Re: Surgery for adhesions

From: cecats (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Mon Sep 30 07:33:20 2002


I had a dr who refused to do my hyterectomy due to my age, so I found another dr who on my first visit offered to do the surgery. I took him up on the offer, because I was sick of the pain. I had surgery 5 weeks later and found out I had had severe adhesions, something my first dr refused to admit. He kept telling me it wasn't a gynecological problem. I would find another dr who is willing to do surgery, if that is what you need. I have had many drs who didn't believe I was having real pain, but it was. I think you need to find a dr who is covered by your insurance and is willing to do surgery if needed, you are the one suffering not them.

At Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Lynn Creacy wrote: >
>At Sat, 28 Sep 2002, jackie wrote:
>>Jackie,
>Please get another opinion. If the dr is talking down to you already,
>then you need to find another dr. There is no reason in my opinion,if
>he has all of your medical records, that he has to wait for you to be a
>pt for 3 months. If it was me, I would go to another dr.
>
>Lynn
>
>>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
>>
>--
>A new friend
>


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