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Re: Ovarian Remnant Syndrome/ Residual Ovary Syndrome

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Feb 15 14:24:19 2004


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>You can search this site under ovarian remnant syndrome or ORS and you
>will find a lot of my posts on this subject. It is very possible that
>although your wife had surgery to remove the remnant, they may not have
>been able to remove all of it. Does she still have her other ovary? Did
>she have a hysterectomy? Even though she had surgery to remove
>adhesions, every surgery she has is going to create new adhesions. She
>still may be having some pain from her recent surgery. Sometimes it can
>take a while to feel better again.
>
>If she still has the other ovary or if she still has small pieces of a
>remnant she may be making enough estrogen to be giving her problems. If
>she still has a uterus, is she having periods? If she doesn't have a
>uterus, is her pain at all cyclical? She she keep a calendar with her
>symptoms because it helps point out any patterns that can be helpful for
>her and her doc. What are her FSH and estradiol levels like? Is she
>menopausal? If not, has she tried continuous birth control pills?
>
>If you have any questions, feel free to write back. I hope this info
>helps.
>Best wishes,
>D.N.
>
>At Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Ron wrote:
>>
>>02/15/04
>>Hello,
>>I am a 35 year old mail with a 35 year old spouse that was diagnosed
>>with Residual Ovarian Syndrome, in 2002. She was treated dierecty after
>>diagnosis. I do have my wife of 20 years, permission to discuss her
>>case in order to find other information of possible causes and remedies
>>for her continued occurance of chronic pelvic pain since the removal of
>>the remnant ovary and fellopian tube. My wife had another surgery in
>>November of 2003 for removal of adhesions and also to remove her apendi.
>>She is still having substantial amounts of pain on her right lower
>>abdomin.
>>
>>Any info about occurances and posible treatments by physicians would be
>>greatly appreciated.
>>Sincerely,
>>Ron ballard
>>
>>At Wed, 29 Jan 2003, silentwhispa wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I wrote back in December asking for help regarding the re-occurance of
>>>endometriosis in a post hysterectomy woman. (aka me)
>>>
>>>Back then we all thought yes this was the most likely cause of the pain
>>>i had been getting, but after seeing a specialist they were perplexed as
>>>to why it was cycling since both ovaries had been removed and the
>>>estrodial implant i have had gives a constant amt off so therefore
>>>shouldn't cycle.
>>>
>>>Well i stuck to my guns and wouldn't back off with the fact that it DOES
>>>cycle, and now they think that it could well be "Ovarian Remnant
>>>Syndrome / Residual Ovary Syndrome... which is when a small fragment of
>>>ovary is left behind at the tying off point of the blood vessels when
>>>the hysterectomy is performed. This can then grow to a degree and is
>>>massed in the adhesions and is very common in women of multiple surgerys
>>>and endometriosis/adhesion sufferres.....
>>>
>>>I am having an ultrasound next week and this should find it if it is
>>>indeed this, but it sure sounds hopeful, and i dont feel like im banging
>>>my head against a wall with Dr's finally, altho this could change if it
>>>shows nothing. LOL.
>>>
>>>Anyway, i just wanted to let you all know of this discovery, and you may
>>>know of it already, but incase any of you didn't and were having similar
>>>problems and finding no one to listen, then its possibly something you
>>>can mention to your Dr as a possibility.
>>>
>>>Also if there are any of you out there who have been diagnosed with
>>>this, would love to chat and find out more about it, and what treatment
>>>you had.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Anyway, take care all......
>>>Feel well,
>>>
>>>Silentwhispa
>>>
>>--
>>Ron Ballard
>>rb3tech@earthlink.net
>>



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