My doctor is seriously annoying me

[skepticalpeach]

I just got back from my ultra sound and it turns out I have 2 medium sized cysts on my right ovary. One is 5cm and the other 6cm. I don't want to go on bc because I can't stand the stuff. She just doesn't understand why, but she can't force me to do anything I don't want to. We're gonna wait 2 months to see if they shrink but I don't understand why they would shrink if I've been in pain for almost 3 months already! I also want to have surgery to have them removed because I think I have some endo down there. She doesn't want to believe that this might be the case so I feel like I have to force her to go check. Doctors are such infuriating people. I hate having to be mean but I had to put my foot down and be a b*tch.

I also asked her for a note for my job. She gave it to me, but told me they would probably fire me if I couldn't do everything in my job description. Ok lady doctor, I already spoke to my boss and she was really nice about it. She's pregnant so she understands. Seriously, I know my body and I'm not stupid! Part of me is tempted to stick it out with this b*tch just to prove to her that I'm right. I'm also over a week late for my period and that doesn't seem to concern her. I think she must be stupid. Also, it's against the law to fire someone with a disability, so get your facts straight ma'am. If I hadn't been so tired because I just pulled an all-nighter at work I would have totally snapped at her.

[teddybears4ever2]

I have to tell you that you need to get off the estrogen.  That is not good and whoever told you that was wrong.  Endo is supposed to be linked to an extra amount of estrogen. You should be taking progesterone, that is what hormone your body is lacking.  You don't want to have even more estrogen in your body.  Get off that pill right now, and start taking something else.

[Totie]

Sorry to hear you are having such a hard time with your ob/gyn doctor. I was having two cycles a month for 3 months and in bad pain. I went in to see her and literally in 7 days  had surgery. They did remove my ovary along with the 4.5cm complex cyst. She did tell me normally she would do the "wait & see" approach, I told her she was my doctor the choice was hers. BUT since I was already having a laparotomy to remove a tumor she got with the vascular surgeon & decided she would do her removal first and the vascular surgeon would finish up his part. She actually felt sorry for me because the cyst was very painful, but I was also having night sweats, and had a weight loss of 30 lbs in a year (underweight still), and they can't figure it out. I still get night sweats & bad leg/back pain during the cycle, but as far as I know no endom.

I went to her because my primary doctor kept telling me it was constipation, even though 2 months of me complaining the ct scan showed a 2.5cm cyst (I was never told about) would not go away. My primary still kept telling me I was most likely hitting meno paus (38), not impossible, but that just was not the case and I knew it. The person who actually paid attention to the cyst was the vascular surgeon when he went over my ct scan for the tumor, he noticed the cyst on the report and told me he would contact my gyno and ask if it was okay to remove it and explore and if he found anything abnormal he would call her in during surgery. I did not have an ob/gyno yet, so after I left the consultation i immediately go the gyno # from a friend, and the office people were so nice, they got me in ASAP seeing as the vascular surgeon would be calling her. After my first appt. with her she did the rest as far as coordinating with the other surgeon. If it was not for the detailed vascular surgeon I probably would still be dealing with pain, it was his attention to detail that got the ball rolling. I never went back to my primary PCP, I have another one and I love him, he listens to me....and tells me I am not crazy...

I think you need another doctor...

[kelkel55]

I heard it's common to "wait and see", but most doctors who take that approach will give you pain meds for a FEW weeks and then re-evaluate. I've seen several ob/gyns and they all recommended surgery after a few weeks if your condition didn't improve, especially if your in so much pain it affects your ability to go about your life. Don't mess around with your fertility, I never really had much use for an ob/gyn except when I was pregnant. I wouldn't have even thought to go to one, I was referred by a gen. surgeon. But now that I probably can't have any more kids, I'm devastated. Nobody wanted to do anything for me, it was "wait and see", or "severe IBS" live with it. I was called everything from a hypochondriac to drug addict. And look now, there was actually something wrong with me.

I saw my ob/gyn yesterday. Before he said he got all the endo, and he had no clue as to why I was still in pain. Now he says he got all the "visible" endo, that I probably have lots of microscopic endo, and he has no doubt I'm in pain. He still denies it being on my bowel. He told me to see a GI to biopsy outer bowel wall. The GI told me to see ob/gyn to biopsy because endo is their specialty. I have consulted other doctors. I've seen handfuls of doctors in the past three years. I'm only sticking with this dumb one because he was the only one who would get off his butt and do SOMETHING! And he's so egotistical he would do surgery again at my persistence, just to be able to say "I told you so" if the biopsy came back clean.

[skepticalpeach]

I found another doctor who will see me in 2 weeks. While it might be common to wait 2 months, I'm not comfortable waiting that long. I already had to wait longer than that because she went on vacation for a couple weeks. I'm in pain and I just want these things out of me.

[goldy872]

I think the advice to wait 2 months is pretty common as I am going through the same thing now and I've been reading up on it since I've had endometriosis for many years but have never had it on my ovaries.  However, it does not sound like you trust your doctor so it may be time to find another one based on that fact alone.

[skepticalpeach]

My sister (teddybears4ever) recently had surgery for cysts removal and endo so I think I'm just going to use her doctor. She did a really good job and even saved her ovary. My doc said that if they didn't shrink in 2 months she would just take my whole ovary without trying to save it. I don't think she cares about preserving my fertility at all. From what I know my insurance doesn't cover my sister's doc, but at this point I don't care. I'd rather pay out of pocket than let someone who doesn't know what they are doing take care of me. I'm glad I refused to see the GI doc and go on BC because it's my body and my life.

You may want to see someone else. Shop around a little, find an endo specialist. Endo does grow back, so even if he did get it all, it doesn't mean that it won't come back. Some people on this forum have had many surgeries to clear out endo. It's pretty common.

[kelkel55]

Join the club! For three years I have had severe abdominal, and pelvic pain, and bowel cramping, plus digestive symptoms, and period symptoms, and pelvic symptoms. Got to the point where I had to have pain killers for pain, anti-nausea meds for nausea, stimulants for energy, and a boat load of other stuff. I saw several different doctors who all told me it was in my head, and started giving me anti-anxiety meds. After pursuing it for three years, and going through useless tests I went to my ob-gyn....again. This time he did surgery right away and diagnosed me with endometriosis. I had also had irregular bleeding and cysts on my ovaries. I am still in severe pain with all the same symptoms. He insists he got all the endo, but I absolutely know he didn't. He won't listen to me. I started estrogen to build up my uterine lining in hopes of getting preg. after he did an endometrial ablation without my consent. The pain and symptoms have increased dramatically since starting estrogen. I think that's proof enough that he didn't get it all. I go tomorrow to see him again, and maybe this time he'll pull his head out of you know where.