Endometriosis Support Group
Endometriosis is a common medical condition where the tissue lining the uterus is found outside of the uterus, typically affecting other organs in the pelvis. The condition can lead to serious health problems, primarily pain and infertility. A major symptom of endometriosis is pain, mostly in the lower abdomen, lower back, and pelvic area.
Check out this post from Endo Sucks! - (Trigger Warning) "The garbage bag dismissal of Dr. Drew Pinsky (or, why cant celebrity doctors just get a grip?)"
Again: Trigger Warning for mentions of abuse.
http://endosucks.wordpress.com/
I can't believe this "doctor" called pelvic pain a "garbage bag disorder" and blamed it all on emotional trauma. Really? Emotional trauma makes organs fuse together?
Ugh. What a jerk.
Thought I'd share this with you guys. If any of you are on Facebook or Twitter you might want to let "Dr" Drew Pinsky of Loveline know how you feel about him calling your endometriosis a "garbage bag disorder" and a "tale of woe." Endo Sucks! gives you his contact info at the bottom of the post.
Ugh. I can't even...
Again: Trigger Warning for mentions of abuse.
http://endosucks.wordpress.com/
I can't believe this "doctor" called pelvic pain a "garbage bag disorder" and blamed it all on emotional trauma. Really? Emotional trauma makes organs fuse together?
Ugh. What a jerk.
Thought I'd share this with you guys. If any of you are on Facebook or Twitter you might want to let "Dr" Drew Pinsky of Loveline know how you feel about him calling your endometriosis a "garbage bag disorder" and a "tale of woe." Endo Sucks! gives you his contact info at the bottom of the post.
Ugh. I can't even...
I would like to see him survive month after month of endo pain!!!
So a PS to this D-bag because he has really ticked me off-I was never sexually abused and have never sexually abused anyone else in my entire effing life either fyi. I only saw one doctor (my gyno) who found a mass that needed to be removed because of my cancer history and that's how he found out I had endo and lots of it. I also do not visit my doctors all the time. In fact i avoid it at all costs because I hate being there and being reminded everyday that I had an illness that nearly killed me and one that is going to irritate me for possibly the rest of my life. Also why would I be seeing a urologist for endometriosis? Why would you even recommend that? For a freakin sex doc he clearly has no idea of a women's body, has no intelligence on endo and obviously trying to compensate for his lack of knowledge and small penis.
Here is the link to the youtube video if anyone is more of an audio person, the video does contain graphic photos of endo so if your spleenie I wouldn't watch it. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUjVM-L6agU
When is he having his next call in show? We should all call in and give him the 411 about what a moron he is and that he needs some serious education on the subject.
Just so everyone knows. Loveline has a website... with email contact info... ;)
I definitely let his producer know what I thought about endometriosis being called a "garbage bag disorder" lol
Just a word of caution: be levelheaded and factual. We wouldn't want him chalking our endo up to our obvious hysteria! Ha. What a dick.
It just really makes me want to cry that I feel like I want to say that I have breast cancer all over again so that way people & doctors like him will believe me when I say that I'm in pain, don't feel well and that I feel like there is something wrong with me. Disgusted.
https://www.facebook.com/Dr.DrewNeedsToApologize
https://mobile.twitter.com/drdrew/status/459717570430382080
I sent this as a story tip over to Jezebel and XOJane, and I know a couple of other peeps did as well. I'm hoping they make some kind of commentary on it, but who knows.
What Dr. Cook has to say: "Dr Drew : I am Dr Andrew Cook, Medical Director of Vital Health Institute. I have devoted over 20 years to the successful treatment of women with Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain. We have studied over 1000 patients and have accumulated data including extensive symptomatic study, social history, pathological results, recurrence rates, and overall outcomes post treatment. Please see our website at www.vitalhealth.com. I would like to address your misinformed comments on the diseases of Interstitial Cystitis, Endometriosis, and Pelvic Pain. These conditions are not "Functional Disorders" as you describe. You state these diagnosis "aren't discernably pathological" and call them "garbage bag diagnosis" used "when you can't think of anything else." Your statements are inaccurate and hurtful to the vast population of women affected by these diseases. We have clinical data and pathologically proven evidence on thousands of patients supporting these very real diagnoses. Particularly disturbing is your misinformed position declaring "unexplained pelvic pain" as a "somatoformed dissociation" resulting from a history of sexual abuse. Though a small minority of patients in my study revealed a history of sexual abuse, the vast majority, 98%, did not report a history of abuse. To suggest that 176 million suffering from Endometriosis, IC, and Pelvic Pain need to see a "Trauma Specialist" is not helping women find the needed surgical help for their pathologically proven disease. I would like to offer you a copy of the book I wrote on endometriosis last year if you would provide me with your correct mailing address. I would also be glad to speak with you about endometriosis and discuss the current medical evidence on this topic. Please contact me either via email at cook@vitalhealth.com or through my office at 408-358-2511."
World-Renowned Endometriosis Specialist in California
Dr. Andrew Cook - Recogized by many to be one of the best endometriosis specialists and surgeons in the world. Author of 'Stop Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain.' Located in California.
VITALHEALTH.COM
Has anyone ever heard the term "garbage bag disorder" used in medicine to describe anything? I certainly never have!! This is so insulting to all of us who suffer from this very real, debilitating disease that is NOT all in our heads!