Re: didn't ovulate and now have appointment with dr/ have some questions for all of you
From: Anonymo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jan 16 08:39:39 2003
Holly,
Continuous birth control pills do not work for every woman, but
they did work for me. I did CBCP's for 3 months, then went to regular
birth control pills. I have been symptom free for 2 years.
I would definitely try these before Lupron -- what do you have to lose?
Also, I have been reading about a new medication called Trental that
is a vaginal suppository which is said to vastly reduce symptoms and
greatly increase fertility in endo patients AND have no side effects.
I read about it at the Endometriosis Treatment Center in Chicago.
You can take a look at their website and even email one of the doctors
there:
http://www.treatendo.com/trental.htm
Good luck!!
At Wed, 15 Jan 2003, holly wrote:
>
>geez. i wasted $50.00 on two sets of ovulation predictor kits this
>month. progesterone level was 2.4. i asked the nurse about pain during
>sex and before and after my periods. and i told her that my period came
>about a week early this time. so she scheduled me for an appointment
>friday. i don't know what is going on. she said the same thing the dr
>said. they may have missed some tiny endometriotic lesions during the
>laparoscopy. so birth control pills or lupron is probably my next step.
>i don't know what to do. i want to have a child, but i also want to do
>what's best for my health.
>
>i didn't ovulate because my thyroid levels are overactive. so that
>needs to be taken care of too. so i'm in a quandary. do i just do
>birth control pills to suppress the symptoms of endo until my thyroid
>levels are normal again? then try to have a baby? or do i just go ahead
>and do the lupron treatment (with addback) for 4 months? how effective
>are birth control pills compared to lupron? any answers?
>
>i'm getting so frustrated and tired of all this. to top things off, my
>former ob/gyn's office called today to tell me that i needed to come in
>for a re-pap. i've never heard of that. i had my pap in august and it
>was normal. they also had no clue that i had changed ob/gyns. i had
>requested my records in october and even written a letter explaining why
>i switched.
>
>how bizarre. should i ask my current ob/gyn about the re-pap? were they
>just confused? the nurse from my old doctor's office wouldn't tell me
>anything. she just said that i was on the list. whatever that means.
>
>--
>holly
>ttc for 7 years
>dx 2002 endometriosis
>
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