Dismissed by Doctors

For years it came on slowly. A very weird feeling in my abdomen. Making love was starting to become something I was afraid of. When I would climax I would feel an electrical shock right between my ribs, near my spleen. The pain and shock when it happened the first time made me cry seriously cry. It was getting worse time after time.

It was embarrassing to share this with a doctor. When I finally did, they made me feel like I was nuts. After a few years my climax became non existent... it was being muffled. I had been to the emergency room many times with the pain. The pain was always present but sometimes it was bad enough to send me to the ER.

Searching for answers

I finally had a colonoscopy, and other tests. I did so many tests and they all came back as normal. My husband and I always wondered if it could be adhesions, but the doctors would not listen. I have had 6 C-sections and a couple other surgeries.

Feeling dismissed

I was hopeful during my first visit with the first female doctor I saw, I thought she would be more understanding. I was hoping she would do exploratory surgery to find the adhesions, this was my last resort. She insulted me and said she wouldn't do major surgery for that and made light of the issues I was experiencing. She was missing the point. I finally got out of her grip and it wasn't easy. She was trying to make out like I was nutty.

Finding a doctor who would listen

I finally went to a different surgeon and explained my circumstances. They agreed to do surgery and found several adhesions. One was wrapped around my Uterus. That was the reason for my pain and was preventing orgasms. Finally I could sit cross legged and could lie flat on my back again. With the adhesions it was almost impossible to lie on my back without lots of pain. The abdominal adhesions were so painful. Anyways the surgery was well worth it I became myself once again, after about ten years of pain.