CancerCompass message board discussion started by mdrowley on 4/14/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23030,0.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I have kidney cancer and i am going into surgery april 16th. I had just had my daughter in January and I was put on the birthcontrol shot a month after. a few days after the shot i started feeling strange and havent stoped having what i thought was my period for the past month. This past weekend i was having contractions and the next thing i know i give birth to a hugh piece of flesh. white meat whatever you want to call it. 5 hours later another chunk. But after a long contration they came out. I called my obgyn and he just told me to take a pregnancy test and of course it came back neg. because i have been miscarrying for so long. he told me it was just my period, but i cant see my period giving me contractions and allowing my cervix to open and let this out. The second piece i sware looks like legs and a butt. But who knows. They told me not to worry about this but i have been bleeding non stop and still having horrible pains and my stomach just doesnt feel right. Im only 21 and im dealing with this surgery and im just scared that if i tell my doctor about this then they will stop the surgery. so what im asking is....1. do you think its important i tell my doctor?2. do you think i had a misscarrage? sp?3. do you think i need to bring this to the doctors with me and show them what came out?4. Do you think the obgyn is wrong for not testing me to see if i was pregnant before giving me this shot?Im just freaking out. This is too much all at once. And for the past month and a half my doctor has been trying to find out why ive been having stomach pains for so long. they thought ulcers and i got the camera down my throat and no ulcers and we have just been going threw so much and paying for all these specialist for nothing all because my obgyn didnt test me first before giving me this birthcontrol shot. mdrowley Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT You must tell your doctor and by the sounds of it could have been a miscarriage.I have a friend who has a similar thing happen to her. She was suffering from very bad stomach pains for about 6-7 weeks and no-one could work out why, despite loads of tests. She ended up passing a foetus and in the end found out that she had been miscarriaging for weeks. I would have thought that it was only sensible for a doctor to give you pregnancy test before administering a contraceptive shot but really don’t want to comment on what effects this would have had. You really must tell you doctor though even only for your own understanding and ability to be able to deal with the situation.I’m sorry to hear your having to go through all of this, keep strong. Vicci Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT You must tell everything what happens and if you still have the stuff then give it to them for biopsy or an specimen to be studied further. If I were you, I will look for another OB-Gyne, your situation was not given a thorough invistigation and seek a legal opinion about what to do to your OB-Gyne. Ther is a law that we can go after practicing physician who has or made a mistake is diagnosing patient if they don't follow procedure or protocol. They call Malpractice    Julib Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Well i had brought what i passed to the emergency room like i was told by the obgyn and my pcp. And this is what they had to say. 1. When you get the depo shot your cervix gets really think and when you have your period the extra whatever falls out with a period. - well my period has been for a month now with horrible pains. And they got worse this weekend and right before this passed. 2. When they looked at what i had they had really nothing to say but, it looks suspicous and sometimes small pieces will pass with your period but nothing you will notice and this is a hugh chunk. This is a first for us here at the er, but thats what we think it is. 3. pregnancy test came back neg. -if i have been misscarrying for the past month why would it show up positive. 4. I have an ovarian cyst. I went threw surgery and they lanced it in 06 and now its back and filled with fluid. They say they cant do anything about it because i am going into surgery. They were going to give me an anti-inflamitory but they wont because they dont want it to thin my blood. - SO they just gave me more pain killers. NO WONDER EVERYONE IS GETTING ADDICTED TO THESE THINGS. THEY GIVE THEM OUT WITH NO PROBLEM.I dont want pain killers i want this to be resolved. And i feel like they are just bumping me around to cover thier butts. They did take the chunk of flesh to be examined and said they would call me in a few days.What do you think?? mdrowley Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT As a former OB nurse, I can't imagine anyone telling you that you were supposed to be doing that.  It isn't normal to be passing chunks of anything during your period.  I think you need a through medical checkup by another OB-GYN and don't stop talking to doctors until you are satisfied with their explanation.  Keep me posted about your progress.  You're in my prayers. jennypot Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT