ENDO Messages for April, 2005: Re: Going off the Lupron this month

Re: Going off the Lupron this month

From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Apr 8 10:24:33 2005

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Shannon,

Hang in there hon! Sorry the Lupron has been so bad for you. Don't blame you for stopping the injections. I do well on it, but it doesn't get rid of the endo, only suppresses it for a short time, so if the side effects for you are bad, don't take it anymore.

I don't know how you really accept the misery of endo. I think I have somehow just learned to live with it after fighting it for 15 years. I try to take one day at a time and enjoy the good days when I have them. A couple years ago I went on anti-depressants because I was just so emotionally miserable from endo. The meds did help a lot and just made me more mellow. Somehow made it easier to deal with it. Not saying drugs are for everyone, but for me it helped. Something to consider. I also rely on this forum for support and venting. It does help me many days to know at least I am not alone in my suffering. I am also lucky to have a wonderful husband and family, as well as friends. I don't have lots of extra money, but sometimes when things are really bad, I treat myself to a massage or pedicure or something. Just makes me feel a little better. Maybe the change in weather will help too. I have a much harder time dealing with endo and the depression in the cold, gray winter months. But I live in Indiana so we have a big change of seasons.

I don't have any great advice, but just wanted to write and let you know I understand. Hope it helps to know others are in the same situation and that the women on the forum are here for you.

Hugs! Amy Meyer

At Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Shannon wrote: >
>I am not getting another injection of the Lupron this month or any other
>month for that matter. I can't stand what it is doing to me. I am
>losing my hair and these hot/cold flashes are overwhelming. I am going
>back on Orthonovum birth control pills. They help me. I am literally
>petrified though, b/c up until taking the injections I wasn't able to
>pass bowel movements but maybe 3 times a month and now I will be going
>back to the same thing.
>How do you accept that you will be miserable, due to this endo., for the
>rest of your life? I can't find a doctor that is ligate, who will cut
>the endo. out of me. Depressed...

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