Enola Martinez

@redelephant976270 · Jan 10, 2026 at 8:13 pm

I waited 5 months to find my own doctor

This was one of the first times I truly advocated for myself medically.
I had severe abdominal pain that they had me wait 6 months to treat- I had to seek out my own surgeon who would listen to me.
I had a HIDA scan run at about 4 months (they finally caved and ran one) and my gallbladder was TOO active. My doctor who ordered it (also my gastrointestinal surgeon from a surgery 5 months prior) said that isn’t a thing and to tough it out, I must just be eating wrong or having an unusually hard time recovering from the first surgery.
My new general surgeon said that absolutely was a thing, wanted it out as soon as possible- I am a music director and had to tough it out one more week to get through my winter concert. I don’t work a job where I can easily be replaced. He had me in the day after the concert, pulled out my gallbladder (I had to get the IV in my foot 0/10, do not recommend), and guess what, my pain was gone as soon as I stopped processing the pain of that surgery!
Whodathunk.
If I had stayed with the original surgeon I’d probably still have my gallbladder and still be in that pain. And with my mental health, who knows where that would’ve taken me.
I feel a little asham