chl_hobbs
17-11-12, 19:30
Hi all,
As some of you know last year I had a routine laparascopy (camera in womb) to look for any womb problems. Somehow the surgeon tore my spleen, I woke up and he hadnt realised hed done it. Basically I was told I needed a life saving operation, and that Id lost so much blood I might not survive.... I was in intensive care and had two blood transfusions. I developed PTSD and suffered flashbacks and extreme HA, thinking that any pain etc meant I was about to die.
Well, after some counselling from a psychologist for 9months, I have been MUCH better.
However, this week has been awful. I have been to A+E twice, my GP twice and Urgent Care once...in the space of 7 days. I was admitted to a ward on Tues sent home Wed. However, my symptoms ARE real, but no one knows what's causing them, which makes me worse.
It started last Saturday, when my right side of my stomach started with a sharp pain. This pain went into my hip and in my thigh. It got worse and worse, and on Tuesday I was almost bent over permanently with the pain. I went to a+e after work, and they admitted me, but they stupidly sent me to a Gynae ward, where even Gynae said I should be on a medical ward not there. They did bloods (normal) and an abdominal ultrasound (normal). I went home on wed, but then started getting swelling and a dark bruise type lump along the same vein the cannula had been in further up in my arm. Well, my whole arm started to throb with pain. I almost had a huge panic attack at work thinking about it. Then I got chest pains, and convinced myself that I had a DVT and that that was what the hip/leg, arm and chest pain was. I went to the GP that night, he said sciatica, and yet again I didnt believe him.
So the next day I lied to everyone I know, and took myself to a+e again. They did a d-dimer test and the dr said it was negative so did not have a clot.... I was relieved but now, 24hrs later am starting to disbelieve her (she knows about my PTSD and anxiety problems).
My whole right arm is still throbbing with sharp pains up and down it, my right leg and hip feels so sore and with sharp pains, and i keep getting pains in my chest and upper back. I am so near a panic attack, and Im almost convinced I will die, and that yet again, doctors have made a mistake with me :( I have a 2 year old daughter, and I cry at the thought of her growing up without me....
Sorry to go on, just wanted some help/ and to rant away...
Charlotte x
As some of you know last year I had a routine laparascopy (camera in womb) to look for any womb problems. Somehow the surgeon tore my spleen, I woke up and he hadnt realised hed done it. Basically I was told I needed a life saving operation, and that Id lost so much blood I might not survive.... I was in intensive care and had two blood transfusions. I developed PTSD and suffered flashbacks and extreme HA, thinking that any pain etc meant I was about to die.
Well, after some counselling from a psychologist for 9months, I have been MUCH better.
However, this week has been awful. I have been to A+E twice, my GP twice and Urgent Care once...in the space of 7 days. I was admitted to a ward on Tues sent home Wed. However, my symptoms ARE real, but no one knows what's causing them, which makes me worse.
It started last Saturday, when my right side of my stomach started with a sharp pain. This pain went into my hip and in my thigh. It got worse and worse, and on Tuesday I was almost bent over permanently with the pain. I went to a+e after work, and they admitted me, but they stupidly sent me to a Gynae ward, where even Gynae said I should be on a medical ward not there. They did bloods (normal) and an abdominal ultrasound (normal). I went home on wed, but then started getting swelling and a dark bruise type lump along the same vein the cannula had been in further up in my arm. Well, my whole arm started to throb with pain. I almost had a huge panic attack at work thinking about it. Then I got chest pains, and convinced myself that I had a DVT and that that was what the hip/leg, arm and chest pain was. I went to the GP that night, he said sciatica, and yet again I didnt believe him.
So the next day I lied to everyone I know, and took myself to a+e again. They did a d-dimer test and the dr said it was negative so did not have a clot.... I was relieved but now, 24hrs later am starting to disbelieve her (she knows about my PTSD and anxiety problems).
My whole right arm is still throbbing with sharp pains up and down it, my right leg and hip feels so sore and with sharp pains, and i keep getting pains in my chest and upper back. I am so near a panic attack, and Im almost convinced I will die, and that yet again, doctors have made a mistake with me :( I have a 2 year old daughter, and I cry at the thought of her growing up without me....
Sorry to go on, just wanted some help/ and to rant away...
Charlotte x