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Re: Confused
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Feb 19 15:39:10 2002
Hi Jenna:
Jenna, endo can flare at anytime during the cycle -- it can flare for a
few days per month or a few weeks per month -- nothing about endo is
written in stone. Mid-cycle pain may or may not be endo -- could be
ovulation pain. Whether or not your pain is bad enough for you to have
a lap is something only you can determine. Whether you'll experience
another bad flare during April and May is unknown -- how long do these
flares usually last? Will a few days of ibuprofen generally take care of
the flare or not? You can always have a lap later in the year should
your pain again worsen. On the other hand, given that, knowing your own
body, something "isn't right/isn't the norm", you could just opt to have
the lap now and get it over with. Maybe he'll find endo, maybe not --
but at least Johns will be able to check everything out and take care of
it as required. If you do choose to have the lap, do it with Johns just
in case you do have endo, that way all can be taken care of at once.
At Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Jenna wrote:
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>Hello everyone...
>You may remember me from many of my previous posts. I have another
>question: How common is it for a woman with endo to have a flare-up of
>pain in the middle of her cycle, like right around ovulation -
>especially if, as in my case, I have never had any bad flare-up of pain
>right around the time of my period?
>Here's why I ask: I have not had a diagnostic laparoscopy yet but I've
>been told by 3 separate ob/gyns - including Women's Surgery Group's Dr.
>Alan Johns of Fort Worth, Texas - that there is a fairly decent
>possibility that I have endo. One doctor thought she found a dermoid
>cyst on my left ovary during an ultrasound, which might possibly explain
>the discomfort I've had in the area of my left ovary for 2 months now.
>However, Dr. Johns today said he found nothing wrong with either of my
>ovaries or my uterus during his ultrasound. As with all the other
>doctors, Dr. Johns' examination was very uncomfortable (though not
>excruciating), however, he said he could feel no nodules.
>The only time I have ever felt excruciating pain was back in January.
>That pain wasn't even right around my period...it was actually in the
>middle of my cycle. Since then I have felt occasional discomfort but
>never the agony I felt before. So now I have to decide whether or not
>to have the laparoscopy and I am confused. I'd hate to be absent from
>work for a week only to be told it's not really endo. At the same time
>I'd hate to risk having a bad flare up again during the months of April
>and May when it's really busy here at work. I'd kind of just like to
>know whether it's endo or not. But before I decide to have surgery, I
>want to know if it is possible for a woman with endo to have a flare up
>in the middle of her cycle but not around her period, as was the case
>with me.
>Thanks again.
>
>--
>Jenna
>
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