ENDO Messages for February, 2002: Re: Confused

Re: Confused

From: Trish (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Feb 21 08:58:29 2002

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At Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Jenna wrote: >
>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

If you have endo, i believe you will always have it, right now i am going back and forth due to meds after surgery. I can say that after 2 previous surgeries i did feel some relief from endo, but after the 3 surgery i am the worst i have ever been in my entire life. >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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Trish

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