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Re: First post...
From: Irene (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Apr 27 07:30:42 2005
Hi Niki,
it looks like we are in a similar situation, although my endo formed a
cyst on the ovary and wasn't in my uterus. Personally, I will probably
go for a 2nd opinion, before I take meds. I am treated for depression
as well, and had times when I starved myself off and on thru my life,
which causes extra worry about my mental health and bone density.
How about you give yourself a few days to recover from the lap? It is a
surgery after all, no matter how 'minor' some doctors try to make it
sound. Don't put too much pressure on yourself to make this decision
right now this moment.
Let me know how you are feeling. I hope they did at least give you good
pain meds for the recovery period from the lap.
At Tue, 26 Apr 2005, just_niki wrote:
>
>I had my first laparoscopy today. My doctor went in because I have been
>having
>severe abdominal pain over the past few months, irregular periods, and
>have
>been swinging back and forth between severe constipation and chronic
>diarhea. I have had two sonograms, that have shown what seemed to be
>nothing more than a small cyst. I was told that it was very unlikely
>that this cyst was an unlikely cause of the pain I have been
>experiencing. I have had periodic bouts with pain since I became
>pregnant with my son, 5 years ago. I was always told it was "just a
>cyst". I gave up going to the doctors for help after hearing that
>one too many times, and being offered nothing to cope with the pain.
>Finally, it got to be too much.
>
>Well, to make a long story short, when they went in today, all that they
>found, was a small fibroid, that is not attatched to anything.
>The doctor told my Husband and my Mother, who were both present at the
>time of my procedure, that she suspects taht I may have a form of
>endometriosis taht is actually located on the inside of my uterus. The
>options that she explained to them, from what they have told me, are
>these... 1) she can put me on birth control (it seemed to control the
>pain in the past, but I gained weight,and
>being that I am recovered from an eating disorder, I was not keen on
>that idea)
>2) She can put me on a form of hormone therapy that throws me into a
>false menopause (the drawback here being that I suffer from depression,
>and as she
>put it, it throws some depressed women over "the edge"... not good
>being that I have a son that needs me and a full time job that I cannot
>afford to lose)
>3) I can have the uterus removed and studied or 4) I can get the films
>form the
> procedure, and my medical records and get a second opinion.
>
>I am disturbed by the options, as none of them seem very promising, save
>the last... we have a very good Womens Hospital near here, and I wonder
>if they may have a better understanding of what is going on.
>
>I am under the assumption, from all taht I have read and heard on endo,
>that
>the doctor is on the right track with this.
>
>I know that I am very blessed to have been able to concieve and carry to
>term
>with my son. I haven't been able to do so since. I have had a few
>positive home
>pregnancy tests since his birth,and a miscarriage before I got pregnant
>with him. I always end up losing within the first trimester. I have
>always let this go, reminding myself as always that I am lucky to have
>the child that I do, and
>that my husband doesn't really want anymore children anyhow. But as I
>am
>getting older, the pain has gotten worse, and my feelings about having
>more children has changed. I have actually begun to resent myself and
>my Husband for all of this. Him for insisting we not have any more
>kids, and myself for going along with it, although I wanted to a lot
>sooner. I am thinking that I have
>just lost out on the whole dream of having a brother or sister for my
>son. He
>has a half-sister, and the fact that my Husband has more than one child,
>but he denied me what could have possibly been the last chance at having
>another
>child, years ago, slays me.
>
>This hurts so bad.
>
>I guess that I won't know anything for certain unless my uterus is
>actually
>taken out, and I really don't want to do that. I wish that there was
>another
>way to diagnose one way or the other. I am stuck between a rock and a
>hard place. I am wondering...should I get this tore out,and studied, or
>leave it in and hope that it isn't true? I am guessing that if that
>really is what is going on, then I am probably infertile by now anyhow,
>especially judging by my track
>record.
>
>My aunt had endo, and ended up having a hysterectomy because of the
>pain. My
>mother had severe pain for years, and had a hysterectomy a few years
>back.The
>doctor never did tell her what the problem was, but it was in her
>uterus, and as she was closing in on menopause by the tine she got this
>taken care of, she
>didn't care to know, unless it was malignant. A biopsy showed that it
>wasn't. We have since deduced that was what she had. My cousin has
>endo, and she has been controlling it with birth control since fifteen.
>My grandmother had symptoms that sound a lot like endometriosis. An
>aunt on my fathers side of the family has it.
>
>I am going crazy. I just want the pain to stop. I was wondering if
>anyone else
>out there was told that they have endometriosis inside their uterus, how
>common or rare this is, and what they chose to do about it. I am at a
>loss. I am a
>hair away from losing my job, because I have lost so much work. I have
>been on pain pills for over a month, because I couldn't hack it anymore,
>and I am so
> cranky because of all of this that it is straining my marriage, and my
>relationship with my son and stepdaughter. Everyone avoids me on the
>weekends, including my parents, and extended family, because I am just
>so miserable.
>I'm sorry this is so long but I just really have been holding a lot of
>this inside for way too long. I feel like I am going to burst. I hope
>you guys don't mind me lurking for answers.
--
Irene
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