Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: seattle, wa
Its So Nice Not to Feel Alone! Posted: 04-18-06 23:58pm
Hello everyone! I am a 29 yr old woman
who has been suffering with ruq pain for
more than 3 years and have had several
ultrasounds, ct scans, a hida scan,
endoscopy, you name it, all of which
showed "normal" gallbladder function, or
negative for gallstones. I have been
going through a particularly nasty attack
for the last 3 weeks now, and it has
almost completely debillitated me from
doing everything--work, sleep, eating. I
have lost nearly 20 pounds because I cant
eat or sleep, and my job is really
suffering. Does anyone have any tips or
encouragement on how they got their
doctors to finally listen to them about
having their gb taken out? I am even
ready to at least have a laparascopy done
to try to identify visually what may be
going on with me. The problem is that no
one will listen, and now my
gastroenterologist is trying to pan me off
onto my obgyn as though this might be
endometriosis....Help!! Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks
everyone! Jess
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maletta
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 2 Location: ky
Good Luck With the Doctors Posted: 04-22-06 17:35pm
Yes, it is nice to know you're not alone.
That was what I liked as I was reading
these posts is the fact that there are
other people going thru the same thing as
me.
I decided to print some of these posts to
take to my doctor. Maybe if he can see
some of them, it may actually help
motivate him to the fact that this is real
and I am not the only one! I've read
enough to know that now and it actually
helps! At least i'm not so depressed
anymore. Believe me, for a while I was
feeling pretty bad.
Hang in there, my dr also suggested ob/gyn
even though i've had a total hysterectomy.
They always try to find another way when
they're stumped, I think. I don't
understand when it's warranted for them to
just go ahead and do a laparascopy and see
what's going on inside.
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