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Re: [Birth Control] Abnormal bleeding

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:05:27 -0600 (CST)

You've been through just about everything. It's seems like the reproductive endocrinologist is the right one for you. You may need to have all of your previous results reviewed as well as some new blood tests. Good luck.

Hope this helps and write back anytime for more information.

Dr. M

At Sat, 26 Jan 2002, jill wrote: >
>Hello! I am at my wits end and i hope that someone can help me. In the
>fall of 200, I began to have stange spotting/bleeding about halfway
>through my cycle. I had always had pretty much regular periods... I
>was only 23 at the time. I had been on birth control before, so I
>figured that I would go to my family phystician and get back on it and
>that it would fix my problem. Well, my doctor thought the same thing.
>He put me on loestrin, I believe. I tried it for a couple cycles and it
>didn't have any effect on the problem. Then he put my on ortho novum.
>Again, my hopes were up and I tried it, and still -- the exact thing
>happened. It was like clockwork. On the 10-12th days, the spotting
>would begin and continue until i started the inert pills and I would
>have a regualar period. I got frustrated with my family doctor, so I
>went to an obgyn that came highly recommended from a friend. He decided
>to put me on Ovcon 50 for 3 months, then he was going to take me down to
>35's once my cycle was under control. Same thing happened as before so
>I went back. He gave me internal ultrasound, put me on prenatal
>vitamins, gave me folic acid, a round of antibiotics, Hope cream for my
>cervix (because he said that the cervix was very tender and would bleed
>at the touch). None of this worked. He decided to do a D&C and a
>hysteroscopy... again telling me that nothing was wrong pathologically.
>I kept telling the doctors that I thought it had to be hormonal because
>there is a definite pattern to it and I can tell you almost exactly when

>beginning. So -- he decides to try me on Yasmine. I .........

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York


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