Re: For those for whom birth control pills failed to help your endo...
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed May 8 00:11:28 2002
Amy:
Just wanted to say that the exact same thing happened to me -- bc pills
definitely played a role in flaring my endo.
At Tue, 7 May 2002, amy wrote:
>
>I don't know what pill you are on - but MAKE SURE it does not have
>estrogen in it. I was on ortho-cyclen and it made my pain so
>unbelievably dreadful that I couldn't function... they kept saying
>"give it another month. at the 5th month I said this is insane and they
>finally did an ultrasound to find that an endometioma had grown to 8cc
>on my right ovary. The doctor suspects it was the estrogen from the
>pill. I went off the pill 3 months ago and each month have been in less
>pain. Unfortunately the cyst has not decreased in size and I have had
>to schedule surgery for next month... I note this because I have seen
>lots of research that indicates it might be the hormones that cause the
>pain rather than the actual size etc. of the endo... this rings true
>for me because my pain has diminished DRAMATICALLY while my cyst has
>stayed the same size. Good luck!
>amy
>
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>
>>From:
>>To: Multiple
>>recipients of list ENDO
>>
>>Sent: 5/3/2002 1:18:10 PM
>>
>>Subject: For those for whom birth control
>>pills failed to help your endo...
>>
>>I'm just wondering at what point you decided that they weren't
>>working
>>
>>for you and when to ask your doctor for something else. I am
>>completing
>>
>>month two of my second type of birth control pill. Everything I
>>see and
>>
>>read says to try the pill for three months. I just don't know if
>>I can
>>
>>stand to go another month. I am miserable, in constant pain, and
>>I am
>>
>>beginning to doubt that things are going to improve drastically after
>>
>>the third month of being on this pill. It seems more like things
>>are
>>
>>getting worse each month.
>>
>>Should I hold on for another month or at this point, is it pretty much
>>a
>>
>>conclusion that this pill isn't working for me? I would just like to
>>
>>hear from some others who have been through this. Thanks.
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