Another date with Dr V

Today I had another date with my favourite medical person Dr V.

This was probably my first appointment where Dr V and I both came away happy, which is saying a lot considering we have been together in a Doctor + Patient relationship since January 2014.  When I walked into her room in November she said to me "The last 2 girls I've had in here have gone away happy, so I hope you can be the third."  Unfortunately back then, it wasn't to be as I was still in a lot of pain every minute of the day.

This appointment was different though, mostly because in the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing significantly less pain.  This is awesome for a lot of reasons, but mostly because it's the most 'pain free to an extent' that I have been since mid 2013.  For Dr V, it was probably awesome because that means that this is the first drug that she has tried me on that has actually worked in reducing my long term pain.

Another triumph for me is that now that this drug is working to reduce my pain, no other Doctors can tell me that I have nerve pain / neuropathic pain / habitual pain etc.  My pain is real and it has a gynaecological cause, so to the Gastro Doctors, GPs, Pain Specialists I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!

Dr V is really happy altogether with my progress because my pain is reduced and my latest ultrasound scan came back looking good and like everything was gradually settling down.  She wants to see me again in the middle of the year and said to me before I left "Now maybe you can have your life back", and to be honest, that's exactly how it feels.