Ok this is one of the topics I have a hard time with, but maybe someone can offer some help/advice.
I had an appendectomy at the end of October and have been struggling with going sense. I have had pain, constipation issues (though my stool isn't hard), and can only pass pencil thin bits at a time. My doctor (who I think is a few fries short of a happy meal) said that I'm too young to have any major issues and it's just constipation, which has never been an issue, my intuition and body tell me otherwise. I did finally get a referral and sigmoidoscopy which the dr told my partner was fine. I have not been back, I can't get my dr to do anything and am terrified of the specialist after the horrible experience I had.
As far as the sigmoidoscopy, I woke up half way through and the Dr refused to stop or put me back under. I was discharged still in tears, hurting so bad I couldn't stand on my own, and taken back to the hospital later by ambulance due to the pain. My partner was more than agitated after hearing me screaming in pain for so long while he was in the hallway outside the surgical area and being unable to do anything about it.
My doctor is only willing to hear the symptoms she feels are correct, even when that is not what is going on. She will write down and insist upon me having type 1 stool when type 4 is more accurate. I have even had to go rounds with this woman over my family history of cancer. She claims it's not possible for my grandfather to have died due to colon cancer in his early 40's and is in total denial that my brother passed the day before his 8th birthday due to lymphoma. Yes, I am looking for another Dr, but having problems finding one that is both halfway decent and covered by my insurance.
I had an appendectomy at the end of October and have been struggling with going sense. I have had pain, constipation issues (though my stool isn't hard), and can only pass pencil thin bits at a time. My doctor (who I think is a few fries short of a happy meal) said that I'm too young to have any major issues and it's just constipation, which has never been an issue, my intuition and body tell me otherwise. I did finally get a referral and sigmoidoscopy which the dr told my partner was fine. I have not been back, I can't get my dr to do anything and am terrified of the specialist after the horrible experience I had.
As far as the sigmoidoscopy, I woke up half way through and the Dr refused to stop or put me back under. I was discharged still in tears, hurting so bad I couldn't stand on my own, and taken back to the hospital later by ambulance due to the pain. My partner was more than agitated after hearing me screaming in pain for so long while he was in the hallway outside the surgical area and being unable to do anything about it.
My doctor is only willing to hear the symptoms she feels are correct, even when that is not what is going on. She will write down and insist upon me having type 1 stool when type 4 is more accurate. I have even had to go rounds with this woman over my family history of cancer. She claims it's not possible for my grandfather to have died due to colon cancer in his early 40's and is in total denial that my brother passed the day before his 8th birthday due to lymphoma. Yes, I am looking for another Dr, but having problems finding one that is both halfway decent and covered by my insurance.
