Re: Chris S.- Pelvic Pain Mapping-Ginny
From: GKING@MYRICKRE.COM
Thu Jul 15 08:26:43 1999
At Thu, 15 Jul 1999, smithy@maine.rr.com wrote:
>
>At Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Ginny King wrote:
>>
>>Chris,
>>
>>Were you the one who said you found a Doctor in Atlanta that did this
>>proceedure? If so do you know his/her name or where I could get more
>>information? Thanks. Ginny
>
>Hi Ginny:
>I can't remember where I found the info about the doctor in Atlanta, but
>it might have been the center with Dr. Lyons. Check back into the June
>archives of the forum and see Helen's post about conscious pain mapping
>websites. I'm going to ask about this at the pain clinic tomorrow.
>Since conscious sedation didn't work with me for my colonoscopy (because
>the procedure was painful they had to give me more medication which
>knocked me out) I wonder if this pelvic pain mapping is successful with
>everyone. Or just some lucky patients? It's hard to understand how they
>do it. You would think poking around anywhere in your pelvis would
>cause pain.
>What tests are you having done? I remember in a post awhile back you
>mentioned you were going the middle of July
> and it seemed so long away and here it is!
>
>Chris S.
Hey Chris,
Thanks for the tip on where to look. I started looking through the June
posts before and there were so many that I didn't know where to start.
Thanks. Anyway, Monday is the colonoscopy and endoscopy. The doctor is
concerned that they may have to knock me out as well as there was so
much "ripping" pain of adhesions? when they did the sig. They are still
trying to figure out where the bleeding is coming from. I'm afraid
though it will be like the last time and there will be no answer. The
pain in my side and back is unbearable. Maybe after this procedure they
will at least talk to me about pain management or medication. In
reading Helen's post yesterday I asked if she had any advice on getting
doctors to communicate with you. Do you have any suggestions that have
worked for you? Take care. Ginny