Hi everyone,
About two weeks ago, I started having extremely severe stomach and pelvic pain. I went to my primary doctor, who said to go to the ER if it got worse — but at the time, he didn’t seem too concerned.
Well, it did get worse, so I went to the ER. They told me it was just a painful period and sent me home. When the pain continued to escalate, I went back a few days later, only to be told again that it was nothing.
At that point, I decided to go to a different hospital in a nearby city for a second opinion. I knew something wasn’t right — I know my body. I even dropped weight like crazy in like a week, from 247lbs to 229lbs.
That ER finally found something: a teratoma (dermoid cyst) in my uterus, multiple large cysts, fluid in both fallopian tubes that seemed blocked in, and free fluid in my pelvis. But even then, they just sent me home and told me to follow up with a gynecologist in 6–12 weeks.
Since then, the pain has gotten worse — to the point that I can barely walk. I’ve called every doctor I can, but the earliest gynecology appointments are months out. I’m seriously worried that this teratoma or the cysts are causing complications that might need urgent care, maybe even surgery.
I don’t know what to do. I’m scared that if I go back to the ER, I’ll just be brushed off again. Is this really the protocol — to just monitor this for weeks or months while I live in excruciating pain? Is there anything I can say or do to get them to take this seriously or to get faster care?
Any advice or insight would mean the world right now.
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Backup of the post’s body: Hi everyone,
About two weeks ago, I started having extremely severe stomach and pelvic pain. I went to my primary doctor, who said to go to the ER if it got worse — but at the time, he didn’t seem too concerned.
Well, it did get worse, so I went to the ER. They told me it was just a painful period and sent me home. When the pain continued to escalate, I went back a few days later, only to be told again that it was nothing.
At that point, I decided to go to a different hospital in a nearby city for a second opinion. I knew something wasn’t right — I know my body. I even dropped weight like crazy in like a week, from 247lbs to 229lbs.
That ER finally found something: a teratoma (dermoid cyst) in my uterus, multiple large cysts, fluid in both fallopian tubes that seemed blocked in, and free fluid in my pelvis. But even then, they just sent me home and told me to follow up with a gynecologist in 6–12 weeks.
Since then, the pain has gotten worse — to the point that I can barely walk. I’ve called every doctor I can, but the earliest gynecology appointments are months out. I’m seriously worried that this teratoma or the cysts are causing complications that might need urgent care, maybe even surgery.
I don’t know what to do. I’m scared that if I go back to the ER, I’ll just be brushed off again. Is this really the protocol — to just monitor this for weeks or months while I live in excruciating pain? Is there anything I can say or do to get them to take this seriously or to get faster care?
Any advice or insight would mean the world right now.
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Still a ways to go 🍔
Have you been speaking to male doctors? If so I’d go back and ask for a female doctor to assess you. Either way trust your gut, you know somethings not right go back and bother them until they help you