Re: Which option should I chose???? PLEASE help!
From: Candace (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu May 27 11:01:04 2004
I also had to make a desicion.. I chose the lap.. it's pretty simple
and doesn't take too long to recover.. depending on the person :) Hope
this makes your desicion a little easier
At Wed, 26 May 2004, Megan wrote:
>
>My gyn has given me the option to either:
>
>1) Have a lap done to see if I definatly have Endo and take care of it
>
>Or
>
>2) See a gastroenteroligist and have a colonoscopy done
>
>She believes that my symptoms/problems could be either endo or an IBS
>type thing.
>
>For those of you who have been faced with this, which road would u chose
>to go down first? I feel like if I get the lap done and nothing is
>there...then I have to move on to the colonoscopy. But on the other
>hand I feel like if I get the colonoscopy done and it shows nothing then
>I have to do the lap. Thats the way my luck works.
>
>Either way....i cant handle this pain anymore. I started having rectal
>bleeding during and just after my periods a couple of months ago. The
>stabbing pains are horrible and my gyn finally gave me pain meds because
>I was in so much damn pain.
>
>Can someone help me??
>
>--
>Megan
>
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Best of luck!
Candace (lilly)
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