Mouse:
Doctors are arrogant, they go to college and medical school, and like many pompous students, develop naive and pretentious world views (including views on health and medicine)...only to graduate and have them come crashing down on them :D

Hello Ladies, I'm swooping to let you know that right now we are asking people to not talk about the election. We've had some heated arguments over the last few months, so we just banned the subject until it's all over. You'd be surprised how bitter the conversations can be! So thanks in advance. ;)

Mouse, I'm sorry that they're turning you all down. :(

Oops! Sorry, Jennifer! I saw the comment about no political views in the avatars, but missed the other!

And yea, some doctors are really arrogant and shouldn't be practicing medicine. Given who I work for, and their reputation, I shouldn't be surprised. But I am, continually. I just refuse to be treated there at all at this point. I actually work for TWO different hospital systems in my area, because the gym I work for is run by Lifebridge Health & Fitness as well, which runs two hospitals in the area. Somehow, though, my doctors that have privileges there and/or are affiliated with the hospital seem much more human! I'm not sure if its the hospital atmosphere, or what, but even though the one set of surgeons turned me down, he wasn't RUDE about it. Whereas the plastic surgeons who were affiliated in any way with the group I work for were just flat-out rude. The last one I saw tried to scare me, which I didn't appreciate, and didn't understand the endocrine disorder, but she wasn't rude or nasty. I wouldn't choose to go back to her, but its more because she tried to scare me and not because she was impolite.
We'll see what this surgeon I see this coming Friday says about the gallbladder surgery. I would guess that my gastroenterologist talked to her about me...
I gotta tell you though, the computer systems these places have are SCARY! I gave her my name, and she pulled me right up even though I've never been treated at the hospital or anything! Then we figured out that it was because the hospital did my drug test for my job at the gym, so I went into the computer... my record was marked "employee". So then I had to explain that I was only part-time, didn't work for the hospital itself but at the gym, and all of that because my insurance didn't match.... :)
That ALWAYS happens, and it can get funny: the hospital that runs the hospital that runs my school has different insurance from the children's hospital, and different from the University affiliated with the hospital system as well... So I'm always having to correct something because they automatically assume I have one insurance until they realize that I work for the children's hospital. Our ID badges look the same and all... But you know what really stinks? ANYTIME I'm on hospital property, I have to wear my ID badge... at ANY medical campus. It is kind of nice at the hospital, because I don't get searched... I'm just allowed in. But other places, when I'm there for a personal reason, its strange... Oh well. Random thoughts at 12:15 a.m.

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Hello All,
Sorry to hear you're not very well Noodles. I hope all goes well with your surgery. :goodvibes
Hope your gallbladder surgery helps you stop feeling sick too Mouse. I wish doctors could be a bit more sensitive too sometimes. :grouphug:

I've got a doctors appointment on Thursday. Last time she asked me to think about the birth control pill as I bleed for long periods of time. Which wears me out(This last time it was a month.) I've read contrasting reports about it for PCOS suffers and dug out some old posts about it here. Decisions, decisions! :?:
Hello to anyone I havent met before! :wave:
Love Annie x

Hi gang!

I know it has been a while! :)

Just to update you, i had my total Abdominal Hysterectomy on October 25th. Today I go in for my 2 week Post op!

So far I am recovering well. they took my Uterus and Cervix but I got to keep my ovaries. they also lasered off quite a bit of the Endo and Adhesions. the Pathology report came back with the early stages of Adenomyosis too so the timing for the surgery was good.

I kept my ovaries for a couple of reasons:

1) they were very healthy with no cysts, scars or Endo on them
2) I am only 37 and we were trying to avoid HRT at all costs!

So even though I have PCOS, the doctor believes we can control it with diet and possible meds if necessary. I'll tell you this.. I am having hot flashes like a mad woman! I guess the ovaries are in shock!

I will get more deets today, but I wanted to check in!

MM - I had gall bladder surgery 8 years ago! 3 weeks after having a C-Section with my first child! Although I was still post-Natal, it was very very easy. I did stay over night but only because I had surgery at 5PM. I was releassed at 10 am the next day. I have 4 tiny scars to show for it, but the results are so worth it! No more heart burn!!

I need to run and get ready to go to the doctor.. but I wanted to let you all know that I have been reading and am feeling better! :)

I'm glad it all went well, Karen! I hope you recover soon. If you still have your ovaries, those hot flashes should go away soon. It might be reaction to anasthesia or medication. Looks like you had good timing on the surgery - I hope things continue to look up for you. You're going to feel SO much better now that it's gone!

Noodles, I understand the growth feeling. I had a very large fibroid tumor (size of a soccer ball) and I could feel what felt like crackling and growing. Ewww.

Noodles: Get better soon. :virtual balloons and brownies: And my brownies aren't that bad: they're fat-free and made with either applesauce or yogurt and egg whites! :)

This week has been pretty long. We had garage issues Tuesday, field trip today, and then the wonderful news that I have to go have a chest x-ray tomorrow. Some of you may remember my being allergic to the TB test serum. Its a new occurance, who knows where it came from. Anyway, the hospital I work for has decided that because htey couldn't read the test, I have to go have a chest x-ray. TOMORROW! :sigh:
Friday I have the surgeon's appointment, then I'm dispatcher all weekend, and go to see my endocrinologist on Monday. Grades are due finished by noon Friday, but all I have left to do is comments. I even have my IEP updates done. I still have 60 industry survey reports to do, but that's just a numerical rubric.
Forget the gym! Though I did get there today through some miracle, and I'm determined to get there tomorrow even though it means coming home after the chest x-ray to get my car and go back out toward the school.
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Good luck! I'm sure all will go well. Are they taking both ovaries?

Nope, no hormone replacement for me. The hot flashes were intense the first month, but they decreased dramatically after that. They really aren't bad. I'd much rather have a hot flash than menstrual cramps! If I get undesirable side effects in the future then they can treat me then. Otherwise, they aren't recommending it. The risks outweigh the benefits for me. If I had osteoporosis I would consider it.

I only answered half your question! I was in the hospital for 2 nights, but that was from the adhesion surgery. I was scheduled for outpatient surgery since it was a laproscopic procedure. They had to do about a 6 inch incision or so to clear out all the adhesions, so that left me in there a couple of days. Hopefully you'll be out in a day! When I had my gallbladder out I felt terrific afterward. I was sore, but not in pain. I took Aleve and was fine. We'll all do an over-the-counter-pain-relief meditative dance for you while you're in surgery! :dance: