he's giving you Motrin for a ruptured ovarian cyst?! WTF is with the medical profession? seriously.
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tiggy - Aug 26, 2008 4:36:37 pm PDT #3296 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Amy - Aug 26, 2008 4:48:02 pm PDT #3297 of 10001
Because books.
That's absurd. I shake my fist at him, Kristin. I can't believe he couldn't tell you definitively, either.
tiggy - Aug 26, 2008 5:01:04 pm PDT #3298 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
well...to be fair on that account. they'd have to a pelvic ultrasound to see it if it's a ruptured cyst. however, the hospital is equipped with those. so...
Pix - Aug 26, 2008 5:09:14 pm PDT #3299 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks for the sympathy, loves.
It was urgent care, not the hospital. I think he didn't think my pain was emergent enough to justify sending me to the ER. To be fair, I wasn't in as much pain then--it had subsided for a bit. Now that I'm back home, I feel like someone is stabbing me through the back into my ovary with an ice pick. Man does this suck.
I took my first dose of 800 mg of ibuprofen and am really hoping I will feel some relief shortly.
Laga - Aug 26, 2008 5:11:12 pm PDT #3300 of 10001
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ugh Kristin. Major pain relief~ma to you.
tiggy - Aug 26, 2008 5:13:38 pm PDT #3301 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
honestly, Kristin? i'm inclined to disagree with the doc. when i was going through all my endometriosis crap 4 years ago(before i knew it was endo), i was having pain like you were describing. my parents called my doctor because i was in so much pain that i couldn't sit or lay still. my doc was really worried that my cyst had ruptured and told me to go to the hospital immediately. so i guess i'm saying that if you're still in a lot of pain after the Motrin should have kicked in, go to the ER.
Pix - Aug 26, 2008 5:15:38 pm PDT #3302 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
I was just looking through a number of web sites (as I am apt to do and later regret), and I definitely have a lot of the symptoms of a ruptured cyst, including some things I had no idea might be related until I saw them on the list. I'm going to call my regular doctor tomorrow and ask her if she thinks I should get a pelvic ultrasound to confirm.
ETA: Thanks, tiggy. If the pain doesn't subside, I will to the ER tonight. I hope to avoid that for many reasons, but I will keep it as a backup plan.
SailAweigh - Aug 26, 2008 5:25:11 pm PDT #3303 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Any pain that 800mg of Motrin can't kill needs to be taken seriously, indeed. Good luck, Kristin and relief~ma, if possible.
Pix - Aug 26, 2008 5:28:20 pm PDT #3304 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
P.S. Seriously, did we incur a gypsy curse at some point this year? Because really, this is getting to be a little much.
Ginger - Aug 26, 2008 5:39:00 pm PDT #3305 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
When I had the ruptured ovarian cyst, the doctor prescribed either Tylenol 3 or percoset, and I stayed home for two days popping pills. I did go to an urgent care place, but it was associated with a hospital, so they sent me over to get an ultrasound. I then had a follow-up ultrasound to make sure it was being properly reabsorbed.
Short answer: They should give you the good drugs. That shit is way beyond ibuprofen. However, if it's actually ruptured, it wouldn't do any harm to wait until morning (IF you don't have a fever), except for the pain. Do you have anything stronger around?