I had no idea there were so many people out there with these medical problems. I have a pseudocyst, that due to my history is probably not reproductively related but here I am on the merry-go-round with my my pcp,ob/gyn, general surgeon, and neurosurgeon with no avail. This "thing" has been visible since 1993 but is just now being looked at. I've had it, my pre-occupation with my health is interferring with school, my social life, and my poor parents are suffering through several hysterical phone calls a day from me complaining that no one will treat me (we're waiting for the results from an ultrasound scheduled 3 weeks from now). I'm trying to treat this preventatively. I don't want to deal with this in an emergency situation and I don't want to be treated with narcotics for pain- I want them to resolve the source of the problem but they've stopped listening and I keep waiting. There's nothing else I can do at this point but hope that this onset of pain is not indicative of something more serious and promise everyone that once I get through med-school I swear I will never put my patients in the positions that my doc's have put me in.
-- Andrea At Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Kathy L. wrote: > >Dear Susan: > >You absolutely must email Dr. Redan. He will get back to you quickly >and let you know if he can help. I have a psuedocyst that developed >after a ruptured appendix. I have many other adhesions that cause me >moderate pain, but this caused severe pain. A gyn operated and drained >it, it filled up again in 2 wks. I have rectal pressure and a stabbing >pain in my right lower abdomen and pelvic floor pain. Are your symptoms >anything like that? Dr. Redan told me he can help and I am having >surgery sometime in November. There is hope out there so don't give up. >I know it's hard when the doctors won't listen. > >Take Care, > >kathy L > >At Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Susan_OR wrote: >> >>Hi everyone... >> >>Here I am, still in constant pain. No relief, and no hope of relief >>because my docs have pretty much written me off. I have called my >>gyn/oncologist 3 times and she never called back. Even when I begged >>the receptionist to please put on the message that I was desperate and >>getting no help. My regular gyn is taking care of my pap smears every >>few months but isn't willing to address the pain issue or do anything >>about it. She passed me on to my primary care doc. My primary care doc >>prescribed narcotics for awhile but will no longer prescribe them. She >>has referred me to a pain clinic and a psychiatrist. I went to the pain >>clinic once but they made me so mad, I just can't see myself going back >>there and actually giving it a chance. So now I am left with a >>psychiatrist appointment next week and that's it. None of my docs are >>doing anything to help the pain. I'm 29 with no hope of ever getting >>relief. Heck, I can't even get a few hours of relief because my docs >>won't prescribe pain meds anymore. Thier only reasoning behind that is >>that I've been on them too long and they don't want me to get addicted. >>So I am left with nothing. The docs all say that the lymphatic cyst I >>have isn't big enough (although it is the size of a baseball) to be >>causing the type of pain I am experiencing and that adhesions aren't >>painful. I seriously disagree but they won't listen. The CT scan >>showed nothing except the baseball size cyst so they don't know what >>else to do. So where does that leave me? In pain and miserable with no >>hope of ever getting better. I also have Fibromyalgia and I think that >>probably is contributing to the amount of pain I am feeling but, of >>course, when docs hear I have FM...they automatically write me off as a >>mental case. I am seriously considering sending my medical info to Drs. >>Reich and Redan and I think they may be last hope. The pain is so bad >>right now I would do just about anything for a single pain pill...just >>to get an hour or two of reduced pain. Regardless of what the >>constitution says, Cruel and unusual punishment is alive and well in the >>US. I am so frustrated and really losing hope fast....somebody has to >>be able to do something! >> >>Thanks for always being here...I would have lost my mind long ago >>without you. >> >>Take Care, >>Susan