I was visiting The Vagina Whisperer (I’ve decided I have to call her that, because even though she's starting with my stomach and back muscles – we all know why I'm there) last Friday, and at the beginning of my session she began asking me questions about Dr. Cook. With him being based out of California, she said she had never actually heard of him until I came into her offices with his referral. She told me that just a few days after my first appointment though, she had another patient come in with a referral from him as well.
So now she was asking questions. Wanting to know more about this doctor who was referring his Alaskan patients to her for vagina-therapy.
I answered her questions. Told her how wonderful he has been, and how blessed I feel to have found such a committed doctor. But in the back of my mind – I had a million questions of my own.
I wanted to know who this patient of hers was. When she had her surgery. How she was doing.
And most importantly – how she had found Dr. Cook in the first place.
Obviously I didn’t ask any of these questions. I understand patient/doctor confidentiality and knew she likely couldn’t answer any of them for me anyway. But I couldn’t help it. I was curious.
Not in a cutting open a bag of bugs kind of way, but in a – who else is up here fighting as hard as I am kind of way.
The truth is, there's part of me that wonders if maybe this person heard about Dr. Cook through me. Through this blog. It’s not like anyone up here ever recommended him to me. None of my doctors had even heard of him when I started looking. I found his name after putting a plea for specialists out into the social networking universe. I had to do all the work of seeking out his opinion myself. Gathering my records and sending them off in the hopes of being scheduled for one of his free phone consultations. In the hopes that maybe, just maybe, he would be the one who could help me.
I’m not saying that another person couldn’t have done the same research and put forth the same effort. Of course they could have. Certainly if they were desperate enough (if they were in enough pain) they could have found him all on their own with no help at all from me.
But I can’t help but wonder with the timing…. Is it possible this woman read about my experience and then contacted Dr. Cook herself from there?
Is it possible there is another woman up here in Alaska battling this disease and seeking out help in all the same places I have? Even now seeing the same vagina whisperer that I am?
Because if it is – I would like to know you. I would like to know who you are. How you are doing. And if your experiences with Dr. Cook have been as wonderful as mine have been.
I would even like to know how you're feeling about vagina-therapy.
I would like to know how you’re feeling. How you’re healing. And how you’re planning on taking on this next stage of the battle.
Are you out there?
Silently following along? Making up your own game plan as you go?
Because if you are – I would love to know your story.
We Alaskan girls have to stick together after all.
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.
Endo battle wounds that is.
Not vaginas.
That would just be weird.
ADSPACE
