ENDO Messages for March, 2005: Re: Help with endo

Re: Help with endo

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Mar 25 10:36:15 2005

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Crystal,

The pain medication is a pain RELIEVER not a pain remover. You will still have pain but the medication should relieve it enough - or bring it to a low enough level that you can go about your daily life and not be too bothered for a few hours at a time. Take the medication on schedule and within a few days you should notice each day being a little easier. Sometimes it takes a while for the medication to build up in your blood stream and interrupt the flow of pain signals (which is how pain medications work, they don't remove the source of the pain, just interrupt the signal between where it hurts - the brain - and your perception of pain.

Laparoscopy is the only way to 100% accurately diagnose endometriosis and determine the location, type and staging. Sometimes the surgeon can and will remove the cysts, sometimes not, it all depends on what is found at the time. Afterwards your doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment for you.

Meanwhile - read this post for some other information about relieving your endo pain and symptoms through dietary changes: http://forums.obgyn.net/endo/ENDO.0503/0875.html

regular physical exercise helps a lot of women too as it increases circulation throughout your body and releases the endorphins that help your CNS cope with pain better.

At Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Crystal wrote: >
>I just found out last week that I may have endo. The gyn. said he
>planned to schedule a lap but I'd be waiting for about 7 weeks. He
>prescribed pain meds to hold me over but my body is not responding to
>the drugs. I'm taking 2 tabs of hydrocodone every 4-6 hours when needed
>and I'm still in pain. Is this a normal beginning to this terrible
>disease? Please help!
>
>--
>Crystal
>

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