Ow (again)

[cjsmith]

The pain

just never

ever

ever

STOPS

four Advil

three Aleve

what does it take before it

STOPS

"there's nothing wrong with you," says the doctor

"you're perfectly fine"

wonder if he's ever felt like this

and whether he considered it fine

wonder how much convincing it will take

for him to scoop out my guts

so that all this will

STOP

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the hugs and the feel-better-wishes!

My impression is that either ovarian cysts or fibroid tumors would show up when the doctor goes poking around in there, feeling and squeezing everything. My doc has, at least, been thorough with that type of examination; he seems almost annoyed at himself for not finding anything wrong with me. Is it possible that I have those and the doctor can't feel them?

The one thing he has suggested is endometriosis, which also shows up in a manual examination if it's advanced enough but he was willing to go in with a laparoscope and look around for it just in case. The cure for that one, handily enough, is a hysterectomy. Sounds like a good idea to me.

I have made my stomach feel pretty icky with ibuprofen as well. A six-dose, or enough fours in a row, is too much for me. Unfortunately it's not enough for the pain. As I seem to be showing signs of becoming resistant to naproxen sodium also, I really have to find something other than pain relievers to deal with this.