Re: Shoulder pain, etc.
From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Nov 25 22:59:05 2003
I have suffered from shoulder pain for years and have been diagnosed and
undergone surgery & medical treatment for endometriosis. It was not
until after I had surgery and switched doctors, that my Ob-gyn mentioned
the possibility that I have endometriosis on my diaphragm. I was lucky
enough to get pregnant through in vitro & the shoulder pain disappeared
while pregnant, but has started again (while I am nursing).
Unfortunately, during the surgery that I had in 2001, the doctor did not
check the diaphragm. I have attached a link below to Dr. Redwine's
website regarding diaphragmatic endometriosis (Perhaps this information
will give you a little more leverage when talking to your doctors about
this...And you should switch doctors if it doesn't)
If the link doesn't work for some reason, do a yahoo search on
"endometriosis shoulder"
http://www.endometriosistreatment.org/html/reprint9.html
--
Julie
At Sat, 11 Oct 2003, JudyABall wrote:
>
>October 9,2003
>
>I have the shoulder pain that all of you described and I know based on
>conversation with my sisters and friends that many women had suffer both
>shoulder and pelvic pain the day before or during their menstrual cycle.
>I know that I have endometriosis because whenever I get pregnant all my
>pains goes away. The O.B. Gyn. that I am seeing right now agrees with
>me. At first, my doctors say that people with endometriosis can not
>have baby. Therefore , if you have baby you don't have endometriosis.
>He wants me to either do Laprascopopy or taking Lupron to shut down my
>cycle to avoid having the symptons of endometriosis. I don't want to do
>the Lapracopopy because it is much more invasive procedure and many
>women that had it done say the endometriosis comes back anyways after a
>while. I have read some remedies book that says that during the
>menstrual cycle stop washing your head completely until the cycle ends
>and don't drink or eat anything cold during the cycle will alleviate the
>symptons of endometriosis. I found this to be very effective. However,
>I think the minute I break the cycle by washing my head or eating
>something cold the symptons do come back. Then , they go away if I
>followed the regimen. Hopefully this suggestion will alleviate some
>suffering from other women.
>
>--
>JudyABall
>
>At Wed, 16 Jan 2002, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>At Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Kari wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi. This is the first time I have ever done this before, but my dear
>>>co-worker found this site and told me I should check it out. I can't
>>>believe this. You all have it too! I have been telling doctor after
>>>doctor about the intense pain in my left sholder during my period, and
>>>they just laugh me off. They all say, "that's a new one on me.. your
>>>fine. Take some tylonol." The pain is graphic. I don't even know what
>>>I am saying when I am in that state. My husband, God bless him, says
>>>that I just cry out that I want to die. This happens EVERY MONTH!!!
>>>
>>>Is there anything I can do? I put ice on it, then heat. I put muscle
>>>relaxing cream on, I take tylonol and stay immobile. I HATE to lie
>>>down. The pain doubles! It starts toward the evening of my first day,
>>>then intensifies over night. The next morning I can't even move. Then
>>>by the afternoon of day 2 the pain is tolerable.. and gone by the end
>>>of day 3. It is a 48-72 hour cycle.
>>>
>>>Is there anything I can do or anything I can say to the doctor so that
>>>they might take me seriously.
>>>
>>>Thank you. And, sorry this is so long.. I just am so happy to have
>>>someone to talk to about this!!! Thank you again.
>>>-kb
>>>
>>>t Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Joy Schutzman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Yenta and Cherie,
>>>> I get almost everything that you just described! I get the
>>>>chest/diaphragm pain...I even went to my doctor thinking that it was a heart
>>>>condition, but they couldn't find anything with X-ray, and told me not to
>>>>exercise for awhile. But it comes and goes. Every once in awhile I have chest
>>>>pains. I also get pains in my shoulders, like the two of you. I tend to blame
>>>>them on weird sleeping positions, or tension, but I'm not really sure what they
>>>>are! I haven't been too concerned with them, as the lower ab and lower back
>>>>endo pain is on the top of my pain list lately.
>>>>Hope you get some answers! Joy in CA
>>>>
>>>>yenta wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> YES!!!!! I, too, have the left shoulder pain as well as an upper left
>>>>> chest pain which comes and goes -- sometimes severe with flareups,
>>>>> burning pain under left armpit on left side of chest/diaphragm flares
>>>>> occasionally, and left and right diaphragmatic pains at lower ribs which
>>>>> also comes and goes. You are not alone!
>>>>> Y.
>>>>>
>>>>> At Tue, 13 Apr 1999, T wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Six months ago I had my 2nd laporoscopy. I have stage 4 endo and am
>>>>> >on bcp (not continuous). The last couple of months when I have my
>>>>> >period, I have the usual lower back pain but now I also have pain in my
>>>>> >left shoulder blade. Has anyone else had this
>>>>> >
>>>>> >Cherie
>>>>>
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