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I can't believe it

by Lee

I'm so stunned. I can hardly stop crying. Now I know I'm not crazy. For five years I've tried to tell doctors that the pain IS NOT right. I had my TL five years ago - I was married to an alcoholic and had two children, I was terrified of getting pregnant. I was 33 at the time. They assured me that my painful periods would get better. What a shock. After the TL the pain would last five days each month, my husband had to take me to hospital to get shots. I would vomit, cry, take any pain medication I could get my hands on but nothing made it go away, I put on heaps of weight. I felt like I was going crazy. Five years on, I'm in a new relationship and I manage the pain with migraine medication. I've had a laproscopy - they found no cause for the pain. At least I have an explanation. Better than thinking I was completely mad. Still each month I am incapacitated for a number of days. I'm terrified of not having medication with me all the time in case I don't get on top of the pain. I've been approved for a reversal - hope things might improve. I can hardly contemplate another 15 or 20 years of this......Thank you for being there
Lee
New Zealand

This message has been edited by sjb on Mar 8, 2001 2:34 PM

Posted on Mar 8, 2001, 3:32 AM

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