Re: Confused
From: Wanda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Feb 22 22:38:24 2002
Jenna,
I am not sure the answer to that question....but I think I have a flare up
whenever my body says its time. I don't really think about when it is. I
have had pain 2 weeks before my period, the week of and the week after...
I am sorry that I can't help anymore than that.
Hugs,
Wanda
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenna" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ENDO" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:59 PM
Subject: Confused
> 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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