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 19:36:23 -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
>>
>>Janet, thanks for your reply. No tests have been ordered, other than the injections I am receiving now. They think I am a few beans short of a burrito. When I broached the subject with one of the surgeons who had previously helped, he said "These tests cost money and time, and to be perfectly honest with you I do not think I would find anything." Had I chosen to be "perfectly honest" with him at that moment, I would have received an escort out of the building, compliments of security, I'm sure. The only one who believes me, I guess, is the anesthesiologist/pain doc, and he wants to go ahead w/the epidural block in a couple of weeks. Thanks again. A

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