Re: Chronic pelvic pain
From: anonymous@medispecialty.com
Mon Mar 11 20:51:05 2002
At Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Donna wrote:
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>I am having major problems finding a Dr. that will listen to me. I
>have had 9 surjuries for ovarian cysts, ovary removal, caesarian, and
>finally a hysterectomy. In August I started developing a constant
>severe pain, CAT revealed nothing definately however one Dr. said it
>appeared my bladder & bowel were out of place. Primary physician
>believes this pain is caused by adhesions however I am having a time
>getting a surgeon or gyn. to do anything except refer me to a pain
>management clinic. I can't continue taking the pain med. indefinately.
>(I don't think) Primary Dr. is reluctant to refill prescriptions. Pain
>is unbearable at times and barely manageable with pain med at other
>times. No one seems to want to help or even determine definately what
>is causing the pain!! I am desperate and feel foolish constantly being
>referred from one Dr. to another. I feel as though I am losing my
>sanity over this problem. What am I missing here? Have been to major
>hospital gyn and surgical clinics and have gotten nowhere to date. Is
>there not relief for this problem?
This sounds like you just described my situation to a tee. I had a
hysterectomy 4 weeks ago ( having had previous adhesions found during a
previous surgery). I have now seen 5 different doctors all with the
same general answer: " I don't know why you have pain." I was beginning
to think that I was the only person with this kind of luck. It is
comforting to know that someone in this world can understand the pain
that I am living with everyday. There are days that I cannot even get
out of bed, much less take care of my children. Thank you for letting
me know I am not alone.