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New at dealing with EdometriosisFrom: aileen (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu Oct 14 22:36:34 2004
Please Help...confused with endometriosis I was recently diagnosed with endo in May. I have had pain for many years but was told "this is what happens sometimes when you're a woman". I was told to take herbs and "grin and bear it" and "this is what women have to deal with". My fallopian tubes fused together in May, and this is when I was taken seriously (I guess when a woman falls on the ground and asks to die finally gets doctors/husbands attention). I had laparoscopy in July/04 from a surgeon employed at a fertility clinic; this clinic was recommended by my OBGYN. Worst mistake, bad clinic(my research confirmed dr's make more money if they "make" babies rather than find a cure for endometriosis)? After the surgery the pain greatly increased, was grilled and ignored by the staff. The laser treatement irritated my endo so much my waist increased by 4" in 1 month. I made a follow-up appointment with the male surgeon and he told me I "had" to take Lupron to "get better". I was told the endo was already in the "deep" tissue. I found out through my own research that the laser treatment only irritated and inflamed the endo. I was naive and in denial and assumed that what he suggested was a "cure". I told him I needed time to discuss this with my husband, thankfully. I have done a lot of research since and found out this is not a cure but stops all hormonal responses of your body and can cause a multitude of extremely bad symptoms, all women are different, but menopause is menopause. Is this normal, the slow diagnose/laparoscopy response and bad dr's advice. I'm so confused... The pain is sometimes unbearable. No one I know can relate. I feel like a hermit because I hurt so much.
-- AM
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