Excuse Me While I Vent
Two days before Thanksgiving I had a laparoscopy to see what was causing my horrible, horrible pelvic pain that started on suddenly on August 24. Even though all my CT-scans and ultrasounds were normal they found a “significant growth” and it was leaking blood. They removed the ovary and the fallopian tube and that should’ve been the end of my pain. It took 2 weeks to feel better from the surgery and I had 2 super weeks of feeling fantastic. I was so happy that the 3 months of constant pain were over. That wonderful feeling lasted until my next period. The pain came back and has stayed since December 21. I’m back to the almost constant pain that I had pre-surgery and it’s really pissing me off!
I went to my doctor last week and she is really at a loss to explain why I have this pain again. It sounds crazy, if they took out all that stuff, how could I have pain again? Her suggestion was to try birth control pills for 3 months and see how it goes, thinking that will help calm things down. I took the pills and at her suggestion started them that day. This past Wednesday the pain was so bad I just couldn’t stand it anymore. I called the office on Thursday and explained the situation saying I needed something stronger than Advil because it wasn’t working. They nurse said “Well it can take a month or more for the birth control pills to work.” “What am I supposed to do in the mean time?” The nurse called back and said they had a prescription for tylenol with codeine but I had to come pick it up. Because it was a narcotic they couldn’t call it in. Ummmmmm…I know that’s not exactly true, but I said fine. The nurse said they would be in the office until 5. My husband came home early to take me and we got there at 4:40. Guess what? The office was locked up tight and all the lights were off. I tried the office number and got the answering service. They paged the doctor on call but nobody called me back. Grrrrrrrr.
So this morning I called the office and explained the situation again and asked them to please call it in. Once again, they said they couldn’t and oh, they were sorry nobody was there. Big freakin’ deal. Like that helps me at all. I would need to come back and get it. I was so angry that I just told her to mail it. I said “I’ve been in pain for 5 months. What’s one more day?”
My next appointment with my doctor is in March. If I’m still in pain she said we could try Lupron which is an injection that puts you into menopause for 3 months. So that’s another 3 months. All the “try this for 3 months,” “try that for 3 months” still puts me in pain for another 3 months if it doesn’t work. It’s hard to try to do things normally when there is pain every single day. I get irritated with the kids easier. I’m always wanting to lie down when I’m home. The housework isn’t getting done like it should and I hate feeling this way. I know this isn’t our usual funny sarcastic post but I just had to vent.
