ENDO Messages for October, 2003: Re: Cauterizing endo and birth control pills as relief from symptoms?

Re: Cauterizing endo and birth control pills as relief from symptoms?

From: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Oct 30 10:56:57 2003

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I don't know where people get the idea recovery is a 2 -3 day thing. It can take weeks, some people tell me by 6 weeks you feel a turning point. I guess it all depends on how much work they do. I would put a min on 2 week frame from personal experience barring any relapse issues. Mine was excision. Can be some nerve issues immediately after surgery. Did you work out a pain med schedule? 3. still working out what bcp my body might deign to tolerate, have many of the same issues, and prefer trying natural progesterone but doesn't seem strong enough to dent my endo. yasmin is generally a good place to start. get some rest, take care, Jennifer At Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Wendee wrote: >
>I'm 27 and have had undiagnosed Endometriosis for about 5 years now. On
>the 18th of Oct the pain was so bad I would up in the ER where I was
>misdiagnosed with a ruptured ovarian cyst. I scheduled an appointment
>for the following monday with an OBGYN, and we decided a laparoscopy was
>needed for a definative diagnosis. The surgery was on the 28th, and I'm
>still awefully sore, but at least I now know the reason for all the pain
>of the past years. My follow-up appointment isn't until the 10th of
>Nov, and I've got about a ton and a half of questions.
>
>1: My doctor told me that I would be in more pain for a bit longer than
>normal because she cauterized two large spots of endometrium on my
>ovaries. Has anyone else had this procedure done? Is it a normal "cure"
>for those spots? Did your healing process seem to take longer than the
>estimated two to three days?
>
>2: The pain that landed me in the ER was probably, acording to my doc,
>endometrioma that burst. Anyone heard of this before or know anything
>about it?
>
>3: It's been recomended to me to start birth control pills, progesterone
>only if possible, to control the endometriosis. I hate birth control
>pills, and in the past tried four or five kinds before giving up on
>them. (In general, I really don't like the idea of putting a bunch of
>hormones into my body that aren't there through my own hormone producing
>glands.) Has anyone else out there found that the pill helps with endo
>symptoms? My doctor seems to think that either the pill or depo-prevara
>(sp?) would be the best route for me.
>
>4: With continuous birth control pill, do you have a period at all, or
>do you continue taking the pill without a break and so skip your
>periods? And does anyone know how this affects fertility and getting
>pregnant later on? (I still want to have children, just not quite yet.)
>
>Any thoughts or help from anyone is appreciated greatly.
>
>--
>Many Mahalos,
>Wendee.
>

--
Jennifer

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