I went to see my doctor
not long after my last blog entry. And my apologies for the time between
entries! I’ve a couple of big projects to do and I haven’t been feeling too
brilliant – although much better now.
Back to the doctor.
She was amazing. I told her how I was feeling and that I wanted to go and see a
counsellor. She agreed it would be a really good idea and we worked out who
would be best for me to go and see. My doctor also offered to spend time, right
there and then, talking about the endometriosis and how I was feeling about it
all.
I won’t go into all of
it, but she basically validated what I was feeling – which was very important
as I now realise. To have someone who doesn’t have a personal link to me (as family
and friends do) say that my thoughts and feelings are rational was so
comforting – I’m not crazy! At least not on this issue…
My doctor suggested
that I write a letter to the IVF clinic that we went to and let it all go.
Write exactly what I feel and say exactly what I want to say – let it rip and
use all the angry words I want to use without any holding back. And then, if I
wanted to later, I could write it in a more appropriate way and actually send
it to the IVF clinic manager.
I wrote the letter
about a week after seeing my doctor. It was really therapeutic. I started off
with my incredibly angry words, and then through the letter ended up claiming myself
and my healing back.
I have decided to
share the letter with you as it shows the thought process that I went through
while writing it – from unbelievable anger at the clinic to claiming my own
self again. I have blacked some of the letter out due to the words not being
necessarily appropriate!
I will still be writing to the IVF clinic formally and seeing a counsellor, but writing this letter now has been an important and valuable first step in working through these messy emotions.
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