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Amanda
1At Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Candace wrote:
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>Hi... I started my period yesterday.. Me and my boyfriend were trying
>to get pregnant before I got sick and we stopped trying.. I was in a
>lot of pain yesterday, and I went through one tampon in 15 min. After
>the tampon, I used a pad because the pain was really bad. I bled
>through that in 30 min. I put another pad in and I didn't bleed nearly
>as much. Today when I woke up I had filled an entire pad and I decided
>I would use a tampon because I had ran out of the pads. I bled through
>another tampon in 20 min. I went and got some more pads and I haven't
>bled through that one. I've never experienced anything like this
>before. I mean I've bled heavily before, but it's never gone from
>extremely heavy to extremely light. The pain is also in my back and in
>my lower left quadrent.. I called my doctor because I took 800
>milligrams of Ibuprofen and it didn't help. I've been using the heating
>pad and when I'm on the go I use the little Therma Pad things.. I've
>tried warm baths as well. I've been doing 600 mg. of Ibuprofen and
>1,000 milligrams of Tylenol. I alternate them. It's not helping at
>all. The doctor said this would help, but it isn't. I don't have any
>other meds and I have been off of them for almost 3 weeks now.
>
>Please someone help I have no clue what to do. :( Should I go to the
>ER? Should I just wait it out or what?
>
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>Candace
>
>Wishing for pain free days for all!
>
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