should I complain and to whom (long)

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Hi All.

I got a bit of a shocker yesterday when I went to my post-op. I had

an HR back and Feb 7 and thankfully all looks well from that

surgery. I'm still seeing how my periods will react without the

portion of my submucou fibroid not sticking into the uterine cavity

amymore. Well the shocker is, and I'm not sure where the blame lies

or if any blame should be given, but the doctor went to look at the

u/s report that was taken back in December and went onto discuss the

4x4x5 fibroid that he had worked on and then he had also mentioned

something about 2x1..x1.. that he couldn't get to. I went onto to

speak with him when I stopped myself and said what... 2x1x1? what

was he talking about. Well I stopped and went to look at the report

myself and said, there's another one? Another one? I know that

these things can come in multiples but was did I have to find out

about out by mistake? If I hadn't taken a second and said " what? " I

would have never have know that I had another fibroid. Now

interestingly enough after my surgery on Feb 7, I felt something else

was going on in my uterus. I spot in a different place other then

where the work was done was pulling in my uterus, and I thought, I

know where my 4x5x4 fibroid is, so what is this other physical

feeling? I did have this weird mental feeling that something else

like another fibroid was going on but I didn't know for sure. And

then BAM, in my post-op, there it was in black and white. I'm trying

to not be pissed because what can I do about this other growth

anyhow. Well maybe I couldn't have done anything about it, but I

would have liked to have known what was going on in my body.

I'm not sure if I should blame this office about not informing me

about this other growth or my other ObGYn that I had been going to

for over ten years. That office had never even told me that there

was a condition known as fibroids. Why hadn't they caught this

earlier? I'm guessing that since I only started having changes in my

period this past fall, is why they started to take notice and then

suggested a u/s. Well, I had that u/s in their office and they came

up with only the one fibroid. So when I went onto find a Obg/surgeon

what to do about my condition, that is when I met my current

obg/surgeon who eventually did my surgery. Well that new office gave

me a new u/s through the hospital and that is when they diagnosed the

second fibroid but neglected to tell me when I had inquired about my

test. The only thing I could think of as to why they didn't tell me

about this second finding was because I had only inquired about the

4/x/4x5. I should have questioned my new doctor on this snafu but I

didn't. I mean what could I have done about this fibroid anyway.

This smaller fibroid is anterior. Who am I to trust anymore? I know

that this other fibroid is small but why didn't anyone know to step

in and even tell me about it?

And why didn't the first doctor even find this in their u/s? I'm

thinking, it either is their equipment or their technician that

didn't find the other fibroid.

Who should I complain to and what should I complain about? How do I

protect myself in the future to getting the proper care and

information about my own body? I have these growths in me, and why

do I have to find them by what I believe is by accident?

Any suggestions, totally welcomed.

JenD.