I feel like I was robbed...

[lizzylou]

Ok this started from my reading something in a different place ( you might see my rant, but it sparked these feelings which i never really brought out before).

As I've probably said a million times all over the board. I complained for over a year and a half about how much pain I was having on the left side. MULTIPLE dr's did pelvic exams. I have one an average of every other month for 18 Months (9 exams about). everyone said it's just ovarians cysts and i need to deal with it. My dr did a lap "to make me feel better", and found my left over was over 6" large (supposed to be 4cm) because I had a dermoid cyst.

I just realized how PISSED off I am about it. I WAS ROBBED. Not one out of these multiple pelvic exams did anyone feel anything odd with my ovary, nobody once thought I should maybe have an ultrasound to look at my ovary, and not once did anyone really take my constant pain serious. If someone had maybe LISTENED to be and used their brains, we maybe could have done something to save my ovary. How do you miss something larger than a grapefruit, when it's supposed to be 4cm?!?!?!?!

So now, I'm one ovary down, My other one is nothing but problems and I'm scared to death I'm going to lose that one and won't be able to have a child with my fiance, which I so desperatly want.

[cherry]

I completely symapthise. I went through a stage of healing after my diagnosis, it was more to do with the fear of what was to come so the idea of having to cope with pain that goes undiagnosed for years, then losing out when you could have been helped months ago... well that would make me so angry to be honest.
I'm playing a waiting game now that, even though I know I have endo now, I have unexplained pain that has been left for nearly a year and I fear its a mangled ovary. No doctor has taken ownership, and I had gyn appointments come and go where they could do nothing because they couldn't fit me in for an ultrasound, so in the end I discharged myself and just mooched along. I have my US this week.
A positive is that, like with a missing kidney, your remaining ovary picks up the slack, so I hope it works out for you

[JC]

I get so angry at how doctors just don't care. It really angers me. Why go to medical school if you're just going to d*ck people around?
Have you ever considered a mal practice lawsuit? You lost a friggin ovary for Christ's sake, I would think you have a case. These damn doctors need to start taking responsibility for screwing us over the way they do.