Re: How do you talk to a doc about stronger pain meds?(long post, sorry)
From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Apr 27 22:15:37 2005
I'm am curious about how you plan to get pregnant and a carry a baby to
full term when you are in so much pain? Not to mention the effects of
pain medication and prior hormone treatments on the developing foetus.
How do you plan to care for your child after the birth, should the endo
get worse?
I had 14 treatments for endo (7 hormone and 7 surgeries) and lived in
chronic pain for four years and finally had a hysterectomy for
adenomysosis and excision for endo and adhesions. I deeply grieve for
being unable to have children. Since the surgery I am pain free and
healthier than I have ever been which more than makes up for not having
children. Living in chronic pain in the small hope that you might have
children is not worth it.
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Anonymous
At Wed, 27 Apr 2005, S.S. wrote:
>
>I have an odd problem. I live in a small town where everyone knows
>everyone else and all of them know my older brother died of a morphine
>overdose after 20+ yrs of addiction. I am 34 and have been taking pain
>medication (darvocet) since I was 18 for endo. I tried every hormone
>therapy out there, birth control, other stronger hormones which stop
>periods completely and my body just can't handle them. I'll die before
>I let any doc put me on another hormone!!
>
>So last year, my endo took a turn for the worst, spreading into back and
>leg pain as well. Luckily, I only suffer for about one week during my
>period, but I need stronger medication than darvocet during then. I
>have talked to my regular doc and my gyn, but both have said no due my
>family history. I have never had an addiction problem, but I do
>understand their fear because I saw what pain meds did to my brother and
>how he died. But on the other hand, I can't live like this anymore.
>
>There is another doctor I am going to see, but how do I talk to him
>about pain meds when he knows what happened to my family, too? I have
>been to several different specialists and had 2 surgeries and all agree
>that at this point, a hyterectomy is the only option I have left. I
>just got married and to me that is not an option.
>
>I have tried Ultram and it does not help. I was on Vioxx, then Bextra,
>in addition to the darvocet and now those meds are gone. I do not know
>what to do. I am desperate. I have learned to live with the fact I
>have endo, I can live with being so sick for one week a month, I have
>finally worked my life out to deal with those issues. But I can't deal
>with this pain, and I am nervous about talking to a new doctor about it.
>I am so afraid he will say no, too.
>
>Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions? (I had a root canal 2
>months ago and didn't take the hyrdocodone they gave me for that, even
>though it HURT it was nothing compared to a period, and saved it for my
>cramps. It worked pretty well. I am not seeking total pain relief, I
>don't think that's possible, just enough medication to stop the vomiting
>and crying. I think you all know what I mean!!)
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