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Re: Possible adenomyosis
From: lt (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Apr 26 21:56:59 2005
I to believe I will be a success story, are you taking hrt, I am opting
to stay on a product called RELIV have you heard of you.
I to belive I will be a succes storAt Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Franca wrote:
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>Hi, Barb!
>
>Has your doctor told you that you may have adenomyosis? Do you have
>endo?
>
>I had adenomyosis in addition to endometriosis. Adenomyosis is similar
>to endo, but the endometrial tissue is in the uterine wall, rather than
>just the lining where it is supposed to be. Adenomyosis is very painful
>and tends not to respond well to some of the nonsurgical treatments that
>help with endo pain for some women. Although I had both adeno and endo,
>I now suspect that my worst pain was from the adeno, judging from the
>location of the pain and the fact that it was mostly centered in the 10
>to 14 days around my period. I had random pains between periods which
>were probably endo pains, and also fibroid pains (I had those, too,
>lucky me!), but the worst ones were during my period.
>
>Like endo, adeno cannot be diagnosed without surgery, and in fact it is
>more difficult to diagnose than endo because you can't see it where it's
>located in the uterine tissue. Most women don't find out they had adeno
>until they have a hysterectomy. That's how I found out I had it. It
>just confirmed for me that I made the right decision about my
>hysterectomy! Both my doctors told me that as yet there are no reliable
>nonsurgical treatments for adenomyosis, and unfortunately the only
>surgical treatment is removal of the uterus. Too drastic, of course,
>for anyone who wants to try to get pregnant! But I was 40 at the time of
>my surgery with no plans to get pregnant so hysterectomy was absolutely
>the right choice for me. I have been completely painfree since
>recovering from my surgery last May.
>
>I would never push anyone towards hysterectomy, but I do like to provide
>hope for those who have tried the other options and feel they are ready
>for the last resort. I am definitely a hysterectomy success story, and
>am happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the surgery or
>anything else! You are more than welcome to e-mail me if you like.
>
>Best of luck dealing with these dreadful diseases, and I hope you are
>not in too much pain right now!
>
>Hugs,
>
>--
>Franca
>
>--
>Franca
>Aptos, California
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