I went to my clinic, five times. Had an ultrasound, tried ultram, tried
a high fiber diet(nightmare) and agreed for the referral to a GI doc.
>From there, I saw him twice, tried zelnorm, saved poop and drove it to
the lab, did swabs of poop, drove them to the lab, had blood drawn. Saw
GI doc again, said all looked normal. Maybe adhesions, maybe IBS. Gave
me amytriptiline - does not help with pain.
Saw second opinion GYN today. He said remove ovaries. They don't move normally as they should, probably incased in adhesions and that would releave my pain. I'm 31!! Or, I can try lupron with add back therapy. My regular GYN said since birth control pills make me crazy, I'm not a good candidate for Lupron. This GYN said I'd have no problems.
So, I said, I'm back to where I was before the hysterectomy (that STARTED this nightmare). He said "pretty much."
What do I do? Another surgery with no mention of adhesion barriers and be surgically castrated on top of it? Not a smart move my inner voice is saying.
Lupron so I can be crazier than I already feel and STILL be in pain but experiencing menopause TOO - at 31?
What do I do? Go back to my general practioner, chain myself to the clinic and scream "I'm not leaving until someone fixes me!!"??
There's not even a pain management clinic in my area to try to get to see. At least there (from what I read) they try to get to the bottom of why you are hurting. Here, everyone is just guessing - IBS, Adhesions, your ovaries, your ovaries in adhesions, you're nuts blah blah blah.
I also want to know - do American doctors regularly castrate MEN who have undiagnosed lower abdominal pain? If not, why is it ok to do it to women??
Forgive my anger. I just still cannot believe I'm in this situation and there is NO END IN SIGHT - ever. God, please grant me the strength to stay afloat until I can figure out what to do with myself and how I'm going to live like this and raise two small children.