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Re: new to board: need advice.
From: Bev (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri May 27 21:03:27 2005
Claire, I am sorry you are going through all of this pain, we have all
been there. Your symptoms sound like mine and the DR. found endo
everywhere during the lap in late March. I too was afraid they would
say they found nothing and I was relieved to find out there was
something there after many years and many DRs. It sounds like your Dr.
took your concerns seriously and is doing the lap, that is the good
news. It is important to eat a really good diet and lots of veggies for
the fiber. Helps with the constipation and also fresh especially home
grown or organic puts less chemicals that react in our body as bad
estrogen and causes many problems. In my case there was endo on my
bladder which may have caused the urgency feeling. I also went to
urologist who did a couple of tests no serious probs, just a smaller
than average bladder that got irritated by endo. It can give you the
feeling that there is an infection and the tests come out normal. Detrol
LA has worked for that problem. It sounds like endo but only the Dr.
can tell you and he is doing the right thing by doing the lap. Good
luck on Tuesday. get plenty of rest, eat lightly the day before and try
to walk as much as you can tolerate after, it helps with getting the gas
out of your system. If you have children you might want someone to help
out for a day or two. you will be tired and sore. I hope you are pain
free after the surgery. Sincerely, Bev
At Fri, 27 May 2005, claire wrote:
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>Hi there, Im new here but have been reading the messages for a while now
>and needed some advice from someone more experienced than myself.
>Ive had abdo pain now for about 2 years, in the last month it has got
>much worse, it started with not being able to urinate and my dr thought
>I had a urinary infection. after a course of antibiotics I could wee
>but my abdo pain suddenly got worse.
>The pain is very low down, directly where my uterus is, its one sided
>when im ovulating. Its dull and crampy, similar to period pain,
>sometimes it radiates round to my lower back, almost where my kidneys
>are. Its constant and even very strong painkillers only take the edge
>of it.
>When my period is due for a few days before its much worse, almost
>debilitating, my first few days of my period is agony, with pain
>radiating down my legs also. My periods are heavy, but strangley start
>with brown spotting, almost like what you get at the end of a period.
>I get terrible bloating in my abdomen, much worse whan my period is due,
>I look pregnant sometimes!
>I also suffer from nausea, dreadful fatigue,sleep problems, headaches
>and urinary frequency, especially with my period.
>My dr thinks its either gynae or bowell,possibley IBS,although I have no
>bowell symptoms, only occasional constipation which I put down to a poor
>diet and pain killers containing codiene, a urine test was negative for
>infection.
>Ive seen a gynaechologist and he did a trans-vaginal scan, I was
>ovulating at the time and my right ovary was extremly tender, he said he
>thought it could be endometriosis.
>Im booked in for a diagnostic lap tues and am more nervous that ill wake
>up and its not endo than i am about the procedure.
>To be honest im pinning my hopes on having a diagnosis as Ill be back at
>square one if they fine nothing.
>Please colud you tell me what you think, is it endo??
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>Claire.
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