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Ovarian Cancer Scare
I had all signs of Ovarian Cancer
Not something I wanted to hear, but I wasn't upset
by being told this either, more angry then anything. After the first few Doctors, the
Gastroenterologist then emergency visits, I just wanted a diagnosis, a name for
my illness (don't ask me why but I needed a name at the time) and to this day I still believe
and physically feel 100% deep down, it's something simple the Doctors are
missing, or it's a completely new medical condition.
Back to the Original Doctor
My (ex boss's) Family Doctor gave me the name of an extremely
good Gynecologist in Sydney, so I went back to my original Doctor (the first one
to see me about this illness) and asked her to give me a referral to this
Gynecologist in Sydney.
Long Wait To See Gynecologist
The wait to see this Gynecologist was long, I think I waited roughly 4 months for my appointment.
In the meanwhile I made more appointments with other local Doctors to see if
I could get some different opinions. I tried hard to wait out the Gynecologist
appointment, but the pain was so awful.
Back To Emergency
In the space of those 4 months I went back to emergency 2 times, at every one of those emergency visits, not one Doctor could
help, all saying I must follow this up with my own Doctors/Specialists.
The Other Doctors
One doctor in particular told me I was just PLAN FAT and to lose weight. I was 80kg and I'm 5 7 ft, still within the normal
weight range (although I would have liked to lose some weight around the
mid section, but no amount of eating correctly or exercising would remove that
stomach growth), and I found it so painful to do general activities, lawn mowing, gardening, walking the dogs,
etc,. movement made the pain worse. This Doctor also sent me for an ultrasound just to
be sure my ovaries were all ok, and again everything came back normal, normal
limits for them anyway, but to me that fluid on my Pouch of Douglas was
tinkering away at me, perhaps that could give a Better Doctor more clues on my
issues.
Local Gynecologist
I asked my original Doctor to refer me to a local Gynecologist while waiting for this appointment with the Gynecologist in
Sydney. She told me there was nothing wrong with me, absolutely NOTHING, go away and make babies she said, get your mind
concentrated on something else and your pain will go away. All in my head she said... arrggggggg.
I was so cranky (but very pleasant to her face), didn't want the added stress of arguments with Doctors.
About three weeks later, one of my co-workers whom I had told about this Gynecologist, served a customer who had
also just been to see her and was also informed her pain was all in
her head , she was so cranky. This same lady came back into our work 2 months
after (she found another gynecologist) who picked up she has severe ovarian
problems, and had to have one of them surgically removed. So much for All in Your Head.
Undiagnosed Illness Continues
So many people said I should have lodged a complaint to the medical board about this local Gynecologist
for the way she treated me, but alot of doctors do that (some I
have seen do), they are rather arrogant and think
you're wasting their precious time. If I had of known then what I do
now I should have put a complaint in, but I had no energy to fight
this, all my energies were focused on getting rid of this pain and
receiving a correct diagnosis.
Everyone was upset and angry
about my ex boss's Doctor saying I had all signs of Ovarian Cancer,
but for me I was just angry for him saying that without knowing me, nor
had he ever seen me as a patient. Not something a normal Doctor would say to someone
over the phone to a non patient, but it got me the name of a highly
sort after Gynecologist in Sydney and
I had full expectations of being cured.
The Story Continues .......
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