Re: For those for whom birth control pills failed to help your endo...
From: amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed May 8 10:45:31 2002
I'm trying to gather as much info as possible from people that this has
happened to... would you be willing to tell me your story in more
detail? Anyone with stories please send them to amybeacom@yahoo.com -
thanks so much for sharing,
warmly,
amy
At Wed, 8 May 2002, anonymous wrote:
>
>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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