Outcome of need some thoughts re severe pelvic pain

October 21, 2005

Just wanted to say thanks to you all Ann-Marie, Laurie, , Janet for your

ideas, thoughts and prayers for Penny. Thank goodness that little nightmare is

finally over, after four trips to Emergency... In the end we had had enough of

ER and got her to see a gyno who did a laparoscopy the next day in a private

hospital (as opposed to our public hospital system here where your head has to

be hanging off before you get admitted...). The laparoscopy showed a patch of

something that looked like scar tissue on her womb, which the doc excised and lo

and behold the pain has gone away and she is back to her old happy bubbly self.

What a huge relief! He is not sure whether it was endometriosis, or left over

from a cyst that had earlier burst, but she doesn't really care now that the

pain is gone!

When she went to ER for the fourth time I asked the mito doc who is at the same

hospital to check that it was nothing to do with MELAS and she kindly went over

and ordered an x-ray to check on bowel obstruction but that was clear. (In the

Scaglia document on MELAS there are some complications listed at the back which

are worth noting for times like this.)

Before her procedure I printed out the info on the UMDF site about anaesthesia

and sent it to the anaesthetist who I don't believe read all the way through it,

and administered Propofol during the op, and afterwards put her on you guessed

it a Ringer's Lactate drip. She was supposed to go home the same day but

instead got violently ill and had to stay two nights. As soon as we realised

what was in the drip she was taken off it and got better the next morning...

We will know for next time to check everything every step of the way..

Again thank you so muchly for your support! Pamela

Re: need some thoughts re severe pelvic pain

Hi Pam,

I am sorry to read that Penny was in such severe pain that you had to

call the ambulance and go to the ER. Thankfully they gave her

something to help with the pain if only for a short while.

It sounds like the doctors in the ER are on the right track with

suggesting those tests. I am surprised that they didn't do the Pelvic

Scan while she was there. Please make sure you get the Pelvic Scan

done as soon as possible and then if necessary(according to the

results of the scan) schedule the laparoscopy.

You mentioned that Penny got sick on the Tramadol(morphine tablets).

Maybe you can call her PCP and explain to him/her what is happening

with Penny and that the ER gave her morphine tablets but she got sick

on them and ask if they can give you a different prescription for her

pain. That pain is horrible and no one should have to have to try to

live thru the pain. Heating pads only do so much.

You said that there might be a spasm involved, what makes you think

that a spasm may also be involved? Sorry, I might have missed

something in your other post.

Please tell Penny that I will keep her in my prayers and I hope that

she is feeling better and that the pain level lessens. And yes 21 is

the age of being care-free and fancy-free, not having to worry about

anything, enjoying life to the fullest. I hope that Penny will be

care-free, happy and back to enjoying the best time of her life.!!! :-)

Hugs,

Ann-Marie

At 10:24 AM 9/28/2005, you wrote:

>Thanks everyone for going to the trouble of giving your

>thoughts. It is so much appreciated. This morning Penny's pain was

>so bad we called an ambulance to get her into Emergency. They gave

>her something to ease the pain for a short while and did say it

>might be endometriosis. They have to do a pelvic scan and as you

>suggest , a laparoscopy. Meanwhile they gave her Tramadol

>(morphine) in tablet form and sent her home as nothing they could do

>till she has the tests but she has just thrown up from it so is

>going back to just heat packs every hour or so. As suggested there

>must be spasm involved also. Will let you know what

>transpires... (hey isn't 21 supposed to be the best time of your

>life...) pamela

>

October 21, 2005

Pamela

I am so glad to hear that Penny is feeling better.

laurie

> Just wanted to say thanks to you all Ann-Marie, Laurie, , Janet for

> your ideas, thoughts and prayers for Penny. Thank goodness that little

> nightmare is finally over, after four trips to Emergency... In the end we

> had had enough of ER and got her to see a gyno who did a laparoscopy the

> next day in a private hospital (as opposed to our public hospital system

> here where your head has to be hanging off before you get admitted...).

> The laparoscopy showed a patch of something that looked like scar tissue on

> her womb, which the doc excised and lo and behold the pain has gone away and

> she is back to her old happy bubbly self. What a huge relief! He is not

> sure whether it was endometriosis, or left over from a cyst that had earlier

> burst, but she doesn't really care now that the pain is gone!

October 21, 2005

Pam,

I'm so glad to hear that Penny's pain is gone and the source found most

likely.

Hugs,

pamelama33 wrote:

>Just wanted to say thanks to you all Ann-Marie, Laurie, , Janet for your