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Re: Help! 23 and going to have a hysto soon
From: Yvonne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jan 26 23:46:29 2005
Sorry about the mix up!!!!
At Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Yvonne wrote:
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>Kathey
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>Don't do this, dont go through with the Hysto. It is not the answer.
>Some Dr.'s think it will be becuse they are still stuck in the stone
>ages of medcine... A hysto on its own causes much more problems to
>women that are healthy. HAving endo can make it worse.... You are
>young, and as bad as estrogen is being to us because it feeds endo, we
>still need it for our body to keep it developing properly and so on.
>Having a hysto your dr will still have to put you on HRT to supplement
>you body so it doesnt lack in these hormomes... Dr's used to think that
>getting pregnant cured endo, but all it really did was put it into
>remission because your body isnt using its hormones like it should
>becuase it is preparing for a baby, once you have the baby, your system
>kicks back it what its supposed to do and the endo starts growing
>again.... I understand that in some cases that there can be so much
>damage that certain organs cannot be slavaged, but that is in extreme
>EXTREME circumstances and the Dr. is specifically looking at you inside
>during surgery!!! There are women out there who thought hysto was the
>way to go and it just made matters worse for themselves.. There are
>Dr's out there that can save every inch or your inside and out. Check
>out the endometriosisassn.org There are many helpful things there, even
>a list of Dr.s all over the U.S. and world that have been helping
>people with this, not dissecting them. I know there is a Dr. near me
>in Milwaukee, he was on the news too, the procedure is called EXCISION
>and its done laporoscapicly and I have read from him and other Dr.s and
>etc about Excision on how much help it has done for women even when some
>Dr.s would remove, they have saved.
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>Please dont give up... I know how hard it is, we all do here. Don't do
>the Hysto, you may regret it for the rest of your life..... Hang in
>there!!!
>At Wed, 26 Jan 2005, K wrote:
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>>Stacy i don't know much about it either and i think a full hysto would
>>help the endo because there would be no release of horomones ( no
>>ovarys) for the endo to grow. If it has attached to other organs then i
>>would think that would have to be removed too off the organs. 12
>>surgerys! You need some sort of relief, i cannot believe there is no
>>other cure for this...crazy You are very young so make sure you have
>>gotten 2nd opinions before you do it.
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>>--
>>Kristen
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>>At Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Kathy wrote:
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>>>At Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Stacy wrote:
>>>>Hi Karen, Thank you for your reply.
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>>>I have to ask why you say that the hysto will not help due to endo? Yes
>>>I do have endo and this has been gong on for years, Ih ave had to this
>>>date 12 surgerys and none has helped, I'm scared that this still will
>>>not be the cure due to the fact that the dr. thinks the endo has
>>>attached to other organs as well. Please help with any info you may
>>>have. I'm scared and really have no one to turn who might even
>>>understand the way you do.
>>>Thanks kathy
>>>
>>>>I know absolutely nothing about your situation, but if it is
>>>>endometriosis causing your problems, a hysterectomy likely won't help.
>>>>Hysterectomy will help with adenomyosis, but not with endometriosis. If
>>>>you keep your ovaries, or if you take HRT, the endo will continue to
>>>>grow inside you.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.hersfoundation.com/
>>>>http://www.hystersisters.com
>>>>
>>>>At Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Kathy wrote:
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>>>>>Hi my name is kathy and I'm 23 and I will be having a full hysto in 2
>>>>>months and I just want someone to talk with that might beable to help me
>>>>>with this.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Stacy F
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>>>>Visit my website!
>>>>http://pages.ivillage.com/stafl/
>>>>
>--
>Yvonne
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Yvonne
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