At Tue, 11 Mar 2003, K wrote:
>
>Hello, I am a twenty-five year-old female who has been suffering from
>pelvic pain since I was sixteen. I have a long history of large ovarian
>cysts and severe pelvic pain. I have had three laproscopies (two for
>cysts and one for an appendectomy) and I had a c-section to give birth
>to my two-year-old son. My last surgery was performed in November of
>2002 and the surgeon only ruptured the cyst and left the sac in place.
>About one month after the surgery I began to experience mild
>intermittent pelvic pain that has worsened over the past few months. I
>am now unable to live my normal life due to severely debilitating pain.
>I am so tired of doctors telling me that the pain is in my head, or I'm
>just having a period or even worse that the pain is absolutely normal
>and I should suck-it up! I feel frustrated and cry constantly, if not
>from the pain then the mere hopelessness of my situation. I don't know
>if adhesions are the cause of my pain, but I think it is highly
>probable. I could really use some helpful information to help my doctor
>find his head out of his but (excuse the harshness) and actually help
>me. Is a hysterectomy a possible option for such a problem or will it
>only make things worse?
>
>Desperately yours,
>K