As I suspected, the results from my endoscopy were not helpful. Everything looked normal and the biopsies they took were normal. I still had to go in for a follow up, only to be told that there is nothing more they can do for me and come back if needed. (Geez...I knew that with the endoscopy results being normal that there was nothing else they could do. Why waste my time and theirs to tell me that in person
Since my appointment with the RE was scheduled for July 27 I made an appointment with my family doctor to help with short term management of the pain. I went in with a game plan in mind to take a daily anti-inflammatory (similar to Bextra, which was pulled off the market) and use pain meds as needed. My doctor hates giving pain meds to people. Even more so people who have been having stomach problems like mine, because "it can make those problems worse." I did address this with the the specialist and was informed that I don't use enough pain meds to cause the extent of problems I am having. She did give me some pain meds though (probably against her better judgment).
Luckily, my appointment with the RE was later that day. At this point with everything that I've had done in the past for my edno, my options are limited. I can try Lupron (a hormonal treatment) or have surgery #4. Given my past history with using Lupron before surgery and the success in using it after my last surgery, I opted to have surgery #4. The doctor is amazing and impressed me a great deal. He will be taking over managing my pain until I have surgery on August 9. He wants to work in correlation with my family doctor so he had me leave her a message about having surgery and taking over my pain management.
In the meantime I still have a big tummy, I'm tired, nauseated and hurting. I have good days and bad days, though lately it seems that I am having more bad days than good. However, I am done with work so I don't have to worry about how I am feeling. I am still very frustrated that I saw my doctor at the start of June and she dismissed the notion that my endo could be back. She said that because my tummy is big in the wrong place and the medication I take, there is no way that it could be endo. When my surgery is done and I know how bad my endo is, I will be paying her a visit to show her not only was she wrong, but thanks to her I have accumulated over a thousand dollars (just a guess) in bills for tests that were unnecessary and could have been prevented had she acknowledged me at the start of June. I have resumed my job search, though I am not sure I will have much luck finding a company that will be willing to accommodate the time off for surgery.
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