I have never left a review for anything in my life, but I am leaving a review for Dr. Boz because…read morein the midst of my last acute endo episode, I read these same reviews to give myself hope. Lying in pain, I must have scoured every review and assured myself that like these women, I would soon feel better. I had no idea just how much better and how quickly that would be.
I came to Dr. Boz after years of doctors appointments, ultrasounds, ER visits, and chronic seemingly unrelated symptoms that had always been dismissed as normal or somehow in my head. My symptoms were progressive and escalated over the past six years. In the past year, they have manifested in the following ways and more: debilitating "electric-shock" type pain at seemingly random times in the month, dull aches radiating through my abdomen, back, and legs almost constantly, chronic fatigue, migraines, and muscle tension due to bracing against pain. My symptoms required me to miss work, made me afraid to make commitments, made many of my favorite physical activities painful, and generally constrained and contracted the scope of my daily life in ways I've only recently begun to understand. Perhaps most insidiously, the anticipation of unexpected episodes of acute pain caused a general looming anxiety and exhaustion. The repeated dismissal of my symptoms by doctors made me feel weak or overdramatic and caused me to question my perception of reality.
From the moment I stepped foot in his office, Dr. Boz made me feel so listened to, respected, and perhaps most importantly, exhilaratingly optimistic about the future. He was warm, efficient, and communicative. After a conversation in his office where he listened to my symptoms, he conducted a pelvic ultrasound and physical exam. Gynecological exams normally really stress me out, but this was easy and reassuring because I felt heard and taken seriously from the start. Based upon this information, Dr. Boz determined I had endometriosis. He assured me my symptoms were not in my head and he would find and excise the disease. I left feeling hopeful, though despite his confidence, I feared that he wouldn't find anything up until the literal moment I woke up from surgery . Dr. Boz told me this is common- after years of being dismissed, many women start to internalize these notions. Thank God I was proven wrong and woke up to the news that Dr. Boz had found and removed the endometriosis. He even provided photos immediately after to explain and demonstrate what he'd done (for me it was really validating and cathartic to see the physical confirmation of what I'd been experiencing). The surgery was very smooth. The nursing team and staff at Lennox hill were warm and supportive, and the space is sleek and full of light. Dr. Boz's confidence and positivity are infectious, and he had me smiling and laughing moments before surgery. He even mobile-ordered coffee for my mother and boyfriend! (I suspect to give them somewhere to walk to keep their nerves down while he operated). Dr. Boz followed up with me every day via whatsapp and facetime the first few days after surgery, and made himself very available for any questions or concerns. I'm just about 10 days out now and feeling pretty much fully healed. My incision sites are so small and healing well- some literally look like paper cuts.
The past few days, I am continually noticing the ways this disease was impacting my daily life and have been amazed at how much more transformative healing has been than I even expected. The absence of this pain is much more far-reaching than just the absence of pain; it is the presence of a new and expanded way of being that is not defined by fear. Dr. Boz is someone I will be grateful to for the rest of my life.
