YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for May, 2002: Re: Pelvic pain and confusion.

Re: Pelvic pain and confusion.

From: Maggie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 3 May 2002 13:10:08 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 3 May 2002, AmyAngel wrote: >
>Hi some of you may remember me from my previous messages about Pelvic
>Pain. What I want to find out this time is: if the pattern of my pain
>changes, eg mine used to be almost constant and had no real connection
>to my period, has changed within the past 6 or so months to become very
>sharp and severe, but not constant, and it gets worse in the week before
>and during my period. I mentioned this to my dr, and she just said that
>she wasn't surprised that the pattern has changed. Is this true? I had
>a laparoscopy almost 2 years ago, and nothing was found. To this day, I
>have not been given a diagnosis for my pain. I am now in unbearable
>pain for most of the month, since I also have irregular periods that
>come every 2 weeks or so. I am not sexually active, and also I have
>never had a pelvic exam, as dr's in Australia, that's where I am, say
>that virgins cannot have pelvic exams.

Virgins can have pelvic exams. I don't see why it would be different in australia than in the US. Maybe you can request to be put on birth control pills, snice those will help with your cramps and irregular periods. If your doctor refuses to give you a pelvic exam, call around and see if other docs have the same opinion as her. I think you'll find differently.

Also, you might request to have an ultrasound done to see if you have cysts, which might be contributing to your pain.

Take care,

-- MAggie

--
Maggie Beth Anderson
Medical Student at University of Washington

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