ENDO Messages for November, 2002: Re: Anyone not treat their endo with hormonal treatments?

Re: Anyone not treat their endo with hormonal treatments?

From: Ilene (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 26 21:24:38 2002

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Hi Anni,

I don't know what stage you are at of your endo. Myself I am a stage 4 I did not try any of the hormonal medications in the past. unfortunatly I did not get diagnosed until I was already at stage 4. I am now unoperable, except for having a hyst which I choose not to do at this time. My personal feeling is that if I had been diagnosed sooner maybe I would have taken treatment to keep it at bay or to knock it back a bit before things got too crazy. Now its too late for me and my organs are all one adhered mass and there is no hope for children. Not to say that this is exactly what will happen to you. Everyone is different. And every treatment option you take must be a well informed decision. And there usually are side affects to everything - but you must wiegh everything out. Whats worse to deal with, the possible outcomes and risks ect. the decision is totally yours to make and is a very personal one to make indeed. I just thought I would share my experience with you just to shed some light from another perspective. I may make you think of some thing and questions you had not before. Just to let you know I'm 33 and I sure wish now I hadn't avoided getting pregnant in the past. Hind sight is 20/20 My advice, with this disease if you really want children DON'T WAIT. START trying NOW.

At Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Annie wrote: >
>After my lap I decided to go on the pill, but after discussing it with
>my husband last night, I have decided not to take the pill, or use any
>medical treatments for my endo. I still have quite a bit of pain, am
>taking narcotics still, and Indocin. I am curious to know if anyone
>else has chosen this route of non-medical treatment? If so, how has it
>affected your pain levels, fertility, day to day life? The reason I dont
>want to take the pill is that it makes me extremely depressed and
>emotional, along with all the other lovely side effects. The only
>concern that I have not taking it is that it may make it more difficult
>to get pregnant when we start trying again, in August or so.
>
>Any responses would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Thanks,
>Annie
>
>--
>Annie W.
>annie_01976@yahoo.com
>

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