ENDO Messages for November, 2003: Re: Making decision/looking for input.....

Re: Making decision/looking for input.....

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 5 08:19:29 2003

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I have taken Lupron and found it did help my endo for awhile. I was pain free while on the shots and stayed that way for about a year after I stopped them. Of course now my endo is back with a venegance! Don't really know what to tell you to do. Both options are scary. Do your research and decide what is best for you. I personally had a good experience on Lupron (few minor side effects like night sweats and hot flashes, but they were more annoying than anything, and bad headaches the first couple days after an injection) but many women do not do well on it. My Doc told me that everyone reacts differently to it and you really don't know how it will effect you. I finally tried it because I had already had two laps and tried all kinds of birth control and wasn't getting anywhere. Now I take my pills continuously with no periods, but that isn't doing much anymore either and I am seriously considering a hysto next year.

I hope whatever you decide that it brings you some relief! Feel free to email me direct if you want to talk further.

Hugs! Amy Meyer

At Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Christy wrote: >
>I was diagnosed in 1999 when I had my tubes tied. My doctor said she
>would keep pics of the endo in my chart for future reference. I had
>always had painful periods, but in the last 2 years, I have pain pretty
>much all the time. I talked with my OB/GYN and she prescribed birth
>control. It did help some, but I hate taking hormones. It just makes
>me a monster. I have tried a lot of different kinds, I just don't
>tolerate it well. I recently switched to a GYN only in the same group
>and he wants to either do laproscopy or shots of GnRH analogs for 6
>months. As I said, I don't tolerate birth control hormonal changes, so
>the shots aren't very appealing to me. Any one experienced out there?
>Any advice is appreciated.

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