Re: Lupron
From: Aimee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 3 08:24:53 2004
Stormy,
It does suck to be told to "get to work" on having a baby. I feel like
I am ready age wise, however not being married doesn't help the
situation. My divorce will not be final until March (gotta love NC,
making you wait a full year from filing before the judge will sign the
papers) and do not want to rush into another marriage. Although I love
my boyfriend and we want to eventually get married and have kids
together (thankfully we were friends in college, so it is a little
easier to "jump" with him) I am not ready to rush things.
What amazes me is that most everyone on these forums are in their late
20's early 30's and there seems to be nothing that can be done to help
us and to preserve our fertility. You would think some doctor would
have come up with a way to help us since so many women suffer from the
same problem.
Good luck to you! It's nice to feel like I have someone (lots of
someones) that I can relate to and connect with!
--
Aimee
At Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Stormy wrote:
>
>My main reason for going on Lupron was because I still had 2 years of
>school left. (Down to 1 1/2 now yay!) But it made everything worse. I'm
>in more pain now and miss more class now then I ever did.
>Aimee, that really sucks that they are telling you that you need to ever
>get pregnant or have a hysterectomy. What if you aren't ready for one
>now but you want one later? Why can't we chose when we want to have it?!
>I'm not ready for one, but I want one once I'm done with school. Hmph.
>
>At Tue, 2 Nov 2004, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>But I think about this:
>>If the Lupron treatment did help for say 6 months-1 year.
>>Is it really worth it? Such a Gamble with our entire Health for a short
>>reprieve. Some other type of treatment will have to be chosen
>>eventually anyways. As I read the stories, I see that most do chose
>>another treatment after Lupron like laps, hysterectomy's...so what is
>>the point? Did it help long term?
>>Of course their are some who have a plan as to help them to become
>>pregnant or other reasons, but most cases to me it seems pointless.
>>
>>At Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Aimee wrote:
>>>
>>>I took lupron for 6 months about a year ago. It was THE BEST 6 months
>>>of my life! For the first time since I was 14 (I am 27 now) I didn't
>>>have daily pain/nausea. My periods stopped completely as soon as I had
>>>the first shot. My back pain went away and I was able to lead a normal
>>>life (and find out what living a normal life was all about). The side
>>>effects I experienced were weight loss (which I am already small and
>>>can't afford to loose too much weight) and hot flashes (which was
>>>welcomed since I am such a cold natured person). BUT as soon as the six
>>>month wore off... I was back to where I started, the pain came rushing
>>>back. I begged to go back on the shot, however was told that for my own
>>>future health I could not.
>>>
>>>I just had my first lap last Friday and am waiting to see the doctor to
>>>schedule another round of lupron. He says this will be my last round
>>>then I have to either start trying to get pregnant or look into a
>>>hysterectomy. I have read many horror stories about lupron and the side
>>>effects, however I haven't/didn't experience anything like them... I
>>>can only hope that the second round is as good as the first.
>>>
>>>Just know that each woman's body is different. My body had a good
>>>reaction to the drug while other women's bodies have had bad reactions.
>>>You have to know your body and do what's best for you.
>>>
>>>Good luck!
>>>
>>>At Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Heather wrote:
>>>>
>>>>At Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Mandy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>My doctor gave me a nice little info packet on Lupron. Surprisingly,
>>>>>they left out all of those wonderful side effects. I am going to get
>>>>>the lap done sometime in the next two months, once my new health
>>>>>insurance kicks in. Are the benefits of Lupron worth the side effects?
>>>>>Maybe it is just me, but I can't understand medications that do more
>>>>>damage than good, especially when they are for something that is so
>>>>>painful and miserable to begin with. The more posts I read on it, the
>>>>>more I feel that I do not want to go that route at all. Has anyone had
>>>>>any kind of positive experience with it? I just can't even imagine going
>>>>>through that. I am tiny person to begin with that has to be careful not
>>>>>to break bones and I could not imagine my hair falling out. It just
>>>>>sounds to me that this drug is absolutely terrible, and it seems by the
>>>>>amount of info he loaded me up with when I left the office that he is
>>>>>planning on going that route. Any positive feedback?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Love,
>>>>>
>>>>>Mandy
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Hi Mandy, I was on lupron for 6 months and it didn't do much for me. Yea, it was great not having a period, but the side effects weren't worth it. Some people have wonderful outcomes but I wasn't one of them. I still had endo pains and also mid treatment i bled for about 2 weeks and my ob/gyn had to prescribe meds to stop the bleeding. I would suggest maybe talking to your dr. about doing a 3 month trial with lupron to se how you react to it. Good Luck.
>>>>
>>>>- Heather
>>>>
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