ENDO Messages for January, 2006: Re: Trying to understand

Re: Trying to understand

From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Jan 13 06:58:27 2006

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Greg,

I agree with Dawn that right now probably one of the most important things is that you are making an effort to understand. Doing small things like just asking if she needs anything, offering to run her a bath, holding her, will mean the world to her- especially if your relationship has been under stress. It is nearly impossible, even with a partner who has been understanding all along, for this disease not to take a toll on the relationships in our lives. That is something that we struggle with almost as much as the pain.

One thing that worked really well for me for pain management was acupuncture. It is pricey and it takes time but, if you can afford it there is a good chance that it can at least help with her pain until such a time as she can see a doctor again. I always mention it is not a cure, it is a pain management tool. I also try to do yoga a couple of times a week (I read that this will help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and thus help with the pain). I also take Vitamin E, Evening Primrose Oil, and Flax. If you go to http://www.endometriosisassn.org there are books there dealing with diet tips, etc. I just checked one out from my local library.

Good luck to you, Alyson

At Thu, 12 Jan 2006, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Well my significant other has a bad case of endometriosis, what stage we
>do not know. Unfortunately, she does not have insurance so getting it
>checked out is pretty much out of the question only on one stable
>income. It has progressively gotten worse over the past 3yrs and has
>taken quite the toll on our relationship.
>
>I now feel kinda stupid after just starting to research and learn about
>it, something I should have done years ago. I finally started the
>research after our latest and greatest fight over her complete lack of
>sex drive vs my normal/high sex drive. I think you can understand how
>it emotionally hit me when I freely say that I am at work and was doing
>research in my down-time, when reading some of the testimonials and such
>I began to cry realizing how much of a complete schmuck I truly have
>been.
>
>Here is my question, are there any really good sites that she and I can
>go to and learn more about this condition. And what are some tips that
>husbands or wives can give me to help "fix" this problem. At this point
>I am willing to try anything.
>
>-Greg-

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