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Re: Back from doc, Need advice on overweight and hysterectomy
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu Sep 30 13:58:30 2004
Hi,
Did he put you on depo provera? Or progesterone cream?
sorry to go off your subject a bit, but responding to what your Dr said
about Hysterectomy being the only other option. NOT TRUE!!
Many, Many other alternatives are available that you will not hear from
mainstream Drs.
Lori
My story
http://www.theendoclub.com
At Thu, 30 Sep 2004, KN wrote:
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>Ok, so I went to the doc today and he confirmed via transvaginal
>ultrasound that there is fluid behind my uterus around the bowel area.
>This indicates to him that the Lupron is, indeed, failing. I'm in month
>5 of 6 (but I had 2 three-month injections), so relief should have
>occurred. As a last ditch effort, he's put me on progesterone, and said
>he'll be able to tell via ultrasound in 2 weeks if it's helped. Plus,
>I'll know by a decrease in pain symptoms.
>Now, the question- if progesterone fails, he said hysterectomy is the
>only option. Plus, he'll have to cut me open (not laperoscopic) because
>it's the only way he can see that area of the bowels and everything else
>really well. I am overweight- he said it's not impossible, but that I
>have a higher risk factor for blood clots, infection, and the incisions
>site opening back up. Has anyone else who's overweight had this done?
>Is it really as bad as I think?
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