My stats: 31, female, Alberta Canada, 5'2 and 105lbs
First went to emergency room in August 2011 due to extreme rectal pain and large growth protruding from anus
Emergency room doctor thought the growth was a haemorrhoid, pushed it back in (ow!) and gave me a referral to a specialist (and suppositories and creams)
mid Dec 2011, appointment with specialist - colorectal specialist diagnosed me with large polyp that needs to removed through minor day surgery
Pain during and after BMs has gotten progressively worse and worse.
It's now mid february and they still refuse to give me a surgery date.
I've called so often complaining about my pain that the nurse finally asked the doctor to give me a prescription for Diltiazem. Doesn't work on me.
So basically I'm in pain every day during my bowel movement and then for about 6 hours afterwards - I take an extra strength advil for the pain but it seems to have stopped working for the past month or so. This has been going on for at several months and I can't stand it anymore. It's currently 2:16am and I can't sleep because of the pain and I'm supposed to get up at 5:30am for work.
I'm tempted to fly to the states to get a surgeon to fix me ASAP and just pay for it. I can't live like this. I've been thinking about killing myself more and more.
Anyone have any experience going from Canada to the states for surgery? How much does it cost?
Or alternatively, is it worth it to get my doctor to give me a referral to another colorectal surgeon in the city or will that just mean more waiting for appointments?
Things that have worked: Magnesium citrate supplement once a day (I attribute my lack of constipation to this), vaseline to lube up every BM ( I imagine my pain would be much worse without it).