Can somebody please make me laugh?
From: clare (csheedy@netcom.ca)
Wed Oct 31 18:23:39 2001
Hi all:
So I went to the gyn this afternoon. He's like the ideal Dr. - so kind
and understanding and gentle. We discussed my pain and I asked him to
refer me to a pain specialist. This is what he told me:
The pain clinics here have extremely long waiting lists and he doesn't
believe that they would take me at theis point. He said that he would
have to prove to them that he believed that there was no "organic,
treatable" cause for my pain first. Under the guidelines, if it was
adhesions they would have to be confirmed and operated on before he
could try to get me into a pain clinic. He said that means a
laproscopy. He said he'd do the lap, remove the adhesions (IF there are
any), but that if I needed a laparotomy that he would do it later if I
agreed. He said that the pain I have with orgasm may not be adhesions
at all but nerve complications from the first laparotomy, and if that
was the case there wouldn't be anything he could do about that. He also
said that there may be a totally different cause for my pain.
Please understand me - I believe and trust this guy, but as I told him I
really don't want another surgery. He told me to think about it, and
here I am, thinking about it. I'm disappointed because I thought I
could avoid another surgery. I have a demanding small business, so each
time I have a surgery I have to hurry back to work before I'm actually
ready, and now I realize I'm having a really good whine.... That feels
better! I guess I'll be fine now - thanks for listening!
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csheedy
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