Any suggestions????

Hi, everyone. My surgery was postponed due to thyroid problems. I have an appointment with the endocrinologist on Thursday to go over blood tests results and to see if I am healthy enough to go ahead and schedule surgery. However, this morning when I woke up I was in excrutiating pain. It felt like I was ovulating and this severe pressure in my uterus. It felt like I was in labor. I took a pamprin and this made me drowsy. Also, I take 200 mg twice a day of metaprolol which helps me with the chest pain and shortness of breath I experienced with the thyroid disease. I really don't know what to do; I thought about changing doctors which my ex-mother-in-law feels would help. She is a nurse and feels that my current physician isn't worth a dime because she did not detect the thyroid disease. It took a cardiologist and an specialist to make this determination which I thank God because I could have died on the operating table. I am really tired and sick of this pain and I am so bloated I look 6 months pregnant. Thank God I am not bleeding to add to this misery. Does anyone have any suggestions for me to cope until I have this surgery? Thank you.

Hi. I can't say that I have your medical problem but I certainly know how you feel. I have a sceduled SLH on January 14 and because I have a cardiac history, since i have been 5, I still don't know if I can have my surgery. I went through 6 hours of heart tests, every test I think available and still I don't know if I have a medical clearence. I even went for my presurgical testing today I have not heard a word from my cardiologist if i'm cleared. I have been waiting for this for at least 2 years and know more of the unknown. You will be fine i'm sure and so will I. Just hang in there and know you are not alone. We are all here for moral support. Denise.

Thank u so much, Denise. I am so glad I found this site before my surgery; it has truly been a blessing because I have felt alone with my family not residing nearby and being out west. I am in VA and they are in CA and NV. I feel like I have some sisters who completely understand what I am going through. Denise, I have been waiting the same amount of time and I too have had several cardiac tests, such as stress test and cardiac catherization. My cardiologist is truly a blessing but it seems as though he is the only one that knows what he is doing. But I am just going to have to trust God and my gynecologist to get this done.

I just wanted to send best wishes and tell your in my thoughts and prayers ladies!