Re: hello........
From: Anonymo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jan 9 23:10:09 2003
Hi dollbabi,
Not to disagree with the gist of what you're saying, but I would just
qualify your statement (or that of your doctor) to say that HORMONAL
(i.e. DRUG) treatment of one may make the other worse.
There are other options besides hormonal drug treatment for endo -- the
best being thorough laparoscopic excision surgery.
Thorough surgical excision of endometriosis helps most tremendously
(the endo experts say in 80% of their cases, endo does not return),
and I see no reason why that would make PCOS worse.
Please correct me if I'm wrong -- because, while I know a lot about
endo,
I am certainly no expert on PCOS.
At Thu, 9 Jan 2003, dollbabi wrote:
>
>To treat endo, the goal for a lot of patients is to stop their periods
>through the use of depo-provera, lupron, contiunuous bc etc... To treat
>PCOD the goal is to regulate your ovaries and create a regular monthly
>cycle producing an egg and therefore a normal period. Depo-provera and
>continuous bc puts PCOD patients at a greater risks for ovarian cysts
>and manifestations of the disease. Normal periods puts an endo sufferer
>at greater risks for the manifestations of endo,as does depo-provera;
>and the added estrogen lets the endo thrive. To treat one problem you
>are making the other problem worse. It really doesn't leave alot of
>options for those of us suffering from both diseases.
>
>At Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Victoria wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I also have PCOS and endometriosis. I won't criticize, but would you be willing to over more how the treatment for one disease
>>makes the other worse? I've not caught that one so far ... and I'm highly curious.
>>
>>--
>>Victoria
>>
>>PS We have a very small and quiet group for PCOS and endo at yahoogroups called PCOendo.
>>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (dollbabi)
>>
>>hi. I have been coming in here on and off for a while. I have suffered
>>from endo and PCOD for several years now. He performed the surgery, and he explained
>>something to me. If you have PCOD and endo, treating one disease makes
>>the other disease worse. I never had anyone explain that to me before.
>>
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