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Post by semicolon on May 13, 2013 20:43:55 GMT -5
Tell the GI to shut up and go along with it! I just had two colonoscopies within two months, it happens! And my sister had to take me for the last one b/c my hub had to work, an hour away, but I didn't vomit in her car, yay. I haven't been on here for a while, but I have to say I am glad you are going through with this, and I hope it helps. And I know Dr. Mos will do her best to get your insides sorted out.
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Post by omaklackey on May 30, 2013 21:39:03 GMT -5
Had the colonoscopy today. It was okaish... I told them I don't react well to Versed and Fentanyl and I would need Zofran or another antiemetic. So right at the end I started vomiting... just like I said I would. BUT that's not the end of the stupidity. I was awake and I saw several red spots and pointed them out. He did take a sample to send to the lab but he didn't take a picture of either of them and then when he came out to talk to me later (in case the Versed was working and I didn't remember any of the conversation) I am pretty DARN sure that was Endo on the inside of the colon. I can only hope that the Lab tests for that... which I DOUBT, I asked them too but... ugh. I hate working with doctors who are MORONS! Why didn't he take a picture of that! I could have showed doctor Mosbrucker and gotten her opinion at least from the picture. Guys, I'm feeling pretty frustrated right now.
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Post by omaklackey on Jun 5, 2013 21:50:01 GMT -5
I'm having a blue day today. Pain level was so amped up and it just made me frustrated and irritated. My temper is so bad when I hurt. I hate it. I hate feeling irrational and like I can't control anything. I did finally get Dr. Mosbruckers scheduler to give me a day but the insurance is behind... a lot... I just don't know if this is going to happen. I need to start working as soon as I can no matter what.
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Post by omaklackey on Jun 25, 2013 15:14:39 GMT -5
I got a call from the surgery scheduler and my surgery has been approved! I'm kind of stunned right now. I really thought when it got kicked back to review that it was going to be cancelled. Its only six weeks away now. YIKES. I don't know what's going to happen now. My hubby and I agreed that since we thought it wasn't going to be approved but it was that clearly its the right thing to do. I'm still kind of freaked out by it though. The Sacrocolpoplexy is a scary thing.
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 20, 2013 22:03:06 GMT -5
Okay so had a majorly horrible week. I had a bowel obstruction last wednesday evening but I chose to treat at home (not a wise decision if your not a medical person). I did clear liquids, Diladid for the pain, and then used my post op directions and after 48 hours had a small bowel movement and the pain finally calmed down. Unfortunately NOT going to the doctor apparently screwed me. I had an appointment with Dr. Mos in a few days so I just waited and told her what happened. I told her I had a bowel obstruction and she asked if I threw up. I said "No, but I didn't last time I had an obstruction either, and I was in the hospital for four days". She blew me off! Told me I had IBS and to not take Dulcolax (which was HER directions to take if I hadn't had a bowel movement. I was so flustered. ( I should have gone to the hospital when it happened but I'm trying to get a job there and being a patient isn't the way I want them to think of me right now!) I forgot all the questions I had for her, forgot to ask for a copy of my surgical report and when I could start working. I got back in the car and I was so frustrated I just started crying. How could she blow me off like that when I have a history of an Obstruction. I dont even know what to do know. Halfway home I wanted to turn the car around and drive back and demand answers, lots of them. I'm so frustrated. I did think to ask for a referal to a GI that will work with her and be able to access her records. That was it. I forgot all the questions I had about the surgery too... So stupid. The hits on my self esteems lately are really getting to me too. Its hard knowing all my fellow graduates are getting jobs etc. I was stupid not going in to the ER that night. I should have because that would have forced my surgeon to recognize the seriousness. Obstructions aren't anything to play around with either, so that wasn't very smart of me. ARGH
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Post by chibineko717 on Sept 21, 2013 10:56:00 GMT -5
Sorry to hear how she blew you off. She kind of did that to me about the Violet Petal trial even though she told me to go on it. I don't know how she can tell you to to not take dulcolax when you have had such a bad history of obstructions. You probably should be going to the ER when your obstructions get bad. I think the way endo girls are treated in the ER makes us not want to even bother going since they don't know how to help us or the er docs don't listen to our history. What does the ER normally do when you go in for a sbo? Maybe you can call the clinic to send you a copy of the surgical report? The ladies in the office were always nice to me. Hope you are feeling better and my thoughts are with you.
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Post by omaklackey on Sept 21, 2013 17:32:09 GMT -5
The first time I had an SBO the ER admitted me for four days. they did a Cat scan and then a surgical consult and the surgeon admitted me. Fortunately they know me down there so they knew my history of surgeries and the very HIGH risk of SBO's. Its just that I'm trying to get a job at the hospital... not get admitted. UGH! I should have gone though. It was stupid not to, and dangerous.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2013 22:25:25 GMT -5
Omaklackey, you are amazingly strong and such an inspiration to me. I don't know your whole history, but what I have read, most people would have given up long ago. I just know that your own experiences will have a profound impact on how you relate to patients as you start working in the medical field. Hang in there and stay strong. I am praying that you get some relief soon. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using proboards
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Post by omaklackey on Oct 4, 2013 0:17:29 GMT -5
I got my surgical report, as well as the notes from my post op visit. I'm so angry that I actually had to find something to do for a while to get it out of my system. She didn't listen to anything I said. She put in the note that she had told me to "stay away from the stimulant laxatives and then I won't have the pain". I took the stimulant laxatives because I had a bowel obstruction. I was already in pain! *(&^%%$... she says many bad words). I told her I woke up in horrible pain and knew it was another obstruction and so I had taken the laxatives. In her mind, I took laxatives and so had pain... um huh? Why would I randomly take laxatives? Really? I asked Tony if from what he saw he didn't think it was an obstruction and without hesitation he said "yes, it sure seemed like it." Why oh why didn't I go to the ER that night. ARGH. Stupid! Hindsight of course is 20/20 vision but without a doubt that was no smart on my part.
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