Really Annoyed With Doctors...need Some Support (kinda Long) Posted: 08-05-05 10:29am
This is how my appt. With my gyno went
yesterday. Doctors are blowing me off
& I am just getting really annoyed
& angry! Please…i know this is
long, but just encourage me somehow.
Thanks!!!
Too make a long story short, the gyn
(male) decided that there is nothing wrong
with me by just feeling inside me (like
within a few minutes). I’ve been
having light cramping (seems like my
period is starting) & light lower back
pain for almost 4 weeks (sunday). My
period ended on friday last week &
started on wednesday (yes, a 2 day period
which was very light & short). He
checked my reproductive organs by sticking
his hand/fingers (whatever) up my vagina.
He didn't give me any other reasons to
what it could be. If I wouldn't have
questioned him about what else it could
be, then he would have walked out then.
Of course, he still didn't give me any
other reasons except to say that I didn't
give him enough info. I think he thinks
i'm making this up. I told him that it
was period-like cramping. I showed him
where @ the beginning, but I told him
again. He wanted to know whether or not
I was taking meds for it. I told him
that it hasn’t been that bad just more
of an annoyance because I do not know why.
First of all, though, I feel that I
should not be taking any meds for it
because almost 4 weeks of it means there
is something wrong & they should try
to get to the bottom of it. Secondly, if
I was pregnant (slight chance), then it
wouldn't be healthy for the baby.
Thirdly, I forgot to tell him this, but I
have been having gas a lot in the past
week and a half (not usual except right
before period & during). These
cramps feel like i'm getting ready to
start except when I am about ready to have
a bm (sometimes it hurts more &
sometimes it doesn't, but not unusual
because I have this during my periods,
too) or I have gas. I can tell when i'm
going to have gas. The cramping gets a
little more intense & my lower back
hurts a little more, but after the gas is
gone, then we're back to the light
cramping. I did have constipation a few
weeks ago, but that was intense cramping
all over abdomen & back, but I have
been taking fiber since & haven’t
had an issue since (i told him this, too).
I told him a few other things including
how my boobs changed last week for no
reason & I have veins on my chest.
He said, "they just do that." I said,
"for no apparent reason??" he said,
"yeah." he wouldn't even give me an
explanation as to why. I have changed bc
already (this past sunday) to one that
never bothered me before & still have
everything I had before, so it is not the
bc (from a low dose--mircette to a higher
dose--ovcon 35) or it would have at least
let up or even disappeared by now. He
acts like i'm not pregnant (without even
checking anything) which is fine...Maybe
i'm not, but he should at least check by
doing a blood test to rule it out. His
final words were, "ok, well, i'll tell
your surgeon to take pics of your
reproductive organs when he does the
surgery. Then we'll see if there is
anything wrong."
he didn't even address my uti. Argh! I
have had a uti since wednesday afternoon,
but i've been taking cranberry pills &
azo (uti pain killers) since wed.
Afternoon. He literally almost walked
out the door without giving me any
information about how my pee came out.
He didn't even address it. I could not
believe it! If I hadn't asked about it,
he would have left! When I did ask, he
said your urine was normal except for one
little thing. I said, "well, then why
does it hurt when I finish peeing? I
know what a uti is because I had one a
month and a half ago. I have one." he
said, "how often are you urinating?" I
said, "yesterday, I was urinating every
5-10 min., but since I started taking azo
(i gave it to him @ this point) i've been
doing better.” he read the box &
then said, "ok...I'll go ahead & give
you a prescription." I almost wanted to
scream! I was so ticked off that he
didn't even address it. I do not think
i'll be going back to him. :x
thanks for letting me vent! I have gb
surgery on the 15th, so i’m going to
call my surgeon & ask if they really
want to make sure i’m not pregnant. If
they do, I will ask them to please do a
blood test (i have to go in a few days
early for some pre-surgery things). They
were already planning on doing a urine
test, but I want to be positive that i’m
not. Then, we can go from there. You
know? We’ll see how it goes.
