Re: Surgery for adhesions
From: cindy shruhan (cindyandbobby@webtv.net)
Sat Sep 28 09:45:33 2002
At Sat, 28 Sep 2002, jackie wrote:
>
>I went to the doctor the other day and he said that I have endometriosis
>and that he would by standard of the AMA have to put me on birth control
>for 3 months along with ibuprophen three times a day for three months.
>He then at that time think about going in to do a hysterectomy. I just
>want my bowel problems fixed and the adhesions gone but he didn't seem
>interested. also, they found a small 8 mm calcium deposit inside my
>bowel they think, I overheard them say to another doctor, she doesn't
>know what she is talking about and it has nothing to do with her endo,,I
>was very disturbed by that. He didn't even want to look at the
>adhesions. I have been in pain for 2 months now. Today I actually had
>a decent day no pain pills and only a little bit of pain...tolerable. I
>did have a few pains up next to where my gallbladder is and across to my
>left side, but that comes and goes. I can't explain it. I explained to
>him about the spray gel and the other barrier methods, but he seems to
>think it would be better not to operate. He is a uro-gynecologist.
>Never heard of one. What should my next course of action be. Why is he
>so adamant about not doing a laparascopy. The other doctor was going to
>do surgery this week but my insurance didn't cover the doctor, but
>covers the surgery. This doctor said that he can't do the surgery until
>he covers me for 3 months. I don't want to be debilitated till after
>the new year. This is quite painful. As if you don't know. Could
>their be other problems they don't know about? Advice please..
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Jackie
>
DEAR JACKIE, I JUST READ YOUR POSTING, AND IM SO SORRY YOUR DOCTOR VISIT
DIDNT GO SO WELL, AND THAT YOUR DOCTOR LIKE SO MANY IS UNWILLING TO EVEN
DISCUSS THIS ADHESION PROBLEM WITH YOU, TRUST ME, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO
EACH OF US, AT SOME TIME, AND IT MAY AGAIN, DONT GIVE IN TO THERE WAY OF
THINKING, YOU KNOW YOUR PAIN IS REAL, MAYBE A SECOND OPINION WITH OBGYN,
BEINGS THERE TALKING ABOUT A HYST ON YOU, I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE DOCTORS,
AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN TO MY ADVANTAGE, SO JUST A LITTLE ADVISE, I WANT YOU
TO KNOW YOUR NOT ALONE, WE HERE AT IAS ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU, AND IF YOU
WISH TO EMAIL ME, PLEASE DO ANY TIME...IM ASKING YOU TO HANG IN THERE,
WRITE TO US, AND SEEK ALL THE INFOMATION YOU CAN, ASK THE BOARD FOR
HELP, HELEN, AND OTHERS ARE OUR SAINTS HERE AT IAS...SO KNOW YOUR IN
GOOD HANDS WITH US....WERE ALL HERE FOR YOU....LOVE, AND NEW FRIEND
CINDY SHRUHAN