ENDO Messages for June, 2004: Re: A few questions HELP PLEASE!

Re: A few questions HELP PLEASE!

From: Georgie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jun 16 22:03:53 2004

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Hi Candace,

There is an article on this site about the LUNA (Laparascopic uterine nerve ablation) proceedure - they seem to think that it isn't much use to women with Endo pain ("None of those randomised trials have really shown any evidence that LUNA in its own right is effective for women with endometriosis.") See the article for more info:

http://www.endozone.org/display.asp?page=congress_NWMA2004-johnson1

Also, do a search for LUNA on this forum, I think it has been discussed before.

About your other question - pain and infertility are the main problems with Endo. However, I don't mean to scare you, but women with Endo seem to suffer from more immune-related problems than other women - things like allergies, excema, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, lupus, krones disease etc.

You might want to look at dietary changes to help with the pain (may also help with the immune related things if you have any). I have had Endo symptoms since 16, and was diagnosed 2 yrs ago at 26. In the last month I have given up wheat, and I don't know if it is that or something else (I'm also on a different BC pill), but this month I only had a half day off work and I didn't take ANY painkillers (not at all 'normal' for me!). Apparently wheat and dairy are the 2 things we endo girls should look out for. I'm not quite ready to give up cheese yet, but I'm definitely going to try once I have got the hang of this no-wheat thing.

Good luck in your search for pain-free days :) Georgie

At Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Candace wrote: >
>OK. So I went to the Reproductive Endocrinologist today. He really
>intimidated me, so I didn't get to ask many questions.
>
>He wants me to have another lap 5 mo. after my last one, and he pretty
>much said my last OB Was a twit for having me on BCP and having periods.
>He also wants to cut the nerves..
> ~~> Has anyone had success with this?
>
>He also asked if all that really bothered me was the pain, and I wanted
>to say yes you moron that's the only reason I'm here... Instead I said.
>Yes sir. Then he said is all you want pain relife... I said yes sir by
>any means necessary.. He put me on Tordal
>~~> Does this work? It didn't work through an IV in the hospital so will
>it work better in Pill form?
>
> Is the recovery time longer with the nerve cuts?
>
>Also is there much else then pain with Endo? I mean besides bleeding and
>no sex? All I seem to have is pain if there's other things too.
>
>--
>Best of luck!
>
>Candace (lilly)
>

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Georgie

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