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Re: What is wrong with me???
From: sam (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 30 10:38:43 2003
At Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Kris wrote:
>Hi Kris, I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Endo 3 years ago. I only got the diagnosed after I insisted upon a Laproscopy. My gyno was doing the same thing with me for 2 years with the "lets just monitor it". Upon my insistance she finally did it and of course I was a huge mess inside. You might have Endo and Cysts as I had both. Which of course increases the pain. Believe what your body is telling you. When things are out of whack your body will let you know. You know yourself better than anyone else, and you when something isn't right. Insist on a Lap since that is the only true way to diagnose Endo. And if your doctor won't do it, find one who will. The longer you wait the potentially worse it can get. I'll be praying for you. sam
>I started my period when i was 13, and it wasnt until last year when i
>was 20 for them to start getting irregular. Each month they got heavier
>and heavier, when they were normal and five days before this started
>happening. They stretch to six or seven now. After six months, I was
>not only heavier, but passing clots, along with severe pain. They
>switched me to another birth control pill, and told me i may have the
>beginnings of endometriosis, and to moniter it...the periods then went
>to one day in length, extremely light, which was great at the time. five
>months later, here i am back to having extremely heavy flow, breast
>tenderness that ive never had before, more than normal pain, bowel
>problems, etc...it seems as if there is something new every month. two
>months ago i started spotting four or five days before my periods. i
>know i am not pregnant, and i suspect that i have endo. I know my
>mother had fibroids though, and had to have a hysterectomy pretty young,
>as did my paternal grandmother and her daughter. All three have also
>had ovarian cysts. I also have sharp pains between ovulation and
>starting my period. what do you think i have? every time i go to the
>ob/gyn, they say its not a big deal and to just moniter it.
>kris
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sam
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