['lizbeth]

You're confused, I'm confused. My oncologist put in a referral since I was having irregular periods. I figured I would just be having a pelvis exam and maybe a blood test.

The front desk said they scheduled me with Uro-gyn because they had openings. The resident interviewed me, then said he would do an endometrial biopsy. The way he explained it, well it seemed like some minor test where they would take just a little of the endometrial lining. Being a clueless patient, I filled out the consent form expecting something about as painless as a pinch. After all the word pipette seemed innocuous to me.

The pain was excruciating.

Immediately afterwards I went into the doctor's office, a Lt. Col - who was quite intimidating. He was enthusiastically telling me the options about a hysterectomy, ablation or the IUD. He also offered to roto rooter my urinary tract - if a future test showed I had a blockage (I have frequent urination). I was still reeling from the pain and in my little zone where I know that I'm close to passing out. My thoughts at that point were it's better to put up with the heavy prolonged periods and the frequent urination than to let these doctors anywhere near my pelvis again.

When I said I wasn't that worried about the heavy periods but I didn't want periods that continued on over 2 weeks babbling on about a couple of them - the Lt. Col. hit the ceiling, was pissed off thinking I only had a couple prolonged periods and brought the appointment to an abrupt end. He had been talking about blood tests, the urine test, etc.

So now I've managed to piss off another doctor, but I was afraid of him anyway.

The pelvic US is this friday. And the doctor is so annoyed he's put off my follow-up to October 1st.