Re: Very weird - has this happened to you?
From: Jean (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jul 30 05:06:59 2003
Kristen,
Not only did it *sound* gross, it *looked* gross, *felt* gross, and all
around *WAS* gross!!!
At Tue, 29 Jul 2003, kristen wrote:
>
>EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW jean. that just sounds gross. sorry but it does.
>kristen.
>
>At Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Jean wrote:
>>
>>At Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Darla wrote:
>>>
>>>This is going to be candid... I am on birth control. I have endo and
>>>fibroids. I used to have dark spotting before my period but for the
>>>past 3 months my periods have been normal. My doctor is happy with my
>>>progress and doesn't want to see me again for another 6 months.
>>>
>>>Last week I wore some control top panties. By the end of the day I was
>>>swollen and I couldn't get them off fast enough. The next day I started
>>>to feel menstrual cramps although my period wasn't due to start for
>>>another 5 days. The day after that I began spotting fresh blood. The
>>>spotting continued and gradually increased over the next couple days
>>>then the pain got worse. It got so bad at one point that it reminded me
>>>of a miscarriage that I experienced a year ago. I went to the bathroom
>>>and tried to have a bowel movement and while bearing down I felt a
>>>sensation like I was removing a tampon. Then "Galump" something solid
>>>fell into the commode. It was not a tampon, I didn't have one in. It
>>>was a very dark mass of folded membrane that did resemble a tampon in
>>>shape and size. Odder still, once that happened the pain began to
>>>diminish. The whole next day I expelled these dark red membrane clumps.
>>>Now I feel fine. My husband wants me to call the doctor but I feel fine
>>>now. What do you girls think?
>>
>>I don't know if this would be similar, but I used to "deliver" these
>>large "tentacles" before I had the endometrial hyperplasia scraped out
>>during a D&C. If you've never seen pictures of endometrial hyperplasia
>>in a uterus, it's pretty amazing -- the whole uterus can be filled with
>>these fronds/tentacles that grow to a very large size and are not always
>>expelled during menses, so they keep on growing.
>>
>>--
>>Jean
>>
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Jean
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