Hello Sisters,
My name is Michelle & I'm 40 yrs old and married. I've been sufffering with severe abdominal pain & chronic pelvic pain for such a long time. In 1982 I began having problems with my cycles
and after my son was born I decided to have a tubal. Since then
daily I've been in so much pain & have been seen by 3 gyns who were very judgemental & uncaring due to the fact that I'm also Bipolar & suffer from P.T.S.D. & Anxiety Disorders. These doctors have told me that all the pain is is my "head". Well, in June 2001,
I went to the 3rd gyn & I really trusted him & thought that he was comapssionate to my needs. I finally had to stress to him the pain that I've been in after 5 trips to ER that he needed to do something for me. Finally on July 14, 01 he did a Lap & D&C. On
Aug 6, 01 I went to him for a follow-up appt re: my surgery & he
looked at my stiches & said that everything was okay. My reply
to him that everything wasn't okay, and that I've been expereincing bleeding w/clots, severe abdominal cramping, & pelvic pain. I also kept a journal of my symptoms during my recovery period, so I took a copy of the journal with me to give my dr a copy, he quickly glanced at it & told me that I'm fine &
there's nothing for me to worry about. He went on to say that the fibroids had been removed & also that my uterus is enlarged but he cleaned out everything. I told him that I'm interested in having a Hyster done & he told me that there was NO need for that. I was totally devestated & upset by his actions...
Needless to say e's FIRED.... This has caused me to be really stressed out & also my depression has taken a toll for the worse,
but I'm trying really hard to not give up hope. So now the search is on for a NEW gyn, and all of this has been very irrititating &
frustrating for me. I'm on anti-depressants and also I have a therapist & psychiatrist that I see. I just want to feel better & also
have a doctor who will listen & care about my health...
Michelle Bradley-Kennedy
SweetOceanBlue77@aol.com
AOL IM- SweetOceanBlue77