital.
>
>Janet
>>
>>Maybe it is just my naivete, but I did not realize that mind games were
>>so prevalent in the medical community today. Why can you not be a woman
>>in pain without being labeled a crazy hypochondriac or surgery freak? I
>>have been trying to get a suture (I'm pretty sure) removed for the last
>>year (since the first one was removed - not a granuloma - an inch long
>>blue suture that they injected and called a neuroma until they pulled it
>>out of my muscle) to no avail. The entire right lower quadrant of my
>>abdomen is swollen, hurts to barely touch, and I can feel a solid bump
>>(as can the pain Dr.) underneath. My ob/gyn had helped with the first

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