ENDO Messages for January, 2004: Re: Back Pain

Re: Back Pain

From: Dena (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jan 17 17:29:52 2004

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At Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Olivia wrote: >
>Hi Wendy,
>I know exactly where you are coming from. I had my last lap. in August
>and then started CBCP's shortly after. I think the pills made me
>worse...I had constant cramping and felt bloated and miserable...I would
>end up breaking almost every month...just to get the period over with. I
>have tried many different cbcp's in the past...all with the same
>results. Needless to say..i've just stopped taking them now. About the
>back pain...I am having the same problem...my back is constantly
>hurting..I wake up everyday hoping it will be gone...but it's not. For
>me..it's such a constant, nauseating, and burning feeling...it's
>horrible. I've been told that cul-de-sac endo. is responsible for
>causing the back pain. I also try pain pills (not narcotic ones because
>my doc won't give me them) and basically live with a heating pad on my
>back. Like others have suggested...it wouldn't hurt to explore other
>options for your pain...but I know in my case...that it's all endo.
>related. Good luck...feel free to contact me any time..k?
>Luv,
>Olivia
>
>At Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Wendy wrote:
>>
>>I had a lap back in October that diagnosed and removed endo on my
>>uterus, overies, and cul-de-sac. They also removed some adhesions. This
>>month I started to have cramps early - I still had 2 weeks to go on my
>>Birth Control Pill, but the cramps were so bad that I decided to stop
>>taking the BCP and have my period just to get it over with. The cramps
>>were normal cramps - nothing close to the pain I felt when I would have
>>endo flare-ups. The weird thing is my lower back started aching. Then
>>the ache turned into an "Oh my god - kill me now" constant pain. I
>>didn't injure my back (I am not very active) so I figured that I must be
>>getting a bladder infection or a kidney infection or stone or something.
>>I went to my GP who told me that it was endometriosis in my back. She
>>said that a lot of times the surgery, while removes some of it - it can
>>also spread it to weird places. Well - I am going to see my ObGyn
>>Tuesday - but I wondered if anyone else had this in their back - (by the
>>way, she put me on Vioxx and it is a pretty good pain pill)
>>
>>Also - I think that I am going to give up on the pill. Obviously it
>>does NOTHING to stop or help the spread of endo. The doctors tell me
>>that it does, but my body does not like the synthetic horomones, and I
>>have no concreate evidence that it does anything, Has anyone else had
>>sucess going off the pill?
>>
>>Thanks -
>>
>>--
>>Wendy in Austin
>>

Hi there... I'm new to Obgyn although I'm not new to endometriosis. I wanted to say that long before I had my laparoscopy (which was when I was 25 ..I am 34 now) I would suffer the most horrible lower back pain one week prior to my period. What helped get me through the pain was hot baths, heating pad, and doing back stretches...sit on the floor and pull your legs up against your chest and hold that position.. then I would lay flat and repeat a few times. I could have taken pain pills but as often as I would have needed to I probably would have become addicted to them. I had my first child at 21 ..felt great for 4 years without the pill...but could not conceive. Then all of a sudden the pain hit me like a ton of bricks...thats when I had the lap. Then I went on lupron (horrible drug for me)..but after clearing one fallopian tube I was able to conceive. My son is now 5 and I'm still living fairly pain free (i still get mild flair ups but NO irritable bowel) and I have accredited that to the pill. The other drugs they have for endo are so harsh... I would talk to your doctor about trying a different pill as there are several combinations and one may work wonders for you over another. Just a suggestion.

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Dena in PA

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