Re: ARRGH

[Guest guest]

Hi

Don't know exacly what your situation is. Have you considered UFE?

Jen

- In uterinefibroids , " Liz " wrote:

Every appointment leads to another and another, and there's always a 2-week to

2-month delay in between; meanwhile the fibroid is getting larger, which can

only limit my options for surgery, and I'm on a daily double dose of BCP to

keep the bleeding in check. I HATE THIS!

[Guest guest]

> I talked to her secretary this morning, and was told the soonest

> they could get me in for the test is June.

I can so totally sympathize with this, Liz. During the 2 1/2 years

I've been suffering with fibroids, I think most of my time has been

spent waiting to have a certain test or see a doctor.

Have you tried playing the pain card? I'm not above pressuring the

office to fit me in sooner by telling them how much pain I'm in. :-)

Maybe you can even call the doctor back; sometimes they have no idea

how long it takes their office to schedule a patient and the doctor

might be willing to get you in sooner.

Maybe you could also double-up on research. I don't know your

personal situation, but for example, perhaps while you waiting to

have this test, you might want to pursue UAE as an alternative? You

might want to consider getting a pelvic MRI if you have already and

scheduling some time with an IR in case what you hear in June doesn't

work for you. Another thing that I started doing was booking my

followup consultations at the same time I booked the tests so that

there wouldn't be a gap. If I knew I was getting an ultrasound, I

immediately booked a consultation appointment with my doctor at the

same time.

It's so frustrating; I feel for you. You're right to be concerned

about not waiting while this fibroid grows; I had bleeding and

horrible cramping as my major symptoms for 2+ years, then I started

getting bulk symptoms with a vengeance and my condition has

deteriorated unbelievably in just the first four months of this year.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Chris