ENDO Messages for November, 2004: Re: painfull intercourse and periods even though I'm on birth control

Re: painfull intercourse and periods even though I'm on birth control

From: Erin (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 24 19:23:15 2004

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And on the other side, my doctor doesn't understand why I am so shy and awkward about sharing information about my degrading sex life with him.

Get a second opinion. Painful intercourse is called dyspareunia. Do a google search and read up on it. It's not normal, and any doctor worth his or her salt recognizes how important a good sex life is for a healthy marriage. Heck, isn't that WHY we get married? Well, maybe that's just me. And it's what drove me to the doctor's office to complain.

As far as I know, I do not have endo, but I have been diagnosed with adenomyosis. As soon as I complained of dyspareunia to my doctor, he brought up adeno. Then he ordered an MRI. IMO, this is how a doctor should respond. I've read plenty of stories on this and other forums from ladies who've had to kiss a lot of frogs, so to speak.

If it helps, my GP didn't do squat for me. I referred myself to a reproductive endocrinologist, but for an entirely different reason. He (RE) diagnosed me with PCOS, empirically. The recent MRI proved him right, both on the adeno and the PCOS. GPs are good for ear infections and sore throats, but the human body is too complex for them to know everything. Ditto for a GYN.

Best of luck to you.

*HUGS*

Erin

At Wed, 24 Nov 2004, melissa wrote: >
>I was diagnosed w/ Endo last Nov. I had a Lap and did six months of
>Lupron. I have been on birth control since June. I bled from june to
>oct with no stopping. My doctor has changed my birth control and I'm
>not supposed to get a period but I do they have me doubling up on birth
>control. Some times I'm taking up to four in one day. Has this
>happened to anyone else? My period also has a lot of clots and are very
>painful. As for intercourse, I have emense pain as soon as penatration
>accurs. It's more of a burning my husband and I can't have intercourse
>and it's been like this for the past year. It also burns to pee right
>after we do "try." My doctor is no help, she says it not the endo but
>she dosn't do anything to help me. Suggestions or another direction I
>could look to would be great.

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