Re: Painful sex, pain clinics, and other scattered thoughts
From: Nancy (nanny@nbnet.nb.ca)
Sun Jun 25 20:54:10 2000
Hello everybody. I think it must be the time of month for everyone to
be off-center a bit, myself included.
Barbara, I for another can sympathize about painful sex. The last time
we tried it left me in bed for two days. The pleasure just wasn't worth
the pain.
As if that weren't bad enough, I went to my GP on Thursday after my
horrendous visit to the general surgeon here in town (his opinion being
that adhesions don't cause pain and I'm suffering from irritable bowel
syndrome). My GP has agreed to send me to another surgeon for a second
opinion, but she also wants to send me to the mental health clinic as
she feels that my pelvic pain is being caused by a problematic
relationship which is affecting my mental state. I'm sure a lot of the
people reading this will think the same thing I thought - if she were
restricted in everything she did including a satisfying sex life, would
she not have problems with her husband and her mental state?
God help me, I never thought I would wish this misery on anyone, but I
wish my GP would have adhesions for just one week.
As far as a pain clinic goes, the nearest one to where I live is about 4
hours away by car, and you have to be referred by your general
practitioner. Since my GP seems to think the pain is all in my head,
chances of her sending me to the pain clinic are slim to none.
Ah yes, I am supposed to take pride in the fact that "I am Canadian!"
and we have free medicare - if you don't die or commit suicide while
you're waiting for treatment.
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