Obstetrics - Emotionally scared by in office procedure:Health care

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Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.

My experience over Obstetrics "Emotionally scared by in office procedure"

8 months ago, I had a total hysterectomy. Since the surgery, I have continued to have symptoms like: cramping, pinching, discharge, spotting after sex, etc. I finally had the courage to go visit my obgyn to be examined and make sure everything is okay. I wasn’t sure if these pains were because I just needed to straighten my core muscles or if it was something to worry about. During the visit, doctor did a examination and found something weird on the left side. He said if left like a whole or like something was sucking in. The examination was very painful when he touched the area. He proceeds to insert a spectrum to take a better look and says he can see granulated tissue. He touches it with a q tip, which was also extremely painful. He told me this is the problem to my symptoms and that he could take care of it really quick. He leaves the room and I hear him ask for forceps. When he comes in, I ask if the procedure would be painful and he responds with “not more then when I touched you”. I did not ask more questions. I was nervous and already stressed because of the pain I just felt from the examination alone. As soon as he begins the procedure (which I am not he was doing) I felt the worst pain I have ever felt in my entire life. I have had 4 children, all weighing 8-10 pounds. I suffer from chronic back pain for 10+years and have been in the ER multiple times over this. i have had ovarian cysts burst a couple of times, but nothing felt like this. I feel like I have a pretty good threshold for pain, but whatever happened at this appointment,left me feeling traumatized. Once the doctor realized I could no longer take the pain, he stopped and removed everything from inside of me. He held my hand while I tried to breath through the lingering pain. He apologized profusely and said he would never hurt me like that again and to continue to breath. He kept asking questions like what level my pain was at and bunch of other things, but I could not process the words being said because of the pain. At the end of the appointment, he asked me to please not be scared to go back for a 2nd appointment. I would need to be seen in 2 weeks so he could take a look at it again. If he sees anything left, then I would need surgery in order to remove the rest because I he believes I have a lot of nerve ends that are not dead. I left the appointment shaking and drove home as fast I could. I cramped and bleed for a couple of days. I do feel better physically, with a little pulling and pinching now and then, but mentally I have gotten worse. I go into emotionally outbursts, where I shake and cry and then a few minutes later it pases. I called my dr. to ask about the procedure. I figured if I knew a little more info, I could mentally calm down a bit. Nurse said that the procedure was done similar to a biopsy where the removal was done by scraping and then she repeated the word biopsy, trying to be careful with her words. I’m not sure what I am looking for from writing this. I guess I’m looking for reassure that this was normal, or maybe that it wasn’t…maybe having a little more understanding of what was being achieved would help settle my anxiety… I still have my 2 week appointment scheduled, but I’m scared to go. I have always felt safe with my doctor, but now I’m worried about how I will feel or react when I see him, or if I will even be comfortable to be examined one more time. Any words of advice or encouragement will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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