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Re: Endometriosis stage 4 - terminal?
From: marie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed May 29 13:38:24 2002
I think the only complication i have heard of being life threatening
with this disease is the chance of hemmoraging from cysts. I mean if
its that life threatening they cannot tell you no to surgery with money
or not. doctors take a oath to help anyone no matter what and if there
is a surgery to save your life they are not going to tell you know. If
they do i would invest in a lawyer to check the man out. marie
At Wed, 29 May 2002, Amanda wrote:
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>I have read that some people do die of complications related to
>endometriosis, though uncommon. Several women die each year from
>eptopic pregnancies which are common in endo patients and apparantly
>cysts can rupture and block intestines or ureters causing sudden death.
>I have not read how endo affects the central nervous system but it
>wouldn't surprise me that it can. There have been cases documented of
>endo in the lungs and brain. In addition, early surgical hysterectomy
>has been linked to both heart disease, and cancer. Even if your friend
>is not technically dying...she may very well feel like she is. Perhaps
>she needs some compassion as much or more than she needs the 10 grand. I
>hope things improve for her.
>Amanda
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>At Sat, 18 May 2002, Selisa wrote:
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>>I don't know if this will help you much, but WEBMD has a section called
>>the Endometriosis Center, and they have answers to alot of questions
>>there. They also have a list of some of the rare complications that
>>come with Endo. I have done alot of research too, and I have never
>>heard of anyone dying from Endo, so I am not really sure. I would hope
>>that your friend is not trying to scam people, because this is a serious
>>disease, and alot of people out there don't take it seriously. If she
>>is scamming, it would be easy enough to go online to find out all the
>>right info to tell people, you know what I mean? But I truly hope that
>>she isn't and that if she is really this bad, I hope there is something
>>out there to help her.
>>So check out WebMD, and maybe it will answer some ??'s for you.
>>Selisa ; )
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>>At Fri, 17 May 2002, Susan wrote:
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>>>I have a friend who has told me the following about her condition:
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>>>"I have a chronic disease, Endometriosis stage 4 with severe
>>>complications right now. I have it in my bowels and now it is
>>>effecting the Central nervous system. The medicine that I'm taking is
>>>giving sucha bad reaction and is giving more neurological problems! I'll
>>>need $10.000 to have surgery with Dr. Cook an Endo Specialist in
>>>California.
>>>My family doc was very sad because he can't help me anymore.
>>>He said....I can die because of the severe complications that I have
>>>right now. The insurance co. said that it's too expensive to cover
>>>any treatment."
>>>
>>>I have known many, many people with Endometriosis- but never heard this
>>>before. I am concerned this is not a true story and a scheme for money,
>>>can anyone verify that this could be true? I would appreciate it. I do
>>>not know enough on the subject to know for sure, and what I have
>>>researched online seems to make me think this person is lying.
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