Re: >>>>>Adenomyosis symptoms ------ Help! <<<<<<<<<
From: Sara' (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 7 13:43:44 2004
At Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Britty wrote:
>Dear Britty,
I read your post & just wanted to add in my two cents. I was worked up
for adenomyosis before my last surgery due to my symptoms. I have endo.
but the pain seemed to be different from what I usually experienced.I
had an MRI, and they were able to see exactly what was going on - I had
more endo. but no adenomyosis. My GYN didn't say anything about age
playing a role per se, but he did say my having had a child made me
suspect for it. Go figure?!?!
Hope all turns out well. Sara'
>Thank you for responding to my message, it was very helpful. My doctor
>said the only way to diagnose adenomyosis is to have a hysterectomy? I
>was like what???? It didn't make sense. With the endo. I was
>considering it but the results seem to vary from person to person. Thank
>you again for your advice. Britty
>
>At Mon, 6 Sep 2004, lisa wrote:
>>
>>Hi
>>I have been diagnosed with endo and adenomyosis since I was 18. I am 21
>>now. My sypmtoms include bad, bad, bad pelvic pain (mostly in lower
>>region), constant bleeding, feeling of swelling in abdomen and extremely
>>tender abdomen. This has caused me nothing but grief but I have yet to
>>have a hyst to relieve me of it.
>>Ask your doctor to give you a hysteroscopy and they should be able to
>>let you know whether you have it.
>>
>>Hope this helps
>>Lisa
>>
>>At Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Jennifer wrote:
>>>
>>>At Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Britty wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>I was curious if anyone has adenomyosis and if so can you please reply
>>>>with your symptoms and age? I have endo. and I am worried about having
>>>>it my uterus. I have pain in my back and down my leg, nausea, vomiting,
>>>>dull, stabbing, numb, pain in my pelvic area and dyspareania. Because
>>>>of my age (27 yrs) my doctor doesn't believe I have it in my uterus. I'm
>>>>often bedridden and I need some help...any advise would be great.
>>>>Thanks! Britty
>>>
>>>I'm 23 and had endo in my uterus at 19. I had stage 4 and was forced to
>>>have a hysterectomy at 21. It doesn't matter your age you can have it
>>>anywhere. Iwent on Lupron for 6 months and then was able to get
>>>pregnant. My endo was inactive for 14 months then came back with a
>>>vengance. I had my hysteretomy when my son was 15 months old. However,
>>>I still have alot of endo symtoms. You may want to get a second
>>>opinion. Also they can see where your endo is at through a lap.Good
>>>luck Best whishes!
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Sara'Fleming
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