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Re: Endo at 20
From: kekepain (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Dec 3 20:00:07 2001
At Mon, 03 Dec 2001, Kim wrote:
>Hi i'm keomah i to was diagnosed with endo at 20 and it is very hard. I had two lapos done and been on every kind of shoot and pill you can name nothing really worked for me but lupron but i heard some bad after effects about it but to late i already took it.well if you want to exchange email or something just contact me. your 22 yr. old endo pal Keomah
>HI THERE. I READ YOUR POSTING AND I TOO TOOK DIANE 35 FOR MY ENDO. I HAD
>TO STOP TAKING IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HELP MY PAIN AND I STILL HAD ALOT OF
>PAIN.I HAVE HAD ENDO FOR 9 YEARS,I HAVE HAD 6 LAPS DONE FOR ENDO, I HAD MY
>RIGHT OVARY REMOVED BECAUSE OF ENDO. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE ANY
>CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE ENDO AND BECAUSE I HAD ONLY ONE OVARY. I PROVED
>THEM WRONG BECAUSE I HAD 2 CHILDREN 16 MONTHS APART. MY ENDO HAS RETURNED
>AND I SUFFERED REALLY BAD. MY GYNACOLOGIST PUT ME ON A DRUG CALLED
>AMITRIPTYLINE, IT IS USED FOR ALL KINDS OF PAIN AND SO FAR IT HAS HELPED
>ME. I STILL GET A DAY WHEN I HAVE PAIN, BUT OVERALL I HAVE BEEN GOOD. I
>WAS ONLY 22 WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENDO AND I KNOW IT IS A HARD THING TO
>LIVE WITH. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN E-MAIL ME ANYTIME WITH ANY
>QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO TALK. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR
>FROM YOU. TAKE CARE. YOUR ENDO FRIEND, KIM.
>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Kasia)
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Endo at 20
>>Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:50:00 -0600
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>>I'm back with more questions. I'm 20, diagnosed with endo nearly 3
>>months ago. It was severe, stage 4 or possibly 5! I didn't think stage
>>5 existed! Anyway, my GYN cut it all out during the laparoscopy. After
>>the lap I was put on the pill-Diane 35-but allowing for a week break.
>>During that week, I got my period and was in so much pain that even
>>prescription painkillers didn't help-they just knocked me out! So I went
>>back to my GYN and he told me to take Diane coninuously. At the moment
>>I've nearly finished the second pack of active pills and yesterday I
>>experienced some spotting, which I understand is normal. But the pain
>>that came with it was unbearable. Does this mean that the pill isn't
>>working for me? Or maybe the endo has come back?
>>
>>Thanks for any advice!
>>
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