What Doctors Don't Tell You About Tubal Ligation and Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome by, Susan Bucher © 2006 Buy a copy for yourself or for someone you know   click here for more information

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Well I accidently ran into this while on webmd.com as I have had so many problems with my health and the doctors just aren't helping.I checked off over 20 of the 45 symptoms on their list. I have been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I have been prescribed Xanax for my anxiety.

These are all symptoms that I started feeling over the last 5 years. I am 47 years old. I had my last child at 42 and opted for a tubal after his birth. It just so happened that after many trips to my doctors, to test for thyroid problems, why my allergies are so bad now and why I have gained over 48 pounds in the last 2 years alone, that my boyfriend said I bet it was the fact that you had your tubes tied. I was like, oh come on your nuts, why would that cause all these problems. Then I got on this site and started reading. I am in shock. Why in the world did they not tell me.

I am at work right now and feeling about 5 of the symptoms right now. I cannot concentrate, I am so tired I can barely type this post. I am sick to my stomach and I am very dizzy. To top it off I work for the Federation of State Medical Boards, which if you would like to know more about what we do you can log on to our website at www.fsmb.org My particular function is in the exam department helping doctors all day long set up for their final board exam so they can become licensed physicians. I deal alot with the ABMS which is the American Board of Medical Specialties who happens to be the umbrella for which the speciality boards fall under one being the ACOG!

I know now why I feel as I do but I also know that if I return to my Ob/GYN he will deny it as I am sure the COS does exist. My father was an Anesthesiologist and my mother a nurse anesthestic, my sister a nurse and her husband a doctor. To be as ill as I have been and not to have been told of this syndrome by my Ob/GYN is bad enough for the layman but for someone like me who has been surrounded by medicine her whole life and now works in the administrative end helping secure safe medical practice by all physicians is a travesty and something I shall never forget. I will get a new OB/GYN and I will take the PTLS information to the new doctor but at my age I am sure it will be shoved off as "these are the things that happen to someone approaching the age of 50". I am literally sick to my stomach here at my desk to think that I work so hard only to have been short changed by the very same physicians that I help on a daily basis become licensed to practice. God help this country and the women who legitimately have this disease!!

Posted on Feb 11, 2004, 10:49 AM

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