songbird
10-11-2005, 01:18 PM
Usually I think my rheumy is the greatest doctor since sliced bread, but right now I am really P.O'd at him, just need to blow off some steam.
He told me that treating me with Cytoxan would leave me unable to have children. I accepted that, though with some difficulty. The medicine seemed nessecary, and it worked. I continued to use the Pill out of habit.
He never told me that Prednisone decreases the effectiveness of the Pill. If he had, I would have incorporated some other method of birth control into my routine.
Since I trusted and believed him, I chalked the symptoms of pregnancy I had up to lupus; all of the ones I had could be explained by a combination of medication and disease process rather than by a baby.
Because I trusted and believed this man's analysis I now have to deal with a developing child who was exposed to Coumadin through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, before I knew what was going on. A child who was also exposed to X-rays and MRIs, though doctors assure me the levels were not enough to be dangerous. (Should I believe that, I wonder?)
Of course I have no idea what Coumadin will do to my little one, but the list of possibilities is truly frightening to me. I won't be able to see some problems on a sonogram, and others won't show up untill 20 weeks or so.
I am furious that trusting my doctor has put me in the position of considering "quality of life" issues for a newborn! It has put a major cloud over this pregnancy, and it just isn't fair!
He told me that treating me with Cytoxan would leave me unable to have children. I accepted that, though with some difficulty. The medicine seemed nessecary, and it worked. I continued to use the Pill out of habit.
He never told me that Prednisone decreases the effectiveness of the Pill. If he had, I would have incorporated some other method of birth control into my routine.
Since I trusted and believed him, I chalked the symptoms of pregnancy I had up to lupus; all of the ones I had could be explained by a combination of medication and disease process rather than by a baby.
Because I trusted and believed this man's analysis I now have to deal with a developing child who was exposed to Coumadin through the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, before I knew what was going on. A child who was also exposed to X-rays and MRIs, though doctors assure me the levels were not enough to be dangerous. (Should I believe that, I wonder?)
Of course I have no idea what Coumadin will do to my little one, but the list of possibilities is truly frightening to me. I won't be able to see some problems on a sonogram, and others won't show up untill 20 weeks or so.
I am furious that trusting my doctor has put me in the position of considering "quality of life" issues for a newborn! It has put a major cloud over this pregnancy, and it just isn't fair!