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Oh thank you Calliecake! Everything makes so much more sense to me now!Calliecake|1445138461|3939447 said:OMG House Cat, I am so, so sorry. The reason I wasn't in any pain is because I was put out for the entire procedure. All I remember is them asking me to count backward from 100 and waking up in the recovery room. What you went thru sounds truly awful. I can't believe you were awake for this procedure. I would find another doctor if I were you. I've had this procedure done a few times in the past twenty years by two different doctors and they both put me under for the procedure.
House Cat|1445137120|3939439 said:Well...it didn't go well.
I had an endometrial biopsy with no trouble at all last year. I also had a mirena put in without trouble. Then, when we decided it wasn't doing the trick and it needed to be removed AND we discovered the strings were missing, I still did very well during a tough removal. This procedure wasn't like any of the others.
To start, I was under the impression that I was going to be sedated and given pain medication for this procedure. They told me I was mistaken, that they sedate for the ablation only. I was kicking myself for leaving my bottle of valium at home. The doctor did give a strong cervical block. As she was administering the block, I tried to carry on light conversation so that I could stay calm, but then the room got dark and my lips went numb, and I couldn't hear anything... I was passing out. I didn't feel particularly nervous...but maybe I was dissociated or something. Once they got me back to normal, we waited for the block to do its job and they started with the procedure.
It was incredibly painful. I am actually really puzzled about how this procedure is just a little crampy for other women. They fill your uterus with water and push this camera around in it and the cramping was so intense, I felt like I was in childbirth. I kept asking her to stop and get out...she didn't stop, nor did she get out. After the procedure, I felt like fainting again. I couldn't walk straight, had to get my dad and he helped me to walk out of the building. I felt wild-eyed and in shock. I wasn't even forming full sentences with him.
Today, I feel violated because when I was asking the doctor to stop, I MEANT IT. I also feel violated because, I am really sensitive when it comes to procedures in that area. It is probably why my body tried to pass out. It was a defense mechanism of some kind.
But I also feel shame. Shame because I have read a lot of women having no problem at all with this procedure and I don't understand why is was so incredibly painful for me. I'm so confused why it was like that.
I do know this, two years ago, my doctor first mentioned this procedure to me and I told her I would need serious sedation for it. She agreed to it, but then we went other routes, biopsy, mirena, etc. I think she just thought I was exaggerating when I told her I was sensitive with these procedures. It is all a terrible misunderstanding, but it has left me rather shaken.