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Severe endo with hardly any symptoms?From: Heather (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat Sep 28 09:11:33 2002
Does anyone know how common this is? I had a laparotomy in August for a large complex ovarian cyst with cystic and solid components. Turns out the cyst was an endometrioma and I ended up having my left ovary and tube removed. After the surgery my doctor explained that I had sever endo and adhesions throughout my pelvis. Apparently my uterus is adhered to my large intestine as well. I really wasn't too familiar with endo but was shocked to find out that I had a severe case of it. I started researching and found that the only symptoms that I really have are bad cramps and painful bowel movements for two days during my period. A couple Advil always took care of it. I'm 28 and have had those symptoms for 15 years, so I assumed they were normal. My doctor recommended that I start taking natural progesterone right after the surgery to control the endo. I had never heard of this treatment so I told him I had to do some research on it first. In the meantime I am taking continuous birth control pills. >From the research that I have done I consider myself very lucky to not have many problems with this, as it sounds like many of you have severe pain throughout your cycles. At the same time I an having a hard time making a decision about treatment. Because I have few symptoms, I don't feel like Lupron is right for me. Seems like the side effects would be worse than what I have now. Thankfully, my doctor agrees that Lupron isn't the right treatment for me. I've done quite a bit of research on natural progesterone and have found conflicting opinions on it. Seems like most doctors really shy away from it, but I think it might be the right treatment for me. I'm going back in a few months to discuss it further. I have found some excellent information on it in this forum. I wanted to thank you all for the great information and links.
-- Heather
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