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Old Aug 17, 2015, 10:10 PM
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Pain is a real issue. Don't let them tell you that it is not. That's why (at least here) we count pain as a vital sign. Pain is not something that someone can tell you that you are or are not having. And gyn pain sometimes occurs for reasons that are not obvious.

When I started menopause I started having serious blood loss and pain so I went to a surgical gyn that I had seen before because she is excellent with PTSD. They had me get an ultrasound and I had a polyp that needed removed. But I kept having serious pain in my right ovary. The surgeon was sure that I had a cyst. We agreed to remove my right ovary. When she got in there she said she made everyone in the room look at the screen to see if they could find any signs of the cyst she was positive was there. Nobody found anything.

I kept having the pain for the next year. Every month I had the same pain and even when my hysterectomy was scheduled the dr didn't know if it would solve my pain. She said it was still real and was going to send me to a pain dr if it wasn't cured.

When they removed my fallopian tubes the right one had gotten so long and thin that eggs couldn't pass through without causing the severe pain. No pain since. That pain was totally undetectable and unpredictable. It was also very real and my surgeon was very glad to find a reason but she told me again that not finding it wouldn't mean it wasn't real.

Don't give up on yourself and don't discount yourself. Your pain is real and you deserve to have it treated. Period. (Pun not intended but not too bad .
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