regular pain akin to breaking an arm is ‘probably ok’
The Consultant’s interpretation of my message during our meeting doesn’t match my understanding. This is what I recall telling him:
“I’ve broken my arm on 4 different occassions, the pain of breaking my arm was always less than the pain I experience during the first hour or so of my periods”
This is what the consultant wrote in the letter refering me back to my GP:
“She admits to having pain during period for an hour or even a day or two this is probably ok”
After reading this I’m no longer suprised that I had to ask him about ways of allieviating the pain – he thought this level of pain was ok. I’ve never thought that extreme pain was ok. I tolerate it, often by being unconscious (fainting). Occassionally I’ve visited the GP to ask if there is any way of allieviating it because the fainting is a bit disconcerting for people around me and not very nice for myself either. I’d rather my body didn’t feel the need to switch my brain off. Luckily the shutdown is slow enough, like Windows 7, that I can make sure I’m safe before loosing total consciousness
January 26th, 2012
I’ve broken a few bones – mostly my own – and I can’t recall them causing real pain. More a low level throbbing. More a ‘walked into a desk’ discomfort than real ‘fingers in the car door’ thing. Mind you knitting bones do ache a bit.
Perhaps your doctor’s experience of broken bones is the same so he associates your period pain with low level discomfort.
Was this the same Royal Berk doctor who failed to acknowlege your unequivical explanation of heavy period flow? – bloody marvellous!
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The unequivical explanation http://wendyhome.com/2011/12/03/dark-spot/
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that’s the doctor! I find my inability to effectively communicate with doctors bewildering, I suspect I am not alone because, like computers, they seem to expect you to know or learn their language and frame of reference. I need a translator.
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I recently had to go to my doctor. My tinittus is now affecting my hearing. Or perhaps I’m going deaf.
Of course my doctor was not available so I saw a locum.
“What seems to be the problem?” (Note ‘seems to be …’ the assumption that I’m imagining it right there at the start.)
“I cannot hear as well as I should”
“(inaudible)”
“I didn’t hear that Doctor”
“Sorry- (mumble)”
“Pardon?”
“I said how long has (mumble)”
“Say again”.
It was like a comedy sketch. He wasn’t listening, I couldn’t hear.
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Grumps you should have your own blog and People should be fitted with volume controls – I’ll make sure it happens on planet Wendy
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“…you should have your own blog” Oh dear, is that a polite way of saying Get Off of My Cloud?
I would need bright new ideas of my own to blog in my name. It’s easier to respond to your inspiations than have them for myself. And after all you’re the one in the Hitchcock movie beset by flocks of ideas.
Grumps, please stay on my ‘cloud’, your cheeky perspective throws birdseed at those pesky birds – giving them a more focussed direction and attracting yet more….