ENDO Messages for August, 2003: Re: should I get a lap??? very urgent, please respond!

Re: should I get a lap??? very urgent, please respond!

From: JEN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Aug 29 02:07:33 2003

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At Thu, 28 Aug 2003, anonymous wrote: >
>First off, I've been reading through the posts and I really appriciate
>the information and advice that everyone here is willing to provide
>about endo.
>
>I am 21 years old and on a BC pill Alesse. Right now I would describe
>my pain as mild, but about 4 months ago I had more severe pain, a
>bruised/swollen feeling inside my vagina. I had an ultrasound at the
>time which showed a cyst. Then I had a CT scan which showed nothing.
>Then I had another ultrasound, and I find out the results next week. My
>doctor gave me the option of having a lap done if nothing showed up on
>the ultrasound. Should I go for it??????
>
>As I said before, the pain right now is mild, at most a sore spot near
>my right hipbone. However, I have had reoccuring vaginosis, I have
>GERD, a bad stomach, severe cramps/diarreah on my period, and a sharp
>pain inside my vagina (near the pubic bone). Does any of this point to
>endo????
>
>I would REALLY appriciate help with this, as I'm sure most of you can
>relate, I am tired of being left in the dark by doctors.

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Hello,
  I would have it done because I had both kinds of ultrasounds and they didn't
really see anything abnormal but my doctor told me that you could actually have
endo the size of a pepper grain that could cause you all kinds of pain and syptoms.
I just had my done on August 11th.  I know you said that your pain is mild mine
would go back and fourth sometimes mild and then sometimes terrible.  Anyway even
though they didn't find anything on the ultrasounds they found it in a lot of
different places.  So for some reason sometimes it doesn't show up on the ultrasounds
which seems crazy.  It is pretty gross but my doctor actually gave me pictures to
take home oh boy they are pretty weird to look at.  I had the same symptoms as you
except I wasn't going to the bathroom but like a couple times a month and then with
my cycle when I would go to the bathroom it would send a sharp pain straight up my
stomach.  I also had irregular bleeding which he still isn't too sure why that was
happening.  And I was losing weight like crazy I went from weighing 141 and now I
weigh 118 which in one way I am happy about that.  Well I hope I helped you out.
The only thing that scares me is that I read how many women have to keep going
back and having the surgery done again.  Also there is a few different forms of
endo they look totally different.  My doctor said that some doctors don't catch
all of the different forms of it.  But I would get it done I know you said it was
mild pain but even just mild pain almost everyday just wears you out and it isn't
good for you emotionally.  I know because I was starting to feel like I was never
going to feel good again.  So now I have to wait 3 months and see how everything
goes and if everything is fine I don't have to do anything if I still have problems
he said that I would have to go on medication which I don't want to do because all
I hear about is how the side effects are not too good.  I hope I helped you.
If you have anymore questions feel free to email me anytime. Juniperbo@aol.com

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