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Re: Stage 4
From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon Jul 7 02:15:08 2003
Thank you all so much for your responses, you are all so kind. I leave
for Vanderbilt Hospital in three hours for 1 of 2 consults today on how
to proceed. Keep your fingers crossed that it works out. The 2nd
Doctor I saw was a highly recommended fertility specialist who basically
said that if I wasn't going to use my parts, take them out!! I think
that's what sent me into a tailspin. Anyway thanks again. Ann
At Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Ann wrote:
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>I have dealt with severe pain with my periods all my life, but my mom
>always had pain so we thought it was normal. Recently I was diagnosed
>with stage 4 endometriosis and told I needed a hysterectomy. I am 34
>and have no children and this has hit me hard. I feel like my world is
>coming apart and I don't know why. On one hand I am thinking, maybe
>that is why I am soooo tired all the time and now I know why I hurt so
>bad, but on the other hand I feel kind of like half a woman. I have not
>been depressed a day in my life, but I think I am now. I cry all the
>time, I am feeling sorry for myself, I feel like my husband of ten years
>looks at me differently. When people ask how many children do you have,
>I don't know what to say, if you say none they ask oh don't you want
>kids, if you say I can't have children it is oh I am so sorry and that
>look of pity. I am surrounded by people who have never dealt with
>infertility or the reality of what endometriosis means and I feel so
>alone. Nothing makes me happy anymoreSomebody just please tell me it
>can get better and I am not crazy. Thank you
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